The history of greek theater

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As the Greeks grew toward city-states and colonization, it became the destiny and ambition of the hero to gain honor by serving his city The second major characteristic of the early Greek world was the supernatural The two worlds were not separate, as the gods lived in the same world as the men, and they interfered in the men's lives as they chose to It was the gods who sent suffering and evil to menIn the plays of Sophocles, the gods brought about the hero's downfall because of a tragic flaw in the character of the hero. In Greek tragedy, suffering brought knowledge of worldly matters and of the individualAristotle attempted to explain how an audience could observe tragic events and still have a pleasurable experience