Tragedy in literature

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1. What was Heggel's stance on Tragedy?

  • Similar to the older ideas of Tragedy but proved to be much more transgressive by including supernatural elements that were not related to God.
  • Tragedy is the result of two oppositions being unable to compromise their ideology and beliefs. The tragedy is not the result of own ideology being superior to the other but the fact that a compromise shall not be obtained.
  • Tragedy is the result of romantic ideals such as honor and romance colliding with the real world. Characters are also doomed by the fact that they are in the wrong role at the wrong time. - Kiernan Ryan
  • That tragedy requires the hero to fall from a noble/ wealthy position in society
  • “The tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing — his sense of personal dignity,”
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2. What was Seneca's stance on Tragedy?

  • That tragedy requires the hero to fall from a noble/ wealthy position in society
  • “The tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing — his sense of personal dignity,”
  • Similar to the older ideas of Tragedy but proved to be much more transgressive by including supernatural elements that were not related to God.
  • Tragedy is the result of romantic ideals such as honor and romance colliding with the real world. Characters are also doomed by the fact that they are in the wrong role at the wrong time. - Kiernan Ryan
  • Tragedy is the result of two oppositions being unable to compromise their ideology and beliefs. The tragedy is not the result of own ideology being superior to the other but the fact that a compromise shall not be obtained.

3. What was Plato's/aristotle's stance on Tragedy?

  • “The tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing — his sense of personal dignity,”
  • That tragedy requires the hero to fall from a noble/ wealthy position in society
  • Tragedy is the result of two oppositions being unable to compromise their ideology and beliefs. The tragedy is not the result of own ideology being superior to the other but the fact that a compromise shall not be obtained.
  • Similar to the older ideas of Tragedy but proved to be much more transgressive by including supernatural elements that were not related to God.
  • Tragedy is the result of romantic ideals such as honor and romance colliding with the real world. Characters are also doomed by the fact that they are in the wrong role at the wrong time. - Kiernan Ryan

4. What is Arthur Miller's view on Tragedy?

  • “The tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing — his sense of personal dignity,”
  • Tragedy is the result of romantic ideals such as honor and romance colliding with the real world. Characters are also doomed by the fact that they are in the wrong role at the wrong time. - Kiernan Ryan
  • Similar to the older ideas of Tragedy but proved to be much more transgressive by including supernatural elements that were not related to God.
  • That tragedy requires the hero to fall from a noble/ wealthy position in society

5. What is a Shakespearean Tragedy?

  • “The tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing — his sense of personal dignity,”
  • Tragedy is the result of two oppositions being unable to compromise their ideology and beliefs. The tragedy is not the result of own ideology being superior to the other but the fact that a compromise shall not be obtained.
  • Tragedy is the result of romantic ideals such as honor and romance colliding with the real world. Characters are also doomed by the fact that they are in the wrong role at the wrong time. - Kiernan Ryan
  • That tragedy requires the hero to fall from a noble/ wealthy position in society
  • Similar to the older ideas of Tragedy but proved to be much more transgressive by including supernatural elements that were not related to God.

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