Insights into Greek Theatre's Renowned Playwrights and Dramatic Elements
Greek theatre history and key figures, including important playwrights like Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Aristotle's theories on drama elements, Thespis' innovations, and Aristotle's Unities of Drama are explored. The impact of these elements and playwrights on ancient Greek theatre is highlighted, offering a glimpse into the rich theatrical tradition of that era.
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Greek Theatre The Important Playwrights
Aristotles Elements of Drama ______________ usually referred to as theme ______________ the story of the play, progression of main character _______________ the pivotal dramatic moment _______________ the language (includes the style, dialect, rhythm and words of characters) ________________ everything the audience hears ________________ everything the audience sees
Aristotles Unities of Drama The "Rules" All plays should follow these rules: ___________________. The setting of the play should be one location: in comedy often a street, in Oedipus Rex the steps before the palace. ___________________. The action of the play should represent the passage of no more than one day. Previous events leading up to the present situation were recounted on stage. ____________________. No action or scene in the play was to be a digression; all were to contribute directly in some way to the plot.
Thespis The first to win the _______________________________________ Festival He introduced a ________________________ for the chorus; the leader became the first Greek actor! Loved to use _________________________ It is from his name that the word __________________________ comes another way of saying actor.
Aeschylus The _______________________________ of Tragedy. Invented the _____________________________________ Added the _______________________________________ to the plays Loved ____________________________
Sophocles Introduced the _____________________________ to the plays His plays featured beautiful language, a well-balanced ________________________, and excellent __________________________________________ ____________________________________. Best known plays: Electra, ___________________________________, and _____________________________
Euripedes Unorthodox thinker, who questioned ___________________________________ Plays emphasized _______________________________________ ____________________________________ and social consciousness Wrote ___________________________.
Aristophanes The finest ____________________________ writer in Greece Wrote bawdy ____________________________, such as The Birds, The Frogs, The Clouds
Menander Made fun of ___________________________________ and private life. Wrote ___________________________________ with slapstick humor, filled with _______________________________________ ______________________________________.
