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What has been a useful aspect of studying literature for me has been learning about binaries, how to identify them in a work of literature and how they add to the meaning that the author is trying to get across. It has been interesting to learn all of the different things to look for to enhance the meaning of the story such as patterns, binaries, symbols, and setting.
Part 2:
http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/drama/classical%20drama/terms.html#anagnoris
1. Hamartia: The protagonist most often contributes to his or her own downfall by a mismatch betwen character and circumstances, or hamartia. Interestingly enough, the translation of hamartia as "flaw" may in fact itself be flawed. There is some evidence that suggests that it rather means any quality in excess--perhaps even a virtue--that brings about the fall of the protagonist.
Creon contributes to his downfall by acting on what he thinks is right by sending Antigone to the bridal chamber and preventing his son Haemon from marrying her, and then losing his son to suicide because of those actions as well as his wife’s suicide.
2. Hubris: Frequently an Oedipus, an Antigone, a Macbeth, a Lear, or a Cleopatra is brought to doom by excessive pride--hubris--a belief that he or she is somehow above the fates, or in control of destiny.
Antigone had excessive pride or hubris in that she actively went against Creon’s orders to satisfy her own moral beliefs that everyone should have a proper burial whether it was condoned or not.
3. Catharsis: Exactly what Aristotle meant by "purgation" or "catharsis" has been the subject of much discussion, but in essence he was concerned to explain the release of powerful, healing emotions that make tragedy so moving.
Creon experiences catharsis when he wails and prays over his son and his wife whom he lost to suicide due to his own actions.
4. Peripeteia: a sudden turn of events or an unexpected reversal
Creon sends Antigone away to suffer for disobeying him and burying her brother, and he ends up being the only one left to suffer alone.
5. Anagnorisis: Often the protagonists in tragedy undergo a process of recognition, in which they see their own nature, and destiny, more clearly than before.
After the seer visits Creon he recognizes that he is destined for tragedy unless he releases Antigone, and being prevented from doing so because she and his son are dead when he arrives forces him to repent and pray for what he has done.
What has been a useful aspect of studying literature for me has been learning about binaries, how to identify them in a work of literature and how they add to the meaning that the author is trying to get across. It has been interesting to learn all of the different things to look for to enhance the meaning of the story such as patterns, binaries, symbols, and setting.
Part 2:
http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/drama/classical%20drama/terms.html#anagnoris
1. Hamartia: The protagonist most often contributes to his or her own downfall by a mismatch betwen character and circumstances, or hamartia. Interestingly enough, the translation of hamartia as "flaw" may in fact itself be flawed. There is some evidence that suggests that it rather means any quality in excess--perhaps even a virtue--that brings about the fall of the protagonist.
Creon contributes to his downfall by acting on what he thinks is right by sending Antigone to the bridal chamber and preventing his son Haemon from marrying her, and then losing his son to suicide because of those actions as well as his wife’s suicide.
2. Hubris: Frequently an Oedipus, an Antigone, a Macbeth, a Lear, or a Cleopatra is brought to doom by excessive pride--hubris--a belief that he or she is somehow above the fates, or in control of destiny.
Antigone had excessive pride or hubris in that she actively went against Creon’s orders to satisfy her own moral beliefs that everyone should have a proper burial whether it was condoned or not.
3. Catharsis: Exactly what Aristotle meant by "purgation" or "catharsis" has been the subject of much discussion, but in essence he was concerned to explain the release of powerful, healing emotions that make tragedy so moving.
Creon experiences catharsis when he wails and prays over his son and his wife whom he lost to suicide due to his own actions.
4. Peripeteia: a sudden turn of events or an unexpected reversal
Creon sends Antigone away to suffer for disobeying him and burying her brother, and he ends up being the only one left to suffer alone.
5. Anagnorisis: Often the protagonists in tragedy undergo a process of recognition, in which they see their own nature, and destiny, more clearly than before.
After the seer visits Creon he recognizes that he is destined for tragedy unless he releases Antigone, and being prevented from doing so because she and his son are dead when he arrives forces him to repent and pray for what he has done.
