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Antigone Review
Study guide for antigone
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English
10th Grade
01/25/2011

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what is the main purpose of the chorus besides singing?
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to fill in gaps in the play
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list the three components of a theater
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skene, orchestra, theatron
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What's between the skene and theatron?
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orchestra
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what's the skene
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dressingroom
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dramatic irony
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when the audience knows more than the characters
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Who is thespis?
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founder of greek tragedy
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Who is aeschylus?
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Greek dramatist. He is best known for his trilogy, the Oresteia (458 bc), consisting of the tragedies Agamemnon, Choephoroe, and Eumenides
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aristophanes
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Greek comic playwright. Notable works: Lysistrata, The Birds, and The Frogs
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