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 Analyse Oedipus as a tragic hero.... Answer:- Aristotle, in poetics laid down 'Catharsis' has been variously defined as purification, and purgation - but word which perhaps best appropriates this medical term in its literary and asthetic content is 'refinement'. The viewer of the tragic fate of a 'hero' is refind though proper Channelization of the emotions of 'pily' and 'fear'. This is brought about by the cummulative identification, fear of the fate of the hero and finally a pity or sympathy for his fate when the mess fortune finally befalls him. Aristotle also isolate certain other characteristics of a tragic hero that optimizes this sensation, namely the character should be of a middling kind neither too good nor too bad but more inclined towards good than bad, should ideally be of a royal personage for than the misfortune for many, and finally the tragedy should be caused by some flaw in the hero's character, which is no greater applica...

 Discuss Oedipus as a Aristotelian tragic hero in Sophocles's play Oedipus Rex ? Answer :- Aristotle, in poetics laid down 'Catharsis' has been variously defined as purification, and purgation - but word which perhaps best appropriates this medical term in its literary and asthetic content is 'refinement'. The viewer of the tragic fate of a 'hero' is refind though proper Channelization of the emotions of 'pily' and 'fear'. This is brought about by the cummulative identification, fear of the fate of the hero and finally a pity or sympathy for his fate when the mess fortune finally befalls him. Aristotle also isolate certain other characteristics of a tragic hero that optimizes this sensation, namely the character should be of a middling kind neither too good nor too bad but more inclined towards good than bad, should ideally be of a royal personage for than the misfortune for many, and finally the tragedy should be caused by some flaw in the h...

Discuss the connections of Greek Tragedy as can be gathred from Sophocheles's Oedipus Rex.. Answer:-  Aristotle, in poetics laid down 'Catharsis' has been variously defined as purification, and purgation - but word which perhaps best appropriates this medical term in its literary and asthetic content is 'refinement'. The viewer of the tragic fate of a 'hero' is refind though proper Channelization of the emotions of 'pily' and 'fear'. This is brought about by the cummulative identification, fear of the fate of the hero and finally a pity or sympathy for his fate when the mess fortune finally befalls him. Aristotle also isolate certain other characteristics of a tragic hero that optimizes this sensation, namely the character should be of a middling kind neither too good nor too bad but more inclined towards good than bad, should ideally be of a royal personage for than the misfortune for many, and finally the tragedy should be caused by some fl...

 Q : How did Oedipus kill Laius and where. Answer:- The oracle at Delphi tells the king and queen of Thebes that their son will kill his father and wed his mother. So, they tie his feet and tell a shepherd take him to the mountain. But the shepherd takes pity on the infant child and gives him to another shepherd and that shepherd takes him to Corinth.                    But when Oedipus becomes aware of the fact that one day he will bring tragedy in the lives of his father and mother, he determines to leave Corinth far Thebes. On his way to Thebes he becomes to cross road (where three roads meet) and there Oedipus meets a man driving a cart. When he is told to make way for the whole possession, he refuses to do so. As a result of that the old man (who was actually his father,Laius) strikes Oedipus and a violent tussle between Oedipus and Laius takes place. And in that tussle when Laius strikes Oedipus, he strikes him back (''with in...