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-2 actors
-1 chorus
-always about the Gods |
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-3 actors, 1 chorus
-Upper Class and Royalty
-"Oedipus Rex" (Oedipus the King) |
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-Father of Modern Social Tragedy
-lessened importance of Chorus
"Electra"
"Trojan Women"
"Medea" |
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-comedies, mainly
"Lysistrata" -anti-war play |
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| Slave from Africa. Was freed. |
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| -was upper class
-CLOSET DRAMA
-shakespeare liked his plays
+long
+ghosts
+violent
+hero dies |
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-Greatest playwright from Englad (besides Shakespeare)
-very much a Bigot
--Invented Arch-villain
"Dr.Faustus" |
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-best playwright of his time
"Volpone" |
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-Greatest playwright who ever lived
-little education
-was part of The Lord Chamberlain's Men
1.Great Philosopher
2.Great Poet
3.Great Characters
---plays weren't published until after his death |
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-French playwright
-comedies |
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(Irish)
-19th century's greatest wit
"the Importance of Being Earnest" |
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