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Identify some of the similarities and differences between masks in Indian genres of performance and those used in ancient Greece and Rome.

In Indian performance and as well as Greek and Roman there were only men performers. (YOU NEED AN OPENING PARAGRAPH REFERENCING WHAT YOU INTEND TO PROVE IN THE FOLLOWING PART OF YOUR ANSWER) In greek and roman cultures the masks were made with vivid expressions, opened mouths, and were full masks that were front and back covering. Indian cultures have almost flamboyant expressions some are full masks and others are partial. Unlike the greek and roman masks the Indian cultures tend to use headdresses with the masks that help accentuate the idea of the characters represented in the masks. Greek and Roman masks are based on characters over time that grow and so when an actor puts on a mask the person then can understand the personality of the mask and represent it. (WE DON'T QUITE KNOW ABOUT HOW GREEKS USED THEIR MASKS DO WE?) However, in some of the Indian cultures the masks are an invocation of a greater being, and they take on that being into them when they put the mask on. (YOU MIGHT HAVE EXPANDED THIS PREVIOUS SENTENCE SINCE THERE IS SOME INDICATION OF THE "GREATER THAN HUMAN" SIZE OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE ILLUSTRATIONS WE HAVE SEEN) Greek and Roman plays also tended to only be performed on one day and only once a year, while Indian cultures could have performances for 30 days straight. (THIS PREVIOUS SENTENCE ONLY APPLIES TO RAMLILA WHICH IS GENERALLY PERFORMED ONLY ONCE A YEAR) While greek and roman masks are still questioned on how they were made and from what the Indian cultures tend to use wood or papier-mâché.

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