Intro. to Greek Literature
CLASS NOTES AND LISTENING GUIDE
Tragedy
1. My definition of tragedy:
Example:
Text definition (page 199): Read the paragraph and write the bolded definition
2. Tragic Flaw (page 199): Read the paragraph and write the bolded definition
Example:
3 - Greek Theater
What does this theater look
like or remind you of?
What would be the
disadvantages of performing a
play here?
4 – Describe the actors in Greek plays:
Terms to know and understand:
5- oracle: A person through whom a deity is believed to speak
6- seer/prophet: One that predicts events or developments
7- prophecy: Prediction of something to come
8- Irony
Irony:
A contrast between
expectations and
reality.
Verbal Irony:
A contrast between what is said and what is meant.
Understatement:
“Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch: marry, ‘tis enough” – Mercutio (Romeo & Juliet)
“Tis a flesh wound” Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Overstatement
“Brutus is an honourable man” – Mark Antony (Julius Caesar)
Sarcasm
Was that sarcasm?—The Big Bang Theory(video clip)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmSBrmgdKts (Mean Girls)
Situational Irony:
A contrast between what is
expected and what really
happens.
Grammar Girl
The Wizard of Oz
Example: A person who claims to be a vegan and
avoids meat but will eat a slice of pepperoni pizza
because they are hungry. It may not make sense, but
it is an illustration of irony.
Example: A man who is a traffic cop gets his license
suspended for unpaid parking tickets.
Example: An ambulance driver goes to a night time
bike accident scene and runs over the accident victim
because the victim has crawled to the center of the
road with their bike.
Dramatic Irony:
Occurs when the reader or audience knows something
important that a character in a story or drama does not
know.
Romeo and Juliet
Oedipus Rex
Talk Shows
Mulan
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=disneys+mulan+man+out+of+you+video+clips&FO
RM=VIRE2#view=detail&mid=505804C450A014CD5298505804C450A014CD5298
Tangled
Red Eye (video clip)
The Man Who Knew Too Little http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9jOwW_dtHo
Practice Quiz
http://www.slideshare.net/larchmeany1/4-ironyverbalsituationaldramatic
This slideshow is all about irony, but slide #8 is the most ironic of all.
Identify the following examples as verbal irony, dramatic irony,
situational irony, or state if they are not ironic at all.
1. I failed the test because I didn’t study.
2. Batman doesn’t know the Joker is waiting for him, but the
audience knows.
3. The passenger’s airbag killed him when it deployed.
4. “Thanks for the ticket, Officer. You just made my day.”
5. Dave’s blood pressure medication gave him a heart attack.
6. Mr. Freeze: “Let’s kick some ICE!”
9- How should a play be read?
STOP
Play Vocabulary Terms to Know
Stop at this
punctuation:
.?!:
Yield
Yield to this
punctuation:
Pass
with
care
Pass with care this
punctuation:
.?!:
10- Prologue:
Opening scene
11- Parados:
Chorus’ songs or odes
12- Exodos:
Concluding scene
13- Choragos:
The leader of a chorus
14- Chorus:
A company of performers whose singing, dancing, and narration provides explanation and elaboration
of the main action.
Example of Chorus:
Hercules-The Muses http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRq7lLawQB4