| Term | Definition |
|---|
| parodos | the first ode the chorus sings as it enters the orchestra |
| agon | in general, "competition"; specifically, the debate in a drama |
| mêchanê | a crane used to lift actors above the acting area; usually actors are playing gods here, hence the phrase deus ex machina |
| orchestra | the dancing area; chorus occupies this space |
| skênê | pronounced "skaynay"; building or tent at back of acting area; often painted for scenery |
| stichomythia | the line-by-line debates, characteristic of Greek drama |
| chorus | group of 12-15 men who sing and dance during the plays. They often represent the collective community, but not necessarily the poet's thoughts |
| theater of dionysus | performance site of drama in Athens on the south slope of the acropolis (see below); part of shrine to this god |
| great dionysia=city dionysia | annual spring festival in honor of Dionysus, when dramatic competitions were held among three poets selected by the city |
| tragados | goat song |
| deus ex machina | god of the machine |
| the poetics | aristotle work on plays of ancient Greece |
| satyr play | comedy (Satan=goat feet and horns) |
| logos | head --> reason and logic |
| pathos | heart --> feelings |
| ethos | when you want to do this, they want you to do that |
| thespis | first actor |
| plot | the main story of something |
| aeschylus (525-456 B.C) | -added 2nd actor (dialogue), reduced chorus from 50 to 15, advanced the costumes |
| sophocles (496-406 B.C) | -scenery (moving triangles), chorus has role in actions, 3rd actor |
| euripedes (480-407 B.C) | contemporary themes |
| festival of Dionysus | 3 tragedies, 1 satyr play |
| aristotelian Tragedy | classical tragedy an imitation of a painful action and it usually ends with death. Its about a person of high rank creating pity and fear among it's audience. |
| purged | purify |
| catharsis | release |
| main charactersistics in play | plot , character, diction, thought, spectacle, melody |
| diction | word choice/style |
| thought | theme |
| spectacle | costumes/ special effects |
| melody | music |
| classical unities (for play) | 1 day , 1 setting (palace), 1 plot (no subplots) |
| complex action | soul of a tragedy (no action, no play) |
| 4 r's of tragedy | revelation, reversal, recognition, responsibility |
| revelation | astounding discoveries about self and others |
| recognition | change from ignorance to knowledge |
| responsibility | hero acknowledges weakness |
| in medias res | tragedy starts in the middle of a tragic play |
| tragic protagonist (hero) | morally good, high rank, true to life (people can relate) knowing in their actions and have tragic flaw |
| hubris | the downfall- causes pity and fear among audience (excessive pride, ambition, greed) |
| hero conflicts | man vs. society/ man vs. self/ others has their own will/ mjust accept what they've done |
| 3 types of irony | dramatic, situational, verbal |
| dramatic irony | when audience knows what the characters dont |
| situational irony | when the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens |
| verbal irony | when we say the opposite of what we mean (sarcasm) |
| similie | you are like a flower |
| metaphor | you are a flower |
| personification | an object with human qualities |
| mythological allusion | reffering something to the bible (gods/ godesses) |
| historical allusion | reffering to something that happned in history (battle or war etc.) |
| hyperbole | over exaggeration |
| apostrophe | do not --> don't --> O Love (shortcut) |
| parrarel structure | I fish and swim. I like fishing an swimming. (things that are te same gramatically) |
| repetition | he assigned us assignments |
| analogy | black is to white as evil is to good |
| rhetorical question | ask somone something and not expecting an answer |
| paradox | things that are different: pretty ugly |
| antithesis | things that are opposite from each other; you have a hot heart for chilling matters |
| alliteration | tttttttttttttttttttttttt |
| assonance | aaaaaaaaa |
| rhythm | short and choppy, long and lyrical |
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