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What is the role of catharsis in reading and watching a tragedy?
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What are features of Nanny in Romeo and Juliet?
The main role of the nanny in Romeo and Juliet is to provide comic relief. In Shakespeare's tragedy, he always includes one comic relief character to lighten the mood.
Does Macbeth stick to all the conventions of tragedy?
Macbeth sticks, or conforms, to the Conventions of Tragedy in several ways. One, he has a fatal flaw which ultimately leads to his downfall: ambition. Two, Fate and Fortune play a role throughout the play through the Witches characters. Three, the tragic protagonist, in this case Macbeth, becomes a scapegoat and dies at the end of the play, thereby purging or cleansing the community from its evil.
What role did the spectators play?
In ancient Greece at the annual festival playwrights competed to determine whose tragedy was the best. Audience participation was regarded as a civic duty. In ancient Rome jeering was common at the gladiator games. Audience participation often determined if a competitor lived or died.
What makes 'Oedipus Rex' a tragedy?
The fact that the main character meets with an unfortunate end makes "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.) a tragedy.Specifically, a tragedy is a recounting of an unfortunate series of events that bring down the main character. The description fits the play's telling of the life and times of Theban King Oedipus. For example, Oedipus begins as a role model of personal happiness and professional success, but ends up sightless, jobless, homeless and friendless.
Who were Shakespeare's characters based on?
Some were based on historical events- such as Julius Caesar, Roman emperor that he was, and the Scottish War-Lord Macbeth. arguably Hamlet is an historical tragedy with some fictionalization. ( several actresses have essayed the title role- amogn them Sarah Bernhardt and Dame Judith Anderson- as Jerry Lewis once intoned when he had her on the Tonight show ( acting as substitute MC)- Happy Hamlet! with regards to her role in the Play. Some of Shakespeare is straight out fiction or fantasy.
What is the role of catharsis in a tragedy?
The audience
Who is responsible for tragedy in the return of the native?
fate plays an important role in this tragedy
Aristotle identified as the moment in a Greek tragedy when the protagonist recognizes his or her role in bringing about suffering?
The term you are referring to is "anagnorisis," which is the moment of sudden understanding or realization that the protagonist has about their own fate or actions in a tragedy. It is a key element in classical Greek tragic plays and is often followed by a moment of catharsis for the character and the audience.
What was the most common role for women in Sumerian?
Women's role was watching children and doing housework
What was the common role for women in the Sumerian society?
Women's role was watching children and doing housework
What is the role of silence in the novel their eyes were watching god?
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What was the most common role for women in Sumerian society?
Women's role was watching children and doing housework
What is one of the more significant questions explored by Greek tragedy?
What role do I play in my own suffering
Aristotle identified what as the moment in a Greek tragedy when the protagonist recognizes his or her role in bringing about suffering?
Aristotle identified this moment as "anagnorisis," the moment of tragic recognition or realization by the protagonist in a Greek tragedy. This is typically when the character understands their own contribution to their downfall or the suffering around them.
What is the one of the more significant questions explored Athenian Greek Tragedy?
What role do I play in my own suffering
What is one the more significant questions explored by athenian greek tragedy?
What role do I play in my own suffering
What is the role of reading and writing in business administration?
Reading and writing plays the same role in business administration as it does in any other part of life. It is used for communicating business matters and transactions.
