People often say that that the past has passed‚ unable to be altered‚ but if one chooses to do better in the present‚ they can have a brighter future. The idea that people can rise above their past and prevail with the power of hope even in times of tragedy is often lost amongst people when they experience misfortune. Reservation Blues articulately highlights the contrast between the permanence of circumstance and the possibility of a fruitful future. While Alexie provides somber backstories for several
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DISTINCTION BETWEEN TRAGEDY AND EPIC POETRY Introduction In the Poetics‚ Aristotle has given a brief outline of how poetry could have evolved. We see from the beginning that Aristotle holds that the tragic evolved from the heroic strain‚ which in turn originated from the hjrmns of praise sung to the gods and the great men. Thus Aristotle establishes and affinity between the epic and the tragedy. The Affinity between Tragedy and Epic Aristotle’s treatment of the epic is slight as compared to
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Agathe Detanger 3B Is love better conveyed through tragedy or comedy? To start off‚ I would like to analyze the words comedy and tragedy. In drama‚ tragedy is a form in which the characters are impelled to an unhappy outcome by forces or flaws beyond their control. Nowadays‚ tragedy describes extreme misfortunes‚ such as great personal loss or a calamity involving widespread suffering. A comedy on the other hand can be full of surprises or foolish situations that we don’t expect and it almost
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Burlesque Satire Domestic Comedy Comedy of Manners Comedy of Ideas Tragedy is a serious drama involving important personages caught in calamitous circumstances. As a result‚ the audience experiences distress and anxiety for the characters who are suffering‚ and they applaud the courage they used to overcome the situations. Tragedy is broken up into two distinct forms: traditional and modern. Traditional tragedy originated in the 5th century B.C.E. in ancient Greece and was prevalent in
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Tragedy :From the View of Aristotle and Nietzsche Tragedy itself has a sense on ordinary mind that easily defines it roughly as imitation of an action on the stage.Today it is going to be discussed two philosphers ‘‚Aristotle and Nietzsche‚ views about tragedy while understanding their philosophy about life itself. To start with what is tragedy for Aristotle and Nietzsche should be the first question that has to be understood to shine a light on whole discussion.For Aristotle‚ tragedy
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The Evolution of Tragedy Throughout history‚ a handful of authors have established character tropes and story elements that have filtered down throughout literature. To this day‚ the writings of Chaucer‚ Homer‚ Faulkner‚ and others remain influential and are often reflected in modern works. However‚ no writer can claim more influence on media than William Shakespeare. His dramatic and comedic plays brought literature to the common man‚ and through his work‚ he changed the way society has viewed
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"Oedipus Wrecks" is a successful appropriation of the Greek tragedy in that it uses the same themes as the play in a modern context. The film is an appropriation rather than an adaptation because elements of the original play’s plot and characters have been used in a different setting to create new meaning and explore the themes in a different way‚ in this case a parody of the original‚ rather than using the same story and characters and presenting it in a different frame‚ such as a novel instead
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Tragedy was a very controversial issue in literature until recent years. Recent figures in literature have set a clear definition for tragedy. Author Miller is one of these figures. Plays and novels have distinguished the definition of tragedy. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary tragedy is a serious piece of literature typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that excites pity or terror. Miller’s explains
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definition of mature tragedy and what are the features of Macbeth that is typical of this genre? Essentially‚ a ‘mature’ tragedy is defined as a tragedy whereby the protagonist meets his or her demise as a direct result of an inherent flaw in character‚ or a misdeed committed on his or her behalf. Shakespeare has written four main ‘mature’ tragedies‚ and all embody one essential factor: the dramatic‚ self-constructed collapse of a ‘hero’ type character. To contrast‚ an ‘immature’ tragedy is where the
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problem statement-3 The Bhopal Gas Tragedy of December 3‚ 1984 is one of the most hazardous industrial accidents in history. The exposure of around 500‚000 people to 42 tonnes of toxic methyl isocyanate gas was a nightmare come true for all resulting in deaths in numbers that could never have been imagined from industrial accidents. All this and the after-effects could have been prevented if proper precautionary measures had been taken beforehand. Despite of an accident on such a large scale
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