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- 211: Moby Dick
- ... 16) that out of these old Quaker whalemen might come the "globular brain," the "ponderous heart" the "bold and nervous lofty language," of "a mighty pageant figure"--- a Job, an Oedipus, a Lear--- "formed for noble tragedies." The stage is set and the characters drawn for "the tragic dramatist" (as Melville now openly calls himself) to present his action. There is ... of Ahab's course, and therein lies the peculiarly shocking nature of the book. It is as if we left Job at the end of one of his diatribes or Oedipus at his self-blinding or Lear as he curses his daughters and plunges into the storm. Even with this final insight of Ahab's, the ending seems too dire for ... 16) that out of these old Quaker whalemen might come the "globular brain," the "ponderous heart" the "bold and nervous lofty language," of "a mighty pageant figure"--- a Job, an Oedipus, a Lear--- "formed for noble tragedies." The stage is set and the characters drawn for "the tragic dramatist" (as Melville now openly calls himself) to present his action. There ...
- 212: Achilles Anophtheis (Achilles
- ... 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 ...
- 213: Aristotle On Tragedy
- ... righteousness; nor is it through badness or villainy of his own that he falls into misfortune, but rather through some flaw [hamartia]". The character should be famous or prosperous, like Oedipus or Medea. What Aristotle meant by hamartia cannot be established. In each play we read you should particularly consider the following possibilities. (1) A hamartia may be simply an intellectual ... knowledge is associated, as Aristotle said it should be, with the hero's 'reversal of fortune' (Greek: peripeteia). A reversal is a change of a situation to its opposite. Consider Oedipus at the beginning and end of Oedipus the King. Also consider in that play how a man comes to free Oedipus of his fear about his mother, but actually does the opposite. Recognitions are also supposed ...
- 214: Hamlet's Odd Behavior
- ... opposition for his mother’s affection-his father. The stage of development where a boy falls in love with his mother and wants to kill his father is called the Oedipus Complex. Hamlet exhibits signs of a lingering Oedipus Complex. Oedipus complex disappears when the young boy realizes "the impossibility of fulfilling the sexual wish for the mother"(Hall) The main factor in making the young boys wish impossible is ...
- 215: Greek Tragedies
- ... molded in the hands of the tragic poets, can be forgotten from comparison of the plays based on the same events by Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides. In the rendition of Oedipus he kills Laius, and marries his mother, who is called Epicasta, thus becoming the king of Thebes. In time the Gods revealed the secret of his birth and the two became aware of their sins. Epicasta hangs herself, but Oedipus continues to rule Thebes. But all his life he suffers from constant torments from visions of his mother's ghost and feelings of guilt. He eventually dies in battle. All ... a life that is not organic. For example the functions and personalities of the characters are made within the content of Creon who is a compassionate and unambiguous nobleman in Oedipus, a blustering tyrant victim in Agamemnon, and a tragic hero in Medea. Of course a study of the relationship between the plays can be useful when they all fit ...
- 216: Sophocles
- ... expressive of character. It is only from the third period we have examples of. (Rexine p#134) The seven tragedies that survive are Ajax 447 BC, Antigone 442/441 BC, Oedipus at Colonus 401 BC, Tracheniae 437-432 BC, Oedipus Rex 429 BC, Electra 418-414 BC. Aristotle considered Oedipus Rex as a perfect tragedy. Sophocles made many improvements to plays such as adding scene painting and a third actor. He increased the number of the chorus from twelve ...
- 217: Greek Tragedies
- ... molded in the hands of the tragic poets, can be forgotten from comparison of the plays based on the same events by Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides. In the rendition of Oedipus he kills Laius, and marries his mother, who is called Epicasta, thus becoming the king of Thebes. In time the Gods revealed the secret of his birth and the two became aware of their sins. Epicasta hangs herself, but Oedipus continues to rule Thebes. But all his life he suffers from constant torments from visions of his mother's ghost and feelings of guilt. He eventually dies in battle. All ... a life that is not organic. For example the functions and personalities of the characters are made within the content of Creon who is a compassionate and unambiguous nobleman in Oedipus, a blustering tyrant victim in Agamemnon, and a tragic hero in Medea. Of course a study of the relationship between the plays can be useful when they all fit ...
- 218: Fate and Destiny
- ... the Odyssey where Odysseus visits Hades to see an old blind dead soothsayer to find out what he should do in order to get home. Last is the destiny of Oedipus who seeks help to make his country a better place, only to find out what his real destiny was. A strange thing happened in all of these different prophecies and ... Of course they do not listen they do not change their ways and end up meeting their ultimate demise. And we don't want to forget about the fate of Oedipus whose destiny was to kill his father and marry his mother. Sad thing is that it came true. In the mythological tale of Oedipus the main character tries to avoid his destiny. In the end however that did not work. He was mentally destroyed from what he tried to avoid. You see he ...
- 219: Greek Tragedies
- ... molded in the hands of the tragic poets, can be forgotten from comparison of the plays based on the same events by Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides. In the rendition of Oedipus he kills Laius, and marries his mother, who is called Epicasta, thus becoming the king of Thebes. In time the Gods revealed the secret of his birth and the two became aware of their sins. Epicasta hangs herself, but Oedipus continues to rule Thebes. But all his life he suffers from constant torments from visions of his mother's ghost and feelings of guilt. He eventually dies in battle. All ... a life that is not organic. For example the functions and personalities of the characters are made within the content of Creon who is a compassionate and unambiguous nobleman in Oedipus, a blustering tyrant victim in Agamemnon, and a tragic hero in Medea. Of course a study of the relationship between the plays can be useful when they all fit ...
- 220: Discuss Some Of The Main Ideas
- ... masturbation. The small boy may become sexually interested in his Mother. He may become possessive of her, which arouses feelings of rivalry towards his Father. Freud called this conflict the Oedipus complex and can help to determine the sexual and emotional patterns of later life. The female version of the Oedipus complex is known as the Electra complex. Freud concluded that although a little girl is emotionally involved with her Mother, the discovery that she lacks a penis and is therefore inferior, leads her to become disillusioned with her Mother who she blames for her condition and turns her attentions towards her Father as a love object. Freud believed the Oedipus complex to be universal and to be succeeded by a “latency period” lasting until puberty where the focus is on genital stimulation. Research does not support Freud’s view ...
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