Warm-up 10/19/12 If you could know anything about your future, what would it be? Why? If you could choose to know your entire future, would you want to? Do you believe people’s futures are mapped out for them and that there is nothing they can do to change them?

Warm-up 10/19 It is often said that “the truth will set you free.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why? Are there times that a person is better off not knowing the truth about something? Explain. When is a time you found out a truth about something you wish you hadn’t known?

Greek Theater

Greek Drama Tragedy Serious drama Tragic hero (main character) Noble and dignified Tries to achieve something Ultimately defeated Tragic flaw Weakness of the main character

The Theater Amphitheater Orchestra a level area of oval or circular shape surrounded by rising ground. Orchestra Rounded performance area where the chorus sings and dances

The Theater

The Theater

The Masks Suggest character types (king, prophet, woman, etc.) Made of linen, wood, or leather. marble or stone face used as a mold for mask Human or animal hair was also used Eyes fully drawn, but in the place of the pupil of the eye was a small hole so that the actor could see.

Theater Masks

Conventions of Greek Theater Prologue Opening scene Exodus Concluding scene Catharsis “cleansing” of emotions; like a “good cry” Audience members empathize with characters

Conventions of Greek Theater Prior knowledge of story Audience better appreciates the tragedy Understands irony No violence on stage

Conventions of Greek Theater Chorus Onlookers who comment on and interpret the actions of the play Choragos (chorus leader) Spokesman for the chorus Often interacts with other characters

Conventions of Greek Theater Parodos An ode sung by the chorus at their entrance Ode A poem meant to be sung

The Oedipus Cycle Oedipus Rex Oedipus at Colonus Antigone

Oedipus Rex King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes have a child Oracle says that child will “kill his father and marry his mother” Jocasta sends baby Oedipus with a shepherd to be killed at Mt. Cithaeron Meanwhile…

Oedipus Rex King Labdacus and Queen Merope of Corinth adopt a baby and name him “Oedipus” –swollen ankles As the child grows, he learns from the Oracle: “You will kill your father and marry your mother” Oedipus makes haste to leave Corinth On the road…

Oedipus Rex King Laius and his entourage are attacked by a traveler; Laius dies Oedipus encounters the Sphinx and solves her riddle Oedipus becomes King of Thebes—the wife of the widow Jocasta Thebes suffers from a plague The story unfolds…

Oedipus Rex Oedipus—2nd King of Thebes Jocasta—Queen of Thebes Creon—Jocasta’s brother Teiresias—the blind prophet

Vocab Scene 1 and Ode 1 Edict Lustration Begetting Pestilence Contagion Prudent Insolence Decrepit Mummery Regicide