Greek Theater: Tragedy

The foundation of the Greek drama is a religious and political performance by an authoritative playwright. These characters are always played by men wearing masks and costumes, and the performance is always outdoor. Greek theaters are having comedies and tragedies, and comedy heroes are ironic and touching the situation. When a tragedy occurs, heroes often respond with emotions such as pride, anger, desire, jealousy, sadness. This article will focus on the tragic aspect of the Greek drama. Aristotle said the tragedy is "not imitation of human beings, but imitation of behavior and life" (Butcher 1961).

The dramatic forms of the ancient Greek drama are tragedy, comedy, and satellite. Tragedy of Athens, comedy, pornography are the earliest drama in the world. Greek dramas and dramas have had sustained impact on Western drama and culture. Pornography deals with mythical themes in a comedy way. The tragedy has the founder, Thespis. And it is considered the first tragic drama Greek actor. Aristotle's poetry theory, tragedy comes from dithyrambs, and these songs are praises Dionysus every year in Dionysia. Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus are three tragic playwrights famous for Greece. The structure of the Greek tragedy is as follows.

The Greeks invented the Western drama, the work written there was executed by the actors. The Greek theater introduced the ideas of comedy and tragedy. The Greek drama influenced the art throughout Europe, including the drama written by William Shakespeare. Today, I am imitating Greek and Broadway plays, TV shows, movies. Greek architecture has been imitated throughout history. The Romans copied many Greek ideas to their buildings. Later on, the Renaissance architects tried to imitate Greek architectural style. Today, many government buildings, such as the US Capitol in Washington DC and the US Supreme Court building, are built in Greek classical style.