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- 191: A Comparison of Tragedy in English Works
- ... uses this definition of a tragedy but also broadens it including the common man. All of these characteristics are seen in the plays Julius Caesar, Death of a Salesman, and Oedipus Rex. Although the title of the play Julius Caesar focuses on Caesar, the play itself is really based on Brutus. "Brutus had rather be a villager than to repute himself ... is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory."(requiem page 138) Unfortunately, Willy never realized that his dreams and values were flawed and he died for it. In Oedipus Rex Oedipus has a flaw that is unavoidable and also uncontrollable. His flaw is fate. The plot juxtaposes Oedipus's ignorance to his own identity with his tragic despair as he ...
- 192: Oedpius: Justice...
- Oedpius: Justice... Oedipus is not formally charged with any crimes. He does manage however to commit incest, and murder. His father is cursed. The curse states that his son will kill him and ... introductory, "...if laius , king of thebes, had a son by jocasta, his queen, that son would kill his father and marry his mother. Laius in light of these facts has Oedipus abandoned as a child. Another family raises him as their own. Oedipus was on his way to town when he encountered a carriage. Some negative events transpired and Oedipus kills the entire caravan. He continues on towards the city only to ...
- 193: The Loyalty Of Antigone To Bot
- Anitgone, she poses great loyalty to both her father Oedipus, and brother Polynices. She tended though to show it much greater towards her father rather her brother. Antigone is both the daughter and sister to Oedipus. She along with her sister, Isemene, have been caring for their father and tending to his every need since his exile from Thebes. She is viewed as being a brave ... for her father everyday, she put herself in danger of being caught by the new king of Thebes, Creon. He was held accountable for Anitgone and Ismene by request from Oedipus himself. She knew of her father's great need, so she battled the hardships with Creon to see her father she loved so dearly. Their love was so strong ...
- 194: Modern Vs. Ancient
- ... on tragedy to form the play. The play, The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man in The Moon Marigolds has taken several aspects from Greek drama, specifically from the play Oedipus. The play The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man in The Moon Marigolds and both Antigone and Oedipus have used the same ideas and they both have very similar aspects to them. Although they created the modern play many years after the other two, there are still signs ... Just like plays passed on from generation to generation, modern plays also have morals in them, and many of those morals are similar. For example, the theme of Antigone and Oedipus was that we should listen to others, and we shouldn't think that we are always right, because there are always people who know more than we do. The ...
- 195: Hamlet: Tragedy in Hamlet
- ... revenge that Hamlet insists on that shapes his character and forces the bloodshed at the end of the play. This contrasts with a play of which Aristotle did approve. In Oedipus the King, Sophocles has created a character who tries to do the greater good, and in doing so find his fate has been damned from the start. Hamlet has the ... The characters that Shakespeare has chosen for Hamlet are not the type one would find in a typical Greek tragedy, the kind of tragedy that Aristotle was used to criticizing. Oedipus the King, includes a number of elements that Shakespeare does not use in Hamlet. The chorus is used as a character in Oedipus the King to allow us a sympathetic view of Oedipus, in his time of travail. Oedipus has accepted responsibility for his fate and blinded himself. The audience feels sympathy ...
- 196: Aristotles Philosophy On Why People Enjoy Viewing Tragedies
- ... that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude. In a language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play Oedipus Rex, Tragedy must occur in the form of action, not of narrative; and a purgation or catharsis of the build up of emotions (hubris) throughout the literary work must take ... through some flaw" (Dean, 51). One can therefore assume that the lead hero must be someone prosperous, famous and possess an attribute of integrity. An example could easily be King Oedipus, whose credentials clearly matched the above criteria. Perhaps the primary reason for the admiration and relish Tragedies receive from audiences is because of the fictional aspect and complex plot of ... is associated, as Aristotle said it should be, with the hero's 'reversal of fortune'. A Reversal is a change of a situation to its opposite. A clear example is Oedipus' situation at the beginning and at the end when Oedipus is King. Another example in the play was when a man comes to free Oedipus of his fear about ...
- 197: Antigone Vs. Billy Budd
- ... in life to illustrate a point directed toward the audience. The audience is left to decide questions the author or playwright poses. The plot in Antigone is a situation after Oedipus, the king of Thebes, exiled himself. His two sons, Polyneices and Eteocles were proclaimed as the rulers of Thebes. They agreed that each would rule in alternate years. However, after ... whatever he wants. His decision to punish Antigone becomes a decision he regrets. Fate is also a very prominent theme in Antigone. Fate is what had gotten the family of Oedipus where we begin this play. Fate is why Oedipus had killed his father, marry his mother, and then find out all about it. Fate had made Oedipus' sons kill each other and make Creon the new king of ...
- 198: Achilles Anophtheis (Achilles revisited)
- ... he had been able to salvage from the previous session's mangled tape, "last week, we established with a fair degree of certainty, that you are suffering from an unresolved Oedipus complex. This, in turn, has contributed to your success, by engendering in you a sense of competition with your father. The matter was not helped by the fact that you ... would like to see Hector squirm, but I hate to have to save Alexander in the process." said Oswald doubtfully. "Secondly, we have already established that you have an unresolved Oedipus complex and-" "I'm not absolutely certain that I understand what it is to have an `unresolved Oedipus complex'," Oswald interrupted. "I apologize for not clarifying my psychological terms for you. An Oedipus complex, as you are probably aware, is a normal childhood phenomena. Because of the ...
- 199: Aristotles Philosophy On Why P
- ... that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude. In a language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play Oedipus Rex, Tragedy must occur in the form of action, not of narrative; and a purgation or catharsis of the build up of emotions (hubris) throughout the literary work must take ... through some flaw" (Dean, 51). One can therefore assume that the lead hero must be someone prosperous, famous and possess an attribute of integrity. An example could easily be King Oedipus, whose credentials clearly matched the above criteria. Perhaps the primary reason for the admiration and relish Tragedies receive from audiences is because of the fictional aspect and complex plot of ... is associated, as Aristotle said it should be, with the hero's 'reversal of fortune'. A Reversal is a change of a situation to its opposite. A clear example is Oedipus' situation at the beginning and at the end when Oedipus is King. Another example in the play was when a man comes to free Oedipus of his fear about ...
- 200: Women In Early Lit.
- Women play different roles in early literature. In The Illiad, Gilgamesh, and Oedipus Rex, their roles determine the different amounts of power they possess and how they use the powers to influence the events that occur. In The Illiad, the women throughout the ... 3.14). This shows how the women were used as a powerful distraction to seduce a man and take his mind off of what he should be doing. Finally, In Oedipus Rex, the role of women shows the power of royalty and persuasion. Jocasta, Oedipus wife and mother, speaks: And as for this marriage with your mother have no fear. Many a man before, you in your dreams, has shared his mother s bed. ...
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