Defense of Tragedy

By the end of the journey, it is obvious the narrative is a tragedy. The author has formed this safety blanket,

“The community broke into complete chaos. Everybody and everything was out of order. When the wave of painful memories hit, the people dropped to the floor and held their heads in excruciating pain. We should have thought this through more carefully Jonas. I would never have believed that such anarchy could become in such a peaceful community. But the memories were too harsh. Riots were started. Fires burnt down the buildings. Some jumped into the river and died just

in her time of contemplation with the other girls whether to tell the truth or not.(Miller 147) “My,

"I actually didn 't know Missy that well. Don 't. Don 't know her that well." Not that she wanted to, but it at least sounded like an out to her.

There are several types of tragedy and they all affect people's lives in a negative way. Tragedies can be caused intentionally or unintentionally; they can arise from something so small that they are almost unnoticeable but ultimately end as an unforgettable event in one’s life. In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, tragedy plays a large role in the story by making a kind and good-hearted person meet an untimely and unexpected death. Knowles’s use of tragedy reveals to the reader that life can be hard and evil and cannot be as perfect as one would want it to be. The tragic elements in A Separate Peace, including struggle, justice and tragic waste demonstrated through Gene’s internal struggle with his jealousy of Finny and his misguided fear

When she find out about her father’s involvement, her attitude begins to change slightly, and she says “I think it was a mean thing to do. Perhaps that spoilt everything for her” which shows that she understands that her father is partly responsible for Eva Smith’s death, and she sees how he could have had something to do with it, whereas, he doesn’t see how he could be responsible, responding to Sheila’s comment with “Rubbish!”. This is the first example we see of the differences between the younger and older generations, as Sheila can see how Mr Birling could be at fault, whereas he is denying any responsibility, and insists it was all Eva Smith’s own fault. The fact that Sheila is portrayed as a naïve child at first, but then begins to understand how her father could’ve impacted Eva Smith’s life demonstrates Priestley’s idea that the younger generation are also more open to change, and to accepting what they have done

Her classmates were confused by the incident too. Having an example of a dramatic event makes the structure effective because it helps explain her point that the difference she had, affected her

The Character development of Madeline and Rhonda in “The Story of the Stabbing” illustrates societal gender norms for women, and Rhonda's internal conflict questions women's place when speaking up against authoritative or elder figures in their lives. Madeline,who is Rhonda’s mother in “The Story of the Killing, is often in a place to refute the multiple versions of the story being told by her husbands and other family members, but does not as a consequence of her being passive and yielding. Remaining silent while her new husband “Drex himself began to tell the story to aghast listeners” and edits the tale far from what was fact, shows her reluctance to interrupt or discredit him. The lack of action taken by Madeline against her husband's

A possible theme for Oedipus the King by Sophocles is that one’s blindness can hide the inevitability that is his destiny. Oedipus is in this situation. He struggles to escape his fate: killing his father and marrying his mother and believes he is successful. Sophocles believes that the gpds control one’s destiny and the inevitability that a person will do what is destined despite there hero’s intentions.Oedipus represent the standards of a true tragic hero: he is well known, basically good, his punishment is out of proportion compared to his crime, the audience at some point feels sorrow and pity for him, and Oedipus has a tragic flaw. During the whole story Oedipus thinks that he may be able to change his fate a live life how he wants but he falls to that which is his destiny.For these reason Oedipus is truly an example of a tragic hero and is unable to avoid his tragic fate.

When we think of the tragedy, we think of something bad happening to someone. This cannot be a tragedy. To know what tragedy is we have to take a look at what Arthur Miller thinks of as tragic.

It is easy to break the world into binaries. As a culture, Western society has made a point to embrace binaries and nowhere is this clearer than the binary that is observed with gender. In the most simplistic way, Western society widely accepts that there are only two genders, male and female. This dichotomy creates a system of imbalance, giving one gender, male, power over the other. This binary starts an eternal struggle between the two, with the patriarchy defining what any person is allowed to be.

Throughout or greek tragedy, one of the predominant reasons why the tragedy occurs is because of Prince Alazor's peripeteia. This is because in the beginning of the play, the prince thought he was able to defeat every battle he encountered and thought he was the best of the best. However, since Prince Alazor does not know that his father, King Ixon, bribes his opponents with money, jewelry, and etc... as the prince thinks he is the greatest and winning is inevitable, he comes to a thought where he is stronger than god and calls upon a match against the mighty Zeus. As a result he is defeated and his parents are killed due to his arrogant actions.

To argue that Birth of Tragedy has a central claim; "theory is created at the expense of art", is to attempt to reduce its offerings to an oversimplification of a single thematic component. A central claim is the result of a complete and settled debate within defined parameters. This is true even if this settlement; subsequently, proves merely temporary. To be central is to exist at a single point between the outer parameters of phenomena which must be known or at least defined and agreed upon. There is no single central claim that could conceivably be presented as a reference point offering access to anything like a comprehensive insight to all that this work contains. That " theory is created at the expense of art " is certainly a discernible assertion made by Nietzsche. That said there are a myriad of other premises and claims within Birth of Tragedy that cannot simply be

Aristotle thoroughly describes his understanding of the tragedy in the Poetics and bases this conception on certain requirements. According to Aristotle the three most important variables that define a tragedy are plot, characters, and theme. Using Oedipus Rex as a sort of ideal, this philosopher demonstrates how a tragedy functions in order to evoke catharsis while exploring themes and human flaws, or mistakes. In Oedipus Rex, the main figure, Oedipus the King is a subject of fate, unable to escape himself and his desire to uncover the truth. In essence, this drama demonstrates the fall of a prominent figure brought down by his inescapable fortune and self-destruction. I definitely believe it is difficult to find a modern day tragedy that

Many movies or stories are fit into a specific category. For example, there is comedy,