Author Question: If we in the contemporary United States did not have readily available mediatized forms of violent ... (Read 43 times)

folubunmi · **on:** Aug 27, 2018

If we in the contemporary United States did not have readily available mediatized forms of violent entertainment, would we create more live forms, as the Romans did? What is the appeal of watching such entertainments?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

In order to be successful for more than two hundred years in Europe, playwrights conformed to the dictates of the Neoclassical Rules.

Author ___________ consciously chose to flout those rules, and his play Hernani was so popular with audiences that Neoclassicism became obsolete, paving the way for new styles.A. Molire
B. Ibsen
C. Hugo
D. Williams

matt95 · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The Student could discuss the idea that humans feel the most palpable connection
to what they are watching when they share the most core fear of the entertainer: the fear of
death or of the Western fascination with glorified death.

Answer to Question 2

C. Hugo