Theater of the Absurd Theater of the Absurd came about as a reaction to World War II. It took the basis of existential philosophy and combined it with dramatic elements to create a style of theatre which presented a world which can not be logically explained‚ life is in one word‚ ABSURD! Needless to say‚ this genre of theatre took quite some time to catch on because it used techniques that seemed to be illogical to the theatre world. The plots often deviated from the more traditional episodic
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the truth? 4. What comparison does Oedipus make between himself and peers like Teiresias? What does this tell us about Oedipus? 5. What truth does Teiresias present to Oedipus in his speeches following the interruption of the Choragos? Ode 1 1. As ode 1 begins‚ what does the chorus remind the audience in strophe 1 and antistrophe 1? In strophe 2 and antistrophe 2‚ the chorus reveals its astonishment at Teiresias’ claims. What claim shocks them? 2. When the chorus‚ in antistrophe
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(Stevens 484) One of O’Hara’s great poems about de Kooning’s work was "Ode to Willem de Kooning" (Appendix A). At the time of writing the poem‚ the powerful critic Clement Greenberg would have suggested that only a trained‚ restrained art criticism with a limited vocabulary could have captured the essence of a piece of art‚ while Lytle Shaw believed that ekphrastic poetry is the best way to fully capture visual art (Bernstein). Ode to Willem de Kooning proves Greenberg wrong. O’Hara’s poem captures
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The Neolithic Age • Archeological evidence o Humanoids lived as long as 1 million years ago in Southwest China; used fire ▪ Fossils discovered in Yunnan province o Peking man (a proto-human) lived about half a million years ago in North China; used fire & primitive flaked/stone tools ▪ Fossils discovered near Beijing • Neolothic ( cultures with polished stone implements‚ pottery‚ agriculture o South China
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just and fair? Why? 7. Why did the sentry tell Creon about the burial of Polyneices? 8. At the end of the reading today‚ why does the sentry say‚ at any rate‚ I am safe? Ode 1 9. This ode presents a portrait of human existence—its wonders and its limitations. Restate its main idea in your own words. 10. How does the ode comment on the problem of the play as it as been developed so far? Scene Two 11. Since Greek dramas usually do not move from one setting to another‚ many of their important
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to construct the ideas and themes held within his poetry. The use of inanimate objects in his poetry sculptures Keats’s idealistic concept of permanence or immortality. The poems Ode on a Grecian Urn and Ode to a Nightingale are both examples of Keats’s work where static imagery emulates Keats’s concepts on life. In Ode on a Grecian Urn Keats depicts figures on an ancient urn‚ closely examining a piper and his fair love beneath a tree. Through the use of static imagery he notes that the figures
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depicted the thoughts of the ordinary‚ minor and major odes have poems that portray the views of nobility and rulers. The Minor Odes is mainly written by aristocratic people‚ and The Major Odes has the words of the kings and rulers. Divided by decades‚ the poems tend to talk more about broader themes. Readers can find those implications from the specific examples shown in the poems. The poem “What Plant Is Not Faded?” is the last of the minor odes. It starts by questions that are rhetorical. The questions
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Sara Ortiz Mr.Johanson Honors English 10th 29 October 2013 Antigone Essay: Ode to Man Since the beginning man has always been an admirable creation that dominates and controlled almost all of the earth. Man is exalted everywhere because of his capacity to guide entire cities and to follow the rules of the gods to bring honor to him and his city. But fate plays a misfortunate trick on man: death. The only thing that is a man cannot control is death‚ because‚ although men are great‚ death can
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Love is a common theme in most literature‚ as either an underlying theme or as the stimulus for the story‚ as it is an emotion that has great power and is also universally understood. The writers we have studied have written about love in its many forms‚ from the cerebral to the visceral and they have used this complex emotion to propel their stories and their sonnets. As we progress forward in time we see a distinct change in the freedom writers had as they addressed this theme and a change in the
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“I wish that I had spoken only of it all.” (Ferguson 1250) Satire: When the narrator of the poem uses humor‚ comedy‚ irony‚ hyperbole in order to criticize peoples stupidity. Satire is mainly used in contemporary politics. Alexander Pope shows a wonderful example of satire in his poem “The Rape of the Lock.” “Whether the nymph shall break Diana’s law Or some frail china jar receive a flaw Or stain her honor‚ or her new brocade.” (Ferguson
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