The oracle in the myth of Semele ordained it. They won prizes every time they entered the competitions. Others works were limited to one performance, but these tragedians plays were performed repeatedly throughout ancient Greece 7. Aristotle and the Nature of Tragedy 9. Aristotle s term for the scene of suffering in which a destructive or painful action is taken against the tragic protagonist, not against the hostile foe, by a member of the household toward the end of a tragedy.
Comedy represents human character as more serious than it is b.
Both a and d 14. All are true because they fit different types of characters Renaissance Drama and Shakespeare's Theater 15. Identify the only writer of Greek Old Comedy whose work survives. Identify the central issue in most Roman comedy of the third century B. C. Comedy from Roman Times to the Renaissance 5. Explain why this development is ironic in light of the institutions that gave rise to drama and its revivals.