Thinking activity Worksheet: Aristotle's Poetics (Short Video Lectures, Quiz and Questions)

This blog is answer of five questions that is given below:


Question:1

              
           How far do you agree with Plato's objection to freedom of expression and artistic liberty enjoyed by creative writers ?

        Yes, sometimes I agree with Plato's objection to freedom of expression and artistic liberty enjoyed by creative writers. Each person have freedom of expression. But plato
Think that is not good for our society. Any literary texts , movie ,T.V. serial not give a chance to think rationally.they present thing in way that we can't understand What we have to see ?

  •    Here I want to give one example that is T.V. serial " Ring Rong Ring"
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  •     In this T. V. serial we find the concept about magic ring.  The main character Mansi  have a magical ring. This ring through she create many things. But in our real life we can't get any magical power. So that is an untruth of life. So this point of view plato's objection is right ,we know that is an unreal but then and then we like to watch and we said that " l wish,l have that magical ring". So this thing  we find here through Plato's objection.
 Question: 2

         With reference to the literary texts you have studied during B.A. programme write a brief note on the texts which followed Aristotelian literary tradition.


        In my B.A. programme,I have studied "Othello" by William Shakespeare . Othello i the great tragedy and  followed Aristotelian literary tradition. So let's discuss about concept of tragedy,


  •    Concept of tragedy:
             In this tragic story Othello is the protagonist,an African general for the Venice army Othello has just married his wife Desdemona. Throughout the play Othello is challenged by Iago, who works under him. Iago was the villain and provides the drama, he represents the antagonist. Who is destined to ruin Othello and his marriage. Nothing good becames of this play.  By the end of this tragedy both Othello and Desdemona are dead, because of Othello's jealousy. No one who happy in this play. So that is the concept of the tragedy.


             In Shakespeare's Othello we find that catharsis . Othello ,an ambitious resentful and just plain malicious soldier named Iago brings  about the downfall of his  captain. Iago said that Desdemona cheating on him. Then Othello goes mad with  jealousy and eventually kills his own wife. After learning his wife was in fact faithfully. Then Othello feel  regreat. Othello's suicide is cathartic for readers, we feel pity for Othello. That is the catharsis in  Othello.


  •    Tragic hero with hamartia:
            Othello, The protagonist of the tragedy is a tragic figure because he is a man of great character and some virtues  but brings about his own doom due to a tragic flaw. He is great military and he even has the gentleness to behaviour and the power of speech and understanding.
           Othello has the terrible fault because of his jealousy, he attempted own wife's murder. That is the tregic  and shocking about Othello.

Question:3

       Have you studied any tragedies during B.A. programme write a brief note on the texts which did not followed Aristotelian literary tradition.
 

     "Hairy ape" is written by Eugene o Neill's. This tragedy known as modern tragedy. This play's subtitle is'A comedy of ancient and modern life'that is ironical." Hairy ape" is don't followed Aristotelian literary tradition. According to the Aristotle tragic hero must fall and suffer owing to his error of judgement in his life. This was considered  necessary because the fall from greatness of a great man would not be tragic but merely shocking. This would make us doubt the goodness of god or the power that soul. We also know from Aristotle's opinion that the tragic must suffer for his fault not for other's hostility. In this respect, yank, the hero of the play  different from  the tragic  heroes of Aristotle . He does not suffer from any fault of his own but because of the attitude of others towards him.

Question: 4

      Have you studied any  tragedies during B.A. programme ? Who was / were the tragic protagonist's in those  tragedies, What was thier'hamartia'?

     " Hamlet" is written by William Shakespeare. In this play Hamlet is the protagonist.
     Hamlet's hamartia or  tragic flaw is his need to find the truth. If he had stuck to his protagonist beliefs. He  would viewed his father's ghost as a demon. He would not have pursued his investigation and he would not have found his end in the manner he does. That is leads to Hamlet's downfall.

Question: 5

    Did the 'plot'of those tragedies follow necessary rules and  regulations proposed by Aristotle?

      According to Aristotle's word we find that "plot is the soul of the tragedy"the plot must be have the beginning, the middle and end. Also plot must be complete, having unity of action. The plot have certain magnitude.
   
     In the play of Arthur Miller's  "All my sons" we find completeness of Aristotelian thought. " All my sons" fall into the category for classical Greek tragedy  because  the tragic hero,Joe Keller suffer from hubris or the sin of too much pride ,and because of this sin he makes a tragic mistake Which ends up causing his death. Joe's behaviour is responsible for his tragic circumstances,it is not by accident that he ends up commuting suicide . Aristotle's thought on chain of cause and effect, relationship between Ann and Chris comes to an end. Once Ann reveals the letter that she received from Larry and admites to having ordered Herbert to ship the faulty machine parts. In the middle Chris's relationship that he is now "practical" is tragic.  And also we find that the whole  plot is complex.


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