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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.

5.    Apollo and Daphne

       Cupid and Psyche

 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

8.   A Midsummer Night's Dream

     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