How did the audience interact with the presentation?

• Choose four of the following questions.
• Each response should be 200-250 words. Please do not use outside research or regurgitate directly from the textbook or notes. Make the answers your own.
• Where appropriate, cite examples from the plays.
Questions:
1. According to Aristotle, what is most important in tragedy? Why? How should we evaluate tragedy?
2. How did Greek comedy (specifically Old Comedy) comment on the society of the time?
3. Select one of the three Greek plays we read. How does the theme of the play speak to the cultural, social, political, or religious sensibilities of Ancient Athens?
4. Compare and contrast the theatre architecture of the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans. How and why are they similar, and why are the differences important?
5. What are the guiding principles of Roman comedy? How do these principles appear in Plautus’ Pseudolus?
6. How did Seneca impact tragedy, both in Ancient Rome and later?
7. How did medieval theatre develop from the traditions of the Greeks and Romans?
8. Explain one of the staging practices of the medieval period. How was the stage space constructed or utilized? How did the audience interact with the presentation?
9. What are the important differences between mystery plays and morality plays?
10. Choose one of the eras we have covered (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Medieval Europe), and discuss how actors were seen by that society.
General Requirements
While MLA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using MLA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the MLA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.