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Tricky Slave
The tricky slave is a stock character. He is a clever, Social_class#Lower_class, lower-class person who brings about the happy ending of a comedy for the Lovers (character), lovers. He is more clever than the upper class, upper-class people about him, both the lovers and the characters who block their love, and typically also looking out for his own interests. In the New Comedy, the tricky slave or ''dolosus servus'' aimed to get his freedom by assisting his young master in love.Northrop Frye, ''Anatomy of Criticism'', p 173, Besides the actual slaves of classical theater, he also appears as the scheming valet in Renaissance comedy, called the ''gracioso'' in Spanish. The zanni of Commedia dell'arte are often tricky slaves, as are Puss-in-Boots in Charles Perrault, Perrault's fairy tale, Jeeves in P. G. Wodehouse's work and Figaro (character in operas and plays), Figaro. In fairy tales, the same function is often fulfilled by fairy godmothers, talking animals, and like donor (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actor Slave Massimo
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for Hypocrisy, hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the Tragedy, tragic Greek chorus, chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
