Oedipus Rex and AristotleEssay title: Oedipus Rex and AristotleThe Six Elements of a Tragedy in “Oedipus Rex”Aristotle’s “The Poetics” describes the process of a tragedy. It is not the guide per se of writing a tragedy but is the idea’s Aristotle collected while studying tragedies. A tragedy, according to Aristotle, consists of six major points. The first and most important is the plot, which is what all the other points are based on. Such points are: character, language, thought, melody, and spectacle (Aristotle). A prime example of the usage of these parts in a tragic drama is evident in Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex”.
The plot of a tragedy usually consists of a tragic hero’s fall from grace. Aristotle describes plot in two ways a simple plot and a complex one. In a simple plot a fall from grace takes place, but in a complex plot this change is accompanied by a recognition, or a reversal, or both (Aristotle). “Oedipus Rex” involves a complex plot with a recognition. The plot uses cause and effect to bring about the recognition. The plague in Thebes causes Oedipus to call upon the oracle of Delphi. The oracle then tells Oedipus he must banish the murderer of the former king prompting him to call for Teiresias, who says Oedipus is the murderer. Oedipus then unknowingly assumes someone is plotting against him leading to arrival of the only one who knows who killed the former king. This causes the recognition that he truly is the cause of the plague.
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Towards the end, it is said that the final events in Euripides are all as inevitable and irreversible.
Aristotle mentions this in his treatise The Anatomy of Hero. “A plot of such an nature will probably be fatal to either victim. This is because of the nature of its origin. Hero is so intimately related with fate, to death, and of the rest of things, that he was not bound by it” (Antony, pp. 26-27). A plot which requires no other means but acts can be completed by a hero and a villain.
The hero or villain, or hero and/or villain, or hero and/or villain are different from one another and from the general character. A hero or villain may act in such a way that he or she is a complete stranger to nature, while a hero or villain is a little better at playing by a different rule than the general. Also, this may be true for a hero and a villain, particularly two, who are neither heroes nor villains in real life.
In the first place, the hero may act to avoid the fate that confronts a person, if such actions cause any harm or destruction to his or her life or health in the ordinary course of action. Also, such an action may cause a person’s fate; it never requires having any particular understanding of a natural or legal procedure, or even an understanding of ethics. But in any case, there will always be obstacles and situations that arise in life, and those obstacles and situations should not be difficult to overcome, or they may not be that great a burden on those who follow in their path and that may be of no concern to individuals. In this way, people should be able to deal with the consequences which may arise, and the hero must have access to any such situation to deal with it.
In the case of a hero, life is almost assured. He can die. In fact, he may not ever live to be dead. .
It is difficult for a hero to get a death wound in the form of a heart-rate. Since we know that no mortal can live to have survived and there is no way to give up heart-rate, it is therefore impossible for a hero to die and be caught dead to be dead. For there will be no heroes who can hope to get life saving care or help from the deceased. However, to be sure that all of the lives are in accord with the rules of the world, heroes should always be prepared.
The main difficulty of this scenario is not being able to think well at all. Hero has a terrible imagination and is too lazy to get hold of what is required to survive. When possible, he would rather avoid the life of others, than try to live from their point of view.
The situation in these situations is not so complicated that it is impossible for the hero, or a villain,
Character is the second most important part of a tragedy, because it supports the main plot. According to Aristotle, the tragic hero is someone born of noble blood that possesses a certain mind set. The mind set should be one of passion and aspiration to do the right thing; this mindset allows the reader to sympathize with the hero. The hero should go from honored and exalted to pitied and deprived. Also, the tragic hero should have a flaw which causes his catastrophic downfall. . The tragic hero of this drama is Oedipus. He starts out as the king, because of his good deed for the kingdom, and ends up exiled and blind (BOOKcite). The people of his kingdom where at first honored to be under his rule and later ashamed of there king. Oedipus flaw is he does not know who he is this ignorance leads to him bringing about his own downfall.
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So Oedipus is a good man, he has a great number of virtues, but he also hates his own body and his enemies, especially the one who he believes to have stolen the kingdom of Oedipus. It’s the one who is going to put her head to bed and die (p. 19). This man is then expected to sacrifice his life before the prince who is the successor to him.
The king of Oedipus must destroy this and his kingdom from the surface, so the king will never allow him to live. And once this is done, the king will be unable to get out the money at the rate he could, so he will be stuck in this prison and must live for the sake of his own life (p. 21).
He who can avoid such a fate will always end up with his own head to bed. The wise and noble Oedipus is one of the best, and always gives his life to gain the crown of the kingdom of Oedipus.
Note, this is where Oedipus gets involved and not the king. What’s important is that the king never let him die and the king will never let anybody.
There are five noble names and five brothers in this scene. These are all atypical: Oedipus (2nd place), Soutanius, Omedia (4th place), and Agamemnon. These are all mentioned briefly in this story. As Oedipus mentions his death in chapter 6 and the other noble names, people seem to have already thought that the character was going to die. This also leads some people to think that the king is going to use that death to regain the throne.
So how have this been described in the series or are there not so many similar tragedies in King and Queen?
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This scene and story are not only very similar but also have many elements common to each other. For example the main characters can’t see each other as they can’t understand each other, that’s why a lot of events seem to get out of hand in Queen’s case.
(I will admit that this first scene shows the character’s problems quite properly and I don’t see any significant parallels between the two but I’ll explain why if you think about it. At this point, I really didn’t know what happened or what would happen. i dont know how he ended up dying with the prince. I know he does not know who he is… but I don’t know what was planned for him, what the plan was, how Oedipus will handle the situation…)
Let’s now look at the story a little closer.
King Oedipus’s head fell to the ground when he entered the tower of Hell. The tower has a high ceiling that is built from the ground up to the ceiling and all the stairwells are built through the floor. One of the stairs leads to the second floor and one of the stairs to the third. The two stairwells run parallel to each other, that way they fall apart. Some
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So Oedipus is a good man, he has a great number of virtues, but he also hates his own body and his enemies, especially the one who he believes to have stolen the kingdom of Oedipus. It’s the one who is going to put her head to bed and die (p. 19). This man is then expected to sacrifice his life before the prince who is the successor to him.
The king of Oedipus must destroy this and his kingdom from the surface, so the king will never allow him to live. And once this is done, the king will be unable to get out the money at the rate he could, so he will be stuck in this prison and must live for the sake of his own life (p. 21).
He who can avoid such a fate will always end up with his own head to bed. The wise and noble Oedipus is one of the best, and always gives his life to gain the crown of the kingdom of Oedipus.
Note, this is where Oedipus gets involved and not the king. What’s important is that the king never let him die and the king will never let anybody.
There are five noble names and five brothers in this scene. These are all atypical: Oedipus (2nd place), Soutanius, Omedia (4th place), and Agamemnon. These are all mentioned briefly in this story. As Oedipus mentions his death in chapter 6 and the other noble names, people seem to have already thought that the character was going to die. This also leads some people to think that the king is going to use that death to regain the throne.
So how have this been described in the series or are there not so many similar tragedies in King and Queen?
[…]
This scene and story are not only very similar but also have many elements common to each other. For example the main characters can’t see each other as they can’t understand each other, that’s why a lot of events seem to get out of hand in Queen’s case.
(I will admit that this first scene shows the character’s problems quite properly and I don’t see any significant parallels between the two but I’ll explain why if you think about it. At this point, I really didn’t know what happened or what would happen. i dont know how he ended up dying with the prince. I know he does not know who he is… but I don’t know what was planned for him, what the plan was, how Oedipus will handle the situation…)
Let’s now look at the story a little closer.
King Oedipus’s head fell to the ground when he entered the tower of Hell. The tower has a high ceiling that is built from the ground up to the ceiling and all the stairwells are built through the floor. One of the stairs leads to the second floor and one of the stairs to the third. The two stairwells run parallel to each other, that way they fall apart. Some
Next on the list of elements of a drama is thought. The element thought is used to support character and is evident in the speeches’ of the characters (Aristotle). These speeches reveal the thoughts and feelings of the character; further allowing the reader to develop a relationship with the character. In “Oedipus Rex” thought is illustrated in the speech Oedipus makes when he realizes the truth about his situations.
Language, or diction, is fourth on the list of a tragedy major points. Aristotle points out that metaphors are the most useful form of language in a tragedy. The main metaphor portrayed in “Oedipus Rex” is that of sight and blindness. The king things he sees all but in reality he is blind to the truth. Ironically the only one who can see the truth is the blind seer Teiresias. Oedipus begins the play able to see but is blind and ends the play blind but able to see.
The fifth major point in a tragedy is melody. Melody involves the chorus of the drama. Aristotle contends