Macbeth Background to the Play. Origin of the Play Shakespeare was talented in creative dramatization of an existing story, not creating an original story.
Troy – Achilles1
Introduction A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Does anyone know what bridge this is?
Shakespearean Tragedy Macbeth is a tragedy. According to Aristotle, the tragic hero was a man who rose to a high position and then fell---usually to.
Greek Theatre Introduction Please take notes on the following presentation.
Terms, Terms, Terms To know and use now and on the AP Exam.
Frasier Fill out the comedy study guide. Watch for the Oedipal myth. Over the weekend, complete the Oedipus reading guide. Purchase Medea, peruse the introduction.
Antigone & Greek Drama. Greek Drama Greek drama grew out of rituals honoring Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and fertility. Thespis (thespians) transformed.
Antigone and Greek Drama Notes. Greek Drama Greek drama --honors Dionysos, the god of wine and fertility. Thespis (thespians) transformed hymns sung to.
“Poetry, therefore, is a more philosophical and a higher thing than history: for poetry tends to express the universal, history the particular,” (Aristotle).
To understand the origin of the Western concepts of CONFLICT and TRAGIC HERO.
The Hero and the Quest Tales of the hero and the heroic quest occur in nearly every world culture.
