文導 note week 16
1. Aristotle’s Poetics -> “Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete and of a certain
magnitude…”“through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation (catharsis) of these emotions”
2. The structure of a tragedy has six parts : plot(the soul of drama), character, thought; diction; melody; scenery
3. Aeschylus -> Agamemnon ->suffering, tribe law – court law
Sophocles -> Oedipus -> tragic flaw (harmartia), hubris
Euripides -> Medea -> revenge, disorder
Aristophanes -> Lysistrata -> “War shall be the concern of women”, sex-strike
4. comic relief -> Comic relief usually means a releasing of emotional or other tension resulting from
a comic episode interposed in the midst of serious or tragic elements in a drama.
6. attendant -> a person who accompanies or waits upon another; a person employed
to assist, guide, or provide a service for others, esp. for the general public
ex. flight attendant
accountant ->a person concerned with the maintenance and audit of business accounts
and the preparation of consultant reports in tax and finance
protestant -> a person who express disagreement or complaint
applicant -> a person who applies, as for a job, grant, support, etc.; candidate
7. William Shakespeare -> 4 tragedies
Hamlet
Othello
Macbeth
King Lear
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play by William Shakespeare,
believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events
surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta.
These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group
of six amateur actors, who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who
inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare's
most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.
9. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
10. Potiphar :
Potiphar or Potifar is a person in the Book of Genesis's account of
Joseph. Potiphar is said to be the captain of the palace guard and
is referred to without name in the Quran. Joseph, sold into slavery by
his brothers, is taken to Egypt where he is sold to Potiphar as
a household slave.
11. Hercules : Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles,
who was the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene.
In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous
far-ranging adventures.
12. Desdemona : Desdemona is a character in William Shakespeare's play
Othello. Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venetian beauty who enrages
and disappoints her father, a Venetian senator, when she elopes with Othello,
a man several years her senior. When her husband is deployed to
Cyprus in the service of the Republic of Venice, Desdemona accompanies
him. There, her husband is manipulated by his ensign Iago into believing
she is an adulteress, and, in the last act, she is murdered by her estranged
spouse.The role has attracted notable actresses through the centuries
and has the distinction of being the role performed by Margaret Hughes,
the first actress to appear on an English public stage.
13. O.J. Simpson
14. “se-”means apart; from
secede ( v.) to make a formal withdrawal of membership, as from a political
alliance, church, organization, etc.
separate ( v.)to part or be parted from a mass or group; to discriminate between
seclude ( v.) to remove from contact with others; to shut off or screen from view
seduce ( v.) to persuade to engage in sexual intercourse; to lead astray, as from
the right action
15. character
orchestra ( n.)a large group of musicians, esp. one whose members play a
variety of different instruments
altar ( n.)a raised place or structure where sacrifices are offered and religious
rites performed
pagan ( n.) a member of a group professing a polytheistic religion or any
religion other than Christianity, Judaism, or Islam; a person
without any religion; heathen
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