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When does an audience first encounter the point of view of the production? correct answers at the very beginning
Which of the following are examples of different genres of plays? correct answers -tragedy
-tragicomedy
-comedy
It is possible to produce the same play from very different points...
when does an audience first encounter the point of
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When does an audience first encounter the point of view of the production? correct answers at
the very beginning
Which of the following are examples of different genres of plays? correct answers -tragedy
-tragicomedy
-comedy
It is possible to produce the same play from very different points of view depending on our ___
correct answers perspective
Which questions might a tragedy explore? correct answers -Why is the world unjust?
-To what heights of courage, strength, generosity, and integrity can human beings rise?
-what are the limits of human suffering and endurance?
Tragedy that was written between the 1800's and the present day is called: correct answers
modern tragedy
What does the mood and the tone of the play indicate to the audience? correct answers The point
of view of the production
Which would be considered a tragic circumstance for traditional tragedy? correct answers -A
king unknowingly murders his father and marries his mother
-A queen falls hopelessly in love with her stepson
-A noblewoman must decide between her own death and dishonoring her dead brother
The French word for category we use to describe different types of plays is: correct answers
genre
A play's ___ how it looks at people or events from a particular perspective - is a conscious act on
the part of the creator of the text, and it is helps the audience decide how to categorize the play
correct answers viewpoint
Which of the following statements are true of the genre known as tragedy? correct answers -
Tragedy asks universal questions
- Tragedy forces us to confront evil and goodness
- Tragedy usually has an unhappy ending
Tragedy from the distant past is called: correct answers traditional tragedy
In a traditional tragedy the characters are caught up in a web of tragic ___ in which they are
trapped correct answers events
Which of the following are examples of different genres of plays? correct answers -tragedy
-tragicomedy
, -comedy
It is possible to produce the same play from very different points of view depending on our ___
correct answers perspective
The main character in a traditional tragedy should be classified as: correct answers - a person of
stature
- high-born
- in a position of leadership
When the tragic character in traditional tragedy is on a course from which there is no turning
back, this is called: correct answers tragic irretrievably
When a tragic character does this, they teach us about life through their abundant capacity for
suffering correct answers Accept responsibility
Which of the following characters could be found as the hero or heroine in a traditional tragedy?
correct answers -king
-noblewoman
-general
When a character in a traditional tragedy understands that there is no turning back and must
continue on despite the circumstances this is called tragic: correct answers irretrievability
Traditional tragedy is written in this form in order to scale the heights of the ideas and the
emotions correct answers Verse
Which of the following are examples of a tragic character accepting responsibility? correct
answers - King Lear's suffering on the heath
- Antigone's acceptance of her own death
- Oedipus putting out his own eyes
Which of the following are the two contradictory effects of traditional tragedy? correct answers -
pessimism
- affirmation
Traditional tragedy is written in verse or poetry because the content cannot be expressed in
everyday language or prose and the tragic character's language needs to reflect their higher
stature. correct answers true
Traditional tragedy causes us to both reflect on the bleakness of the world and to: correct
answers appreciate our resilience
Spectators of traditional tragedy fear that if characters of noble stature could fall then correct
answers they could fall as well.
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