Poetics‚ which expands upon the definition of a tragic hero. The short story “Medea‚” written by Euripides‚ and the play “Hamlet‚” written by Shakespeare‚ both present the reader with a tragic hero. “Medea” is the ideal story in which one can see the tragic hero‚ and this can be contrasted to “Hamlet” in order to see how Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero in Poetics presented. According to Poetics‚ the tragic hero in “Medea” is Jason and the tragic hero in “Hamlet” is Hamlet. Aristotle’s Poetics
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In Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward‚ the audience is introduced to the struggles of an African American family in Mississippi trying to get everything together before the terrible storm‚ Hurricane Katrina crashes onto the coast and wipes everything out. This heartfelt novel introduces to the audience the theme of parenthood/motherhood‚ the role that the absence of a mother/father had on the children‚ the role of basketball and the affect it had on the family‚ the role of dog fighting and how it related
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Tragedy and Drama In a range of dramatic works from Agamemnon to Hamlet‚ one sees the range of development of the tragic form‚ from the earliest Greek to the later Shakespearean tragedies. There are two basic concepts of tragedy: the concept introduced by Aristotle in his Poetics‚ and the concept developed by Frederick Nietzsche in his "The Birth of Tragedy." Many dramas can be reviewed to reveal the contrast between these two concepts of tragedy‚ and demonstrate the development of the tragic
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References: Hallett‚ Martin & Karasek‚ Barbara (2009). Folk & Fairy Tales: 4Th Edition. Peterborough‚ Ontario: Broadview Press Keightly‚ Thomas. (1838). The Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy. Whittaker and Co. Svarlien‚ Diane Arson. (2008). Medea. Hackett Publishing Charon. (n.d.). In Encyclopaedia Mythica Online. Retrieved from http://pantheon.org/articles/c/charon.html
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English 203 Midterm exam Part 1: Answer only 2 of this following in short answers of 1 or 2 paragraphs 3. Define “lyric” Lyric poems are short‚ personal and motional. Moreover‚ the lyric poems express the feelings and thoughts of the poets. The poets didn’t tell stories which describe characters‚ actions or even heroes. Specially‚ the lyric poems address the reader directly and clearly the poets ‘feeling‚ perceptions and state of mind. For example‚ the poem Last night‚ as I‚ the queen‚ was
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Critique of MEDEA Edie Lee MEDEA‚ which was written by Euripides and translated by Brendan Kennelly‚ was directed by Christine McBurney and showed by Mamai Theatre Company. I went to the theatre on June 30th‚ 2003. Although it is a heavy theme‚ all actors and actresses have tried to make the play as a relatively relaxed tone. I have moved by their passions. Both of them‚ two children included‚ were dedicated their performances. I really appreciated their hard work. It is a brilliantly revised‚
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children were Phaetes‚ Circe‚ Aeetes‚ and Pasiphae. Phaetes was involved in a chariot accident and was eventually killed by Zeus. Circe appears many times in The Odyssey as one of Odysseus’ lovers along his journey back to Ithaca. Aeetes is the father of Medea‚ and Pasiphae was the mother of her three children; Minotaur‚ Ariadne‚ and Phaedra (people.rit.edu/asg1478/iweb/midterm/helios.html). Helios‚ the Sun God In Greek mythology‚ Helios was god of the sun‚ who the Romans called Sol. Since he was the
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Females in classical mythology appear to have been somewhat neglected except for such obvious headliners such as‚ Medea‚ Phaedra‚ Alcestis‚ Dido‚ Clytemnestra‚ Helen and a few select who captivated the creative imagination of ancient storytellers. Goddesses‚ of course‚ have always acquired attention because of their part in religious history and‚ in due course‚ in works of art and architecture based on their devotion. Specifically‚ a disproportionate amount of monsters were devised by the ancients
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<b>ORIGINS OF ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA</b><br>Theater was born in Attica‚ an Ionic region of Greece. It originated from the ceremonial orgies of Dionysos but soon enough its fields of interest spread to various myths along with historic facts. As ancient drama was an institution of Democracy‚ the great tragic poets Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ Euripides as well as the comedian Aristophanes elevated public debate and political criticism to a level of aesthetic achievement. Euripides and the ethologist Menandros
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He was then greeted by his father Aegeus and his stepmother Medea who was a sorceress. But she was jealous of his influence over Aegeus so Medea tried to kill him by sending him to kill a wild bull. But Theseus succeeded and sacrificed the bull to Apollo. He then returned to Athens and was almost poisoned by Medea‚ but as soon as Aegeus got wind of her plot‚ he proclaimed Theseus his son and heir to the thrown and banished Medea from Athens and she escaped to what is now Asia. According to
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