Diderot - The paradox of acting

According to Diderot, sensibility is the distinguishing mark of the artistic genius.

• true

• false

Diderot holds acting in high regard.

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• false

The competent actor experiences a range of emotions.

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• false

The audience should recognise themselves in the dramatic character.

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• false

 

Good actors fool the audience

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• false

 

  Intense pleasure and pain are dumb.

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• false

 

According to Diderot, sensibility

• occurs more commonly in women than men 

• distinguishes people of cultivated taste 

  According to Diderot, great actors:

•    simulate

• feel

   Great art:

• captures moments of sublimity in nature

•     reproduces nature with self-possession

 

  The real actor:

• watches appearances

• obeys the impulse of nature