Drama therapy

Tragedy Aristotle developed a Concept of Tragedy using Sophocles’s plays and other tragedies. He defined tragedy as “an imitation of an action of high importance, complete and of some amplitude; in language enhanced by distinct and varying beauties; acted not narrated; by means of pity and fear effecting its purgation of these emotions.” (Kennedy and Gioia 1160). The main character in a tragedy is called the tragic hero. According to Aristotle, the tragic hero has certain qualities that made…

The Greek dramatists Sophocles who is most interested in suffering and philosophical morality uses satire and tragedy for most cases of his plays. Sophocles crafted his Theban trilogy to be enormously emotional and dramatic. The Theban plays contain three plays, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone, which all must deal with the fate of Thebes, Greece, a significant Greek city in central Greece. The third part of Sophocles’ Theban plays, Antigone continues with the dysfunctionality of…

“is almost staggering” (Brandon, 1967, p. 1). Some examples of performance art, dance and theatre found in Southeast Asia include “shadow plays in Java, dramatic folk rituals in Bali, masked pantomime in Thailand, spirit dances in Burma, folk-song dramas in Laos, classic Chinese-derived opera in Vietnam, puppet plays in Sunda, and the Royal Ballet of Cambodia” (Brandon, 1967, pp. 1-2). In many countries, theatre and dance is performed for entertainment purposes, to entertain…

Through, long times the best place in the world is the theatre. The man who canshow some his problems through his life, and he tries to discuss these problems. Therefore he finds the stage best place to appear thesedifficulties or disadvantage as a sort of arts. He makes the balance between the advantage anddisadvantage,thus he puts some solutions for these disadvantages. The arts are such as a genre to solve these disadvantages thatit's appear in societies.Some writers try to put many ways to…

Character Analysis Sir Andrew Aguecheek Twelfth Night, a comedic play, written by Shakespeare, eloquently develops unique traits, actions, and dialogue for each character to defy roles. Throughout the play, there are clear examples that convey the characteristics and the use of Sir Andrew Aguecheek in the play. He is the clueless, cowardly character who is used by other characters to create a humorous scene and plot, and the vehicle Shakespeare used to prove the stupidity of the royal class. In…

Hayavadana is a play which is projected with the myth of Lord Ganesha who is a summation of both- ‘embodiment of imperfection’ and ‘of incompleteness’ and is worshipped as the destroyer of incompleteness. According to Kirtinath Kurtkoti, “The source of the plot of Hayavadana comes from Kathasaritsagara, an ancient collection of stories in Sanskrit.” Vetala Panchavimsati and Somdeva’s Brihat Kathasaritsagara - these two works compose the same tale of the…

Nora Scene 12 Analysis Paper In Nora there is a handful of characters who share the stage in Ingmar Bergman’s adapted version of A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen. In this small ensemble of characters, two seemed to speak to me the most. Those characters were Nils Krogstad, the antagonist, and Christine Linde, the supporting female. While reading the script none of the characters felt real, I felt disconnected to the other lot of them, but, I could understand the struggles of Mrs. Linde and…

The short story “A Mere interlude” written by Thomas Hardy makes effective use of narrative voice to reveal the intentions of Hardy in crafting such a story. The irony of the title, as what was supposed to be “A Mere Interlude”, Baptista’s short and tragic marriage to her ex-lover Charles Stow, eventually takes form as a major turning point in her life. It subjects her to much emotional turmoil and eventually leads her back to the one thing she hoped to escape from through her marriage to…

Terrible tragedies impact virtuous people every day, seemingly without justification. Although these horrific occurrences have no apparent cause—these people may not have committed a wrongdoing or any otherwise immoral act to deserve such a punishment—they occur anyway, subjecting the unfortunate victims to unfair tragedy. The inability of humanity to find reason behind these unjust events relates to the philosophical school of absurdism, and in particular, the amorality of the universe, a key…

According to Aristotle, tragic heroes must acquire some qualities, including a superior stature, tragic flaws, and the ability to evoke in the audience a sense of sympathy. Oedipus in the Greek play Oedipus the King by Sophocles is described as eminent, confident, and caring. Romeo in the play The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is presented as handsome, sensitive and passionate. The two characters, although created in two ages that have a gap of two thousand years, satisfy…