Greek and Roman theater was quite different. Roman theater was developed to entertain the audience with violence, while Greek theater was based on religion and artistry. In Roman theater, the actors would wear different colors and costumes to symbolize their character's status, and the actors usually would end up dead. For the Greeks, the characters would face struggles with their morals, and would have the chorus accentuating the morals found within the play. Basically, the Romans were about violence and entertainment, while the Greeks were about the religious and moralistic qualities.
Greek and Roman architecture was not that different; after all, the Romans got most of their influence from the Greeks. However, the Romans built their theaters on their own foundations, instead of hillsides and being completely enclosed. Greek theaters were circular, with two doors on the side so people can get off and on the stage. The
Greeks would never kill anyone on stage, that was considered inappropriate.
Roman theaters were semi- circular, and had a podium with and orchestra section. Romans also created backgrounds for the different scenes for the actors. the Romans had a lot of slaves while Greeks had richer people.
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Hello Lindsay,
ReplyDeleteYour entry here is stronger than your first one. You embed links. But your images need better, more detailed captions--at least identify the source of the image if you are not saying something about it. Also: a couple of your statements about Roman theater are inaccurate. Roman theater was not violent; violent spectacles like gladiatorial games belonged to a quite different environment (the amphitheater), and the Romans separated them in terms of spaces for them, even if audiences attended both kinds of entertainment.