Transcript Overview of Greek Theatre

Antigone
Historical Background
Historical Background
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Ancient Greece
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Greek Theatre
Antigone
Ancient Greece
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Greece
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Islands
mountain ranges
Ancient Greece
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Culture
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Patriarchal society
Philosophy
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Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Democracy
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece
Overview of Greek Theatre
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Ancient Greece
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Greek Theatre
Antigone
The Stage
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Plays
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Religious holidays
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Dionysus
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God of. . . .?
Greek culture/plays
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Banks closed
 Prisoners temporarily
released
 Travel
Greek Theatre
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3 main portions:
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Skene
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Orchestra
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Actors perform
1-3 doors in/out
“Dancing Place”
Chorus
Theatron
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Seating
The Stage
The Stage: Performance
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Amphitheatre
No scene changes
Familiar Stories
Catharsis
Chorus/Choragos
Costumes
Off stage
Grecian Masks
Greek Theatre: Special Effects
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Deus ex machina
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“God from the machine”
An insolvable problem
suddenly solved through
the introduction of a new
character, object, or the
appearance of god.
Major Greek Dramatists
Dramatist
Aeschylus
Born
524 B.C.
Wrote
Seven Against
Thebes
Sophocles
496 B.C.
Antigone
Oedipus
Euripides
480 B.C.
Medea
Sophocles
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Master of Greek Tragedy
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What tragedy looks like
Tragic Hero
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Tragic Flaw, hamartia
Hubris
Point of Redemption
100 plays
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7 full-text
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Painted scenery
 Added 3rd actor
 Greek competitions
Downfall
Overview of Greek Theatre
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Ancient Greece
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Greek Theatre
Antigone
Antigone Background
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3 plays, 1 family
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Oedipus Rex (Oedipus
the King)
 Oedipus at Colonus
 Antigone
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Curse on Oedipus
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Fate vs. Choice
“Oedipus Complex”
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Freud
Oedipus and Antigone
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