Studied by 2 people
Father of drama
Thespis
theatron
Seeing place where the audience sits
Orchestra
Circular dancing place where actors and chorus preform
Thymele
Alter to Dionysus
Skene
Building used as dressing room
Proskenion
Facade of skene building that is a backdrop
Parodos
entrance to theater used by chorus
Tragic play timeline
One day
Messenger 1
tells news that happens away from scene
Messenger 2
Reports violence that cannot be seen
Tragic flaw
Hamartia
Bio parents
Jocasta and Laius
Oedipus children
Eteocles and Ismene
Theme in Oedious Rex
Fate
Trilogy name
Theban plays
Catharsis
When audience has a sense of relief
Chorus function
Sets mood adds beauty divides actions gives reflection expresses opinion
Motiff
common or repeating thing
anagnorisis
Protagonist has self realization change from ignorance to knowledge
Century Sophocles lived and wrote
496-406 B.C.
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