Sep 4, 2020 - Find an answer to your question PART B: Which detail from the text supports the answer to Part A? O Prospero ignores Caliban's insults and threatens him with a O Caliban claims that he is the rightful ruler of the island and boasts of his O Caliban helps Prospero when he first arrives but expresses

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The " contests " held as part of the early Greek dramatic festivals consisted of playwrights each writing A. three tragedies and

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Answer:

A. Three tragedies and one comedy

Explanation:

I'll be honest here, I did not know the answer off the top of my head!

So, I consulted randolphcollege.edu and found this:

"Twenty-five hundred years ago, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripedes, and Aristophanes wrote their plays in verse for an annual five- or six-day spring festival of dramatic competition called the Great (or City) Dionysia and dedicated to Dionysus. Three tragedians competed at the festival, each presenting three tragedies and a satyr play* (a tetralogy) over the course of a day; five comedians each presented one play on the last day of the festival.

*comedy

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