Plato’s account of imitation would seem to be relatively simple at this stage; mimesis appears to be translatable as “representation”‚ an expression of character whereby the poet (using dialogue) and the actor (in a dramatic presentation) imitate a character. Furthermore‚ where that imitated character has undesirable traits‚ the imitation is to be avoided. And later‚ in Book X‚ Plato claims that most poetry of necessity contains evil men (in order to produce interest and pleasure)‚ and this too forms
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Sri Guttikonda Aristotle’s Advocate: Oedipus The Colonus An ancient Greek play consists of many elements that allow to be defined as a tragedy. Some of these elements include catharsis‚ the overflow or release of an excessive amount of emotions‚ and hamartia‚ a fatal flaw that leads the main character’s‚ Oedipus’s‚ downfall. So far‚ a blind Oedipus who suffers a horrible fate because of his past wanders into Colonus‚ a city near Athens. There‚ Oedipus and his daughter‚ Antigone‚ have an
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the ultimate demise of himself. Oedipus’ actions are tragic‚ as he tries to make the right choice but fails. He was dealt a hand that would only lead him to lose. Furthermore‚ Sophocles develops Oedipus as a relatable character which allows for catharsis to occur. Aristotle’s‚ The Poetics‚ explains the necessary components to create a powerful Tragedy. Oedipus the King is a powerful representation of Aristotle’s ideas on tragedy‚ so the purpose‚ protagonist‚ fall‚ and plot elements in Oedipus the
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emphasis mine) Unlike the drama of Sophocles‚ miasma here is not brought by a heroic individual like King Oedipus. The odor of excrement of all the users and aromatic are the component of miasma. In there‚ some of the users of lavatory go through catharsis‚ in a sense of diarrhoea‚ leaving the smell and take nothing. The father‚ who is most contaminated in the miasma‚ is the figure who cannot be ostracised. Even though he goes home every day‚ he inevitably go back to his job next
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Most likely written between 1606 and 1607‚ Antony and Cleopatra relates the struggles of love‚ passion‚ and power endured by the two titular characters and is considered by many to be among Shakespeare’s finest achievements. Interpretation of the tragedy is often cast in terms of the polar oppositions dramatized in the play‚ perhaps most notably the conflict between Rome and Egypt‚ and war and love. What critics and audiences often find so engaging about Antony and Cleopatra is that these polarities
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An individual’s role in society can vary with the number themes the characters exhibit. When there are signs of fate‚ cruelties‚ weaknesses‚ and desires for justice and catharsis the role of an individual becomes more complicated. In Antigone‚ most of those themes are shown thus a single person’s influence or role on society is very small and complicated to attain. However in The Lottery the society has most of the control and there is not many signs of those characteristics so the role of a person
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to his human frailties. However it is not only because of these human frailties that the audience feel empathy towards Oedipus‚ the tragedy’s specific purpose as stated by Aristotle is to "arouse the audience to experience pity and fear"‚ through catharsis. Empathy is also brought about through the collective nature of elements in a Greek tragedy‚ which include the role of hamartia‚ the character‚ the chorus and the inevitability of fate. Hamartia puts the tragic event beyond Oedipus’ control and
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" (www.killdevilhill.com) Another definition describes an archetypal tragic hero as having six distinct characteristics. They are "Noble stature‚ tragic flaw‚ free choice‚ punishment exceeding crime‚ increased awareness‚ (the ability to) produce catharsis in the audience". (www.kysu.edu) In The Crucible by Arthur Miller John Proctor is by definition a tragic hero. The first characteristic of a tragic hero was "Noble stature: since tragedy involves the ’fall’ of a tragic hero... one must have a lofty
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1989. Web. accessed 1 March 2013. Malone‚ Kemp‚ ’The Wife of Baths Tale ’‚ The Modern language review‚ Vol 57‚ No.4 (1962): pp 481-491. Jstor‚ accessed 3 March 2013. McTaggart‚ Anne‚ "What Women Want?: Mimesis and Gender in Chaucer ’s Wife of Baths Tale and Prologue‚ Journal of Violence‚ Mimesis‚ and Culture‚ Vol 19. (2012)‚ pp41-51‚ Project Muse‚ accessed 3 March 2013. Crossref-it.info‚ accessed 4 March 2013‚ http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/The-Wife-of-Bath ’s-Prologue-and-Tale/30/2075
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Unreliable Narrator From the perspective of how figures of speech help to characterize in Love is a Fallacy An unreliable narrator is a narrator whose credibility has been seriouly compromised in fictions (as implemented in literature‚ film‚ theatre‚ etc). It is a narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty‚ misleadingly biased‚ or otherwise distorted‚ so that it departs from the “ture” understanding of events shared between the reader and the implied author. The discrepancy between
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