Answer the following about words whose roots are in Greek theater, for 10 points each.
[10e] An off-stage crane bringing in divine characters, like Helios’s chariot in Medea, is the root of this three-word plot device in which a supernatural force suddenly resolves the conflict. It translates to “god from the machine.”
ANSWER: deus ex machina [or dei ex machina]
[10m] This man, who Aristotle claimed to be the first actor after he broke from a chorus and introduced dialogue to tragedy, lends his name to a word for “actor.”
ANSWER: Thespis [prompt on thespians]
[10h] This word originated to describe actors as “interpreters from underneath” because of their usage of masks. Tu quoque is an ad hominem logical fallacy sometimes called an appeal to this word.
ANSWER: hypocrisy [accept word forms such as a hypocrite or being a hypocrite]
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