Discuss the significance of the Iliad and Odyssey for Greek culture and identity.
What will be an ideal response?
The Iliad and Odyssey play a fundamental role in establishing a Greek cultural identity. They present examples of areté (virtue or excellence) to be emulated. They show the extremes of human nature—brutality and compassion—and demonstrate that one is responsible for one’s actions. They are the accumulated wisdom of earlier ages collected by Homer. They form the basis of Greek education.
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The Free Southern Theater's production of Slave Ship attempted to
A. unite audience members across race. B. provoke different responses from different audience members to teach lessons about history. C. use Boal's forum theatre techniques to address issues of racial difference in the U.S. D. increase audience member's aesthetic distance so that they could view the events with detachment.
Because of surviving evidence, we know more about the early actor's external expression than his or her emotional work
a. true b. false