Western culture exam 1

the area where the audience members sat

the building where costumes are stored, serves as a backdrop.

the dance stage, the rounded area where the play was performed

ramps by which the actors entered and exited the orchestra

actors

masks that actors wore to convey a human trait or emotion; helped to amplify the actors voice

12 to 15 actors who acted as a unit; also functional as individual characters; used stylized dance to move across the stage; sometimes sang or chanted.

one member of the chorus who assumes the role of an individual character

preconventional, conventional, post conventional

the main character

the force against the hero or protagonist

means rebirth, spans 1300s through 1500s, began in Italy

a though of putting prime importance on humans.

the thought of a person being free

thinking above and beyond absolutes such as right or wrong, good or bad, angelic or evil.

where actors prepare and sometime where Nobels sit

a door in the middle of the stage used for ghosts

where the middle class sits

where the low class sits

the low class

middle class

highest class only came to plays to be seen

characteristic or reminiscent of the oppressive or nightmarish qualities of Franz Kafka's

person who is very ugly in a strange or unnatural way, especially one in a novel or painting

a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself

an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances.

literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people.

literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm.

a story that is true or has true elements