The Role of Fate in Oedipus the King In this article, we will learn about the role of fate in Oedipus the King. We will also discuss the definition of fate and general beliefs under the term fate and how Greeks were adhere to fate and their beliefs on fate. There is no rigid line … Read more
Character analysis of Oedipus: A Tragic Hero In this article, you will learn about character analysis of Oedipus; a tragic hero from Sophocles’ Oedipus Trilogy. The character analysis are based upon first play Oedipus the King where Oedipus was king and protagonist of the play. Character Analysis of Oedipus Oedipus is Sophocles’ most tragic hero … Read more
Introduction to Life and Works of Plato’s Plato was born in 427 B.C., in Athens. He was from a distinguished family background with many political connections. He grew up in a city in the era of Peloponnesian War which began just after his birth and lasted for more than two decades resulting defeat and humiliation … Read more
The “Poetics” by Aristotle primarily deals with tragedy. Some aspects of tragedy in Poetics may be considered controversial or outdated but its contribution to the literature and influence on English literature is undebatable. According to Aristotle, Tragedy is the highest poetic form. He defined some parameters and rules to write a tragedy. He laid focus … Read more
Poetics is one of the famous works by Aristotle. It is one of the important works on literary criticism produced ever but still it has some anomalies and defects. It looks that the treatise we have is might not the same as Aristotle wrote. The Poetics is apparently incomplete and lacks many subjects of its … Read more
In this article, students will come across a detailed summary of Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex); a Greek tragedy written by Sophocles As the play opens, Oedipus, the king of Thebes, asks from a group of people that why they are gathered there. All the people were led by an old priest having garlands and … Read more
A tragedy is a genre of drama, flourished in Greek literature, became famous in Elizabethan literature, where Marlowe and Shakespeare brought it into English literature. Tragedy is a type of drama that presents a serious subject, in a single story, about human suffering, followed by sorrowful or dreadful events in a dignified manner causing a … Read more
When we read Greek concepts of poetry, we come across two different theories: One is attack on poetry by Plato and the second one is defence of poetry by Aristotle. Greek intellectuals who proposed these two opinions regarding poetry were Plato and Aristotle. Aristotle was very intelligent and favorite disciple of Plato. Plato attacked on … Read more
Three Dramatic Unities The poetics by Aristotle defines general format of a tragedy. Aristotle also shared his views on two dramatic unities in a tragedy. He focused on two of three unities that are unity of action and unity of time. Aristotle did not mention unity of place in his Poetics. We will discuss all … Read more