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This 4 page paper compares the play Oedipus Rex to the tragedian form of Aristotle. Examples given, quotes cited from texts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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which these emotions are created within the context of a tale. Aristotle, a Classical Greek philosopher developed his theory of the tragedy, and interestingly enough, many of his observations about
the tragedy still ring true today. In the story of Oedipus, for example, one can quite clearly see that it is a tragedy of epic proportions. According to Aristotle in
his sixth Book, page 1229, there are certain criteria which make a play or story a tragic tale. First he states that the tragedy is an imitation of an action
that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude, is in the form of dramatic action, not of narrative, elicits pity and fear, emotions that are purged through the dramatic
action by the end of the play (cathartic release), and falls into two parts comprising a complication and a d?nouement(Else/Aristotle 1237). First, the true tragedy, according to Aristotle, demands a
tragic hero. Throughout history there seems to be an unwritten consensus about what actually constitutes or makes one heroic. These archetypes if one will, depicts the basic profile of the
hero. Oedipus seems to follow this structure quite well. It can be said that the hero is someone who lived by a certain moral code, or set of rules that
serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and when he found that he had erred so completely,
even though he did so unknowingly, his only recourse was to take his own life. Experts cannot quite agree on what Aristotle meant with the term Catharsis. Most agree that
it is a purging of intense emotion that has been built up within the audience by the action and drama of the play. This release of emotion, Aristotle believed, served
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