Ancient Greek Conventions & Medea 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureRevisionUniversityNone Created by: izzychallisCreated on: 31-05-18 10:27 time period? 220-550 BC 1 of 23 define amphitheatre open, circular with tiers of seats, built into hillside 2 of 23 orchestra usually circular, is where the chorus would dance and sing and interact with audience as well as actors on the stage near the skene 3 of 23 Theatre of Dionysus in Akropolis, god of wine, theatricality, sex = excess, represented in Greek theatre by characters doing things that are excessive 4 of 23 Skene rectangle building at the back of the orchestra, three doors, double doors in middle, if you enter in through them you'll die, exit and you're dead 5 of 23 Thymele alter, platform in the orchestra, used by the leader of the chorus during dialogues between leader and chorus 6 of 23 Ekkyklema cart that the dead go on 7 of 23 Brontion thunder machine 8 of 23 deus ex machina god by machine, how gods are revealed, coming onstage by a machine, gods come down to earth 9 of 23 cast all male, wore masks, 3 actors? 10 of 23 chorus sung and danced on stage, act as intermediary between audience and actors 11 of 23 major themes (8) feminism, murder/revenge, vows, marriage, adultery, citizenship, divine order, ritual and religion 12 of 23 catharsis emotional release on stage 13 of 23 hamartia fatal flaw 14 of 23 peripeteia sudden reversal in fortune 15 of 23 agnorisis moment of revelation 16 of 23 when was Medea written and who wrote 431 BC by Euripides 17 of 23 Medea's Genealogy? she is goddaughter to the god of the sun, Helios 18 of 23 who opens the play two slaves - E is modern in his ideas 19 of 23 structure of dialogue mix of iambic pentameter (dialogue) and song (chorus) 20 of 23 how did the greeks only have 3 actors changed costume and mask, lots of silent characters 21 of 23 the importance of the chorus tragedy descended from a choral genre, which is integral to plot. Their departure marks the end of the play, act as an internal audience 22 of 23 Medea as an anti hero? E is trying to justify counter normative psychology pushed to its limits 23 of 23
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