Toby Le Period 4 English 20 March 2013 Works of tragedy have been around since the earliest times of Greece‚ if not longer. In these tragedies‚ the downfall of the "tragic hero"‚ or the main character destined to fall‚ is portrayed to the audience. In one of the most famous tragic plays ever written‚ Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare gives the downfall of many characters. Given the case‚ there have been many arguments about who the tragic hero really is. Despite the fact that the play is
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blood-related son‚ Haemon‚ who in a scene argues with Creon‚ “Antigone is as much your daughter as I am your son…you‚ to your own son‚ are seeking to take away what I love most without reason” (1.3.8-91)? What Haemon was meaning was that Creon loves Anitgone as a daughter. Creon‚ before blinded by power and pride‚ ruled by love and not by will power. Another way how Carl Jung’s quote relates to King Creon is by how when Creon became king‚ his love lacked‚ and ruled by power and pride. Whenever King
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In essence‚ tragedy is the mirror image or negative of comedy. For instead of depicting the rise in circumstances of a dejected or outcast underdog‚ tragedy shows us the downfall of a once prominent and powerful hero. The most influential theorist of the genre is Aristotle‚ whose Poetics has guided the composition and critical interpretation of tragedy for more than two millennia. Distilling the many penetrating remarks contained in this commentary‚ we
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states that there can be a tragedy without character‚ but there can never be a tragedy without plot. According to Aristotle‚ there are two kinds of plot---simple plot and complex plot. In simple plot we find only ‘peripeteia’ or the reversal of situation‚ and complex plot shows both ‘peripeteia’ and ‘Anagnorisis’ or the sudden discovery. Besides these main two‚’ plot’ can be based on scenes of sufferings. An ideal plot is one which arouses pity and terror and brings about the outlet of emotions. But
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Adam Kelley Mrs. Grimaldi English II AC 13 June 2014 Two Tragic Hero’s A tragic hero is a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall‚ suffering‚ or defeat. Oedipus and Okonkwo are both fantastic examples of a tragic hero because they have it all in the beginning and then they both fall. In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ Okonkwo is a man from the village Umofia; he has many wives‚ a famous wrestler‚ and a big yam plantation. In the play Oedipus
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The Messenger says to Oedipus‚ “The news I bring ought to mean joy for you‚ though it may be you will find some grief in it...Death holds [Polybos] in his sepulcher”(Sophocles lines 891-892 and 897). The Peripeteia is the turning point in a play. Oedipus believes that his prophecy did not come true for he did not murder his father Polybos‚ but little does Oedipus know Polybos was not his real father. This turning point is crucial to the play because it adds
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film while most people might not notice it. Many movies‚ including Toy Story‚ have a catharsis‚ hamartia‚ anagnorisis‚ peripeteia‚ a nemesis‚ and many more. Being Andy’s favorite toy‚ Woody lives the life‚ but that doesn’t last long. As soon as Andy receives Buzz as a surprise present from his mother‚ Woody’s life starts going downhill‚ or otherwise known in Greek‚ peripeteia. Andy’s other toys take to him immediately‚ being impressed by his many features‚ while Woody stays convinced that he will
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came true‚ he blinded himself. He wanted to escape what he could see (metaphorically) so he blinded himself (physically). In Oedipus and Colonus‚ Oedipus was old‚ weak‚ and weary. He was humble and pitied himself. He had to rely on his daughter‚ Anitgone‚ to guide him and care for him wherever he went after his exile. He has faith in the gods and realized that they are always watching you and know if your faith has faltered. In the first book he thought that he could prove the oracle wrong and show
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drastic impact on the storyline should be included since those are vital to the tragedy. Aristotle also clarifies that the plot should be of reasonable length so that the audience does not have any difficulty to remember it or to follow the storyline. Peripeteia or reversal of fortune is a change that leads to a drastic turn in chain of events‚ often resulting in opposite situation of what was expected. The events then occur in opposite sequence of what the
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"A man cannot become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall”‚ a wise quote from Aristotle himself. Aristotle defines a tragic hero as one who is born of a noble status‚ one who contains a tragic flaw‚ one who has a reversal of fortune‚ one who has an increase of self-awareness‚ and one who evokes pity or fear from the audience. Considering these particular characteristics‚ Brutus fits the bill as the tragic hero of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. William Shakespeare
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