Acc to modern critics, Sanskrit drama, has a religious origin, as the Vedas are considered as the eternal source of all sublime and fine arts. Some critics also give credit to a semi-religious, secular or popular origin. All the same, there is no conclusive evidence to prove the same. There have be...

In 500 B.C., Greek theatre was the most popular form of entertainment. It is important to understand that drama began in the Greek world as a form of religious ritual, but it was good entertainment especially if it contained a lot of blood or gore. Greek drama was not only performed in the theatre b...

Modern drama began by turning toward realism and away from the fantasy of nineteenth-century melodrama and farce. Realism gave rise to various innovations that served to express the dramatist\'s vision of what reality is. These attempts to be \" more real than real\" can be called expressionism. ...

Contributions of Aeschylus and Sophocles to DramaThe most prestigious of the drama festivals held in Athens was the City Dionysia, held of a six-day period. Hundreds of visitors, dignitaries, and rural citizens crowded the city to see the spectacle. Aeschylus (524-456 B.C.) and Sophocles (496-406 ...

Human Conflicts in DramaDrama is literature that "makes use of plot and characters, develops themes, arouses emotional responses and may be either literary or commercial in its reality"(). Two great examples of drama are "Othello", written by William Shakespeare, and also "Death of a Salesman", wri...

COSTUMES AND MASKS IN GREEK DRAMA Greek Drama originated at the beginning of the 5th Century. It began as religious festivals and continued on to purposes such as entertainment and dealing with political, social, moral or ethical issues of the time. There were many famous Greek Playwrights such ...

Sophocles' drama is a perfect example of Aristotle's paradigm. Aristotle states that tragedy is "drama whose main characters are noble, and the chief point of tragedy is to show how a person's fortune can change because of circumstances that are-or may sometimes seem to be-beyond...

"The stage but echoes back the public voice./The drama's laws the drama's patrons give./For we that live to please, must please to live" -Samuel Johnson The fundamental purpose of drama is to tell a story and to entertain. In order for this to ta...

Oedipus: The Tragic Hero (#3) In "Oedipus the King," Sophocles concocts one of the most famous and intricate characters of Greek drama. A tragic hero, Oedipus' desire for self-discovery and understanding inevitably leads to his tragic downfall. In the end, it can be seen that Oedipus' ...

The theatre in the City Dionysia was a great semi-circle on the slope of the Acropolis, with rows of stone seats. The front row consisted of marble chairs; these were reserved for the priests of Dionysus and the chief magistrates. Beyond the front row was a circular space called the orchestra, where...

"LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL" "Life is Beautiful", is one of my favorite movies of all time. Of course to me, it is so meaningful since so many of my ancestors died in the holocaust, which was the main point of the movie. Though I cannot relate even one bit to what did happen in the ...

The Tragic Life of a Salesman In Author Miller's relentless drama, Death of a Salesman, one is able to examine a common man and the downward spiral to his ultimate demise. This timeless drama addresses the raw, painful conflicts within one family and tackles the myth of the "Ameri...

It has been said that tragedy is not depressing because the audience sees a noble conception of human character. Argue for or against this view.Tragedy as a theatrical art form is merely a play that has a bad ending, usually catastrophic. The drama is portraying a conflict between the protagonist a...

CARMENopera by Jean BijetDuring the seventeen century a form of musical drama in which vocal and instrumental music are both used, was further distinguished into the performance of tragic and comic plays. Buffa opera (in French - Comique, and in German - Singspliel), had its purpose to make people l...

When a piece of work has a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force, and has a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that excites pity or terror, it classifies as a tragedy. The most famous tragedies were written by authors hundreds of years ago. Tho...

Dramatist of Greek Tragedy There were many dramatists in the years of B.C. There were three of them that were known more than any other. Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles. These three guys are much alike but they also have their differences. The "Father of Tragedy," Aeschylus was bor...

Before the year 479 BCE, most of the innovations from the Greeks were art in its most common form and in the mathematics and sciences. Examples of this are Pythagoras in 525; he developed a throm about right triangles. It wasn\'t until aproxiamtely 458 Bce that the first tragedy was created. Drama h...

In the story of Antigone, an argument of who is the main character between Antigone and Creon exists. I firmly believe Creon is the protagonist of the play due to his role as the key figure of the entire story and being a the traditional tragic hero in the end. Creon ends up to be one of...

One of the most important parts of a Greek drama was the chorus. It was made up of fifteen to twenty men who represented citizens. They had nine functions: set the tone, give background information, recall past events, summarize events, ask questions, give opinions, give advice, stay objective, and ...

A tragedy is a play, story, or other literary work, which arouses terror or pity by a series of misfortunes or sad events. The plot is usually about the downfall of a great man. Many take it a step farther and say that the main character or the person who experiences the downfall brings it upon hi...

Why have gore-filled stories about revenge and tragedy entertained man since ancient times? This paper will attempt to answer this question as well as define what a revenge tragedy is and analyze how the genre has evolved over time. Three revenge tragedy stories will be analyzed; The Spanish Tragedy...

Symbolism in Othello What do you think of when you hear the word "tragedy?" Tragedy is usually associated with suffering, pain, death or disaster. In the drama play Othello; written by William Shakespeare, you are able to understand the definition of tragedy. Othello offers a great variety of commen...

Death of a Salesman Willy Loman is a tragic hero in the drama by Arthur Miller's, Death of a Salesman. He has a problem differentiating reality from fantasy. No one has a perfect life; people deal with their personal conflicts differently. Some insist on ignoring the problem as long as possibl...

Isn't It Ironic?-Oedipus Rex A traffic jam when you're already late. A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break. Ten thousands spoons when all you need is a knife. Meeting the man of your dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife. Irony is everywhere; you just cannot seem to get awa...

In Greek dramas, there is usually a tragic element. In Antigone, by Sophocles, Creon is a tragic hero. Creon presents himself as a good king until his two nephews die. One of the nephews, Eteocles given a military burial and ceremony, but the other, Polyneices, is refused any burial and placed untou...