International Baccalaureate Diploma Program World Literature Assignment 1 The use of children as props in August Strindberg’s “The Father” and Euripides’s “Medea” Candidate Name: Aasir Tavawala Candidate Number: 2228-043 Level: English A1 HL Session: May 2012 School: Podar International School Word Count: 1‚220 words The relationship between a parent and a child is usually described as one of unconditional love. In the plays mentioned above‚ parents manipulate their influence over
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THE TRAGIC MODE IN OSCAR WILDE’S FAIRY TALES DÉBORAH SCHEIDT‚ Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa ABSTRACT: In this paper we examine the articulation of the tragic mode in Oscar Wilde‟s collection of fairy tales The Happy Prince and Other Stories‚ especially in “The Young King”‚ “The Selfish Giant” and “The Birthday of the Infanta.” By “tragic mode” we mean‚ in this context‚ the vestiges left by Greek tragedy and its development‚ the Elizabethan tragedy‚ in a piece of nineteenth century fiction
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Renaissance 1/6 Eugene O’Neill is the father of modern American drama. His vision of life was essentially tragic; the human dilemma is the theme of his plays‚ which are all‚ with one exception‚ tragedies. He is a great tragic artist‚ but with a difference. He writes tragedies of modern life which do not follow the traditional Aristotelian form. There are no tragic heroes‚ exceptional individuals with Hamartia‚ in the Aristotelian sense. His tragic characters are all drawn from the humblest ranks
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Anger has been defined through different perspectives and by many famous writers. For Aristotle ‚ anger can be an instrument of revenge which is the result of grievous wish. Anger has been also defined according to Seneca as a sort of craziness that ruins the process of thinking and affects our humanity. Whereas‚ for modern psychologists anger is a fundamental and naturalistic feeling that is for all human being and this feeling is essential for life. Moreover‚ anger has been represented on the
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In the novel Cassandra by Christa wolf‚ we are told the story of Cassandra before she is murdered by Clytemnestra after she got captured and enslaved after the fall of Troy. Being already regarded as an outsider‚ Cassandra begin to isolate herself from her own family as we move through the novel and also cuts herself off from the society she lives in through the idols that the Trojans dearly believe in. These idols served as a way to take hold of the Trojans and make them believe in something thus
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The Chorus in Greek drama was a large group of performers (suggested between 12 and 30) of people who sang or chanted songs and poems‚ and danced during plays. They are homogenized and non-individualized group in Greek drama. Despite the large size‚ they represented a collective consciousness‚ or a single body‚ often wearing masks to render sense of unification and anonymity. In Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex‚ the chorus is composed of senators‚ while in Sophocles’s Electra‚ the chorus is made up of the
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The tripartite prism and “Medea” Different from nowadays where the individualism predominates around the world‚ back in the day in ancient Greece the collectivity was valued more. In our case “Medea” we have another type a friendship‚ we have the princess Medea which killed her own brother and left her country only to marry Jason‚ but after a particular time Jason betrayed her by marrying another women‚ and the revenge caused by Medea was “Crazy”. According to (Larocco) we have two types of revenge
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1) Tableaux- a series of frozen pictures‚ and when added together it tells a story. a) Choose a story to tell b) Brake the story into parts c) Assign a character to everyone d) Must hold the Tableau for 5 seconds e) At beginning and at the end hold the neutral position Example: A person stabbing someone‚ the position of the hand‚ face victim scared‚ victim trying to get away. 2) The Greeks would not let any type of violence on the stage. All fighting shooting etc. had to happen
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For the Greeks of ancient times‚ a source of entertainment was often found in the theaters‚ where great tragedies were performed. The narratives of these tragedies evoked in the audience feelings of pain and fear that were built up as the plot progressed; but were released as the tragic events transpired. The Greek audience not only obtained pleasure from this catharsis‚ or purification of emotions‚ but also acquired gratification from the ability to understand and connect with the hero. In the tragedy
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Jasmin Lee THEA101 MWF 1030-1120 6 February 2013 Medea Summary The play “Medea” is about an oriental woman named Medea who has just found out about her husband‚ Jason‚ marrying the princess of Corinth because of royalty. The play starts out with the “Nurse” telling the story about how pitiful and sorrowful she thinks of Medea and how she sense danger for Medea’s two boys. The father of the woman to be betrothed to Jason‚ King Creon‚ fears the wrath of Medea and banishes her from Corinth immediately
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