The “messenger scene” is a standard part of Greek drama because:
a. the third actor needed to have a substantial part to establish his credibility in the hunt for a top prize at the
festival.
b. Greek sensibilities dictated that violence take place offstage, so the messenger often appears to tell of those
acts.
c. there was little time or space to reenact all of the previous action that had taken place before the story of
the play begins.
d. dramatists could use the device to pursue the creation the perfect monologue
b
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Piaget’s stage theory, Harrison’s behavior is an example of a. counter-inductive reasoning. b. egocentric reasoning. c. transductive reasoning. d. perceptive reasoning.
Which foundation of wisdom expressed in the Yi Jing (Book of Changes) is also key to the ancient Egyptian worldview?
a. balance b. reincarnation c. revenge d. piety