THTR1170 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hamartia, Natya Shastra, Clifford Odets
16 Dec 2016
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Bc"s version of this play pretty much nothing happens the whole time until alceste (the lead) ends up leaving (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause she"s goi(cid:374)g to (cid:271)e arrested for being too rude. Aristocrat and she complains frequently to her friend philinte about how people are frequently dishonest in order to be polite. She ends up offending another person (oronte) by being honest and saying her poem is terrible. A law suit is filed against her and she refuses to apologize. The whole ti(cid:373)e she"s ru(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g after this guy celimene who flirts with everyone including her. She loses the lawsuit, asls celimene to run away with her and when he says no just runs away herself while her friends philinte and eliante fall in love. Raisonneur: a play that e(cid:454)presses the author"s philosophy. Unities of action, place, and time: meaning that the entire play took place at the same time, in the same area, and with the same structure.
