... Stock characters, recognizable and predictable. Maccus the Clown Bucco the stupid Pappus the foolish Dossennus hunchbacked slave, Identical twins, 4 comedy masks, (romans). 240 bc, livius Andronicus, latin translations derived primarily from new menander tisque comedy most well attended of romes drama. Magalesian games- early April for cybele (greatmother) late april floral games, roman games sept. plebian ... around, included a subplot, and never addressed the audience directly. unusually complicated plots. had managers/producers slave musicians, 2 fans paid for his productions, plautu...

• Word Count: 1066
• Approx Pages: 4

... "Facundo or, Civilization and Barbarism," by Domingo F. Sarmiento is a book which talks about the many topics of government and political situations in which Argentina was involved. Mary Mann is the translator of the book and the introduction is by Ilan Stavans. The time period the story takes place in is the nineteenth century, but the book was written in 1845. The ... able to easily illustrate the time period and events. Overall Sarmiento did a fair job of explaining how the way of life for the Argentines, but the overall gist of the Latin America culture prevailed to be relevant to o...

• Word Count: 676
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School