Several centuries ago, Greek, Roman, and Aristotelian works of art took center stage of being the most popular. This art could come in several forms from plays to poetics. Some of the most famous early works were epic poems such as the Iliad, the Odyssey, or Oedipus Rex. These pieces of work are very similar in all sorts of ways. Oedipus Rex describes a tragedy of mistakes and unknown identities. When Oedipus tries save his land by clearing his people of a plague, he accidently walks into his own death. Once Oedipus understands the fact that he was the one who actually killed Laius in this epic tragedy. “To thus question the facts of Oedipus's guilt is to bring to task tenets incorporated in Western tradition as a near gospel of guilt, judgment,
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Catharsis to release strong emotions or to feel relieved. This is something that generally happens at the end of literary works. Catharsis is used to truly draw the audience into interest of the play, “It takes as its point of departure the ancient theater's notion of catharsis, which connects the impact of the dramatic plot on the audience with mental purification,” (Brynhildsvoll). Aristotle discusses this Poetics, “It follows that the plot which achieves excellence will necessarily be single in outcome and not, as some contend, double and will consist in a change of fortune…” (Pg. 13). While not all films and epic poems end happily, ‘White Chicks’ is one that does have Catharsis, as Aristotle discusses in Poetics. The main characters of ‘White Chicks’ are able to protect and win over the girls in end, finally being able to take off their disguises. This was a moment of catharsis. Catharsis is something that is very common in all of the different Greek plays and poems, just as it is in the modern …show more content…
Poetics truly describes all of these techniques that are commonly used in Greek epic poems. All of these techniques are applied into a movie that is completely different from the classic Greek poems, ‘White Chicks’. This just proves how important and applicable Poetics is to modern day work even several centuries later. A great example of this is the fact that there is a protagonist, a tradition that has carried on through not only Poetics and ‘White Chicks, but many other literary works of art and films. Another great example of this is through hamartia, the tragic flaw of characters, something that is seen in literally every piece of art. Finally, the use of a relieving emotions through catharsis is something that is very commonly used in all especially to signify an ending, especially ‘happy endings’. Overall, both Aristotle’s Poetics and ‘White Chicks’ signify and relate to each other in several different ways, especially through use of protagonist, hamartia, and catharsis. Aristotle’s work describes so much more than just writing techniques and is by far some of the most impressive, “Aristotle's 'Poetics' is certainly the most problematic though it is the most influential and authoritative of the Classical criticism on tragedy,”
Catharsis to release strong emotions or to feel relieved. This is something that generally happens at the end of literary works. Catharsis is used to truly draw the audience into interest of the play, “It takes as its point of departure the ancient theater's notion of catharsis, which connects the impact of the dramatic plot on the audience with mental purification,” (Brynhildsvoll). Aristotle discusses this Poetics, “It follows that the plot which achieves excellence will necessarily be single in outcome and not, as some contend, double and will consist in a change of fortune…” (Pg. 13). While not all films and epic poems end happily, ‘White Chicks’ is one that does have Catharsis, as Aristotle discusses in Poetics. The main characters of ‘White Chicks’ are able to protect and win over the girls in end, finally being able to take off their disguises. This was a moment of catharsis. Catharsis is something that is very common in all of the different Greek plays and poems, just as it is in the modern …show more content…
Poetics truly describes all of these techniques that are commonly used in Greek epic poems. All of these techniques are applied into a movie that is completely different from the classic Greek poems, ‘White Chicks’. This just proves how important and applicable Poetics is to modern day work even several centuries later. A great example of this is the fact that there is a protagonist, a tradition that has carried on through not only Poetics and ‘White Chicks, but many other literary works of art and films. Another great example of this is through hamartia, the tragic flaw of characters, something that is seen in literally every piece of art. Finally, the use of a relieving emotions through catharsis is something that is very commonly used in all especially to signify an ending, especially ‘happy endings’. Overall, both Aristotle’s Poetics and ‘White Chicks’ signify and relate to each other in several different ways, especially through use of protagonist, hamartia, and catharsis. Aristotle’s work describes so much more than just writing techniques and is by far some of the most impressive, “Aristotle's 'Poetics' is certainly the most problematic though it is the most influential and authoritative of the Classical criticism on tragedy,”