THEA 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Atreus
18 Jun 2018
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1. This play is a modern classical tragedy that references greek tragedy
a. The word tragedy is the word that means the goat’s cry from slitting its throat
a.i. There is a goat
a.ii. Stevie slit the goat’s throat
b. Who/ What are the Eumenides?
b.i. Mythic creatures that demand vengeance
b.ii. The oresteia the three play group about the house of Atreus
b.ii.1. Agamemnon
b.ii.2. The Libation bearers (a drink poured out for the dead)
b.ii.3. The eumenides oresties hides in temple of apollo
b.iii. The eumenides are the voices that haunt you when you do something
bad
b.iii.1. It actually means “the kindly ones”
b.iii.2. Adriane Demunchkin did the Oresteia but added the play
le atries (house of atreus)
c. This play has three names
c.i. The goat
c.ii. Notes toward the definition of tragedy
c.iii. Who is sylvia?
c.iii.1. The name Sylvia comes from the name Sylvan which
means “from the forest” and it was the name that men in
elizabethan times used to call their girlfriend to hide her identity
calling her a girl from the country because girls from the country
are innocent
c.iii.1.a. Shakespeare play called The Two Gentlemen of
Verona where there is a song called Who is Sylvia?
c.iii.1.a.i. Valentine(true lover) and Proteus(changeable)
c.iii.1.a.ii. Proteus tried to steal Valentines girl “who is sylvia?
What is she? That all of lovers speak well of her?
Holy, fair and wise is she, the heavens such grace
did lend her her that every man is in love with her?
Then to Sylvia lets us sing for she is” basically
saying she is a goddess in disguise
d. Martin was the first one to tell Stevie about Sylvia.
d.i. The hero is usually told the truth in the very beginning but they don’t
notice or believe it
d.ii. Noel Coward is a playwright and songwriter in the 20th century england
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Document Summary
This play is a modern classical tragedy that references greek tragedy, the word tragedy is the word that means the goat"s cry from slitting its throat a. i. a. ii. Stevie slit the goat"s throat: who/ what are the eumenides? b. i. The oresteia the three play group about the house of atreus b. ii. 1. b. ii. 2. b. ii. 3. The libation bearers (a drink poured out for the dead) The eumenides oresties hides in temple of apollo b. iii. The eumenides are the voices that haunt you when you do something bad b. iii. 1. b. iii. 2. Adriane demunchkin did the oresteia but added the play: this play has three names le atries (house of atreus) Notes toward the definition of tragedy c. i. c. ii. c. iii. Verona where there is a song called who is sylvia? c. iii. 1. a. i. c. iii. 1. a. ii. Then to sylvia lets us sing for she is basically saying she is a goddess in disguise: martin was the first one to tell stevie about sylvia. d. i. d. ii.
