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Quick questions on Aristophanes' Frogs and Old Comedy - OCR Classical Civilisation

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What is the conventions of Old Comedy?
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The play displays the standard features of Old Comedy:
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Explain how Aristophanes satirises contemporary Athens in the Frogs. You must refer to specific examples. [10 marks]
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'The contest between Aeschylus and Euripides is the heart of the Frogs.' To what extent do you agree? [marked out of 20; real H408/21 tariff is 30]

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