Tragedy
The two main strands in the history of philosophical reflection on tragedy, as a genre of art, can both be seen as having their origins in Plato's critique of tragic poetry in the Repub...
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According to Aristotle, many components make up a tragedy. It must be serious, and the action is complete and with magnitude. The language includes rhythm and harmony, introduced in separate parts of ...
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I feel that the evolution of tragedy is largely due to the existence of the common man in the twentieth century. Aristotle felt that a good tragedy requires a realistic story that is narrow in focus, ...
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Justification through Pain
The modern definition of tragedy is incomplete; it describes a misfortunate event at a point in time. Aristotle's interpretation of the word calls for "pity and fear" as w...
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Suppose someone slips on a banana peeling and falls into a puddle of mud. We laugh. We laugh all the more if the person who slips is a man dressed in evening clothes. The situation is incongruous. Tra...
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Throughout life people have laid the blame on someone else, so the question to ask is, is life decided for us or do we really have freewill? Freewill is voluntary, it's our ability to choose on our ow...
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The genre of tragedy has evolved as a system in dramatic literature by adapting to the different societies of time. Although the theme of tragedy is present in both traditional and modern tragedy, the...
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Greek tragedies, written in ancient times, are still a standard for tragedies written today. Contrary to diminishing in value over time, these tragedies have become cherished pieces of work in the s...
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Tragedy
