Abstract According to Aristotle‚ Sophocles play‚ Oedipus‚ was the perfect tragedy. It contained the elements of a hero of noble birth or rank‚ a fall for the hero based on a “tragic flaw” and evoked pity for the main character‚ King Oedipus. This essay will attempt to reflect how Oedipus is a prime example of Aristotle’s tragic hero. Thesis Oedipus illustrates Aristotle’s definition of the tragic hero through the esteem of the king‚ the fatal flaw the brings about the fall of the kind and
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error or misjudgment‚ producing suffering and insight on the part of the protagonist and arousing pity and fear on the part of the audience. One of the main authorities on tragedy is ancient Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle. His piece of literature‚ Poetics‚ is highly regarded as one of the main sources used to define what makes a tragedy. In each tragedy‚ there must be a tragic hero to carry out the plot of the story.
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In his Poetics‚ Aristotle defined the term tragedy’ as a man not preeminently virtuous and just‚ whose misfortune‚ however‚ is brought upon him not by vice or depravity‚ but by some error in judgement the change in the hero’s fortune must not be from misery to happiness‚ but on the contrary‚ from happiness to misery’. From this definition‚ he further expanded it by defining the profile of the Classical Greek tragic hero‚ basing it on what he considered the best tragedy ever written‚ Sophocle’s
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typical Tragedy‚ his or her immediate answer would be; Hamlet‚ Othello‚ Macbeth‚ possibly even King Lear. This is because these plays constitute what is conventionally known as a Tragedy. They mostly follow the conventions outlined in Aristotle’s Poetics‚ and have characteristics recognisable of a Tragedy‚ for example‚ the tragic hero being of upper class or noble background‚ and the tragic hero’s actions leading to inevitable consequences. As Buchner’s Woyzeck does not solely fit into this template
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what extent can Willy Loman be considered a tragic hero according to Aristotle’s rules? Arthur Miller presents his play ‘Death of a Salesman’ in the ancient form of a tragedy. Aristotle has defined his idea of the ‘perfect’ tragedy in his text‚ ‘Poetics’ (350 BC).Here he suggests that the protagonist must fall from an elevated social standing as a result of a “fatal flaw” within the character; the fall from the main character creates resolution to the play which is seen as just; finally‚ Aristotle
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MD.Arafat Habib Rukhsana Rahim Chowdhury ENG 217 5thth February 2014 King Lear as a tragic hero. “The little dogs and all‚ Tray‚ Blanch and Sweetheart – see‚ they bark at me.” When a king finds himself to be in such a position that even the dogs bark at him seeing his distresses‚ you can easily understand the tempestuous situation of his mind. King Lear is tragedy of emotions where
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scenes mainly by the mysteries. As I moved step by step through the circular story‚ I was tempted further with revelations of the scenes and actions of the characters. But I inferred that I was missing much knowledge on reading drama and with literary devices that must be vital for total comprehension of the play. This was a negative reason that put my reading in trouble. But it made me more curious and determined to finish the drama as the maze of the story aligned with the thoughts on my mind. The
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Tragic Hero From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia A tragic hero is a protagonist with a tragic flaw‚ also known as fatal flaw‚ which eventually leads to his demise. The concept of the tragic hero was created in ancient Greek tragedy and defined by Aristotle. Usually‚ the realization of fatal flaw results in catharsis or epiphany. The tragic flaw is sometimes referred to as an Achilles ’ heel after the single fatal flaw of the Greek warrior Achilles. [citation needed] Aristotelian tragic
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complete‚ and of a certain magnitude‚ in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament‚ the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play...through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions." (Aristotle‚ The Poetics). Although each and every tragedy is slightly different or even quite dissimilar‚ every true tragedy includes the presence of a tragic hero. The tragic hero can be defined as "man as both beautiful and terrible" (Class notes‚ Tragedy and The Tragic
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Theatrical Genres Comedy - In comedy the audience expects laughter and a happy ending‚ but one should be able to differentiate among at least three kinds of laughter. It is possible to laugh with a character that we like or admire; if this character triumphs at the end. For example‚ we might laugh in celebration. When we laugh at characters‚ it is because of some incongruity in behavior: because they are not as good or clever as they think they should be. This kind of comedy which shows us the
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