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2 ______ theatre – to gain control over something that isn’t understood. Example:________________________ Ancient Greece - _____________, The god of wine, fertility, change of seasons ___________ - choral songs to Dionysus __________ - was the first actor Major Playwrights __________ (525 – 456 BC) 2 nd actor, 7 plays left __________ (496 – 406 BC) 3 rd actor, 7 plays left __________ (480 – 406 BC) 13 plays left

3 Ritual theatre – to gain control over something that isn’t understood. Example:_good weather = good crops

4 Ancient Greece - _______, The god of wine, fertility, change of seasons ___________ - choral songs to Dionysus __________ - was the first actor Major Playwrights __________ (525 – 456 BC) 2 nd actor, 7 plays left __________ (496 – 406 BC) 3 rd actor, 7 plays left __________ (480 – 406 BC) 13 plays left Ritual theatre – to gain control over something that isn’t understood. Example:_good weather = good crops

5 Ritual theatre – to gain control over something that isn’t understood. Example:_good weather = good crops Ancient Greece - Dionysus, The god of wine, fertility, change of seasons

6 Ritual theatre – to gain control over something that isn’t understood. Example:_good weather = good crops Ancient Greece - Dionysus, The god of wine, fertility, change of seasons _________ - choral songs to Dionysus _______ - was the first actor Major Playwrights _________ (525 – 456 BC) 2 nd actor, 7 plays left _________ (496 – 406 BC) 3 rd actor, 7 plays left _________ (480 – 406 BC) 13 plays left

7 Ritual theatre – to gain control over something that isn’t understood. Example:_good weather = good crops Ancient Greece - Dionysus, The god of wine, fertility, change of seasons dithyrambs - choral songs to Dionysus _______ - was the first actor Major Playwrights __________ (525 – 456 BC) 2 nd actor, 7 plays left __________ (496 – 406 BC) 3 rd actor, 7 plays left __________ (480 – 406 BC) 13 plays left

8 Ritual theatre – to gain control over something that isn’t understood. Example:_good weather = good crops Ancient Greece - Dionysus, The god of wine, fertility, change of seasons dithyrambs - choral songs to Dionysus Thespis - was the first actor

9 Festivals – (January) ______, comedy (March) ___________, tragedy

10 Festivals – (January) Lenaea, comedy (March) ___________, tragedy

11 Festivals – (January) Lenaea, comedy (March) City Dionysia, tragedy

12 Major Playwrights ________ (525 – 456 BC) 2 nd actor, 7 plays left ________ (496 – 406 BC) 3 rd actor, 7 plays left ________ (480 – 406 BC) 13 plays left

13 Major Playwrights Aeschylus (525 – 456 BC) 2 nd actor, 7 plays left ________ (496 – 406 BC) 3 rd actor, 7 plays left ________ (480 – 406 BC) 13 plays left Wrote: over 80 plays 7 Tragedies left The Persians The 7 Against Thebes Prometheus Bound The Oresteia Trilogy Agamemnon The Choephori The Eumenides

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15 Major Playwrights Aeschylus (525 – 456 BC) 2 nd actor, 7 plays left Sophocles (496 – 406 BC) 3 rd actor, 7 plays left ________ (480 – 406 BC) 13 plays left

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17 Major Playwrights Aeschylus (525 – 456 BC) 2 nd actor, 7 plays left Sophocles (496 – 406 BC) 3 rd actor, 7 plays left Euripedes (480 – 406 BC) 13 plays left

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19 FUNCTIONS OF THE CHORUS 1.Expresses _______ 2.Gives _________ advice 3.(Usually) Supports the _________ 4.The ideal ________ 5.Sets _____ 6.Adds ____ and ________ 7.Controls _____ and _____

20 FUNCTIONS OF THE CHORUS 1.Expresses opinions 2.Gives _________ advice 3.(Usually) Supports the _________ 4.The ideal ________ 5.Sets _____ 6.Adds ____ and ________ 7.Controls _____ and _____

21 FUNCTIONS OF THE CHORUS 1.Expresses opinions 2.Gives protagonist advice 3.(Usually) Supports the _________ 4.The ideal ________ 5.Sets _____ 6.Adds ____ and ________ 7.Controls _____ and _____

22 FUNCTIONS OF THE CHORUS 1.Expresses opinions 2.Gives protagonist advice 3.(Usually) Supports the protagonist 4.The ideal ________ 5.Sets _____ 6.Adds ____ and _________ 7.Controls _____ and _____

23 FUNCTIONS OF THE CHORUS 1.Expresses opinions 2.Gives protagonist advice 3.(Usually) Supports the protagonist 4.The ideal spectator 5.Sets _____ 6.Adds _____ and _________ 7.Controls _____ and _____

24 FUNCTIONS OF THE CHORUS 1.Expresses opinions 2.Gives protagonist advice 3.(Usually) Supports the protagonist 4.The ideal spectator 5.Sets mood 6.Adds ____ and _________ 7.Controls ______ and _____

25 FUNCTIONS OF THE CHORUS 1.Expresses opinions 2.Gives protagonist advice 3.(Usually) Supports the protagonist 4.The ideal spectator 5.Sets mood 6.Adds color and movement 7.Controls ______ and _____

26 FUNCTIONS OF THE CHORUS 1.Expresses opinions 2.Gives protagonist advice 3.(Usually) Supports the protagonist 4.The ideal spectator 5.Sets mood 6.Adds color and movement 7.Controls rhythm and tempo

27 THE UNITIES 1.____ - 24 hours of time passes (no more) 2._____ - one location 3.______ - single plot, NO sub-plots

28 THE UNITIES 1.time - 24 hours of time passes (no more) 2.____ - one location 3._____ - single plot, NO sub-plots

29 THE UNITIES 1.time - 24 hours of time passes (no more) 2.place - one location 3._____ - single plot, NO sub-plots

30 THE UNITIES 1.time - 24 hours of time passes (no more) 2.place - one location 3.action - single plot, NO sub-plots

31 ____ __ _______ - God of the machine

32 Deus ex Machina - God of the machine

33 Stage device in Greek and Roman drama in which a god appeared in the sky by means of a crane (Greek, mechane) to resolve the plot of a play. Plays by Sophocles and particularly Euripides sometimes require the device

34 Now it means a quick resolution to a plot problem that could not have been forseen

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