As theatre developed, undefined rules came into practice, and the process through which a playwright produced a play as well as the distinguishing traits characteristic of a successful play became in-depth and understood by all involved parties. ... Each actor will be required to perform a variety of characters throughout the play and thus wear multiple masks due to the Greek rule that allows only three actors to have speaking parts in any one play. ... Seneca wrote "closet dramas- that were intended to be read and not performed. ... In addition, Seneca wrote with more graphical violence a...

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Euripides commented on this divide in most of his plays. ... In these plays it is interesting to note that not only does this divide correspond to gender but also the social hierarchy between Greeks of differing states. ... III THE CYCLOPS Unlike Medea, The Cyclops is not a tragedy but a satyr play, a sort of burlesque, humorous treatment of a mythical theme. All of the tragedians wrote satyr plays; they were put on as the fourth play after a tragic trilogy. Although Dionysus does not appear in the play, the chorus of satyrs and their leader, Silenus, are devotees of Dionysus. ...

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According to Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher who wrote about metaphysics, rhetoric, and so on, "Tragedy- is "a representation of an action which is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude "in language which is garnished in various forms in its different parts "in the mode of dramatic enactment, not narrative "and through the arousal of pity and fear effecting the purification of such emotions."" ... The characterizations play a vital role in the elements of a tragedy. ...

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