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Craig White's Literature Courses Mask(s) esp. in Classical & Modern Theater |
 theatrical masks of tragedy & comedy depicted in a 2c Roman mosaic |
Masks have social functions from prehistory to the present in
rituals
theater
carnivals or holidays (e.g. Mardi Gras, Halloween)
sports
deception (as in robbery or murder)
medicine (e.g. oxygen masks).
Dionysus the god of masks.
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