Poetic techniques

King Lear, one of William Shakespeare 's greatest tragedies, depicts a society in grim circumstances. As with all tragedies, there exists a tragic hero [1] , one who possesses a fatal flaw that initiates the tragedy and all the sufferings that follow. In this play, the tragic hero is undoubtedly the title character, King Lear. The plot is driven by the power and consequence of losses, more specifically, the losses of Lear. In the course the play, King Lear, because of his flaws, loses his authority

Antigone was brave to stand up against the men in charge in her time and she died not because she necessarily had a flaw but because she never gave upon her beliefs. Othello’s flaw was succumbing to jealousy which leads to his downfall. While both characters can be considered tragic hero’s we can see many similarities and differences as we observe them through Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero. Aristotle breaks down tragic hero’s by the hamartia, hubris, and the peripeteia. These describe the

A tragic character is a character in a tragic play that goes through the three different stages of a tragic character. The stages of a tragic character are hamartia, peripeteia, and anagnorisis. Hamartia is the flaw in their personality that leads to their downfall. A flaw could often be, but not limited to pride, ignorance, and selfishness. Peripeteia is the characters change in fortune also leading to their downfall. This is the part in the play where the story “flips” to give the tragic character

What would happen if one flaw in your character traits led to your ultimate downfall? The play Antigone, written by Sophocles, covers the story of a young girl named Antigone. She wishes to bury her brother Polyneices, who died in battle. However, King Creon refuses to allow Polyneices proper burial because of the treason he feels Polyneices had committed, even though appropriate burial rites were a sacred law among the ancient Greeks. Creon then locks up Antigone for her attempt to bury her brother

William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is a captivating story revolving around the death of the King of Denmark and the reveal of how his death truly happened at the hands of his own brother – who wanted the kingdom to himself. After the king’s death, he returns as a ghost to tell his son, Hamlet, of how his death truly happened. The rest of the story entails how Hamlet took this news and begins his journey to avenge his father’s murder. As this journey progresses, the audience is able to witness Hamlet’s

A tragic story in its own right, is a story that deals with tragic events, including an unhappy ending that usually involves the death or demise of the main protagonist. Although “Mermaids” is a truly sad and unforgiving story, it does not classify as a tragedy. Mermaids by Richard Van Camp has close to none of the aspects that make a tragic story, truly tragic. The characters development, ending, and tragic pattern, all support the fact that this story is sad, but not tragic. First and foremost

A View from the Bridge is a modern drama written by Arthur Miller in 1955 . Miller understands, and therefore uses many different techniques to create a sense of tragedy in most of his plays including a View from the Bridge. The playwright uses both dialogue and stage directions to get across feelings of sadness and empathy from the reader, despite the morally corrupt theme. The play begins with a full page of stage directions. The setting is warm and homely, and the viewer understands that the residents

“The truly tragic kind of the suffering is the kind produced and definitely insisted upon by the hero himself”. The Hero's fatal flaw or flaws leads to their downfall which are usually either complete ruin or death. The hero usually meet his end with courage and dignity. In the play, “The Crucible” by arthur miller, John Proctor is a tragic hero because he loving and loyal with a nasty pride which leads to his downfall and cost him his life.     John proctor was a sociable man. He was a loving husband

Aristotle’s pieces are either comedies or tragedies. The majority of tragedies have the main role of a tragic hero. Tragic heroes rise to power, experiences a major catastrophe, doom themselves with hamartia, have the occurrence of peripeteia, builds up events leading to their downfall, must be enlightened, and the audience needs catharsis . In Antigone, Creon fits the tragic hero mold the best. Creon’s noble blood allows for the the appointment of kingship. Sharing ties with Jocasta, the late Queen

In Arthur Miller’s essay, Tragedy and the Common Man, Miller in fact is right about his thesis. He believes that the common man can experience tragedy. The character who experiences the tragedy, challenges authority; regardless if they are the common man, or a person with power. Secondly, tragedy can be found anywhere. Even though men believe that in modern age heroes and tragedies do not occur, there is always a possibility that the common man is able to face the worst of tragedies. One of main