POST #7– READING, GRQ and Discussion– THEATER OF THE PEOPLE

    1.  Greeks

    2. Homer

    3. Iliad

    4. Virtue

    5.  Homeric Epic

    6. Iliad, Odyssey

    7. Gods

    8.  Inductive Reasoning

    9. Socrates

    10. Plato

    11. The Republic

    12.  Allegory of the Cave

    13.  Dionysos

    14.  Satyr Play

    15. Greek comedies

    16.  Tragedies

    17. Death, Dead

    18. Thespis, Thespian

    19. protagonist, antagonist

    20. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides

    21.  Dionysus

    22.  Aristotle (I think there might have been a typo on the questions)

    23. Catharsis

    24. Golden Mean

    25.  verisimilitude

    26. Three unities

    27. universality 

    28. Intermezzi

    29. Opera

    30.  nobility

    31. intermezzi

    32.  modernism

    33. modernism

    34.  Wagner


    Discussion- I believe that the Phantom of the Opera is not an Opera. The main difference between a musical and an opera is the speaking lines. In an opera, all the characters sing instead of speaking any of the lines. However, in a musical that isn’t the case. While most musicals have singing, they also have speaking lines. Throughout the narrative of Phantom of the Opera, there are times when various characters talk normally. This idea of the Phantom on the Opera being an opera is a misconception. The problem is that the musical setting takes place in an opera house. Due to the setting and the name of one of the main characters, many believe that on first looks that Phantom of the Opera is an opera. While the characters sing songs similar to what you would find in an opera house, they do have speaking lines. Overall, Phantom of the Opera is a musical.


         



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