differences b/w drama and fiction - ANSWERSplays are directed to spectators and not readers
important periods of drama - ANSWERSGreek and Roman, Medieval, Elizabethan and Jacobean, Modern
and Postmodern
importance of drama in ancient Greece - ANSWERSentertainment, art and culture, civic responsibility,
moral education, religious festival
criteria of a tragic hero - ANSWERSheroic characteristics, tragic flaw, recognition, reversal
Freytag's Pyramid - ANSWERS
catharsis - ANSWERSextreme emotional purging- including pity and fear
chorus - ANSWERSsing, dance, narrate, represent the people
comedy of manners - ANSWERShigh comedy that pokes fun at upper classes
conflict - ANSWERSa struggle b/w opposing forces
dramatic question - ANSWERSbiggest question(s) the reader is supposed to have
epigram - ANSWERSshort, witty statement
high and low comedy - ANSWERShigh- intellectual
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