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According to Bronislav Malinowski, ____ is a statement of primeval reality which lives in the institutions and pursuits of a community.
theater
ritual
play
myth
Ritual is ______, while theater is usually _______
sacred, secular
quiet, noisy
gloomy, lively
boring, entertaining
Aeschylus' "The Persians" was based on a myth.
TRUE
FALSE
Theater is a deliberate performance created by ____ ______ and intended for a live audience, typically making use of scripted language.
playwrights
poets
live actors
performers
Sometimes plays are performed in places that aren't the theater.
TRUE
FALSE
According to Aristotle, "humans have an in-built desire to imitate, to act, to pretend - that's how we learn"
imitation
mimetic impulse
mimic impulse
parody
"the seeing place"
theater
teather
theather
thaeter
Theater has no definite origin theory that everyone can agree on.
TRUE
FALSE
______ are often ways of mediating between humans and the supernatural.
rituals
ritual
theater
play
Some theorize that some parts of theater were derived from the _____ figure, which is the secular equivalent of ______ in early societies.
jester, actor
father, priest
hero, knight
clown, shaman
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