Was there a Roman civil service? The term ‘civil service’ as we know it encompasses a huge range of different offices for the government. Individuals are typically employed based on professional merit and proven credentials. They also rarely encompass anything related to the military. But was this the case in Ancient Rome? This is what I will answer through looking at the various civil bodies and the evidence of these I hope to build a coherent view of the offices held within Rome and whether this
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BOYS? Dramatic comedy often sees the woman take on a role of insignificance. They become the prey‚ the desired possession and are not seen as equal beings to male characters. This has been apparent throughout history from the very birth of comedy. Plautus for example developed his comedy from the Greek’s new comedy and so also inherited a bias against woman. Any female that did appear within his works fit effortlessly into one of several stereotypical categories; the puella or young maiden‚ the matrona
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Plautus’ comedy The Brothers Menaechmus easily brings about laughs. The play is full of comedic motifs that keep the audience entertained. For example‚ in this comedy there is dirty and sexual humor‚ mistaken identities‚ asides‚ literal wordplay‚ and running gags all throughout but this paper will focus on a few key parts. This comedy outdoes itself when it comes to dirty and sexual humor . For example‚ in the play when Menaechmus had just stolen his wife’s night gown he asks Peniculus to smell
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The comedic development: When one thinks comedy‚ the first impression that comes to mind may be a bundle of gags and pranks‚ or clever wording and bizarre situations that bring joy and laughter to its audience‚ or its victims (mostly). Deriving from Ancient Greece‚ comedy was first recognised as a genre when many playwrights started to satire political situations‚ which not only attracted masses of people but also influenced their views on political figures. As time passed on‚ so did comedy pass
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Theatre of ancient Greece From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Greek drama) Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses of "Greek Theatre"‚ see Greek theatre (disambiguation). Theatre mask‚ 1st century BC The theatre of Ancient Greece‚ or ancient Greek drama‚ is a theatrical culture that flourished in ancient Greece between 550 BC and 220 BC. The city-state of Athens‚ which became a significant cultural‚ political‚ and military power during this period‚ was its centre‚
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Cicero Seneca Eclogues Plautus and Terence Horace= Ars Poetica Ovid= Ars Amatoria Metamorphoses Catullus Propertius EUROPEAN Background: Civalry‚Feudalism‚ Christian Mythology Poetry Prose
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Theatre probably arose as a performance of ritual activities that did not require initiation on the part of the spectator. This similarity of early theatre to ritual is negatively attested by Aristotle‚ who in his Poetics defined theatre in contrast to the performances of sacred mysteries: theatre did not require the spectator to fast‚ drink the kykeon‚ or march in a procession; however theatre did resemble the sacred mysteries in the sense that it brought purification and healing to the spectator
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Discuss the characteristics of the Restoration age The spirit of the restoration period was different from the Elizabethan period.by the year 1660 Elizabethan romanticism had but spent it-self of the great figure of the earlier era only one survived‚ John Milton was of the part.At the restoration he retired and worked his great poem reveals no sign of the time in which his later years were spent In restoration period the break with the past is almost absolute.Subject and style look on a new spirit
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instrumental in the development of the new drama‚ which was then beginning to evolve apart from the old mystery and miracle plays of the Middle Ages. The Italians were particularly inspired by Seneca (a major tragic playwright and philosopher) and Plautus (comic clichés‚ especially that of the boasting soldier had a powerful influence on the Renaissance and after). However‚ the Italian tragedies embraced a principle contrary to Seneca’s ethics: showing blood and violence on the stage. It is also
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‘Comedy relies on familiar sources of misunderstanding’. To what extent are mistaken identities and misunderstanding central to the comedy of ‘Twelfth Night’? Much of the Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ focuses on misconceptions and the way disguises cause the root of misunderstandings in which mistaken identities arise‚ a fortuitous device for complicating action. Critic John Hollander described the play to be a ‘ritualized Twelfth Night festivity in itself’ . The comedic aspect is all due to
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