and technology has improved our quality of life so much that most of fail to recognized the many ways it can be harmful. Although these so called friends or modern conveniences have made our lives easier‚ they have also been the cause of many a tragedy. What exactly is technology anyway? According to Webster it is defined as the application of science. The E.S.P‚ to industrial or commercial objectives;it is the body of knowlege available to a civilization that is in use. But let us consider
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three-stress lines and the second and fourth line of each stanza rhyming. The poem is set in medias res‚ telling certainly of a tragedy‚ possibly based on two voyages in the thirteenth-century on which Scottish noblemen transported princesses to royal marriages‚ with many members of Alexander III’s daughter Margaret’s escort drowning on the journey home. The theme of tragedy and having a plot based on local history are both elements often seen in the ballad form. However‚ the poem does also defy characteristics
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Aristotle’s Theory of Poetics Research Assignment Aristotle bases his theory of poetics on greek tragedy. He defines tragedy as "the imitation of an action that is serious and also as having magnitude‚ complete in itself." (Melani‚ 2009) He views that‚ "Tragedy is a form of drama exciting the emotions of pity and fear. Its action should be single and complete‚ presenting a reversal of fortune‚ involving persons renowned and of superior attainments‚and it should be written in poetry embellished
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Hebraic elements in Samson Agonistes. Or Q2. Samson Agonistes is a tragedy on Greek model. Ans. Milton in Samson Agonistes has finally produced a Biblical tragedy which he has long ago proposed as a kind of literature to be practiced in a Christian society. But at the same time the play remains as it does heavily indebted to the ancient Greek tragedies in its structure as well as the representation of the tragic protagonist. Contextually in his preface to Samson
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The Theater of Dionysus The Theater of Dionysus was Europe ’s first theater‚ and stood immediately below the Parthenon in Athens‚ Greece. It was originally built in the late 5th century B.C. The theater was an outdoor auditorium in the shape of a great semicircle on the slope of the Acropolis‚ with rows of seats on which about eighteen thousand spectators could comfortably seat. The front rows consisted of marble chairs‚ and were the only seats in the theater that had a back support. The priests
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Upon reading Greek tragedies‚ many similar themes and tropes would often reappear as a way to tell the audience that the story which they are reading is a tragedy. One of these tropes was the seeking justice. Whether if the justice for another person or their own gratification‚ justice was a major influence in these plays. Two examples of such tragedies were the Oresteia and Hippolytus. In both‚ the death of one character sparked a chain reaction that leads others characters to find ways to avenge
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family and go about her life. Nora comes to the conclusion of leaving Helmer‚ her husband as well as her children. Although many may say that this is not a tragedy because Nora is now free from her husband and the life of an inanimate object; however the fact that she is leaving behind her children and the man she once thought she loved is a tragedy that not everyone would understand. Both Oedipus and Nora show true characteristics of going through a tragic dilemma equally. Although both examples are
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Firstly we must decide whether Dr Faustus is a morality play; I will do this by discussing the play ’s form‚ content and subject matter in an attempt to categorise the play. I will also offer an alternative argument by saying that the play is in fact a tragedy. Secondly we must decide whether or not it has a moral; to do this I will consider the tone of certain parts of the play‚ in particular the Chorus ’ speeches as well as the speech of other characters. Let us first deal with the categorisation of
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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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Unseen Tragedy and the Common Character Shakespeare is known for his deep understanding of human nature in the sense of diverse feelings‚ emotions‚ and passions in both positive and negative ways. I believe that Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a play based fully around the tragedy of not only the key character Hamlet‚ but also other characters with a lower status such as: Ophelia; Hamlet’s love interest‚ Gertrude; Hamlet’s grief driven mother‚ and Laertes; Ophelia’s exceedingly noble brother. In Arthur
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