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|Lecture, reading/chapter/novel/article during |Name: ___________________________________ |

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|info.) |Class: __English_______________ Period: ________ |

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|Topic:__Greek Drama |Date: ____________________________ |

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|Questions/Main Ideas: |Notes: |

|1. (pg. 685) Describe what worshipers did | |

|during the rituals celebrating Dionysos. | |

|Where were the festivals held during the 6th |2. City name: |

|century B.C.? | |

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|4. What kind of prize did they compete for? | |

|5. (pg. 686) Why was it so important to have a | |

|second actor separate from the chorus? | |

|6. Who was the first to do this? | |

|7. How many people attended the festival? | |

|8. How long was the festival? | |

|9. Who chose the playwrights to compete? | |

|Describe the types of plays. |tragedies |10. |

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| |11. |Comic, lewd (nasty) treatments of religious themes. |

| |comedies |12. |

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|What were the two parts of the theater? |13. |

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|15. Why did the masks have exaggerated | |

|mouthpieces? | |

|16. (pg. 687) Define myth (in detail). | |

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|(p. 738) What three roles did Sophocles serve |17. |

|in public? | |

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|What is Sophocles’ record over 62 years? |20. First place = |

| |21. Second place = |

|22. How many tragedies did Sophocles write? | |

|23. How many remain in historical records? | |

|24. What was Sophocles’ religious view? | |

|25. What was his usual moral lesson? | |

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|How was he a technical innovator? |Added a third actor |

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|What are the titles of the Theban plays, as they|28. |

|should occur chronologically? | |

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|31. (p. 739) What is the purpose of tragedy |KEY TERM TO RECALL: CATHARSIS |

|according to Aristotle? | |

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|32. Why can’t an ordinary citizen be a tragic | |

|hero? | |

|KEY TERM TO RECALL: HAMARTIA |33. The hero is defeated because of… |

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|What are three examples of a tragic flaw? |34. KEY TERM TO RECALL: HUBRIS |

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|37. What is the key point? | |

|38. What makes a “real hero?” | |

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|39. According to Aristotle’s quotation, how is | |

|pity aroused? | |

|40. According to Aristotle’s quotation, how is | |

|fear aroused? | |

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Journal: If there were a prophecy that something terrible was going to happen to you or a loved one, how would you respond? Would you try to avoid it? How? Would you NOT want to know? What might you do to change it? Would you accept it and wait for it to happen? Is there a difference between “fate” and “God’s plan?” How much do you believe in either one?

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