Theatre

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Chapter 4 questions (0.5 points each question)

Find the chapter in the Course Documents/THINK Theatre folder

Make your ANSWERS bold in each question and then write a string of the corresponding letters above these instructions (for example ABCD)

1. Which is NOT true of dramatic genres?

A. Many Western dramas do not fit neatly into a genre category.

B. Comedy and tragedy are the only way of categorizing dramas.

C. Categories of drama differ in different cultures.

D. Generic divisions reflect cultural bias.

2. The chorus in ancient Greek theatre

A. provides exposition and comments on the action.

B. engages with the characters.

C. represents the citizenry.

D. all of the above.

3. According to Aristotle, the best tragedies

A. contain a tragic hero from the bourgeois class.

B. contain a tragic miscalculation that causes the hero’s downfall.

C. inspire pity and fear in the performers.

D. contain violent spectacle.

4. Which is an example of transgression in comedy?

A. pratfalls

B. sexual jokes

C. a miser obsessing over his money

D. the use of puns

Task:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoOjUMkRuQM

Choose two separate scenes from the video and

describe in one paragraph each of at least 6 lines how the scene achieves its objective of being comic.

For your answers, you must refer to categories mentioned in the textbook on page 82 (“What makes us laugh”) and/or 85 (“Comedy of manners”).

Scene 1:

Scene 2: