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Lucilius |
Fellini Satyricon Father of Roman Satire, uses hexameter verse for contemporary criticism. Member of scipionic circle, a group of writers under scipio africanus |
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Prosimetric |
Fellini Satyricon Mix of prose and verse, another form of satire seen by Varro. Modeled after Greek cynic Menippus |
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Juvenal |
Fellini Satyricon Satirist, wrote about the failures of the public morals of Romans and abuse of the vices. Speaks out against the rich and women |
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Satire |
Fellini Satyricon Romans claim of their contribution toward literature. Satirists used their method to poke at Roman flaws. |
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Trimalchio |
Fellini Satyricon Extremely wealthy freedman. Wife is Fortunata, Encolpius and his friends attend a two day feast here. |
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Italian Neorealism |
Fellini Satyricon Making films at attempting almost documentary like films portraying the poor in a very realistic fashion |
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Parodos |
Chinatown Ode that the chorus sings as they walk in. Start of most tragedies besides the prologue |
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Stasimon |
Chinatown Choral song ending each episode. A Pause from the narrative. |
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Iocasta |
Chinatown Oedipus Rex's mother and wife after he kills his father unknowingly. |
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Tiresias |
Chinatown Blind prophet, refuses to believe him, but in the end Oedpius discovers that he was right, blinds himself and sends himself into exile. |
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Hamartia |
Chinatown Greek word for tragic flaw, the tragic hero has to have this according to Aristotelian characteristics |
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Peripeteia |
Chinatown Greek word for reversal of fortune also contained with Aristotelian characteristics. The hero must undergo excessive suffering |
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Anagnorisis |
Chinatown Recognition of the consequences for their actions in a tragedy |
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Dramatic Irony |
Chinatown generated by audience's knowledge and character's ignorance. We know something that the character's do not. |
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Plague |
Chinatown Present in Oedipus Rex as a curse, and appears as a drought in the film, pushes the narrative along |
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Chinatown |
Chinatown Title of the movie, a symbolic meaning of things that are beyond reason and out of our control. When the characters enter Chinatown, reason loses. |
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Flaw in the Iris |
Chinatown Conflict between flawed vision and destiny |
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City Dionysia |
A Funny Thing comedic competitions occur here in Athens among the tragic shows giving birth to comedy. |
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Plautus |
A Funny Thing Inspired by New Comedy, wrote the basis for the film and introduced the type of comedy we see in the film. |
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Miles Gloriousus |
A Funny Thing Based on another Plautus play, this is the character of the braggart soldier that appears in the film as such. |
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Erronius |
A Funny Thing Played by Buster Keaton and is the man who spends the entire movie running around looking for his children until the end. |
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Senex |
A Funny Thing The old man, Hero's dad. The name is the adjective for an old man and the characters are simply named after their traits. |
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Maenads |
Orphee The group of women who dismember orpheus, but does not die and is carried to the sea where he speaks oracles |
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Orphism |
Orphee Type of religion, mystical figure, guides one through their journey to the underworld. Emphasis on purification, asceticism, and metempsychosis |
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Metempsychosis |
Orphee People who die who don't understand the Orphic mysteries drink from the fountain of forgetfulness whereas those who do live happily on |
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Horizontal Development |
Orphee a narrative development such as occurs in drama from action to action. A vertical development such as occurs in poetry is part plunging down, or a construction which is based on the intent of the moment |
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Huertebise |
Orphee Sort of an angel, not dead not alive, guides Orpheus from his world of the living to the world of the dead. |
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Ut Pictura Poesis |
Review Do good poems come by nature or by art? Comes to the conclusion that good poems need a healthy relationship of both |
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Sublime |
Review produces ecstasy, rather persuasion in the hearer. Distinction between convincing someone that something is true and creating a human emotion within someone. |
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Ecstasy |
Review Longinus "On the Sublime" the ecstasy is the feeling that is created rather than persuaded within the hearer |
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Vomitaria |
Gladiator Multiple entrances to the arena |
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Hypogeum |
Gladiator tunnels below the area leading to gladiator school, sanitarium, and spoliarium |
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Spoliarium |
Gladiator dead gladiators were stripped of the gear here |
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Stoicism |
Gladiator strong preoccupation with death and fate, determinism vs free will. virtue lies in bending one's will to one's fate; willingness to accept what is not within one's control |
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Fidenae |
Gladiator Arena collapsed and left 50,000 dead. Which leads to a more imperial stone version of the games |
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Amphitheatrum Flavium |
Gladiator original name for the collesum at Rome built by the Flavians |
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Venationes |
Gladiator mock hunts, slaughter animals sometimes thousands at a time or put up against condemned prisoners as a public execution |
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Commodus |
Gladiator emperor during the film, likened himself to hercules, cared more about the games then governance |
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Munera |
Gladiator Funeral games, these were games held in honor of a famous person's death, quickly becomes a way for the promoter to build status and popularity. |
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Ratiarius |
Gladiator Net and trident type of gladiator out of the four main ones. Murmillo, Samnite, and Thraex being the other 3. Usually would be matched to a particular opponent type |
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Gracchus |
Gladiator A senator in the film that is meant to represent the voice of the old republic throughout the empire |
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Restoration of the Repbulic |
Gladiator Misleading, 200 years away from the repbulic but it is mentioned often |
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Ben-Hur |
William Wyler |
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
Richard Lester |
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Fellini-Satryicon |
Federico Fellini |
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Gladiator |
Ridley Scott |
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Orphee |
Jean Cocteau |
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Chinatown |
Roman Polanski |