Poetics

Anguish and Angels Who is the protagonist of Angels in America? Why? How does or does not this individual (or individuals) fit into the Aristotelian concept of a protagonist? Angels in America by Tony Kushner is a classic case of finding one’s identity through truth and lies, that’s coupled with the stigma of disease and sexual orientation. The play features two couples, Louis and Prior, and Joe and Harper who’s fates all seem to come together after each of them undergoes troubling experiences.…

A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction. The play “Antigone” is a well-known tragic hero tale by one of the three ancient Greek tragedians, Sophocles. As Antigone’s conscience and Creon’s law clash throughout the play, they reveal characteristic traits that portray Creon as a tragic hero. Antigone is a headstrong and loyal person, but she is too prideful and thinks with her heart instead of her mind, leading to her making…

The presence of a tragic hero is evident in most of Shakespeare’s literature. The character of Macbeth is a well known example of a Shakespearean tragic hero. Typically, a tragic hero is represented with great stature with an aristocratic background. A tragic hero is primarily noble in nature, but suffers a self-inflicted collapse due to flaws in his or her own actions. Therefore, a tragic hero has a dreadful downfall due to those fatal flaws. This character arrives at an important discovery…

In the play "Antigone", Sophocles at first depicts Creon as an equitable pioneer. He has great, objective purposes behind his laws and disciplines. Before the end of the play Creon's hubris, or unnecessary pride, has assumed control him, which prompts his end. He doesn't understand how awful his hubris has meddled with his managing of issues until Teiresias' prescience. By then it is past the point of no return. This is the way of a shocking character. The character has a hamartia, or terrible…

If one fact were to be stated as an absolute truth, it would be that man is mortal. Man is born, man lives and man dies. Man also makes mistakes, man is not perfect, and man is flawed. In Sophocles’ play, King Oedipus, the titular character of the same name is a man who possesses many flaws and unfortunately suffers from these flaws. It is Oedipus’ pride, impetuous behaviour and lack of insight that ultimately determine his inevitable fate. Oedipus lacks insight, which leads to his being harmed…

When we think of the phrase “A Tragic Hero” a lot of different thoughts and ideas come to mind to what defines this one single phrase. Most of us don't know about the historical complexity behind the the phrase and its “traditional” and modern definition. Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers of ancient Greece, whose exploration of ideal forms and the nature of reality, lead him to explore many subjects. He was able to come up with 5 characteristics that would define a tragic hero.…

Greek Literature usually has a tragic ending in which the protagonist commits errors that leads them to an unfortunate end. The story of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles resembles an Aristotelian tragic hero. The character represented by Oedipus shows the flaws that lead him to misfortune. It is not something to rely on a higher power for, but a responsibility this “tragic hero” has no choice but to persevere through hardship and endure the tragedy of his life. Oedipus was a proud, confident man and…

Tragic Hero What is a Hero? A hero is someone who always does what's right, right?But what about when what's lawfully right and what's Morally right conflict? So than what would you chose divine compass or legal compass? Antigone made her choice of Moral compass causing a series of events making her the tragic hero. Many people believe that Antigone is the tragic hero and there is some valid reasoning. The name of the play is Antigone and it's the story of how she disobeyed the king to follow…

A Drama play tells an emotional story normally with tragedy involved. Sometimes there is a hero, but the hero in the play is different from what a person would expect from a hero today. If a person today were to describe a hero from one of the drama plays they would probably just describe them as the main character not really a hero. Some drama plays even have a tragic hero whose fate is normally far worse than they deserve. Sophocles’ Oedipus exemplifies Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero…

A tragic hero is somebody who makes a judgement error that eventually leads to the destruction of themselfs. Okonkwo is a clear example of a character who makes judgement errors that lead to his fatality. He does his best to be a hero but in the end he fails. That is why he is a tragic hero. He does not appear to be the “good guy” of the story but he is not an abomination of the story, he attempts to help his clan and does his best to protect his people. Okonkwo, of Things Fall Apart, is a…