PPT-Greek Drama and Antigone

Review for the Test You will be separated into two teams Team Eteocles amp Team Polyneices The winner will receive a special treat Fill out your study guide and turn it in with your test for . a . Public Affairs . katabasis by. SOPHOCLES. SOPHOCLES. The Greek tragedian Sophocles (497 BC-406 BC) is known to us. But he did more than just make people laugh. No less than Aristophanes, he considered himself a teacher (didaskalos) of his Athenian audiences, commenting upon and forcing them to think seriously about . Theatre Performances in Ancient Greece. Performed over several days as part of a religious festival honoring . Dionysus. Dionysus. (Roman Name: Bacchus) : god of wine, fertility, and the harvest. City . Early American Drama. The American . Company, managed . by David . Douglass. ,. . was the first professional company to produce plays in the American colonies. .. The first . production was . The Prince of Parthia. A story that is written to be performed. . It is a play put on for the public. . Movies are dramas that are caught on camera.. Drama Terms . Dramatization- the acting out of something. . Stage Directions- tells the actor how to act, where to stand, how to move, etc. . drama. comes from the Greek verb . dran. , which means “to do.” The Doing/Acting is what makes drama.. The earliest known plays. . . . Were written around the fifth century B.C. Produced for festivals to honor Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility. “I am no man”. Image from cover, Casey . Dué. . The Captive Women’s Lament in Greek Tragedy. Agenda. Adventures in Critical Thinking. Creon’s Counselors…. Recap and Update. Play and Its “Ideological Horizons” . “I am no man”. Image from cover, Casey . Dué. . The Captive Women’s Lament in Greek Tragedy. Agenda. Adventures in Critical Thinking. Creon’s Counselors…. Recap and Update. Play and Its “Ideological Horizons” . Samos rebellion, 440-39 BC. Yet, the punishment resembles . apotympanismos. , crucifixion on a plank, which Athenians afflicted upon citizens guilty of . henous. crimes. By all appearances, Pericles treated the . A story that is written with the purpose of being performed in front of an audience.. Or in other words, a play. Dramas always have 5 major elements (& often more):. Rising action. Conflict. Climax. Ice-Breaker. Take a look at the film script for . The . Monsters . A. re Due on Maple Street. .. Steve. What was that? A meteor? . Don. . [. Nods. ] That's what it looked like. I didn't hear any crash, though, did you? . 5th Century B.C. (400-499). Dionysus . (Roman: Bacchus). God of Wine and the Theatre. Inspires Madness and Ecstasy. Associated with frenzy, decadence, and excess. Festival released this “excess” energy. duplo. and the . karagatan. .. . *. Duplo. – was a poetical debate held by trained men and women in the ninth night, the last night of the mourning period for the dead. . . Bellacos. – male participants, they are the heads of the games. . “I am no man”. Agenda. Problems (cont’d) …. Gender, Sexuality, Values, Ideology. Shape of Course. Where, When, What, How. Sophocles’ . Antigone. Background, Approaches, Issues. Discussion. Gender, Values, Power. Drama does not rely on narration, however, presents you with speech and action.. Drama, like prose fiction, utilizes plot and characters, develops a theme, arouses emotion or appeals to humor, and may be escapist or interpretive in its dealings with life. Like poetry, it may draw upon all the resources of language, including verse .