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Pre AP – November 6, 2018 Do Now: Turn in your Greek Drama background questions from yesterday (orange tray) Take out paper for notes Agenda: Review Greek Drama/Aristotle background Intro to Antigone and Oedipus Rex

Introduction to Greek Drama

Origins: The ancient Greeks believed that the gods held great influence over the lives of humans; this was the basis of their most enduring invention: The tragic drama. The tragic dramas were performed over the course of three days at the major annual festival held in honor of the god Dionysus. These plays were presented in ancient Athens as part of a drama contest. Women were not allowed to attend.

Dionysus In Greek religion and mythology, god of fertility and wine. It was believed that he could endow man with divine creativity.

Origins Continued… Tragedies were often based on stories about the violent consequences of the relationships between gods and humans. The plot of a tragedy often ended with a resolution to the trouble, but only after considerable suffering.

Tragedy vs. Comedy Tragedy is a drama which concerns better than average people (heroes, kings, gods) who suffer a transition from good fortune to bad fortune Comedy concerns average, or below average, people (people like you and me) who enjoy a transition from bad circumstances to good (but not too good) and who speak everyday language. A comedy does not mean funny. It means happy.

Purpose Drama began in the Greek world as a form of religious ritual. They Explain: the relation of the human to the divine (gods) of the human world to the material world violence and its origins

The Theater (don’t write this down) The theatre consisted of a large circular orchestra, or dancing-floor, for the chorus. The chorus (from 12-15 people) sang and danced; their leader might engage in dialogue with the actors; they were always men, masked and in costume.

Theatres Continued… Theatres were more than 60 feet wide from each wing. It was also 60 feet from the front of the stage to the first row of spectators. Actors had to be heard by spectators (30,000), three hundred feet from the front of the stage, in the last row of seats.

Seats Orchestra

Drama Masks

Purpose of the masks: Identify Characters Unity (Chorus) Emotion Volume / projection Exaggeration (Distance)

Importance of burial To the ancient Greeks, death was the gateway to the afterlife, and a funeral was an essential rite of passage to help the traveler on his or her way. Remembrance of the dead ensured their immortality, and was deemed so important that childless people adopted heirs to take care of their funeral arrangements.

Burial continued… They believed the gods insisted on proper funerals and would be offended by anything less. Charon, ferryman of the dead, only accepted those buried or cremated with formal rites, and demanded the customary toll for ferrying them across the river Styx (the river that separated the living from the dead). Those turned away were denied peace and doomed to wander the banks of the Styx for 100 years.

Burial continued… It was a crime to speak ill of the dead, tell lies about them or fail to perform funeral rites. However, the authorities had the power to deny full funeral rites to outlaws. This caused a conflict between the need to obey sacred laws requiring burial and the need for the laws of men to keep control of society.

Aristotle’s Definition of a Tragic Hero 384-322 B. C Aristotle’s Definition of a Tragic Hero 384-322 B.C. (written 2,300 years ago!) Six Traits

1 The hero must be noble stature and have greatness of some sort. He or she must be from a high social status, and must have nobility and virtue as part of his or her character.

2 Though the tragic hero is great, he or she cannot be perfect. The audience needs to see him/her as someone who is essentially like “us”.

3 The hero’s downfall is wholly or partially his/her own fault. It is usually due to an error in judgment.

4 Usually, the character’s tragic flaw (aka: hamartia) is due to “hubris” or excessive pride or arrogance.

5 The hero’s misfortune is not wholly deserved – the punishment is worse than the crime. The punishment cannot be pure loss – the hero learns something from the events.

6 Though it makes the audience sad, the fate of the hero should not leave the audience depressed. The function of tragedy is to leave the audience with a feeling of “catharsis” or a cleansing of emotions.