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Greek tragedies were sponsored by the state and attended by large audiences, while Roman tragedies like those of Seneca were performed at smaller festivals with less state support. Greek tragedies featured continuous action and a chorus that commented on the action from the orchestra space, while Senecan tragedies were more character-driven with violence on stage and the chorus coming and going between acts. Additionally, Greek tragedies aimed for catharsis of pity and fear in audiences while Senecan works invoked more judgment.
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comparison of the aspects of Greek and Roman tragedy (theatre)
Greek tragedies were sponsored by the state and attended by large audiences, while Roman tragedies like those of Seneca were performed at smaller festivals with less state support. Greek tragedies featured continuous action and a chorus that commented on the action from the orchestra space, while Senecan tragedies were more character-driven with violence on stage and the chorus coming and going between acts. Additionally, Greek tragedies aimed for catharsis of pity and fear in audiences while Senecan works invoked more judgment.
Greek tragedies were sponsored by the state and attended by large audiences, while Roman tragedies like those of Seneca were performed at smaller festivals with less state support. Greek tragedies featured continuous action and a chorus that commented on the action from the orchestra space, while Senecan tragedies were more character-driven with violence on stage and the chorus coming and going between acts. Additionally, Greek tragedies aimed for catharsis of pity and fear in audiences while Senecan works invoked more judgment.
Sponsored by the state as celebrations of democracy and religion
attended by some 15,000 spectators (City Dionysia) Smaller festivals where plays were performed across the empire, but nothing like the state investment in drama like in Greece; tragedies were read in Roman schools as part of students' education Continuous action with intermittent choral odes of varying length and frequency Five acts, in between which the chorus speaks Chorus performs between action and audience (orchestra) Chorus is offstage, only comes on in between acts, there is no orchestra section for them to be during the action therefore they can only come on between the action Chorus of 12-15 Smaller chorus, about 3-6 people Chorus continuously present as observers and commentators We guess that the chorus exits during the action, comes on between acts and is separate from the action Violence offstage Violence happens on stage, Seneca has graphic violence on stage in his plays Plot-driven Character driven, we will often see with Seneca a character struggling, psychologically driven Character's motivations revealed through dialogue and action Motivations in Seneca are revealed through monologues/soliloquies; characters talking to themselves (other people may listen but they are not being spoken to) Fate and the will of the gods interfere with free will Unable to control what happens -- chaos, Catharsis: pity & fear There is more judgement than pity or fear Metaphor is a key virtue of the Greek playwright Metaphor is used masterfully by Seneca, he was very interested in the art of writing -- crafts beautifully written dialogue Highly influential in subsequent periods Seneca was written sort of as propaganda ! Joffrey from GoT is modeled after Nero ! NOTES !"##$ !"& '()*+ ,"*-#./ !"#$%&'( *#+,#-.#/ 01( 0234 33513 67 Greek Tragedy Roman Tragedy (Seneca) Sponsored by the state as celebrations of democracy and religion attended by some 15,000 spectators (City Dionysia) Smaller festivals where plays were performed across the empire, but nothing like the state investment in drama like in Greece; tragedies were read in Roman schools as part of students' education Continuous action with intermittent choral odes of varying length and frequency Five acts, in between which the chorus speaks Chorus performs between action and audience (orchestra) Chorus is offstage, only comes on in between acts, there is no orchestra section for them to be during the action therefore they can only come on between the action Chorus of 12-15 Smaller chorus, about 3-6 people Chorus continuously present as observers and commentators We guess that the chorus exits during the action, comes on between acts and is separate from the action Violence offstage Violence happens on stage, Seneca has graphic violence on stage in his plays Plot-driven Character driven, we will often see with Seneca a character struggling, psychologically driven Character's motivations revealed through dialogue and action Motivations in Seneca are revealed through monologues/soliloquies; characters talking to themselves (other people may listen but they are not being spoken to) Fate and the will of the gods interfere with free will Unable to control what happens -- chaos, Catharsis: pity & fear There is more judgement than pity or fear Metaphor is a key virtue of the Greek playwright Metaphor is used masterfully by Seneca, he was very interested in the art of writing -- crafts beautifully written dialogue Highly influential in subsequent periods Seneca was written sort of as propaganda ! Joffrey from GoT is modeled after Nero ! NOTES !"##$ !"& '()*+ ,"*-#./ !"#$%&'( *#+,#-.#/ 01( 0234 33513 67 Greek Tragedy Roman Tragedy (Seneca) Sponsored by the state as celebrations of democracy and religion attended by some 15,000 spectators (City Dionysia) Smaller festivals where plays were performed across the empire, but nothing like the state investment in drama like in Greece; tragedies were read in Roman schools as part of students' education Continuous action with intermittent choral odes of varying length and frequency Five acts, in between which the chorus speaks Chorus performs between action and audience (orchestra) Chorus is offstage, only comes on in between acts, there is no orchestra section for them to be during the action therefore they can only come on between the action Chorus of 12-15 Smaller chorus, about 3-6 people Chorus continuously present as observers and commentators We guess that the chorus exits during the action, comes on between acts and is separate from the action Violence offstage Violence happens on stage, Seneca has graphic violence on stage in his plays Plot-driven Character driven, we will often see with Seneca a character struggling, psychologically driven Character's motivations revealed through dialogue and action Motivations in Seneca are revealed through monologues/soliloquies; characters talking to themselves (other people may listen but they are not being spoken to) Fate and the will of the gods interfere with free will Unable to control what happens -- chaos, Catharsis: pity & fear There is more judgement than pity or fear Metaphor is a key virtue of the Greek playwright Metaphor is used masterfully by Seneca, he was very interested in the art of writing -- crafts beautifully written dialogue Highly influential in subsequent periods Seneca was written sort of as propaganda ! Joffrey from GoT is modeled after Nero ! NOTES !"##$ !"& '()*+ ,"*-#./ !"#$%&'( *#+,#-.#/ 01( 0234 33513 67 Greek Tragedy Roman Tragedy (Seneca) Sponsored by the state as celebrations of democracy and religion attended by some 15,000 spectators (City Dionysia) Smaller festivals where plays were performed across the empire, but nothing like the state investment in drama like in Greece; tragedies were read in Roman schools as part of students' education Continuous action with intermittent choral odes of varying length and frequency Five acts, in between which the chorus speaks Chorus performs between action and audience (orchestra) Chorus is offstage, only comes on in between acts, there is no orchestra section for them to be during the action therefore they can only come on between the action Chorus of 12-15 Smaller chorus, about 3-6 people Chorus continuously present as observers and commentators We guess that the chorus exits during the action, comes on between acts and is separate from the action Violence offstage Violence happens on stage, Seneca has graphic violence on stage in his plays Plot-driven Character driven, we will often see with Seneca a character struggling, psychologically driven Character's motivations revealed through dialogue and action Motivations in Seneca are revealed through monologues/soliloquies; characters talking to themselves (other people may listen but they are not being spoken to) Fate and the will of the gods interfere with free will Unable to control what happens -- chaos, Catharsis: pity & fear There is more judgement than pity or fear Metaphor is a key virtue of the Greek playwright Metaphor is used masterfully by Seneca, he was very interested in the art of writing -- crafts beautifully written dialogue Highly influential in subsequent periods Seneca was written sort of as propaganda ! Joffrey from GoT is modeled after Nero ! NOTES !"##$ !"& '()*+ ,"*-#./ !"#$%&'( *#+,#-.#/ 01( 0234 33513 67