UNIT 2 THE TRAGIC DRAMA OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS Structure 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Objectives Introduction Doctor Faustus as a tragedy Doctor Faustus and the Christian Morality Tradition The heroic character of Doctor Faustus The tragic premise in Doctor Faustus The strength of tragedy Act I : Doctor Faustus: The Unscholarly attitude Act I1 : The Unfolding of Faustus’ tragedy Acts 111 & IV : The Comic diversion of tragedy Act V : The tragic denouement of Doctor Faustus Marlowe’s achievement in
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New Millennium‚ Community Theatre & Audience by Jane Shannahan (BA; PGDips Bus & Admin/Event Management; MMgt) Introduction “Primitive rituals were the first form of drama” (Barba & Sanzenbach‚ 1965‚ p. 154). Primitive theatre could be termed religious as the main aim was to conjure the gods for a variety of practical reasons‚ e.g. warding off disease. Early societies put value on the repetition of traditions and folklore that were handed down verbally and visually‚ manifest over time via
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m & Naturalism: Novel/transition “While realist writers varied in matter of style and literary technique‚ they all portrayed the individual struggling for identity in a hostile society” Realism & Naturalism: Novel/Age pg. 6 Pg. 3-4 “One of the major differences…” pg. 8 Last paragraph on pg. 31 “A further consideration…” Types of realism: noir realism‚ psychological realism‚ conscious realism‚ comedic realism‚ romantic realism look these up “At this point (late 1800’s) realism/naturalism
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Twelfth Night The Twelfth Night production was indeed very detailed with their props and characters. The floral scene background and beach funky music caught me by surprise because of the Shakesphere vibe the play was written in. I have observed that the play was a comedic play and it caught the audience’s attention with laughter and fun. As the first scene comes out‚ the characters that came on stage gave me a sure vibe that they knew whom they were portraying themselves as and their motives
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Jonathan L. Green is an associate literary manager of the Goodman theater and artistic director of Sideshow theatre. He majored in English literature that involved in the drama department at the University of Virginia from Charlottesville. his school. After graduation‚ he moved to Chicago as he was recommended by a friend to come as Chicago where has a great theatre community‚ and you can get work versus options in the the east coast like New York. In Chicago‚ Jonathan and some of his friends started
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people would agree with Mr. Nash that tragedy depicts man’s troubles. But this is only half the story‚ for tragic drama does not stop with troubles‚ but goes on to achieve some sort of affirmation‚ and thus it is optimistic rather than (as commonly thought) pessimistic. The words “optimism” and “pessimism” are‚ of course‚ too simple to summarize anything so complex as tragic drama‚ but however
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node=sure%20thing April 10‚ 2007 http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/20275/David_Ives/index.aspx?authorID=20275 April 10‚ 2007 http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ives April 11‚ 2007 Ives‚ David. Sure Thing. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction‚ Poetry‚ Drama and writing. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 10th ed. New York: Longman‚ 2007. 1259 - 1268
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Theater -Worlds earliest recorded dramatic activity took place on the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. They performed rituals and acted out old folktales. Most of their performances were based on religious belief. -Ancient Chinese‚ Indian and Greek drama also indicate a long tradition of theatrical activity. There are many theories of the origin of theater‚ but here are the top 5. * Imitation- Aristotle‚ a Greek philosopher‚ thought that “mimesis” ‚ otherwise known as imitation‚ was born within
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• Year : Indonesia Tera : 2002 • Author : Melani Budianta‚ Manneke Budiman‚ Ibnu Wahyudi‚ and I Made Suparta • Pages : 256 Pages summary This book tells more deep about literature includes three parts of literature there is Poem‚ Prose‚ and Drama. They tell in the book that literature can be used to criticize something‚ to share what we are feeling about love‚ angry‚ or sad‚ and literature is very interesting with the way to show about the nature. Content example There is part in the book
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SIGNIFICANCE OF SICK CHARACTERS IN OLA ROTIMI’S PLAYS Odia Clement Eloghosa ABSTRACT In this paper‚ the sick characters are studied through the examination of their dramatic significance and contributions to the development of Ola Rotimi’s drama. Three aspects of dramatic significance are identified in this paper and we argue that the sick: (1) act as witness and help the healthy establish truth‚ (2) create crisis situations that stir up diverse emotions in the audience‚ and finally
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