It is not uncommon for the Civil Law to conflict with Honor. This means that the laws of people‚ jobs‚ countries‚ and duties usually establish a problem with the glory‚ or respect of people and their self-will‚ because there are different views of something on each side. This statement is true because many aspects of life involve standing up for what you believe in‚ while going against the laws of what you have to follow‚ even though the civil people don’t have any patience for any excuses.
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THE TRAGEDY OF OEDIPUS Tragedy‚ in English‚ is a word used to indicate other words such as misfortune‚ calamity‚ disaster and many more such words. However‚ this word has another dramatic meaning‚ not far from its original meaning in English. In Western theatre it is a genre that presents a heroic or moral struggle of an individual that leads to his or her ultimate defeat or misfortune. When the audience and reader share the playwright’s particular social perception and social values they easily
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In the play Antigone‚ written by Sophocles‚ the tragic protagonist is Antigone because she possesses a fatal flaw‚ or hamartia‚ that leads to her catastrophe‚ “the tragic protagonist’s ruin or downfall” (class handout). Antigone’s flaw is her hubris‚ “some kind of overweening pride or arrogant reliance on oneself” (class handout). Antigone believes that burying the body of her brother‚ Polynices‚ she is doing the will of the gods. When talking to Ismene about burying the body of Polynices‚ after
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Taryn Bilberry Mrs. Wulz B3 2 December 2016 Salem‚ Massachusetts in sixteen ninety two was a puritan theocracy that feared the Devil and believed twelve young girls that witches were in Salem. The idea that the Devil could be in Salem consumed most and killed several innocent people who were accused of either being seen with the Devil‚ signing his book‚ and or their spirit affected one of the young girls. If anyone was against the church or disagreeing with the decisions the court made they more
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her. She does this with Harold "Mitch" Mitchell and it seems to be working until Mitch is informed of all the lies he’s been fed‚ at which point Mitch breaks up with Blanche and leaves her vulnerable for Stanley to rape. The reversal of fortune‚ peripeteia‚ is when the fortunate hero is down on his luck. In Blanche’s case‚ she loses Belle Reve‚ her husband is a homosexual and dead‚ she is evicted from her own town and is losing her beauty. She used to be a wealthy and beautiful Southern belle with
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■ He is quite naive‚ and easily manipulated ● Leads him to believe obviously false evidence ○ Causes death of innocent people ● Overly confident in his knowledge of witchcraft ○ obscures the truth to him‚ up until it is too late ● Idea 3 Peripeteia (hero’s downfall) ○ After all this time of “finding witches”‚ Hale realizes finally that they are all innocent‚ and he caused their death. ■ Like when he signs the death warrant of Rebecca nurse ○ Anagnorisis (realizes that he has helped to cause his downfall)
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n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2014. . Lucyinthesky. "Elements of a tragic hero in literature." Nuvvo. Savvica‚ Inc‚ n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2014. . Ridgeway‚ William. "THE ORIGIN OF TRAGEDY: INTRODUCTION." Theatrehistory. N.p.‚ 2002. Web. 1 Mar. 2014. . Sophocles. Anitgone. Trans. Nicholas Rudall. Ed. Nicholas Rudall and Bernard Sahlins. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee‚ 1998. Print.
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destroy him‚ not only physically and emotionally” (Booth 17). Shakespeare was shown a hero‚ Macbeth‚ and made his story into a tragedy resulting in Macbeth becoming a tragic hero. Macbeth is tragic hero because he has hamartia‚ hubris‚ and experiences peripeteia. Hamartia‚ by definition‚ is the tragic flaw that causes the downfall of a hero.The tragic flaw that Macbeth possesses that leads him to his
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room continues to thrive. The dialogue seems to convey that this conversation has been started and stopped so many time before that both of them start of by pleading- the man pleads to discuss it‚ and the woman pleads for the discussion to end. The peripeteia is so important in this story because it demonstrates that this cycle is simply being continued. Though they do not actually reach any sort of agreement‚ the fact that this happens is narratively important because it displays the nature of the characters
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Aristotle‚ an ancient Greek philosopher noted for his enduring influence on modern literature‚ built the basic foundation for the construction of a tragic hero in his most recognized work‚ Poetics. In Poetics‚ he often mentions Oedipus‚ the protagonist in Sophocles’ Oedipus the King‚ as the most fitting example of a tragic hero. The plot of Oedipus the King begins with a terrible plague in the city of Thebes‚ where Oedipus rules as king. Oedipus sends his brother-in-law‚ Creon‚ to the Oracle of Apollo
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