THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 4Outline of Last LectureI. Inherently theatricala. Ceremonyb. RitualII. Theatrea. Specific placeb. Present the experiencec. Real or imagined eventOutline of Current Lecture I. Tartuffe charactersII. Analyzing themes in TartuffeIII. Deus Ex MachinaIV. Neoclassicism ideasa. Verisimilitudeb. Unitiesc. Decorumd. Separatione. DidacticismV. Catholics vs. Huguenots(protestant)a. The Cidb. Jean Recinec. MoliereThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.VI. Dance Current LectureI. The play Tartuffe uses character characteristics from comedia dell’arte. (traveling groups of about 10 men that had much richness with their make-up and usually wore masks) examples include an idiot father or sassy maid. a. 4 character types- Pantalone: high man with status (Tartuffe)- Harlequin: comic servant, like a jester- Il capitano: acts like a tough mad but is easily scared and runs off stage shrieking. - Innamorat: young foolish lovers that don’t realize situations they are in (Valere and Mariane)II. Analyzing themes of Tartuffe:- Hypocrisy of religion and religious people- High class does not mean high intelligent (Orgon)- Gender roles, the two most intelligent people in the play are the wife and maid - Wild extremes hardly navigate anyone (Orgon)- The law enforcer was very calm even though he basically said he is going to destroy orgon’s life.- Danger of willful illusions III. Deus Ex Machina (god in/from the machine). This means someone comes in at the very end and solves everything and everyone is happy ever after. This happened when the king came in a basically said forget about everything I just solved it. IV. Neo classicism ideas:a. Verisimilitude: most important belief that all things must be true in life. Play should not break audience suspensions of beliefs, meaning no violence (because not actually happening), no ghost (because not actually real), no soliloquies (because no one just sits and talks to an inanimate object about what they are thinking).b. Unities: - Place: action cannot take place in more than one place. Ex. A household, one building. - Time: action take place within 24 hours- Action: only one story, can many little subplots but mostly onec. Decorum: character behave as society would portray that persond. Separation: comedy and tragedy are totally separate never mixede. Didacticism: lesson can be learned from thisV. Catholics vs. Huguenots(protestant): much Italian influence in the neoclassicism period. A women named Medicis thought that combine French and Italian theatre was greatand so did Richelieu (another elite). Richelieu decided to open an academy in France to censor theatre and make sure plays follow the guidelines. a. The Cid was a Spanish based play bit some people wanted to recreate it into a neoclassicism play. This had a complicated plot and violence, therefore, this play did not uphold the rules of which the academy censored. The academy said no tothis play. Due to the academy’s rules, this led neoclassicism to be firmly established by the academy. b. Jean Recine: one of the greatest neoclassicism dramatists. He was a strict rule follower. Phadra is his most famous writing that contained Greek elements, especially because the play started close to the climax. c. Moliere: the greatest of all writers. He wrote his plays in rhyming couplets. He fell in and out of favor by the authorities and the academy. One of his writings, Tartuffe, was controversial at the beginning because of the hypocrisy in the play. The authorities allowed the play to pass and was very popular, but later banned. Moliere’s three most popular works are Tartuffe, Miser, and Misanthrope. VI. Dance begins to develop but was not like it is now. The form was called Ballet. However, this was more like a catwalk to show off costumes. The movements came from how theymoved to show off what they were wearing. Eventually, the movement of the body was just as important as the costumes. After this, French neoclassicism fades away. Theatre gets boring because there are not any more new ideas. Also, the king stops attending theatrical plays, making the people stop because they follow what the king