the audience. According to Aristotle‚ pity and fear are the natural human response to spectacles of pain and suffering--especially to the sort of suffering that can strike anybody at any time. Aristotle goes on to say that tragedy effects "the catharsis of these emotions"--in effect arousing pity and fear only to purge them‚ as when we exit a scary movie feeling relieved or exhilarated. The tragic hero must be essentially admirable and good. As Aristotle points out‚ the fall of a scoundrel or villain
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1. Spiral Jetty is an example of x earth sculpture environmental sculpture machine sculpture accommodation with technology 2. In most contemporary sculpture‚ there is one pervasive characteristic: Sculpture identifies volume in space. The tactile nature of the pieces recalls traditional sculpture. x Sculpture remains true to materials. Sculpture now flies‚ floats‚ breathes. 3. Space sculpture emphasizes x spatial relationships the density of materials the human
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because they are a more larger than life version of us. Next‚ we begin to feel apprehensive of the hero’s downfall. In other words‚ we are getting ready for it to happen. Finally‚ the character goes through a 360 degree spiral. This is when the catharsis comes into effect. It elicits pity for Oedipus‚ from the audience. This crucial step occurs not only for the tragic hero‚ but affects the audience as
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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. So we discuss the major traits which erect “Oedipus Rex”head and shoulder above other plays. Aristotle singled out the plot of “Oedipus Rex” for the highest praise and since his time the greatest superlatives have been used for
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mainstream society are made possible through many characters on the docks‚ it is however Terry that ultimately unites the waterfront and brings justice to a once corrupt society. Through Terry’s three-fold journey of moral awakening‚ enlightenment and catharsis we are able to witness the breakage of a society once entrapped in a world fuelled by power‚ greed and corruption. Terry is confronted with guilt of taking part in the downfall of Joey Doyle’s murder. This is what initiates the awakening of his conscience
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Components of the American Dream Having a white collar job (avoiding manual labor) DS: Being a salesman Willy’s dislike of Biff being a rancher and doing manual labor. Being a success DS: Not having to do much work (Dave Singleman) Helping your children be more successful than you Real life: Helping through college Rules‚ regulations‚ and experience set DS: Biff playing football to go to U of Virginia Wanting Biff to stop wandering and get a ‘real job’ Having security Real life:
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interaction between man and reality 5. There is no sense of perspective‚ there is pessimism‚ despair‚ believe in the disintegration of humanity II. The purpose of literature R: 1. To create an illusion of reality‚ to reflect reality‚ mimesis (imitation)‚ the imitative function 2. To criticize reality in order to transform it‚ to improve it; didactic element M: 1. To examine psychological depths‚ to question experience 2. There is no didactic element in their fiction
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Drama In the 1580s Philip Sidney complained that English playwrights were ignoring the principles of drama; he meant the classical principles exemplified by the tragedies of Seneca and the comedies of Plautus‚ Ben Jonson published his own plays in a grandiose format‚ and with a title (The Works of Benjamin Jonson)‚ that invited comparison with the editions of these same dramatists. The prologue to the first play in this collection‚ Every Man In His Humour*‚ announces that its author ’hath
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Aristotelian Tragedy Thomas Hardy incorporates many elements of the classical Aristotlean tragedy in his novel The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886). In an Aristotelian tragedy‚ the most important element is the experience of catharsis‚ the arousing of pity and fear in the audience. The effect of catharsis on the audience depends on the unity of the plot and the effective presence of a tragic hero. The plot in an Aristotelian tragedy consists of the reversal‚ the recognition and the final suffering. In the protagonist’s
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Religious Symbolism in "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" This paper will present a rhetorical context for the use of violence in the short story‚ "A Good Man Is Hard to Find‚" as she presented in her essay "The Element of Suspense." The form of classical tragedy in this story will also be analyzed from the critical theories of Aristotle and Longinus. Tolstoy will be used to examine the use Christian symbolism. Nietzsche will provide a more well-rounded universal conclusion to the uses of tragedy and
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