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Greek Background: Oedipus Rex
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Plot Diagram – Label AND Define each element *See Track 6
Introduction/Exposition:
Rising Action:
Conflict:
Climax:
Falling Action/Denouement:
Resolution/Conclusion:
Greek Stage: Label and briefly explain the parts of the stage *See Track 4
Koilon
Orchestra
Parados
Proscenion
Scene
Altar
Throne of Priest of Dionysus
Five Characteristics of Greek Tragedy: Explain elements *See Track 7
1) Explores the ways of god and man – (Done)
2) Tragic Hero (4pts) with Tragic Flaw(def):
3) Crisis of Feeling:
4) Catharsis:
5) Reversal:
Structure of Greek Tragedies: Fill in elements*Track 5
______: opening scene, background info given; said by one actor or between two actors
______: entrance of chorus, chant a lyric which gives some relation to the main theme
______/Scene: plot is developed through action and dialogue between actors; chorus has a minor role
______/Ode: a choral ode; short summary given by chorus, always follows an episode
______: final action after the last stassimon; ended by ceremonial exit of all the players
Vocabulary: Define*Track 7
Chorus – represented the common people; clarified but never advanced the plot;
Hubris – pride likely to invoke the wrath of the gods;
Theme -
Dramatic Irony -
Dialogue -
Tragic Hero -
Setting -
Sophocles – author of Oedipus Rex
Wrote ______years ago *Track 2(under “Introduce the Play”)
Won ______prize at Athens’ annual drama festival *Track 2(under “Introduction”)
Wrote ____ plays; ______plays survived*Track 10
Was an ancient Greek ______, dramatist, priest, and politician of ______*Track 10
Known as the ______for the “sweetness of his productions”*Track 10
Competed with ______and ______in dramatic contests*Track 10
Greek Culture/History
The act counted, not the ______*Track 14 (under Possible Interpretations)
It was the ______of a Greek to harm enemies, and an ______*Track 14 (same)
would make someone an enemy
______meant everything, so killing one’s father and *Track 14 (same)
______with one’s mother were considered the two worst possible ______
______and ______were considered very powerful *Track 14 (same)
The aged, blind ______turns the plot in all Greek tragedies *Track 14 (click on Tiresias)
set in Thebes
Greeks were concerned with ______, ______, *Track 2(under Lesson Objectives)
and the role of ______and ______in everyday life.
______was the favorite type of Greek drama, *Track 2(under Introduction to Greek Drama)
and at the heart of all tragedies lay a character’s ______
Aristotle argued that tragedy cleansed the ______through pity and terror, *Track 1
purging us of our petty concerns/worries by making us aware that there can be nobility
in ______; He called this experience ______
Greek Theater
The three different types of drama are: ______, ______, and ______*Tracks 1 or 2
Performed on festival days in honor of the Greek god ______*Tracks 3 or 2
______entered sets of plays - ___ (#) chosen(3 tragedies, 1 satyr each)- jurors cast votes*Track 3
Approximately ______people watched at a time *Track 11 (5th section)
Action of the play takes place in a single day; there was only one storyline – no subplots
Stories based on legends and myths that Greekswould have already known
Emotion of character was the center of the play
Physical horror (violence and death) was done ______*Track 9
______(#) Greek theaters have been excavated; 3 requirements included being built *Track 11
into a hill; providing breathtaking view for audience, and offering flat performance area
Stage always built into a hill; called an ampitheater
______placed under theater seats to increase sound *Track 12
All actors were ______*Tracks 8 or 13
Actors were first called ______*Track 13
Actors wore ______which served as ______*Track 12
There were ______speaking actors, each rotating to play all the *Track 2
speaking parts
Actors wore colorful ______, ______, ______, robes, *Track 3
and megaphones
Leader of the chorus was known as ______*Track 8(under dramatic terms)
There were ______people in the chorus *Tracks 3 or 11
Chorus moved together; they would chant, ______, and ______*Track 13
*Sets ______and heightens dramatic effects *Track 9
*Represented common people; *Warned of doom