● Identify various dramatic movements and their historical impact
● Analyze how the literary elements of plot, setting, character, and conflict find expression in dramatic works
● Compare different interpretations of the same dramatic texts
●. Evaluate critical and/or scholarly responses to dramatic compositions
● Analyze a variety of dramatic works
● Recognize technical elements such as sets, costumes, make-up, gestures, stage movements and accents and how they reinforce dramatic themes
An Introduction to Greek Comedy and Satyr Drama
Characters
MADAME PERNELLE, Orgon's mother--(the mother-in-law)
ORGON, Elmire's husband--(the dupe)
ELMIRE, Orgon's wife
DAMIS, Orgon's son, Elmire's stepson--(the hot-headed youth)
MARIANE, Orgon's daughter, Elmire's stepdaughter, and Valere's lover--(the ingenue)
CLEANTE, Orgon's brother-in-law--(the raisonneur)
TARTUFFE, the hypocrite
DORINE, Mariane's maid--(the impertinent maid)
M. LOYAL, a bailiff
POLICE OFFICER
FLIPOTE, Madame Pernelle's servant
LAURENT, Tartuffe's servant
An Introduction to Greek Comedy and Satyr Drama
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The Comparison and Contrast Essay
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Theater: Aufführung des Trauerspiels "Agamemnon."
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Rehearsal for a theatrical performance
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