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The word "theatre" comes from the Greek "theatron" which means what correct answers seeing place what does "dran" mean correct answers to do what is the heart of theatre? correct answers The act of seeing and beginning to see What are the 3 basic components of theatre? correct answers 1. A...

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Theatre 101 Final || with 100% Verified Solutions.
The word "theatre" comes from the Greek "theatron" which means what correct answers seeing
place

what does "dran" mean correct answers to do

what is the heart of theatre? correct answers The act of seeing and beginning to see

What are the 3 basic components of theatre? correct answers 1. Actor
2. Space
3. Audience

What expression best defines "theatre"? correct answers A place of performance

What is one requirement of a theatre? correct answers An empty space

What is a troupe? correct answers a company of people gathered for the same purpose

T/F: Theatre and games have very little in common correct answers False

What are the differences between theatre and sports? correct answers -sports don't have a defined
outcome
-in theatre you must have an audience

What is the distinctive feature of theatre? correct answers impersonation; combines emotions,
intellect, and aesthetics

What are 2 types of performances? correct answers presentational and representational

what is a presentational performance? correct answers acknowledges the audience, like stand up
comedy

what is representational performance? correct answers does not acknowledge the audience; more
common type

what is a paradox? correct answers 2 things in the same world don't seem like they should co-
exist
-the actor must "disappear" behind the character, yet the actor is applauded and celebrateda

who came up with the "willing suspension of disbelief" correct answers Coleridge

Theatrical performance differs from other kinds of performance because: correct answers theatre
is live, scripted, and rehearsed

What sets the theatre apart from other media? correct answers the physical presence of actors

, what is an audience? correct answers a special group of people assembled for a special audience

what are audience expectations? correct answers -relation to life experiences
-familiarity
-collective response
-preparations and decorum: must show up on time and phones should be put away

What is a play? correct answers An action focused around conflict, gives action significance

what is an event? correct answers it frames and focuses action around a central a conflict

what is a genre? correct answers category/kind

2 primary ways to understand plays correct answers -according to duration
-according to genre

2 major genres of plays correct answers -comedy
-tragedy

what happens to the central character in a greek tragedy? correct answers undergoes a change
that leads to his/her demise

according to Aristotle, tragedy tells a story that: correct answers centers on a great person, or
protagonist

purging of audience's emotions correct answers catharsis

tragic hero correct answers chooses opposition rather than compromise
-freely chooses his/her fate
-inevitably experiences a fall (happiness to pain)
-asserts will and intellect against imperfect world

what 2 forms does tragic realization take? correct answers 1. despite suffering and calamity,
order exists
2. in a random and indifferent universe, the hero's struggle is admirable

what is hamlet's flaw? correct answers indecisiveness

why do comedies typically go out of date more quickly than tragedies? correct answers comedies
are more topical and deal with ordinary life at the time they are written

according to the text, every person may be considered a playright because correct answers in
every day life, everyone plays a role
OR
the unconscious stages an association of words and ideas when we sleep

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