Oedipus as a Tragedy by Aristotle’s Definition A tragedy by definition is “a drama which recounts an important and casually related series of events in the life of a person of significance‚ such events culminating in an unhappy catastrophe‚ the whole treated with great dignity and seriousness”. The Greek tragedies are plays based on myths which were well known and enjoyed by audiences. Most of the plays encompassed certain elements that Aristotle identified in his Poetics
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A natural hero was born on 1861 His name was Jose Rizal A gifted child who studied foreign languages This great hero was the founder of La Liga Filipina. During his lifetime there was a war The Philippines was shattered to the ground.. Many uprisings were fought against the Spaniards! All of it failed until the Noble Jose Rizal came. His divine weapon was not a sword nor a gun But a small pen. A pen so great it united the Filipinos. His words inspired the hearts of all It spread all
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Jonathan Tyra Period 1 5-26-13 Dante Alighieri “The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis” -Dante Alighieri (BrainyQuote.com:Dante Alighieri‚ 1) Dante ’s childhood was filled with great pain and struggle‚ and love. That struggle is said to be the inspiration for some his great‚ later works‚ like The Divine Comedy. Other works‚ like Vita Nuova and The Divine Comedy carry on as great classical works to this day and have inspired
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Gustave Doré is a prime example of the type of images Dante tried to depict while writing “Dante’s inferno.” Dante wanted the emotion of the story to be dark and not at all bright or cheerful. When I view William Blake’s drawings I don’t feel frightened‚ petrified or even scared. He constructed his pictures in a bright cheerful and that takes away the feeling that Dante tried to create. I feel if William Blake didn’t fill his pictures with color and darkened up his sky‚ the pictures would have the
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Feminine” in Dante’s The Inferno Like many great authors throughout time‚ Dante Alighieri demonstrates the underlying significance of female characters in his epic‚ The Inferno. Due to the misconceptions men had of women during this era‚ women were granted much less societal acceptance and were easily labelled as seductresses. More so‚ Beatrice’s character suggests a much deeper relationship to Dante – one more than plain‚ physical love. In this sense‚ the women in this poem partake in two very
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In Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy‚ Dante is introduced as a man of sin who has strayed from the path of God. With assistance from Virgil‚ Dante is forgiven for his sins and achieves enlightenment as he journeys through Hell‚ Purgatory‚ and Heaven. Throughout The Divine Comedy‚ Dante shows intellectual and moral progress as he rids himself of his sin and grows closer to God through his experiences in the afterlife‚ specifically as he sees how sinners in Hell are punished‚ encounters spirits in
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Edmond Dantes’ life started to become everything that he wanted it to be. He was loved by a beautiful woman‚ named Mercedes‚ to whom he was to be married. He as well became captain of a ship named The Pharaon‚ owned by Morrel and Son. Dantes also had many people in his life that he considered his friends. Gaspard Caderousse was Dantes’ neighbor and friend. Fernand Mondego was Dantes’ close friend and friend of Mercedes. Baron Danglars was Dantes’ fellow crew member on the Pharaon and became
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Dante’s Inferno Circle two‚ the sin of lust is a place where there are constant whirlwinds and where people who have affairs or not honest relationships. In the book two sinners that Dante has put there is Francesca and Paolo because Paolo is Francesca brother-in-law and they had an adult relationship together. The punishment of the sin of lust is that the sinners are in a constant whirlwind. The whirlwind is described in the book as “Here‚ there‚ up‚ down‚ they whirl and‚ whirling‚ strain/ with
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1 English November 23December 10th‚ 2012 Women In the epic poem‚ The Iliad‚ by Homer‚ women play an important but subservient role to men. With very few exceptions‚ the acts and deeds of men are dominant. Some goddesses such as Hera enjoy parity with men‚ and some mortal females show exceptional strength such as Andromache‚ but the primary role of women is to create a sanctuary at home or perform handiwork for their husbands. Women also serve to symbolize a man’s military rank as well
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of a traitor that Dante considered the worst: Judas‚ Brutus‚ and Cassius. Described as the “Great Worm
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