Phyllis Wong Th 210 Exam 2025
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
The Empty Pot - ✔✔telling the truth is a courageous act
Catharsis - ✔✔purgation of emotions of pity and fear which leaves the viewer both
relieved and elated
Conflict in Antigone - ✔✔clash between divine law and human law
Hubris - ✔✔over-inflated self confidence and arrogance that befalls tragic heroes
Chorus in Antigone - ✔✔main dramatic function is to offer commentary and insight on
the action from the people
dithyramb - ✔✔hymn sung at the altar of the god dionysus. Aristotle claimed it was the
ritual that acted as the origin of theatre
Theatre in Greek times - ✔✔inherently political and meant to question and challenge
status quo
tragedy - ✔✔derived from greek word meaning "goat song"
satyr plays - ✔✔lewd (dirty) and comic plays
ritual - ✔✔an enactment of stories/ideas, a way to make order out of chaos and keep
the peace, a way to make meaning of significant events.
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, hamartia - ✔✔a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine means
"frailty"
6 elements of plays - ✔✔plot, character, thought, diction, spectacle, song
theatre - ✔✔the seeing place, a performance with at least one actor and an audience,
live actors intended for a live audience making use of scripted language
nobility - ✔✔Aristotle argued that a tragedy should feature a character of ____ who
experiences a downfall due to an error or frailty
Thepsis - ✔✔Legendary first actor in Greek drama when he stepped away from a
chorus and played an individual role
Greek Comedy - ✔✔lude, bawdy and included phallic symbols and criticized politics
Medium, Subject - ✔✔theatre is unique because it is the only art form where the ___ and
the ___ are exactly the same
men - ✔✔were considered as citizens in the ancient democracy of athens.
Euripedes - ✔✔The activist, wrote strong female characters
Aeschylus - ✔✔The warrior
Sophocles - ✔✔the wise
Spartans - ✔✔beat athens in the Peloponnesian war
"An unjust law is no law at all" - ✔✔famous line stated by antigone in utter defense of
her actions
Ismene - ✔✔Antigone wants ___ to tell that she is burying polyneices
Creon - ✔✔when ___ captures antigone she is terrified and denies everything
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
The Empty Pot - ✔✔telling the truth is a courageous act
Catharsis - ✔✔purgation of emotions of pity and fear which leaves the viewer both
relieved and elated
Conflict in Antigone - ✔✔clash between divine law and human law
Hubris - ✔✔over-inflated self confidence and arrogance that befalls tragic heroes
Chorus in Antigone - ✔✔main dramatic function is to offer commentary and insight on
the action from the people
dithyramb - ✔✔hymn sung at the altar of the god dionysus. Aristotle claimed it was the
ritual that acted as the origin of theatre
Theatre in Greek times - ✔✔inherently political and meant to question and challenge
status quo
tragedy - ✔✔derived from greek word meaning "goat song"
satyr plays - ✔✔lewd (dirty) and comic plays
ritual - ✔✔an enactment of stories/ideas, a way to make order out of chaos and keep
the peace, a way to make meaning of significant events.
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY GRACE AMELIA, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, hamartia - ✔✔a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine means
"frailty"
6 elements of plays - ✔✔plot, character, thought, diction, spectacle, song
theatre - ✔✔the seeing place, a performance with at least one actor and an audience,
live actors intended for a live audience making use of scripted language
nobility - ✔✔Aristotle argued that a tragedy should feature a character of ____ who
experiences a downfall due to an error or frailty
Thepsis - ✔✔Legendary first actor in Greek drama when he stepped away from a
chorus and played an individual role
Greek Comedy - ✔✔lude, bawdy and included phallic symbols and criticized politics
Medium, Subject - ✔✔theatre is unique because it is the only art form where the ___ and
the ___ are exactly the same
men - ✔✔were considered as citizens in the ancient democracy of athens.
Euripedes - ✔✔The activist, wrote strong female characters
Aeschylus - ✔✔The warrior
Sophocles - ✔✔the wise
Spartans - ✔✔beat athens in the Peloponnesian war
"An unjust law is no law at all" - ✔✔famous line stated by antigone in utter defense of
her actions
Ismene - ✔✔Antigone wants ___ to tell that she is burying polyneices
Creon - ✔✔when ___ captures antigone she is terrified and denies everything
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