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TRAGEDY OF TIME
Tragedy in life is the same for every person no matter what social standing you retain or authority you possess. Tragedy to me is a life long series of interactions believing you are admired as a person and respected at your profession with such confidence, or ignorance, that you are unwilling to recognize faults or mistakes. This unrelenting drive to maintain this fabricated dignity eventually becomes your reality and ultimately your unknowing tragedy. ... The classical model of a tragedy, such as Sophocles, is that of someone of a high position contains superior qualities such as leadership for instance a king. ...
Sophocles, play write of “Oedipus the King”, concept of a tragedy was: 4“an imitation of an action of high importance, complete and of some amplitude; in language enhanced by districted and varying beauties; acted not narrated by means of pity and fear effecting its purgation of these emotions” (1380). ...
The tragedy “Oedipus the King” focuses on the life and downfall of the unfortunate King Oedipus, who was condemned by the oracle at an early age to murder his father and marry his mother. ...
In comparison, “Death of a salesman” is as much a tragedy as “Oedipus the King”. ...
I had very little concept of what a tragedy was prior to reading "Aristotles Concept of Tragedy” and Arthur Millers “Tragedy and the Common Man”. In my opinion both playwrights give an accurate description of tragedy in the era they were written. ... Sophocles wrote during a period when very few people had the opportunity to rise and fall in order to create an interesting tragedy.
Approximate Word count = 1309
Approximate Pages = 5.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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