... character of legend and high stature. Aristotle defined the classic tragedy as a story centered about the hero's noble and moral struggle against fate. To the Greeks, fate would always overpower will and in the end the characters would surrender to their destinies. These philosophies can be seen in tragedies such as Sophocles' Oedipus Rex where it would be the hero's destiny to be overcome and brought down ... situation he encounters. This constant internal debating prevents him from taking any action and his mortal sin is that by the time he finally exacts his father's revenge he is re...

• Word Count: 3419
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Hamlet allows a higher level of reader identification than that experienced in Miss Julie which is made evident by examining stage two and three of catharsis. The classic tragedy, Oedipus tells the story of the King of Thebes, Oedipus who foolishly tries to challenge fate and evade prophecy, which proclaimed that he would murder his father and marry his mother. When trying to free Thebes of a ... deep that she plunks out his eye s that he would not see the "wrongs he suffered". The shield that had protected Oedipus from the truth from the beginning was his pride. Before the palace of The...

• Word Count: 3952
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School