As the Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle‚ once said in the Poetics‚ a tragic hero should be “between these two extremes—that of a man who is not eminently good and just‚ yet whose misfortune is brought about not by vice or depravity‚ but by some error or frailty.” The ultimate purpose of a tragic hero is to construct catharsis. Doing this by making the audience commiserate with the protagonist producing emotions by having a rise and a plummeting downfall in the character’s life. Some would quarrel that
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they face struggles due to their inner conflict and may exhibit villainous behavior but are not complete tyrants. Greek philosopher Aristotle recorded his ideas about tragedy dramas and the ‘tragic hero’ in his noted book of literary theory titled Poetics (335 BCE)‚ the book was rediscovered
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the Krogstad-Mrs. Linde sub-plot as weakening the play. Do you agree? “You haven’t known much trouble or hardship in your own life” says Ms. Linde to Nora in their first conversation. Ms. Linde who is part of the sub-plot is used as a convenient device for exposition but also to introduce idea’s in the play‚ being that she is an “old” friend of Nora’s. A doll’s house is a tragic play written in the form of a well-made play by Ibsen who wants to introduce the idea of social control and expectations
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res A term for Horace‚ literally meaning “in the midst of things.” It is applied to the literary technique of opening a story in the middle of the action and then supplying information about the beginning of the action through flashbacks and other devices for exposition. The term in medias res is usually applied to the EPIC‚ where such an opening is one of the conventions. Comic relief A humorous SCENCE‚ incident‚ or speech in the course of a serious fiction or drama‚ introduced‚ it is sometimes
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face. Part 3: SOLILOQUY * Choose an Act & Scene that a soliloquy takes place * You must attach the original soliloquy * Explain the situation that prompts the soliloquy. * Paraphrase the soliloquy. Part 4: Literary Devices (CHOOSE TWO BELOW) PUN * Copy lines that show 3 examples of a pun * Explain the pun by explaining the denotations of each word being punned. * Describe the effect of the pun DRAMATIC IRONY * Copy lines that shown 3 examples of
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How does Kesey use narrative structure‚ foreshadowing and symbolism to create a tragic form in ‘One flew over the cuckoo’s nest’? Introduction: - Novel name / author - General overview; In his novel Kesey uses tragic form in illustrating events in an asylum that serves as a microcosm of 1960’s American society. - Brief explanation of tragic form and how techniques contribute to tragic form - Linking sentence into narrative structure Body • PARAGRAPH #1 : Narrative structure - Topic sentence:
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To what extent can Bosola be considered a tragic hero? “Let worthy minds ne’er stagger in distrust/ to suffer death or shame for what is just. / Mine is another voyage.” Thus the dying Bosola concludes his last speech and‚ in doing so‚ ends the life of a character whose very nature is at odds with the others’ – and with himself. For Bosola is a paradox: as a malcontent‚ he delivers line after line of poisonous verse; insults old women; sneers at the Cardinal and Ferdinand‚ whom he sees (justifiably
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prophecy he’s struggled to avoid. One of the things that makes Aristotle think the play is so great is that the anagnoris is directly caused by the peripeteia. The words of the Messenger are what cause Oedipus to summon the Shepherd. The two plot devices are
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plot does not‚ as some persons think‚ consist in the Unity of the hero. For infinitely various are the incidents in one man’s life which cannot be reduced to unity; and so‚ too‚ there are many actions of one man out of which we make one action”(“Poetics of Aristotle”). According to Aristotle‚ the plot of a story is not always consistent with the hero’s actions or decisions. In the play Macbeth‚ set during the middle ages in Scotland‚ a tragic hero‚ Macbeth‚ is introduced as a noble and brave warrior
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character Phineas. What classifies Finny as a tragic hero‚ instead of just an ordinary hero‚ is his downfall. As defined by Aristotle‚ a tragic hero is a character who faces their own destruction due to fate‚ a mistake‚ or a personal flaw (Literary Devices). Finny fits the noble and heroic characterization naturally‚ and it is without a doubt that his demise was certainly a tragedy. In A Separate Peace‚ Finny is a prime example of a tragic hero because of his positive thought process‚ his strong character
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