series of actions‚ tragedy reflects this as the imitation of tragedy is a series of actions in life. For it is by there actions that; characters are valued‚ thought is provoked and plot is structured. The most powerful elements in tragedy are the Peripeteia
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Aristotle‚ a man of noble stature who is admired by society but flawed. An Aristotelian tragic hero must have four characteristics [1]: 1. 2. Hamartia (translated as flaw or error of judgment or tragic virtue). 3. A reversal of fortune(peripeteia) brought about because of the hero’s Hamartia. 4. The discovery or recognition that the reversal was brought about by the hero’s own actions (anagnorisis) Some common traits characteristic of a tragic hero are: • The hero is sometimes
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The Battle of Passchendaele encapsulates the very essence of World War One perfectly‚ being a vivid picture of the absolute chaos that had occurred. The Canadian Corps‚ a fighting formation 100‚000 strong was ordered to the Passchendaele front in October of 1917. It was seen as an impossible battle to the commander of the Canadian Corps‚ it was likely that the fight‚ even if won‚ wouldn’t be worth the expenses. The commander-in-chief of the British army was desperate for a symbolic victory‚ so the
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tragic hero. In the first scene‚ we learn that Blanche has experienced a shift towards unhappiness with the loss of ‘Belle Reve’‚ the Dubois family home‚ and also through the death of her husband. We immediately realise that Blanche is in a state of peripeteia which has happened as a result of her hamartia. Although we do not find out what her error of judgement was‚ Williams implies that we will soon learn about it later on in the play with the use of stagecraft. The prospect of a tragedy is in our
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Oedipus and Hyppolitus Misfortune “The most tragic of plays is witnessing a good man come to a bad end through a peripeteia” Aristotle. Sophocles and Euripides present in their plays two main characters that after a sudden and unexpected reverse of circumstances‚ their lives completely change‚ arousing a sense of pity from the reader. Oedipus‚ originate more pity from the reader than Hippolytus‚ because of the actions they make and their reaction to the occurrence of events that causes the dramatically
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Sanskriti Merchant Roll number 345 UID Number 141256 A ENG 3.02 CIA 2 Partition Literature The overlapping social issues of eras could sometimes define how far we’ve come. The story ‘Lajwanti’ shows us a brief spectacle of exploitation of women whilst restricting itself from straying away from the main theme which is Partition. Rajinder Singh Bedi‚ an explicit storyteller of Sikh history‚ deviates from the norm of shying away from sharing gory details. A rare exception to his counterparts‚ he
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despair because of an error or mistaken act. The error itself is led by the hero’s hamartia and regarded by some scholars as his or her tragic flaw. The hamartia eventually causes a recognition known as anagnorisis and a reversal in action known as peripeteia.
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Patricia Ann L. Gabo BSTTM 2-1 Things Fall Apart By : Chinua Achebe 7 literary standards Artistry - Achebe brings to life an African culture with a religion‚ a government‚ a system of money‚ and an artistic tradition‚ as well as a judicial system. While technologically unsophisticated‚ the Igbo culture is revealed to the reader as remarkably complex. Achebe stereotypes the white colonialists as rigid‚ most with imperialistic intentions‚ whereas the Igbos are highly individual‚ many of them
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often feature happiness developing into miseries through errors which ultimately reveal the cold hard truth. The hero suffers from human frailty (hamartia) which directs to his/her downfall. The hero suffers from catastrophic events‚ experiences peripeteia and is confronted with the magnitude of his/her actions. Two such heroes are Hazel Grace Lancaster from “The Faults in Our Stars” by John Green‚ and Oedipus in the play “Oedipus Rex” written by Sophocles. Both modern and classic articles of literature
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ONE To enable us to develop our knowledge of the social‚ cultural‚ historical and political aspects of Antigone‚ we created an off text improvisation where we played characters from Theban society -I was “A Female Citizen”- we read them out to the class so we could get an idea of people we could work with which was a good idea as it enabled us to engage with each other and incorporate more detail into our improvisation. Our improvisation was set in a market place‚ we each spoke of our feelings to
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