TH 210 Comprehensive Exam –
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4th Wall - ✔✔imaginary wall that separates the audience from the actors (& fictional
world of the play)
History of Athens - ✔✔- ancient democracy that considered men as citizens
- Lost against Sparta in Pelopononesian War
Function of Greek Chorus - ✔✔*background information for the audience*
- gives lines, advice, and is a "second actor"
- reflects the audiences' POV and what they should be feeling
- sets mood, color, movement, poetry, and rhythm of play
narrator that highlights moral themes, characters, messages
Greek Tragedy - ✔✔when protagonist (usually characters of high birth/status)
experiences a series of events that threaten position or causes suffering of tragic fall of
own actions
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,Subjects of Greek Tragedies - ✔✔1) gaining wisdom from suffering
2) fate VS chance
3) acquiring virtue from hardship
Tragedy - ✔✔derives from Greek words "goat song"
Greek Comedy - ✔✔- lewd, bawdy, and often including phallic (male genitalia)
symbols
- criticized people, ideas, and politics
- represents a normal/ordinary character (opposite of tragedy)
Catharsis - ✔✔Greek word that refers to purgation (cleansing) of emotions -- usually
pity and fear
Hubris - ✔✔over-inflated self confidence and arrogance (of tragic heroes -- like Creon)
excessive pride
Dithyramb - ✔✔a hymn sung at the altar of the God Dionysus (god of wine/fertility)
which was accompanied by dancing and singing
Hamartia - ✔✔Greek word for "frailty" and means "to miss the mark".
- fatal flaw that leads to tragic hero's downfall
Ovation Inflation - ✔✔emotional pressure/group dynamic that audiences feel to stand
and applaud after watching a show (regardless of performance quality)
Color Theory - ✔✔study of how colors work together and affect our emotions &
perceptions
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, -- the relationship between their locations on a color wheel
Renaissance - ✔✔"rebirth"; in the Middle Ages it symbolized a revival of interest in
classical learning of Greece and Rome
The Globe Theatre - ✔✔(1599-1613) William Shakespeare's main theatre built along the
south bank of the Thames in London -- octagonal building with a central courtyard
open to the sky.
Iambic Pentameter - ✔✔imitates the sound of heart beats
line of verse composed of 10 syllables arranged in 5 metrical feet (iambs); consists of
stressed syllable followed by a unstressed syllable
Rhythm - ✔✔creates a pattern and evokes emotional response by adjusting the sounds
and speed in which lines are delivered
rhythm include verse drama, pacing and emotional impact
3 Worlds in Midsummers Night's Dream - ✔✔worlds: lovers, mechanicals, fairies
people: athenian nobility (Theseus); mechanicals (Bottom); Fairy (Titania)
Text - ✔✔what the character says
Subtext - ✔✔the hidden meaning beneath a character's words; reveals their true
intentions and thoughts
"Wright" - ✔✔root word that comes from the Middle Ages which means -- "one who
builds"
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Wong 2025 Questions and Answers
100% Pass
4th Wall - ✔✔imaginary wall that separates the audience from the actors (& fictional
world of the play)
History of Athens - ✔✔- ancient democracy that considered men as citizens
- Lost against Sparta in Pelopononesian War
Function of Greek Chorus - ✔✔*background information for the audience*
- gives lines, advice, and is a "second actor"
- reflects the audiences' POV and what they should be feeling
- sets mood, color, movement, poetry, and rhythm of play
narrator that highlights moral themes, characters, messages
Greek Tragedy - ✔✔when protagonist (usually characters of high birth/status)
experiences a series of events that threaten position or causes suffering of tragic fall of
own actions
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,Subjects of Greek Tragedies - ✔✔1) gaining wisdom from suffering
2) fate VS chance
3) acquiring virtue from hardship
Tragedy - ✔✔derives from Greek words "goat song"
Greek Comedy - ✔✔- lewd, bawdy, and often including phallic (male genitalia)
symbols
- criticized people, ideas, and politics
- represents a normal/ordinary character (opposite of tragedy)
Catharsis - ✔✔Greek word that refers to purgation (cleansing) of emotions -- usually
pity and fear
Hubris - ✔✔over-inflated self confidence and arrogance (of tragic heroes -- like Creon)
excessive pride
Dithyramb - ✔✔a hymn sung at the altar of the God Dionysus (god of wine/fertility)
which was accompanied by dancing and singing
Hamartia - ✔✔Greek word for "frailty" and means "to miss the mark".
- fatal flaw that leads to tragic hero's downfall
Ovation Inflation - ✔✔emotional pressure/group dynamic that audiences feel to stand
and applaud after watching a show (regardless of performance quality)
Color Theory - ✔✔study of how colors work together and affect our emotions &
perceptions
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, -- the relationship between their locations on a color wheel
Renaissance - ✔✔"rebirth"; in the Middle Ages it symbolized a revival of interest in
classical learning of Greece and Rome
The Globe Theatre - ✔✔(1599-1613) William Shakespeare's main theatre built along the
south bank of the Thames in London -- octagonal building with a central courtyard
open to the sky.
Iambic Pentameter - ✔✔imitates the sound of heart beats
line of verse composed of 10 syllables arranged in 5 metrical feet (iambs); consists of
stressed syllable followed by a unstressed syllable
Rhythm - ✔✔creates a pattern and evokes emotional response by adjusting the sounds
and speed in which lines are delivered
rhythm include verse drama, pacing and emotional impact
3 Worlds in Midsummers Night's Dream - ✔✔worlds: lovers, mechanicals, fairies
people: athenian nobility (Theseus); mechanicals (Bottom); Fairy (Titania)
Text - ✔✔what the character says
Subtext - ✔✔the hidden meaning beneath a character's words; reveals their true
intentions and thoughts
"Wright" - ✔✔root word that comes from the Middle Ages which means -- "one who
builds"
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