Aristotle was a great admirer of Sophocles' 'King Oedipus'. ... In a perfect tragedy, character supports plot. ... One of the effects of the tragedy is catharsis (cleansing) of the tragic emotions of pity and fear. The Greek word for "purgation" is Catharsis. ... Hegel thinks that Sophocles' Antigone is a perfect example of a tragedy. ...
Sophocles is one of the ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have managed to survive until today. ... In Sophocles's play, the tragic hero is led to a dead end because of his own character and personality. ... It is through Sophocles's plot, character, language, and also the way the play was performed on stage that we can understand what tragedians in the modern age need to improve to fit all Aristotle's different criteria for a tragedy and also be known as a classic tragedy. ... The audience goes through catharsis, a purging or cleansing of emotions or a release of tension th...
The rules of tragedy, according to Aristotle, are that all tragedies must include a chorus with three functions, the tragic hero must go through discovery and reversal stages, and the audience must go through catharsis; this can be applied to Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Sophocles' is Antigone". ... Therefore since both characters each play went through the "discovery and reversal "stage, they are the tragic heroes going through all the stages is making it a tragedy defined my Aristotle. ... There is also a catharsis with the audience in the play Antig...
Sophocles "Oedipus the King" is a tragic play which discusses the tragic discovery of Oedipus that he has killed his father and married his mother. ... The main character Oedipus is the king of Thebes by solving the riddle of the Sphinx. ... According to Aristotle's definition of tragedy, Oedipus the king is the perfect example because it has many incidents that arouse pity or fear, it has a tragic hero, and it accomplishes catharsis (purification by release) of such emotions. ...
Tragedy came to signify a dramatic presentation of seriousness and noble character which examines the major questions of human existence. ... Some of these aspects include the art of imitation, reversal and recognition, pity and fear, catharsis, and even the effective use of a tragic hero. ... Additionally, he argues that through recognition, the hero discovers some truth about his or her identity (as in Sophocles's Oedipus the King) or actions that accompany the reversal of the situation in the plot. ... In his Poetics, Aristotle states that catharsis is an important aspect of tragic lit...
