Comedies - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

William Shakespeare Poet and playwright of the Renaissance period in Western culture. Plays, comedies, tragedies, tragicomedies and historical plays. William Faulkner Author of Southern literature in America based on his experience living in Mississippi during the early 20th century. Geoffrey Chaucer Medieval poet "Father of English Literature" The Canterbury Tales" portrayed life during the Middle Ages. Parlement of Foules-poem - dream vision poems Drama a piece of writing that te...

Which of the following statements about reality television is false? - Reality TV is much more expensive to make than typical comedies or dramas. Few children's programs are aired on network television because most advertisers are less interested in reaching that audience. t/f - true The sale of spot ads within such shows as Today and TV specials like Peter Pan helped to end sponsor control of TV content. t/f - true In the landmark Midwest Video case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the...

THEA 110 Exam Guide Questions and CORRECT Answers Which of the following is a type of comedic play? - ANS All of the above Comedies must not have any conflict in their plot. - ANS false Why are plays typically 2-3 hours long? It is the time between lunch and dinner It is the time between dinner and bed time That is as long as a human can sit before they get restless - ANS Both A and B

What play was written by the Greek dramatist Sophocles? - Oedipus Rex What Poet wrote Iliad? - Homer Greek Architecture was based on what structure? - Post and Lintel The Greek building most reveared for its use of Ratio and Perspective is? - The Parthenon Geek plays generally shown in a ? - Ampitheater Roman Engineering allowed the ______________ to have the largest single span dome for Centeries. - The Patheon Plato's Allgery in the Cave, what do the shadows represent? - Every Day Life...

William Shakespeares purpose - ANSWER to entertain the public (tragedies, comedies, and histories) Renaissance - ANSWER "rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered reflecting religious values form - ANSWER shape in art, can be an illusion from painting objects or two dimensional painting surfaces but is usually a sculpture. Quarter rest - ANSWER 1 beat of silence

This was done and spoken by central and eastern European Jews and uses the Hebrew alphabet and elements of German, Italian and French - yiddish theatre Why was yiddish theatre forbidden? - It wasn't allowed for Jewish people because there was a quote from the bible saying "A man shall not put on a women's garment" What was the only exception for plays of Yiddish descent? - The Festival of Purim Purim plays which told bible stories (Esther-saving the Jewish people) Why did Yiddish theat...

JOMC 101 EXAM 4 UNL Question and answers rated A+ 2023/2024Which of the following statements about reality television is false? - correct answer Reality TV is much more expensive to make than typical comedies or dramas. Few children's programs are aired on network television because most advertisers are less interested in reaching that audience. t/f - correct answer true The sale of spot ads within such shows as Today and TV specials like Peter Pan helped to end sponsor control of TV cont...

CLEP comp Questions and Answers 100% Pass (1) In observing a live performance such as a play or a stand-up routine, each individual member of the audience is affected by the group's emotional response to the show. (2) Some research shows that audience members are likely to laugh along with the laughter of others in the audience much more frequently than they would laugh at the same performance if viewing it alone. (3) As performances moved to radio and television in the first half of the twe...

A play's final scene, action, or lines that indicate the end of conflicts, and possibly even bring about resolution, is called the: correct answers Denouement. Which of the following is true about the differences between tragedy and comedy? correct answers Tragedy typically deals with great people, whereas comedy deals with ordinary people. The purging or cleansing of the audience's pity and terror at the climax of a tragedy is called: correct answers Catharsis. In play construction, ...

Context of the play - ️️"Othello" demonstrates many aspects of dramatic tragedy. Shakespeare wrote the play in 1603, giving it the full title of "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice." The play is a good example of how tragedy works as a dramatic form. The play is widely viewed as a domestic tragedy between a husband and a wife that STEMS FROM FUNDAMENTAL FEELINGS OF JEALOUSY. There is the wider context of the conflict between the Venetians and Turks that is happening as part of ...