Stichomythia - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

UIL LITERARY CRITICISM EXAM TEST (QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS)2024/2025 According to the essay "Ancient Athenian Drama," before the invention of tragedy there were contests in which rhapsodes recited parts of what works of literature? - CORRECT ANSWER-Homer's Iliad and Odyssey What did Aeschylus supposedly call his own work? - CORRECT ANSWER-"Slices from the feast of Homer" What does the essay say about the entrances and exits of characters in Greek drama? - CORRECT ANSWER-To...

UIL LITERARY CRITICISM EXAM TEST (QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS)2024/2025 According to the essay "Ancient Athenian Drama," before the invention of tragedy there were contests in which rhapsodes recited parts of what works of literature? - CORRECT ANSWER-Homer's Iliad and Odyssey What did Aeschylus supposedly call his own work? - CORRECT ANSWER-"Slices from the feast of Homer" What does the essay say about the entrances and exits of characters in Greek drama? - CORRECT ANSWER-To...

CLA Final Exam with 100% correct answers 2024 1. The genre of comedy probably takes roots in the rituals of: - answeragrarian fertility. 2. The first recorded elements of comic genre come from - answerepic 3. 'Homeric Laughter' is the laughter of: - answergods 4. Women's laughter is a peculiar feature of the cult of - answerDemeter 5. Comic performances in classical Athens celebrated the worship of - answerDionysus Iambos' is (mark 2): - answerthe genre of magical scolding; poetic met...

CLA Final Exam with 100% correct answers 2024 1. The genre of comedy probably takes roots in the rituals of: - answeragrarian fertility. 2. The first recorded elements of comic genre come from - answerepic 3. 'Homeric Laughter' is the laughter of: - answergods 4. Women's laughter is a peculiar feature of the cult of - answerDemeter 5. Comic performances in classical Athens celebrated the worship of - answerDionysus Iambos' is (mark 2): - answerthe genre of magical scolding; poetic met...

A chamber in the citadel, Desdemona lies asleep in bed - correct answer-bed symbolic, liebestod, almost like consummation? Othello: It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul. - correct answer-diacope, sacrifice Othello: Yet I'll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow - correct answer-hyperbaton, contrast. blood and white symbolic? married chastity, virginity, blood on wedding sheets - there will be no blood, Desdemona dies physically and spiritually innocent and...

OEDIPUS REX STUDY AID QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 What are the people of Thebes suffering from? A plague: cattle dying, women dying in labor, crops not growing, stillborn babies What does the Priest ask Oedipus to do? To find a way to uplift the plague as the people are suffering. What two reasons do the Thebans have for pleading to Oedipus for help? He has helped them in the past and Oedipus is well known/the king. What initial step does Oedipus indicate he has already t...

Exposition - ANSWERSBackground info that the audience needs in order to understand the action of the play Climax - ANSWERSthe moment in the play when tension becomes unbearable Soliloquy - ANSWERSa solo speech, the characters thoughts Denouement - ANSWERSthe resolution of the tension generated by the dramatic conflict(s). The moment of new harmony or understanding, a restoration of order. In a tragedy this may involve the death of the protagonist. Malapropism - ANSWERSWhen you substi...

This document show the fast paced language and speech used by Lady Anne and Richard Duke of Gloucester during the infamous "Wooing Scene" in the play by Shakespeare "Richard III". This scene is about Richards attempt to "Woo" Lady Anne and ultimately become her husband. This proves to be difficult as previously he killed her husband and father in law.

waiting for godot -theatre of the absurd definition, influences of absurdism, characteristics, general structure and more -overview of samuel beckett’s life -summary of the play 1. socio-political context 2. influences 3. playwright intention 4. characters -stock characters, existential heros, paradoxical pairs etc -detailed analysis & quotes for each 5. style of page: -structure -language (cross talk, non-sequiturs, stichomythia etc.) -dialogue 6. style on stage:...