A mime is a caress we do to show our love.
A mime is a manifestation of affection .
Caress or cuddle
A pamper can be a caress or a snuggle . Pampering someone means showing them tenderness or love . For example: “I love giving cuddles to my nephew” , “I think someone wants cuddles…” , “My dog really enjoys cuddles” .
Although we usually pamper children and animals, we also show our love in this way with the closest adults, such as our family, friends and partner. In each case it may have different intentions, although the basis is the same.
Delicacy or attention
The concept is also used to refer to the delicacy or attention with which something is done: “Please treat my car with care, I always take care of it,” “My mother prepares the Christmas meal with great care,” “ “I inherited a bag from my grandmother that I keep with care.”
literary genre
In Ancient Greece , finally, mime was a literary genre consisting of works created for theatrical performance based on improvisation . Herodas and Theocritus are two exponents of mime.
The mime literary genre is a form of theater that originated in ancient Greece . It is characterized as a dramatic performance without spoken words, in which the actors communicate mainly through gestures, facial expressions, body movements and music. Although based on physical performance , it is often accompanied by music and may include comedic or tragic elements.
In mime, actors play different characters and tell stories through pantomime, that is, the representation of actions and emotions without verbal dialogue . Through gestures and body movements, mimes can convey a wide range of emotions and situations, from everyday scenes to comic or tragic episodes.
Let's look at two of the great exponents of mime:
- Herodas : He was a Greek poet who lived in the 3rd century BC. He is credited with the authorship of a set of poems known as the "Mimes of Herodas." They are a series of monologues in verse that represent comic and satirical scenes from everyday life. The "Mimes of Herodas" are considered early examples of the mime genre and offer an interesting insight into the society and characters of the time;
- Theocritus : He was a Greek poet who lived in the 3rd century BC. He is known mainly for his bucolic poetry, in which his "Idylls" stand out. Although they are not strictly mime works, some of them contain mime elements and scenes, especially in the dialogues and representations of characters and pastoral situations. The "Idylls" of Theocritus are famous for their lyrical beauty and for capturing rural life and pastoral loves.
These works provide examples of how mime and its techniques were used by different Greek poets to represent comic, satirical and pastoral situations, through gestural and corporal expression.
Actor
A mime is an actor who performs a performance using his body movements and gestures , without speaking. In this case, the term comes from the Latin mimus , in turn derived from the Greek mîmos .
Mime, in this framework, uses mimicry to express itself. It is believed that the origins of this art are in Ancient Greece .
Mimes act without using words.
Famous silent film actors such as Buster Keaton and Charles Chaplin were great mimes. In the field of theater , one of the best-known mimes was the Frenchman Marcel Marceau .
The idea of mime can also be associated with pantomime . This is the name given to the representation that is carried out without words . Therefore, mime is both the actor and this dramatic genre.