Ancient Greek philosophers

Every classical tragedy has the same attribute yet they’re all played differently. “Oedipus the King” was very straight forward while others like “Death of a sales man” is more complex. I believe that “Death of a Sales man” is a classical tragedy. I don’t just believe that because Willy Loman fits he model of a tragic protagonist but because the ending ends as a classical tragedy. Willy Loman is in fact a tragic protagonist. He was not literally high-born but he does hold power over his family

literature that Vector Ehrenberg named “Old Attic Comedy” (1) which was composed and performed in Athens during the fifth and fourth centuries BC. The exact beginning of the “Attic Comedy” (1) is scarcely known but the word comedy is derived from a Greek word komodia that means singing and dancing. In the introduction to Aristophanes 3, Ralph M. Rosen has explained the origin of this word: “Komodia means a komos-song where the komos refers to a group of men, often costumed, who entertained audiences

It is known that in literature, a tragedy is one of the most popular genres. It always combines some story which discusses human sufferings with a certain sense of audience fulfillment. The roots of the tragedy are related to ancient Greece. A Greek tragedy is a sad story, which represents a character with a tragic flaw leading to his downfall. In addition, in traditional tragedy, the main character falls from high authority and often it is predetermined by fate, while the audience experiences catharsis

The durability of clay has brought forth an immense abundance of Greek pottery, a craft mastered by Athenian artists. Archeologists have found hundreds of varieties in creation, shape, function, style, and artwork in Archaic vases. The museum has been blessed with one of these priceless artifacts; it is the duty of this establishment to accumulate as much data as possible surrounding the vase. In first identifying technique, dimensions, and condition, as well as describing shape, ornament, and figural

or not Antigone could be put under the category of a tragedy. Greek tragedies consist of three elements: the play includes a catastrophic and inevitable resolution; the protagonist, Antigone, causes all the problems; and finally, the tragic hero must have a tragic flaw or hamartia that leads to the catastrophe. To exemplify a Greek tragedy or drama, Antigone must correspond with the three principal characteristics that define a Greek drama. Antigone, comes to an end with a catastrophic and inevitable

A tragic hero is the main character in a tragedy story. He is the main theme. He is the source behind the main issues of the plot and some major points maybe cleared by observing his actions and nature. The tragic hero is always larger than life, a person of action whose decisions determine the fate of others. He is a man who is superior then the average person, a character of noble stature and greatness. Though the tragic hero is pre-eminently great, he is not perfect. Otherwise, the audience

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It is known that in literature, a tragedy is one of the most popular genres. It always combines some story which discusses human sufferings with a certain sense of audience fulfillment. The roots of the tragedy are related to ancient Greece. A Greek tragedy is a sad story, which represents a character with a tragic flaw leading to his downfall. In addition, in traditional tragedy, the main character falls from high authority and often it is predetermined by fate, while the audience experiences catharsis

For Aristotle, the unity of temporality guarantees the unity of the plot’s action. The dramatic action, being the mimesis of representation, demands a certain magnitude to expand the temporality of the plot, “a length which allows of the hero passing by a series of probable of necessary stages from bad fortune to good, or from good to bad, may suffice as a limit for magnitude of a story” (Aristotle, 1450b45) Aristotle uses the subject of the Odyssey as an example of a tragic plot which encompasses

The opening scene of macbeth is a dark atmosphere, it is set in a dessert place, in the middle of a storm. In act one scene one the only characters that seem to appear in this scene are the three witches. The witches also seem to set the mood for the play. The atmosphere in the first act influences the whole play because it seems as dark and evil. Knowing things like witchcraft and supernatural adds to our understanding of the play that there is a supernatural darkness. It also is giving us an