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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.

Theatre in Greece and Rome around the 4th- 6th century was usually and most often used for entertainment. (WHAT ABOUT THEIR EDUCATIONAL VALUE?) The masks that were used in these performances often had the mouth open to where the actors could move and talk freely. That could help the actors project more being that they performed in very large theatres and/or spaces even back then. The masks helped the audience members more so than the actors. (WHY?) This is because they performed in large places; it was easier for audience members to see the expressions on the actors' faces. (YOU MEANT THE AUDIENCE COULD SEE THROUGH THE MOUTH HOLES? HOW DO YOU KNOW?) The performers in these shows were always men; a theory is that women could not project their voices as loud as men. There were also very few women that even came to see these performances. These performance and/or productions happened once a year so the masks were only used once. (YOUR STATEMENTS IN THIS PARAGRAPH DO NOT ALWAYS SUPPORT OR ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN ASKED)

A lot of the theatrical performances in India were religiously based, usually rituals for one or several of the gods of India. (NOT A GOOD SENTENCE STRUCTURE) And so there are a lot of ritual dances and movements. The masks are also different in the way that the masks in India aren’t always human masks; they also have the masks of gods, devils/demons, and animals. A lot of the performances in India also had a lot of dancing a movement unlike in Greece and Rome. One of the big differences between the performances in India from the performances in Greece and Rome is the fact that for some specific types of productions/performances, the stage manager would be in the audience calling out the lines and actions for the actors/performers. (MUCH OF WHAT YOU SAY IS NOT REALLY ACCURATE)

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