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Ancient Greek theatre

Notes on Aristotle's Poetics

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Erika Yoshii Gotterson 2A 9/20/2012 Reaction Paper 6- Notes on Aristotle Aristotle and Greek Tragedy Tragedy- ?goat song?- exists as an attempt to answer essential questions about life At first, some tragedy was based off of events that occurred not too long ago Poetics by Aristotle Prologue- introduces setting and major action Parodos- brings chorus in Body- alternates between main actors and chorus Exodus- concludes the play, all members leave Plays written in verse, although styles varied Actors used rhesis (persuasive speech), monody (musical solo), agon (formal debate), stychomythia (rapid exchange of dialogue), the formal elements of tragedy The works of only 4 playwrights survived

Literary Character Types

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Character Types Protagonist main character in a literary work Antagonist character or force that blocks the . protagonist Round Flat Dynamic Static Foil complex, multi-faceted character character that can be defined by using only one or two personality traits character that changes by' the end of the story character that remains consistent in his/her personality traits throughout the story (doesn't change) character used as a contrast to another character
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