Tragedy

x Dramatic Literature Greek Theatre __ [|Chapter 7.1: Classical Greek Tragedy] __ [|(Early Greek Tragedy and **Aeschylus**)]  __ Sophocles __ Oedipus

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History of Theatre 2 - Development of Classical Greek Tragedy media type="youtube" key="dmBDfl9YJY4" height="220" width="392"
 * Structure of Greek Tragedy: **


 * 1) Late point of attack
 * 2) Violence and death offstage (Sophocles's Ajax is an exception)
 * 3) Frequent use of messengers to relate information
 * 4) Usually continuous time of action (except Aeschylus's Eumenides)
 * 5) Usually single place (except Ajax)
 * 6) Stories based on myth or history, but varied interpretations of events
 * 7) Focus is on psychological and ethical attributes of characters, rather than physical and sociological.

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 * [|The Origin of Tragedy: Introduction] - A discussion of the history of dramatic literature, debunking previous theories that have centered their attention on the rise of Greek Drama.
 * [|The Origins of Tragedy] - Exploration of the evolution of the Greek tragic drama from ancient Dionysian festivals.
 * [|Ridgeway's Theory of the Origin of Tragedy] - Treatise suggesting that Theatre evolved not from the Dionysian festivals, but rather from ancient worship of the dead.
 * [|Tragic Costumes] - A description of the costumes worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece.