The stage in a play in which circumstances converge to compel the main character to act to resolve the major conflict, the stage at which uncertainty ends and inevitability begins 12. Tragedy, Comedy, and Other Forms 14. Drama and specifically tragedy a. arose from celebrations of the lives of Greek political and military heroes b. arose from choral presentations the Athenians held during religious festivals celebrating Dionysus, the god of wine, conviviality, sexual vitality, ecstasy, and freedom. The type of play that recounts an individual's death or fall from a secure and elevated position to social or personal defeat, beginning high and ending low. The type of play that dramatizes the regeneration of individuals who begin in insecurity and end in success, with their troubles over and happiness before them.
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The type of play that mixes witty and humorous scenes with tragedy and mixes serious and threatening problems with comedy. The type of play that features exaggerated characters who go to the brink of ruin only to be saved just in time by a hero who arrives wielding superhuman resources. Reading Plays 23. The Origins of Tragedy 3. Its authors created original stories c.