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Survey of Drama 213/1 Midterm 1
Answer one Part either A or B :
Part A
Answer each question of
these six in detail .
a.1.Define ‘play’ and ‘Drama ’ then
illustrate in detail its origin in ancient
a.2.Define ‘Comedy’ and ‘Tragedy ‘
a.3.Mention 4 playwrights from ancient
dramatists participate in establishing the
number of actors .
a.4.Compare Oedipus
The King and Pygmalion in
terms of comedy and tragedy?
a.5. Who are the dramatists who wrote these two plays ? ( in
detail).
a.6.Compare the first
scene in these two plays in terms of heroes, heroines, and
settings .
Part B
Answer each of these
four questions in detail.
b.1.Illustrate the Romans
’ interest in drama.
b.2. Mention three Roman
dramatists ( just names) ; Say whether they write
comedies or tragedies,
and refer to their influence on Renaissance
drama in
b.3. Compare Oedipus
The King and Pygmalion in
terms of the Three Classical
Unities , the tragic flaw or Hamartia
, and act/scene.
b.4.Identify the
following quotations in terms of the titles of the plays , the
dramatists , the speakers , the listeners, scenes/acts , and
dramatic
function -thematic
meaning -of the quotes:
Quote 1
______.You mock my blindness ?
Let me tell you this.
You
with your precious eyes ,
you’re blind to the corruption of your life,
to the house you live in , those you live with—
who are your parents/ Do you know ?...
Quote 2
_____:I say an ordinary
taught to
speak by an expert. I place her in drury Lane.
____:Ha ha ha ! Oh , maestro, maestro, you
are mad on the
subject of cockney dialects. The
whole world for you .
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