Mythology Notes 8/21/2014 Myth- Story Legend- Heroic tales of humans‚ more recent past Fairy Tales- Outside of human capabilities‚ improbable for adults‚ entertainment value‚ non human characters‚ magical‚ simple plot structures‚ outside time and place Folklore- Cultural stories‚ tales specific to a culture‚ explanatory of things of importance‚ elements of fear‚ contain regular/common people‚ not focused on Gods or heroes Fable- lessons‚ contain animals‚ clearly fiction Urban Legend-In the
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burn‚ her people die‚ and her life change. She also watched many of her sons and her husband die‚ and yet stayed strong. Clytemnestra’s husband‚ Agamemnon‚ needed their daughter to be a sacrifice for swift winds. Despite Clytemnestra’s refusals‚ he killed their daughter with no second thoughts. Although‚ in retaliation‚ Clytemnestra cheats on Agamemnon‚ she did not deserve her gory fate. Upon Agamemnon’s return‚ Clytemnestra’s new lover kills him. Orestes‚ Clytemnestra’s son‚ killed both his mother
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MACBETH ESSAY Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a tragedy‚ and the character of Macbeth is its tragic hero. Like every tragic hero‚ Macbeth has a tragic flaw. His flaw that leads to his downfall is hubris‚ or pride. His pride causes him to think himself in control of prophecies concerning Banquo‚ those told by the three apparitions‚ and he also loses his relationship with his wife. The Weird Sisters prophecy that Macbeth will become Thane of Glamis (his current title)‚ Thane of Cawdor‚ and
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Black Boy Thematic Essay According to the great philosopher Aristotle‚ “Hubris is the great sin of unrestrained will and the tragic fall in…character”. As with any great hero‚ the flaw of hubris is a weakness which causes them much struggle and conflict and frequently leads to their downfall. In the novel Black Boy by Richard Wright‚ the main character Richard is a young black boy growing up in the South who lives in hunger‚ poverty‚ and fear. One of his biggest faults is his excessive pride; it
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Pride and self confidence determine your fate. You are either hubristic or you have arête. The problem with hubris is that it can cause a sort of hamartia; it truly is a fatal flaw. In the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles‚ the hubris and hamartia of Oedipus and Jocasta lead them to their drastic fate. Excessive pride and confidence of outsmarting the gods made their tragic prophecy come true. When a prophet comes to Oedipus to tell him who the murderer of Laius is and accuses Oedipus of
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Aurora has arête in her beautiful dress‚ which she is very proud of. Her pride turns into hubris as she becomes overly infatuated with her own gown‚ which she equates to her superiority. In an act of ate‚ Aurora defies the command of Zeus and refuses to give up her dress‚ and receives the punishment for it. This myth reveals the elements of jealousy
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gods and a number of obstacles in order to reclaim his kingdom. It is Odysseus’ epic heroic traits that enable him to be successful. The three traits that Odysseus displays to make him an epic hero are leadership‚ balance of reason over emotion‚ and hubris. Odysseus has the quality of leadership as one of his strengths. In “The Sirens”‚ Odysseus and his men encounter the Sirens‚ which are creatures that lure sailors to their death with their beautiful voices. Odysseus is prepared for this situation
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Muqadsa Bashir Research paper 31stjuly.2013 Vengeance and dramatic conflict; a comparative study of Electra and Orestes Abstract Much has been written about the themes‚ plot‚ characters and language of Greek tragedies; Electra and Orestes by Sophocles and Euripides respectively. But there is not much research so far on the core of the plays‚ “Vengeance” and also its connection with dramatic conflict and how it leads towards tragedy so
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Process of a tragic hero * A tragic hero is a man of Nobel stature. He is not an ordinary man‚ but a man with outstanding quality and greatness about him. His own destruction is for a greater cause of principle * Downfall due to pride-Hubris * Faced with doom from the beginning * Discovers his fate from his actions * Usually a leader of men-ex: King * Their fate affects the nation or a large number of people * Their suffering is not senseless
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reputation has been that of a wise counsel‚ advisor and hero through the ages. Shakespeare’s Ulysses in the tragicomedy Troilus and Cressida is even more beguiling and cunning. The hero first shows his admirable qualities in Act I Scene 3 when Agamemnon is attempting to provide his camp with words meant to encourage and keep them in
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