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    41-45) As seen in this quote, Creon truly believes that he is doing what is best. He is under the impression that that the people should not give Polynices proper burial rites because he is a traitor. As Aristotle said about tragic heroes in his book Poetics, “Such is a [great] man who is neither a paragon of virtue and justice nor undergoes the change to misfortune through any real badness or wickedness but because of some mistake.” (Aristotle and Else, 38). Just like the tragic hero of…

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    need to define the terms history play and tragedy, which are key instruments for the analysis. This essay suggests that they are not mutually exclusive theatrical genres, and thus can be combined in one dramatic work. From the times of Aristotle’s Poetics, tragedy is supposed to portray exceptional characters suffering and experiencing misfortunes that climax in the catharsis – emotional purification felt by the compassionate audience. History play represents actual events that took place in the…

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    Hamartia, or the first step in Aristotle 's theory of the tragic hero, explains that the play must demonstrate a flaw or error of judgement. The play offers an illustration of "hamartia" throughout its prose, as at the beginning of the play; Oedipus thinks he is free of guilt. However, his rash anger leads him to unknowingly kill his real father, King Lauis, at the crossroads. The murder of Oedipus ' father is one of the essential links in his downfall, which indicates that his anger is a very…

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    “There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; no wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, and proud men in old age learn to be wise” (245). In these final words said by the Choragos, he explains an important lesson learned by the tragic hero in the play “Antigone,” written by Sophocles. In this tragic play, Creon, Antigone’s uncle and the new king of Thebes, gives Eteocles a formal burial but forbids one to Polyneices because of his traitorous act against the city.…

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    Aristotle's Tragic Hero

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    reputation and prosperity…" and must take at least partial responsibility of his own downfall and learn from his mistake (Kennedy and Gioia, 2013). C.H. Reeves (1952) points out that Aristotle first spoke about his theory on tragedy in general in “Poetics”. Aristotle asserts a true tragic hero is not: A good man going from happiness to misery, a bad man from misery to happiness or an extremely bad man from happiness into misery (Reeves,…

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    impact us greatly. We want our favourite characters to have a happy ending and for the villains to get what they deserve. This refers to the idea of poetic justice. When poetic justice is served within literature, it is extremely satisfying to a reader. It is safe to say that in the novels Tale of Despereaux, The Ruins of Gorlan and Harry Potter poetic justice is quite evident. At the start, Despereaux is looked down upon for his strange behaviour that does not align with the rest of the mice…

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    the mirroring story of Lear in Shakespeare's ‘King Lear’ presents both men as tragic figures, although it is arguable if Gloucester fills the requirements set out by the tragic heroes in the stories from Ancient Greece as well as his King does. In Poetics, Aristotle defines the tragic figures downfall as something that “must not be the spectacle of a virtue,” meaning that the focus of the tragic figure should not be on the loss of their wealth and status. The figure must allow the audience to…

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    Susan Snyder feels that “heroic extension largely depends on the tragic events” and one in troubles and turmoil embarks on the journey of heroic deeds and accomplishments. “Oedipus becomes wiser in his searching and suffering than was the confident ruler who opened the play. Macbeth in his agony of conscience and his full experience of despair has explored more of the human condition than the admired military man whom we first meet.” (Susan Snyder, King Lear and the Psychology of Dying) King…

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    When I read Stanley Elkin’s story A Poetics for Bullies I feel that he always uses those direct action words like climb, flick and hit. Those words make the sentence directly and naked, however, Robert Olen Butler likes to use some words which is not so direct and moving like appear and goes. I change appear to come and goes to walk because I think those words are more directly and make readers imagine the scene. For the sentence structure, I find that Butler doesn’t like to use some connection…

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    Othello Tragic Hero

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    Within the world of storytelling, one character that has stood out since the beginning is identified as the tragic hero. Philosopher Aristotle created the tragic hero in his book Poetics; Aristotle characterized a tragic hero as a tragic flaw, excessive pride, a reversal of fate, punishment that cannot be avoided, and the pity and fear felt from the audience (Aristotle 39). Shakespeare used the tragic hero guideline in many of his plays; not all those tragic heroes are true tragic heroes as…

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