Existentialism, Millerian Tragic Hero, Memory Play, Method Acting, Naturalism
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| 8322452558 | What is existentialism? | Way of thinking applied to literature about how life is meaningless | 0 | |
| 8322452559 | What are the components of existentialism? | 1. Man's nature is defined by decisive action not latent disposition (man is an alien in an indifferent universe), 2. Uniqueness and isolation of individual experience is not only indifferent but hostile to man, 3. Man is born with a blank slate and is not born with intelligence or anything (tabula rosa), existence is unexplainable but has freedom of choice and decision making therefore life is absurd because life is meaningless | 1 | |
| 8322452560 | What is the only certainty in existentialism? | You respond to life, live, and struggle | 2 | |
| 8322452561 | What is not credited in existentialism? | Community, society, religion | 3 | |
| 8322452562 | What is the paradox of existentialism? | We will struggle to find meaning in a meaningless existence | 4 | |
| 8322452563 | What does existentialism focus on? | Existence before essence | 5 | |
| 8322452564 | What is Naturalism? | Philosophy applied to literature about people not being able to control their choices, naturally controlled by animalistic urges | 6 | |
| 8322452565 | What is a Millerian tragic hero? | 1. We pity character because he is a common slob, 2. His flaws is that he has choices to make but makes the wrong ones but that there is still optimism since there are choices to be made, 3. Struggles between balancing portrayal of of suffering and joy, and 4. Does not solve problem, but beauty is that he is portraying everyday life | 7 | |
| 8362757691 | What are the theatrical contributions of Williams? | 1. Method acting-Emotions come from actors' past experiences, 2. Memory play- experiences calls arrest of time and the character relives the experience over and over until he learns, 3. Lights and music project to set mood and setting | 8 |
