The History of Tragedy
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- In this lesson, we will learn about the origins of tragedy in ancient Greece. We will then look at how Shakespeare evolved tragedy in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What happens in a tragedy?
A story lasts for 7 days
There is a big festival
There is a god called Dionysus
Q2.
What was Dionysia
A type of wine in Athens
The name of a Greek playwright
The prize for writing a good play
Q3.
Which of the following was NOT one of Aristotle's three unities?
Action
Place
Time
Q4.
What is catharsis?
Being happy at the end of a story
Fear
Sadness
Q5.
Which statement is true?
Shakespeare didn't write any tragedies.
Shakespeare's tragedies were exactly the same as Greek tragedies.
The Greeks watched Shakespeare's tragedies and copied them.