... Greece was Aristotle. He studied and explored many subjects. His analysis of the ideal form of tragic plays became a guideline for later playwrights in Western civilization. In his definition of tragedy, he stated, it is "the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; in appropriate and pleasurable language;in a dramatic rather than narrative form; with incidents arousing pity ... , one may conclude that the theme of tragic heroism is a recurring and essential theme in the development not only of Oedipus's character but also of the play for ...

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... would later turn out to be Oedipus Rex. Fearful of the prophecy the king had his son sent far away from the kingdom to be murdered. However through a series of events Oedipus had not been murdered. Instead, Oedipus was adopted by Polybus (the king of Corinth), were he grew up under the impression that he was the son of the king and queen. The day Oedipus heard his unthinkable fate from the oracle, was the day he refused to accept it ... war cannot exist with out one another. Both Lysistrata and Oedipus Rex use the concept of love and war/hate to consolidate the main themes of each play....

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Aristotle's definition of tragedy is one of the most influential and important analysis" to come out of the literary world of ancient Greece. His analysis of the ideal form of tragic plays became a guideline for later playwrights in Western civilisation. When looked at in relation to Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus it seems that Aristotle's theory is exemplified within it. From Aristotle's Poetics through to his definition of tragedy it seems that Oedipus Tyrannus in the perfect example ... hero. At the start of the play he is portrayed as a heroic individual, "it presents Oedipus as the great ki...

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