Domestic tragedy

form of a tragedy. Aristotle has defined his idea of the ‘perfect’ tragedy in his text, ‘Poetics’ (350 BC).Here he suggests that the protagonist must fall from an elevated social standing as a result of a “fatal flaw” within the character; the fall from the main character creates resolution to the play which is seen as just; finally, Aristotle identified that the action of the drama should take place within a 24hour timeframe. An ancient play which is believed to be the perfect tragedy is Oedipus

“This ever changing people’s history is left in the few remaining volumes the works of comedy, tragedy, and satire (____________90)”. One of the earliest Greek records of satire can be traced to around 500 B.C. Early Greek satires ("Satyrs" or "Satyric dramas") were in essence comedy plays, usually fairly bawdy, and often involved men dressed as Satyrs

their motives to overcome adversity were completely opposite; one man’s good, and the other evil. Tragedy is an element of literature. It is rooted in Greek mythology and ancient Greek society. Its definition is “A literary piece that consists of a courageous noble character who must confront powerful obstacles, either external or from within”, and “the protagonist usually has a tragic

naturalistic, and the characters are recognizable people. Given the sense of modernity which the play possesses it seems unusual to compare it to a Greek tragedy produced more than two-thousand years previously. On closer examination however, there are certain similarities between the way in which "A Doll's House" is plotted and a tragedy such as Oedipus Rex. Both "Oedipus" and "A Dolls' House" depict disastrous events that occur to two very different characters. At the start of Oedipus,

Modern domestic tragedies began between the late 19th century and feature ordinary people to be the heroes/anti-heroes unlike Greek tragedies in which the protagonist was of high status or noble birth. “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller is a classic example of this and features the anti-hero Willy showing the audience how his perfect family lifestyle has falling apart contributing to the disorder of his world which increases as his mind slowly deteriorates. Through the play Willy is striving

stories involve a tragedy to the main characters. Tragedy’s definition “presents courageous individuals who confront powerful forces within or outside themselves with a dignity that reveals the breadth and depth of the human spirit in the face of failure, defeat, and even death” (Meyer 1091). Oedipus and Othello go through major life events and one is noble, the other results in death. Both heroes involve domestic tragedies about their marriages. Both heroes have bittersweet tragedies, Oedipus understood

the great depression and it was written by Arthur Miller. Arthur Miller was a person that suffered from the Great Depression and this script has a lot of similarities into being a family that lost it all, creating a story similar to a Greek tragedy or tragedy of a common man. There are two main characters that the story goes around, Willy Loman and his Son Biff Loman. These two character are constantly fighting on the subject of success and happiness. They had different backgrounds, which leads them

Miller's play includes the predominant tragedy style components, for instance, strife, ethical selection, family troubles, and excessive misfortunes (p.82). This play condemns modern society with its principles, policies and states of thoughts. Harold Bloom contends that Miller's play makes a

harm." This African proverb suggests that only your weakness and inner insecurities can help your enemy to destroy you. Among all great plays of William Shakespeare the tragedy of Othello the moor of Venice considered the most tragic as the massive destructions the play ends with. The play is also considered as a domestic tragedy which is about a black general in the Venetian army (Othello) who experiences a great fall caused by love, rage, and jealousy. After being Egged by the words of a proficient

Tragedy is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes in its audience an accompanying catharsis or pleasure while viewing it. Though many cultures have developed forms that provoke this paradoxical response, the term tragedy often refers to a specific tradition of drama that has played a unique and important role historically in the self-definition of Western civilization. As this tradition has been multiple and discontinuous, yet the term has often been used to invoke a powerful effect