Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious‚ complete and of a certain magnitude." (Aristotle). Examine the statement critically and substantiate your answer with the examples from any two of the plays you have read." ‘The Poetics The Poetics is chiefly concerned with Tragedy which is regarded as the highest poetic form. In it the theory of tragedy is worked out so admirably‚ with such insight and comprehension‚ that ‘it becomes the type of the theory of literature’ (Abercrombie). Aristotle
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A tragedy is a drama or writing piece in which the main character is brought to a situation that will cause much pain to the life of the character. A tragedy is a narrative that portrays calamitous events and has an unhappy but meaningful ending. Many people like tragedies because they are loved and wanted by so many people. Take for example Shakespeare he is famous for his many tragedies. The reason why he wrote so many was because people liked them a lot‚ just like today. Also many people like
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The Birth Of Tragedy Primitive men did not distinguish between " real " and " virtual ". 1. I reproduce the magic natural phenomenon for smooth operation of the four seasons. 2. The guaranteed and abundance of cruise seasons speak certain God as a person who is young and healthy‚ when God is strong. - That it believed that there is no effect when weakly God (You killed God‚ was elected as the new human God) 3. Festival will open on the day you killed God‚ when that‚ it was a new practice
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Greek tragedy Antigone‚ a play written by the brilliant Sophocles countless years ago‚ people believed that the only way to reach the underworld was by receiving a proper burial. Antigone‚ the prideful protagonist‚ had her brother‚ Polynices‚ killed at war. King Creon of Thebes‚ the audacious and selfish antagonist‚ sternly declared that whoever buried the traitor‚ Polynices‚ was to be put to death at once‚ but that did not stop Antigone to do what she thinks is morally correct. In the tragedy Antigone
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POLI 330 Socialism is when the state controls the means of production by manipulating prices of goods and wages of workers. Socialism also requires people to submit to the rule of law. In return for their compliance‚ citizens are provided with resources rationed by the government. In a socialist government you get pros like‚ free health care and other services provided. But with good comes bad‚ cons are high taxes‚ not as much incentive to work hard as in other systems. Excessive government regulation
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The Themes of Antigone Antigone is credited as one of the best works of Sophocles‚ ranked by most modern critics above Oedipus the King. There are many aspects of Antigone that make it the play critics love to ramble about. "Antigone must be received as the canon of ancient tragedy: no tragedy of antiquity that we possess approaches it in pure idealism‚ or in harmony of artistic development" says one critic named Berhardy. Tragedy is usually concerned with a person of great stature‚ a king
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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‚ a group of elders‚ into this tragedy as all Greek plays
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considered to be citizens. Unsurprisingly‚ this dynamic of male dominance extended into their theatre practice‚ in which men played all of the characters--even the female characters--and men composed the entire audience (Della Gatta). Remarkably then‚ Antigone and Lysistrata both feature strong and assertive titular heroines‚ despite the androcentric culture in which they were were conceived and performed. Rather than challenging the patriarchal organization of society‚ however‚ these plays reinforce the
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Antigone is a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles set in the Bronze Age at the dawn of day in the royal palace of Thebes. It is story of a driven young girl named Antigone who is determined to bury her recently deceased brother‚ Polynices‚ by defying the orders of the new king of Thebes’‚ Creon. . The definition of an Ancient Greek tragedy thought up by Aristotle explains that tragedy is “an imitation of an action that is serious‚ complete possessing magnitude: In embellished language‚ each kind of
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The Excitement of Antigone Sophocles manages to make internal events as exciting as external events in the play Antigone. Family and religion are sensitive subjects to this day and increase the excitement of events that wouldn’t be exciting otherwise. By emphasizing family affairs and religious beliefs‚ Sophocles makes internal and psychological dealings as exciting as they would be given external sources. The struggle between people is intensified when there are family relations and brings
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