Dramatic Action in Greek Tragedy and Noh

Download or read book Dramatic Action in Greek Tragedy and Noh written by Mae J. Smethurst and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By looking at 15th/16th realistic noh and Greek tragedies through the lens of Aristotle and of each other, this comparison reveals a previously unnoticed relationship between the structure of the tragedies and their performance, that is, the involvement of the third actor at the climactic moments of the plot in both and the actor stepping out of character in noh. This observation helps to account for Aristotle’s view that tragedy be limited to three actors.