Poetic devices

Sophocles, Oedipus the King, uses the characteristics of Aristotle’s ides on what makes a good tragedy. Oedipus left his homeland after he heard a prophecy that he would one day kill his father and marry is mother. Rather than take the gamble he elected to leave. While on his journey he came in contact with a man at a crossroad that he had to kill. Never giving the killing another thought, Oedipus continued his journey when he came across a Sphinx that was holding a town hostage. Oedipus solved…

Oedipus’s Quicksand In pop culture, quicksand is known for entrapping characters. The harder the character fights to get out of the quicksand, the deeper they continue to sink. Oedipus has much in common with a character in quicksand. The harder he fights to get out of his fate, the closer he is to becoming it. In the tragedy about Oedipus Rex, he goes to Thebes to find it guarded by a sphinx who wants an answer to its riddle. Oedipus gets the riddle correct and frees the kingdom, and becomes…

A tragic hero is a character that is a good person but has one tragic flaw that can cause their own downfall. After reading a book called Things Fall Apart, the main character Okonkwo became the target of interest to be analyzed. He was one of a few major leaders in a town called Umuofia in Africa. He has done many questionable things for example, he killed a young man that he looked at as his own son, he almost killed one of his wives, and he killed a visiting missionary. Although he has done…

War, death, humiliation, pride. All prove to be events in a tragic hero’s time of fame. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero should basically be a good man with a minor flaw or tragic trait, in his character. In Antigone, Antigone meets many of the requirements to be a tragic hero because of her suffering, but Creon comes out to be a stronger candidate in the tragedy. In Sophocles Antigone, Creon proves to be the tragic hero because of his hubris, pathos, and peripeteia. In every Greek tragedy…

How does one define a tragic hero? A character who has undergone great suffering, or their own destruction? Both? In the play /The Crucible/, by Arthur Miller, John Proctor is the most tragic hero of them all. Aristotle explains that a tragic hero must possess four essential qualities, which are: goodness, appropriateness, life-likeness, and consistency. John Proctor is all of these things. While a tragic hero is usually someone of high social or noble class, Proctor is written to be a common --…

Tragedies or Lessons Learned? Tragedies occur throughout many lives, but only the major ones stand out to the world. A tragedy is usually considered a despair, but in my seventeen years of living, I have discovered a tragedy is only a tragedy if allowed. I think of tragedies as lessons learned, not because they are not difficult, but because they teach me and have made me who I am. The world wide events that have molded me into the person I am today are Hurricane Katrina, by making me more…

It is argued by Aristotle in Poetics that a good tragedy is one with the correct plot, use of diction, character, spectacles, songs, and thoughts. Aristotle created the philosophy that a good and correct tragedy must have specific elements incorporated into these parts. It is by these elements that Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus is one of the best examples of a tragedy writing piece. According to Aristotle, the most important part of a poem is the plot. More specifically, Aristotle provides insight…

Often, people think their actions are for the benefit of others. In reality, those actions could potentially be harmful. People pursuit their thoughts and actions too far because they are often stubborn. In result, they end up realizing what they did was wrong after they have done harm to others. A story, which follows those events, is called a tragedy. A tragic protagonist in a story or play would be in a similar situation. In Sophocles’ play Antigone, Creon, the present king of Thebes,…

Dramatic tragedies that recount the transformation of tragic heroes from triumph to infamy have withstood the test of time and continue to captivate audiences around the globe. In Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Oedipus the King, Oedipus, the king of Thebes, unearths the truth of his past and confronts the dreadful prophecy he previously tried to escape. Oedipus the King accentuates Oedipus whose stance is noble with good intentions to help the Thebans, as well as a fatal flaw that eventually leads to…

Christena CaseyJM1601025May 25, 2018English 2.9Tragic Hero. (2018). Retrieved from http://www.dictionary.com/browse/tragic-heroThe definition of Tragic hero is a great of virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering or defeat. To me this means a good man who does everything inhis power to be just that a good man. Honest, loyal, and strong. Someone despite all of his good finds himself in a tragedy. I dont think neither Brutus or Casear have this trait. Reason…