week12 12/1

Dramatic structure (also called Freytag's pyramid) is the structure of a dramatic work such as a play or film.

                   

Aeschylus was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is often described as the father of tragedy. Critics' and scholars' knowledge of the genre begins with his work,and understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays

                 flashback (n.) a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a                      time earlier than the main story. 倒敘

           foreshadowing (v.) be a warning or indication of (a                      future event). 鋪墊

           climax (n.) the most intense, exciting, or important                      point of something 高潮(故事情節)

           denouement (n.) the final part of a play, movie, or                        narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn                    together and matters are explained or resolved. 結局

Cassandra , also known as Alexandra or Kassandra, was a daughter of King Priam and of Queen Hecuba of Troy. In modern usage her name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate someone whose accurate prophecies are not believed by those around them.Nobody will trust her prophecy ability becausee of the curse from Apollo.

The Oresteia  is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytaemnestra, the murder of Clytaemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, and end of the curse on the House of Atreus.