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| the imitation of an event that has already occurred or of a man that already existed in history; there are various means of imitation that seperate the different arts and make them unique; mimesis is also used to give a story a plot; ARISTOTLE about TRAGEDIES, makes stories that are fantastic look realistic |
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| "To be or not to be. That is the question." |
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| The point where Hamlet is questioning his will to live. why does he continue to live, out of fear of the after life and what that might entail. in act 3? considers why any man would go on |
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| "The time is out of joint" |
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| act 1 scene 4; Hamlet is referring to the disheveled state of the United Kingdom under King Claudius , he is hinting towards his intent to kill him, there is an expected series of happenings and there was a drastic turn in events and he is there to make it right again, he has a duty that others would not otherwise have, things must go on |
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| Aristotle: fatal flaw; where a person's poor decision leads to a downward spiral; one example is in Oedipus and his ignorance to his actual blood parents, huberis |
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| Eternal Return of the Same |
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| Nietzsche; the biggest burden is knowing that because earth goes on for infinity, this exact life has been lived and will be lived again; because time still goes on this life will be lived again and again; leads to question the meaning in life; makes every decision you make an important one because it will be repeated |
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ARISTOTLE :TRAGEDY: one event with a beginning middle and end a story around a person or society that includes a tragic event that upsets the plot, a serious and dramatic theme,tragic flaw or conflict
EPIC: a series of events ,narrative poem, usually about heros , long and stylized, homer's illiad and the odyssey |
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| Aristotle, the turning point of a story;reversal of circumstances, middle of the play/ the high point where the end comes clear, when the plot of the story heads in a different direction, aristotle said it was the most important element to a tragedy because of the emotional catharsis that usually resulted |
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| the aenied; the first people in italy, aeneus comes and kills them and takes their language |
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| common in the epics and tragedies; it has all power and humans will never be able to escape it; best example is in Oedipus, definition and how it plays out in one of the stories |
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| Thus spoke zarathustra; The alternative to believing in a God for Nietzsche, without a moral system and the foundations of religion what is there to live life by? the superman is the strong person in society that shape their own life paths and follow their desires, the replacement for a God; on the other hand he is completely responsible for all of his life decisions and has to live with them THE OVER MAN |
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| members of the herd?, must fall to the overman to rise up, the weak that rely on morals and religion, lion of the three metamorpheses |
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| lives were no longer centered around faiths and going to church less dependent on religion with the turn to modernity; without these foundations to living life what moral standards exist? Nietzsche thought christianity was a distorted and ugly belief; the end of all absolute values and all Gods; |
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| dantes inferno; the greek epics; oresteia trilogy; the gods decide what is the fate of man, what the gods say is just, dantes inferno he sees these people in hell and it is right that they are there |
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| The Nine Circles of the Inferno |
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| 1 Acheron/Unbaptized 2 Lustful 3 Gluttonous 4 Spenders and Horders 5 Wrathful/Sullen 6 Heretics 7 Violence 8 Seducers and Panders 9 Betrayers |
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| "We must beware of Greeks bearing gifts" |
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| the aeneid when the greeks gave the trojan horse and that led to the destruction of the trojans and the end of the war; said by one of the trojans outside of the city walls deciding whether or not to bring in the horse, beware of your enemies when they pretend to be kind |
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