THEA 2011 Lecture Notes - Direct Democracy
20 Mar 2014
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Consistent (though should (must) not do things that seem unlike themselves) Appropriate (behaving like a person of their social type is supposed to) Some greeks believe that the purposusually who observes the action from the sidelinese of tragedy was to teach men to be better. But the greek were also great believers in debate, and tragedy may also raise questions rather than simply lecturing. Athens was a direct democracy: laws were voted for, for directly by adult male citizens (not through representations like mp"s) Citizens were expected to attend the assembly (political debates regularly, to vote on new laws. At assembly, etoricians would give speeches advocating one law over another. In greek drama, all violence takes place offstage. The actiun is centred on characters trying to persuade each other. It encourages you to listen and take sides. It is usually who observes the action from the sidelines.
