intro to comedy & tragedy
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This Slideshow will provide you with a history of comedy and tragedy and the themes typically included within each.TRANSCRIPT
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COMEDY
TRAGEDY
TWO GENRESPhoto Credit: Julius No
performed
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ON A STAGE
TRAGIC THEMES
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“Typically the main protagonist of a tragedy commits some terrible crime
without realizing how foolish and arrogant he has been. Then, as he slowly realizes his error, the world
crumbles around him. ”-PBS.org
GREAT PLaywrights of tragedy
Aeschylus Sophocles EuripidesPhoto Credit: Julius No
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sophoclesHippolytus
AeschylusAgamemnon
Prometheus Bound
euripidesAntigone
Oedipus the King
“Tragedy, then, is a process of imitating an action which has serious implications, is complete, and possesses
magnitude; by means of language which has been made sensuously attractive, with sach of its varieties found
separately in the parts; enacted by the persons themselves and not presented through narrative; through a course of pity and fear completing the
purification (catharsis, sometimes translated “purgation”) of such emotions. ”-Aristotle
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“Tragedy depicts the downfall of a basically good person through some
fatal error or misjudgment, producing suffering and insight on the part of the protagonist and arousing pity and fear
on the part of the audience.”-David simpson
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six levels of
importance
thoughtcharacterplot
spectaclemelodydiction
-Aristotle
phases of tragedy
•Greek •Roman (Greek adaptations)
•English Renaissance
•Modern •Hollywood
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now a subgenre of drama
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hey, wait! don’t forget about comedy!
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anarchistic comedy
(Aristophanes, 446 BCE)
romantic comedy
(Menander, 342 BCE)
“…focuses on characters (or a character) who come up with an
unusual idea, which after surmounting certain obstacles they succeed in
carrying out, thus transforming society.
”-a. horton
anarchistic comedy
“…is sympathetic comedy that presents the adventures of young lovers trying to overcome social, psychological, or interpersonal constraints to achieve a
successful union.
”-D.k. wheeler
Romantic comedy
comic climates
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farce irony humor satirePhoto Credit: Cpt. Brick
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high comedyword wit
low comedyPhoto Credit: kingkong21
physical actions; vulgarities