Heroes nowadays consist of people who fight for justice and those whose stories are not so tragic. Well‚ throughout our past history‚ the stories of heroes were very tragic and sometimes emotional. These stories were made that way due to a man named Aristotle. Aristotle was an ancient Greek Philosopher who had created many ideas and philosophies‚ even in literature. One of his most famous contributions to literature are his ideas about a form of story-writing called tragedies. Aristotle had basically
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unable to focus on anything including her own life. The way she is portrayed is as unpredictable and unstable. Hamartia Antigone brought all of the misfortunes to her with her fatal flaw‚ also called Hamartia. Although Hamartia is a term that ties to Greek tragedy‚ the definition ties to Shakespearean tragedy. Words like ‘fault‚ failure‚ guilt’ all of which are used to define Hamartia‚ are all things that Antigone demonstrates throughout the play. The fault is that she is not allowed to bury her
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Ques- Discuss Doctor Faustus as a tragedy relevant to all times Ans- Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe is a Tragedy Relevant To All Times. Pity and fear are the emotions that‚ according to the Greek philosopher Aristotle‚ are aroused by the experience of watching a tragedy. Doctor Faustus is a late sixteenth-century morality play‚ designed to teach its audience about the spiritual dangers of excessive learning and ambition. In fact‚ ‘tragedy’ according to Aristotle’s description (in the Poetics)
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Q: DISCUSS “OEDIPUS REX” AS A TRAGEDY. Ans: Aristotle’s views regarding tragedy are mainly based upon the excellencies which “Oedipus Rex” possesses as a tragedy. The play presents an imitation of an action or piece of life‚ which is serious‚ complete in itself and also having a certain magnitude. The means employed by Sophocles is language beautified by all available devices. The story is told in a dramatic form with incidents arousing pity and whereby to accomplish the catharsis of such emotions
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Oedipus Rex Questions The Prologue (p5-12) 1. Where does the play take place? 2. Which character begins the play? 3. What is Oedipus’s attitude toward the suppliants seeking his help? 4. What does the priest ask Oedipus to do? 5. What has Oedipus already done? 6. Who is Creon? 7. What is the message from the oracle of Delphi with which Creon returns? 8. What prevented Thebes from tracking down the murderer of Laius at the time the murder occurred? 9. What does
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Discuss Okonkwo in Chinua Achebe ’s “Things Fall Apart” is a tragic hero. Answer: In Chinua Achebe’s novel “Things Fall Apart” Okonkwo is a tragic hero. Aristotle’s Poetics defines a Tragic Hero as a good man of high status who displays a tragic flaw ‘hamartia’ and experiences a dramatic reversal ‘peripeteia’‚ as well as an intense moment of recognition ‘anagnorisis’. Okonkwo is a leader and hardworking member of the Igbo community of Umuofia whose tragic flaw is his great fear of weakness and failure
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common man is as apt a subject for tragedy in its highest sense as kings were”. This is an element of modern tragedies‚ for the protagonist to be anti-heroes and of a normal social class. Secondly‚ the Greek characteristic ‘Hamartia’ must be present. Willy Loman’s Hamartia is seen to be his delusions which cause his failure in life. It is his that delusions cause him to misunderstand his job and his family‚ getting the truth and his dream confused as one. His dream can be compared to ‘the American
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Q1.Consider the Hellenic and Hebraic elements in Samson Agonistes. Or Q2. Samson Agonistes is a tragedy on Greek model. Ans. Milton in Samson Agonistes has finally produced a Biblical tragedy which he has long ago proposed as a kind of literature to be practiced in a Christian society. But at the same time the play remains as it does heavily indebted to the ancient Greek tragedies in its structure as well as the representation of the tragic protagonist
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‘Jason is punished more than Medea in Euripides’ play’. DiscussJason is the real criminal in Medea‚ do you agree? In the play Medea written by Euripides‚ the patriarchal society of ancient Greece is examined and the role of women in a male centred society is explored. In this world where “the middle way‚” or moderation in all things is valued and reason and logic are seen to be the ideal‚ there is no room for passion or emotion which further limits the value of women. In response to Jason’s
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Oedipus Rex Study Guide The Prologos 1. What initial step does Oedipus indicate he has already taken? 2. What is the significance of Delphi? What is the message from the oracle at Delphi with which Creon returns? 3. What does Oedipus think about the clue Creon reveals about who murdered King Laios? What might this perception foreshadow? 4. What does Oedipus promise to do at the end of the Prologos? 5. Of what symbolic significance are the olive boughs‚ strewn at the alter steps as
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