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The Greek tragedies Agamemnon and Oedipus Rex both make use of a group of characters called the "chorus" to forward the action of the plays, to garner sympathy for ... There are some differences between the specific uses of the chorus in these two plays, but the overall purpose of the groups in the two plays is the same.
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everything2.com/title/Functions+of+the+Greek+Chorus
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The chorus offers a variety of background and summary information to help the audience follow the performance. It comments on themes, and shows how an ideal audience might react to the drama. It also represents the population in any particu...
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The Greek chorus continued to play an important role in classical Greek drama, especially in tragedy. Ranging in number from 50 in the time of Thespis to 15 in later classical Greek drama, the chorus consisted of Athenian citizens and were not professional actors.
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www.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/jwiemelt/classes/engl230...
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An essay on the role of the chorus in Greek drama. ... The Tragic Chorus represented with wonderful truth the Greek inquisitive crowd, and was essentially Athenian in conduct and in spirit. Indeed, it was more--it was intensely human!
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www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/chorus001.html
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Greek Drama: Group Research Project ... 1. The Greek Chorus: (Purpose, function, strophe, antistrophe. Compare function of chorus to related characters in modem movies.)
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www.krucli.com/greek_drama_presentations.htm
www.krucli.com/greek_drama_presentations.htm
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Greek drama, far from being entertainment, had a more seious moral purpose. Growing out of choral chants in honor of Dionysos, god of wine and fertility, the drama evolved. First Thespis invented the actor: one of the chorus pretended to be someone else, making dialogue with the chorus possible.
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www.angelfire.com/ct2/evenski/greekdrama/greekdramahome...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Greek chorus. Greek chorus. Information about Greek chorus in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... (redirected from Greek chorus)
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encyclopedia.farlex.com/Greek+chorus
encyclopedia.farlex.com/Greek+chorus
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Greek chorus - a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play ... By imposing a modern-day spin on an ancient story and the classical Greek chorus, here made up of the dead maids, Atwood can indulge her feminist viewpoint and her wry sense of humor,
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www.thefreedictionary.com/Greek+chorus
www.thefreedictionary.com/Greek+chorus
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WordNet: Greek chorus ... The Greek chorus (choros) is a group of twelve or fifteen minor actors in tragic and twenty-four in comic plays of classical Athens. ... The purpose of a greek chorus?
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