ENG 271 ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS:

• Do an Internet search for “Pictures of Ancient Greek Theaters,” and you will find several sites that will help you visualize these old structures.

As you already can tell, there were several differences in ancient Greek drama and modern drama.  Following are the main ones:

1. Greek drama was part of a religious ceremony.

2. Plays were written in poetic form.

3. Subjects were taken from familiar stories in mythology.

4. Since ancient Greeks were familiar with myth, they knew the basic plot of the plays before they saw the play. There was little suspense.

5. These plays were relatively short compared to modern plays.

6. There was no violence on the Greek stage.  Violent acts were reported to the audience.  This is called stage decency.

7. The action in the plays usually took place in one day’s time…this is called unity of action.

8. There were no intermissions.

9. An actor could play more than one role in the same play.

10. Plays were performed once a year during the spring.

DETAILED ASSIGNMENT

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