Alveena Malic. Wania Malik. Aniqah Sheikh. Sajna Solomon. Abdur Rehman. Shikha Bayal , Kanchan Boro. Hitesh Goswami. Zeeshan Jasra. Varshan Jain. Prantik Roy. Show More. Views Total views. Actions Shares. No notes for slide. Aristotle's Poetics - Epic And Tragedy 1. I need to study the tragedies and epic as well. Aristotle is considered father of modern science.
What is an epic? What is a tragedy? How tragedy originated Poetics? Aristotle explains that Tragedy developed from the improvisations of the leader of choral dithyrambs - hymns sung and danced in praise of Dionysus; the god of wine and fertility. How epic originated? Once a character's personality and motivations are established, these should continue throughout the play.
The story, taken from the Epic Cycle, tells how the fifty daughters of Danaus, sought in marriage by their cousins, the fifty sons of Aegyptus, fled for protection to a place near Argos. The fifty suitors overtook them and through a messenger commanded the maidens to give themselves up; but at this point the king of Argos interfered, sending the suitors off about their business. The play closes with a hymn of thanksgiving sung by the chorus.
Source: theatrehistory. Similarities between epic and tragedy. It means that the major character in epic and tragedy deals with high class in society. Note here in this matter an epic is allowed more freedom than tragedy. This should have a proper beginning, middle and end; be a complete organic whole, just as it should be in tragedy.
Epic poetry is similar to tragedy in that it has as many species as in tragedy. Epic plots are complex or simple whether they are full of suffering, or concentrate on characters they are similar to tragedy.
The action should comprise of a beginning, middle, end, which is usually a tragedy. The epic hero is someone whose birth details are unusual and is a person with supernatural affinity; a reputed son of a God or a demigod. He is, therefore, a superhuman who has enemies aiming to kill him or kidnap him.
Therefore, he is sent away and looked after by foster parents for his protection; however, when he reaches manhood he goes for his future kingdom. Eventually he becomes the king, and eventually the divine world interferes with the human world; eventually, the epic hero meets a symbolic death and often has to travel to the underworld.
Figure 2: Paradise Lost by John Milton. The plot of the epic consists of many episodes unlike that of a tragedy, which makes am epic longer in length than a tragedy. Accordingly, some characters and events in epics are historical, such as the Trojan War, while other characters are mostly or purely mythological, such as Perseus.
A tragedy is a dramatic poem or a play comprising of tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character. It enables to invoke catharsis effecting through pity and fear the purification of such emotions in the audience. The earliest known tragedies are all Greek plays as almost all Greek philosophers believed tragedy to be the highest form of literature.
The plot is divided into five acts, and each act is further divided into several scenes. Characters include hero and heroine and other minor characters. The spectacle refers to the theatrical effect presented on the stage. The structure of the plot of a tragedy can be a simple or a complex one. It begins by the portrayal of the tragic hero who is in his prime and with a life full of success, respect and happiness. But unfortunately, as a result of his tragic flaw harmatia , he ends up meeting his downfall, ending up his life in isolation and destruction.
This release of emotional tension, after an overwhelming experience, that restores or refreshes the spirit is the catharsis, which is the main element in a tragedy.
The epic has in called its about its high seriousness. The character were the level of ordinary men. All the chief figures. In a tragedies were kings, queens, princess, princesses or heroes. The characteristic epic is includes were like actions and also number of secondary characters as well as a background of Gods and spirit.
Metre: epic has hexameter. Subject matter: it deals with the fortune of people. Plot: the plot of epic consists of plots of many tragedies. Epic is the story of the past. The other example of epic:. Total views 1, On Slideshare 0. From embeds 0. Number of embeds Downloads 4. Shares 0. Comments 0. Likes 1. You just clipped your first slide! Clipping is a handy way to collect important slides you want to go back to later.
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