Aristotle lived in Ancient Greece from 384-322 BCE and created a Theory of Tragedy which stated that a tragedy must have six parts to determine its quality: plot‚ characters‚ diction‚ thought‚ spectacle‚ and melody. Aristotle’s Theory of Tragedy is the reason that Greek tragedies lasted around 4-5 hours each. Sophocles was a Greek tragedian and the playwright of the famous tragedy‚ Antigone‚ which astounded the audience due to the dominant woman tragic hero of Antigone. He incorporated the Chorus
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Chorus dedicates its first ode to man’s victories and its supreme vulnerability: death. The choral ode is divided into four sections: Strophe I‚ Antistrophe I‚ Strophe II‚ Antistrophe II‚ each focusing on either man’s strengths‚ weaknesses‚ accomplishments‚ and consequences his actions yield. In Strophe II‚ the chorus elaborates on the triumphs man has achieved‚ but confesses that man has the inevitable destiny of death. In the five translations of the first choral ode composed by Fitts & Fitzgerald
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Art is important because it is the only thing we have that rewrites history. Without art we would have no clue what our ancestors before us have done. “ O Attic shape! Fair attitude! With brede” (Line 41 from Ode to a Grecian Urn) This to me shows that he was admiring the urn and trying to figure out its story. Sometimes when looking at art you have to decipher the story within it. Angela Eckhoff discusses why it is important that we have art and how it helps
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most beautiful and complex ever to be written‚ Beethoven was nearly (if not) completely deaf at the time he wrote it. The title of Friedrich Schiller’s poem “An die Freude” is literally translated as "To Joy"‚ but is normally called the "Ode to Joy". It was written in 1785 and first published the following year in the poet’s own literary journal‚ “Thalia.” Beethoven had made plans to set this poem to music as far back as 1793‚ when he was only 22 years old‚ as it had always been
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Romantic and Victorian Eras in British Literature The Romantic Period‚ which included the years 1798-1832‚ was an era revolting against the 18th century literary style. The time period was filled with poets who dramatically poured their beliefs into their writings and poetry such as William Wordsworth‚ a very notable Romantic poet during this time period. In stark contrast‚ the Victorian Period was a time during which poets wrote about the environment that surrounded them‚ and tended to have a pessimistic
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Communication has crucial impacts within or among workgroups in any organization. Communication can be a channel to flow information‚ resources‚ and even policies. Communication has crucial impacts within or among work groups in that organizational. Communication is a channel to flow information‚ resources‚ and even policies. Organizational communication can be broadly defined as communication with one another in the context of an organization
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Virgil and Horace‚ respected poets during the Roman empire wrote two collections based on Pastoral imagery and had many metaphors dealing with the change in power from Julius Caesar to Augustus Caesar. The first of Horace’s poetry is known at the Odes. And the first of Virgil’s collections are the Eclogues. In the first of Virgil’s eclogues‚ he addresses the issue of property and the differences in the lives of two Roman men. The two main characters in the first eclogue‚ Tityrus and Meliboeus
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Helen Keller may be the world’s most famous supercrip. Very few people can claim to have "overcome" disability so thoroughly and spectacularly. A blind and deaf wild child at the age of 7‚ she became‚ by the time she published The Story of My Life at 22‚ one of Radcliffe’s most successful and polished students‚ fluent in Latin‚ Greek‚ German‚ French and (not least) English--not to mention three versions of Braille (English‚ American‚ New York Point) and the manual alphabet in which her renowned teacher
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Analysis The opening events of the play quickly establish the central conflict. Creon has decreed that the traitor Polynices must not be given proper burial‚ and Antigone is the only one who will speak against this decree and insist on the sacredness of family. Whereas Antigone sees no validity in a law that disregards the duty family members owe one another‚ Creon’s point of view is exactly opposite. He has no use for anyone who places private ties above the common good‚ as he proclaims firmly
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the third and fourth lines rhyme. 3) Sonnet - A highly-stylized poem of exactly 14 lines written in iambic pentameter. 4) Elegy - A poem written about the death of someone. 5) Ode - Originally developed by the Greek and Latin poets‚ Odes soon began to appear in different cultures across the world. Odes possess a formal poetic diction and deal with a variety of different subjects. Dramatic Poetry 1) Soliloquy - A speech a character gives of his thoughts and reflections. 2) Monologue
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