Well, lets check the list.
The downfall of the hero/heroine: Neil, our hero, commits suicide. He realises that this is his fate, as his parents are not accepting of who he is, an actor, and are forcing him to give uo that part of him and become a doctor, as they want.
Hero/heroine encounters limits: Neil's limits are his father. He lies to him about the play. But his father is constantly dictating what Neil must do, his classes, extra curricular. His father acts as a fence surrounding Neil's passions, and once Neil hops the fence he is trespassing and metaphorically shot on sight.
Includes a tragic hero(es):Neil is our tragic hero.
Bloodline- He attends a prestigious school
Flaw- he is cowardly and doesnt stand up for what he believes in and and what he wants to do with his life
Mistake- lying to both his father and his teacher
Change- he decides he is going to do what he wants and he follows his passions
Downfall- he realizes he cant be who he wants to be so he commits suicide
Anagnorisis: The final scene where Keating, the teacher, returns for belongings. There seemed to be an underlying sense of fate and destiny that I felt the characters understand,
Viewer feels Catharsis: Sure, personally not for my, but i know plenty of people who when they watch this movie are always purging their emotions,
Odes: The meetings of the society served as the odes, as they occurred between the scenes of actions. Each one was focused on a different poet.
Choragos: Keating is the choragos, he started the meetings but leaving the book, and all his notes are written in the book and used at the meetings initiating them. Even though he never actually attends the meetings, he is essentially starting it.
Exodus:The final scene where the students stand on the desks chanting "Oh captain my captain" This shows the significance keating has made on their lives and the fact that they wont be the same again.
SO yes, It is a modern Greek tragedy.
Friday, February 12, 2016
Why Tragedy?
Why do we love tragedy so much? The reason is due to, as David E. Rivas describes it,catharsis or the purging of the emotions. These tragedies allow us to expel the emotions, these fears we have repressed, and in essence clean our souls. The catharsis allows a renewing of the psyche and a clean outlook at life, without the repressed emotions in effect. Another reason we indulge in the tragedies is so know what happiness truly is. These tragedies allow you to experience the pain and the evils of life, without you having to physically, emotionally and mentally having to experience them, or having your life be effected permanently from them. The tragedies show you the bad, so you can fully understand what the good in life is actually, and in return experience them more.
Tragedy is used as a guide to show you the worst in life so you can enjoy the best, and a vessel to clense the body from the repressed emotion kept inide. The tragedy is one of the most important tools anyone can use to help allow them to live a better life
Sources:
"You cant handle the truth!": a formalist perspective of Heart of Darkness - A Read Along Journal
- The sentence structure is extremely varied. There are a lot of complex sentences, and simple sentences.
- The author seems to go in depth. The essay is filled with the examples from the text, which increases the effectiveness of the analysis.
- First paragraph intros the book and the importance of an analysis.
- He reveals the advantages of using a formalist lens.
- He gives a breifsummary of the book.
- Thesis statement is clear and and thoughtful in the first paragraph.
- Block quotes are present to enhance the analysis. This brings the evidence into the paper to improve the analysis.
- In text citation are present to reference back to the book. Uses a specific format (Author's Last name, Page number)
- Claim is strong. The author uses evidence and a good analysis to prove the claim.
- Recalls certain moments in the book and follows with a quote.
- the author gives more information on the quote and connects it to the claim.
- Uses literary devices to enhance the essay and analysis.
- Work cited is only the book itself.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Reflection to the Critical Lens Essay
Well, wasn't that an experience. The essay, personally for me, was one of the most difficult essays i have written, and i still fell as if its not competed. I totally forgot to add quotes from the book to help back up my evidence, but more importantly, i feel as if the analysis is not deep enough.
That seems to be a reoccurring problem. In my in-class essays, the analysis is considered shallow. That's my Achilles heel.
I don't really have anything else to say about that dumb essay. I just hated it with the intense passion of one thousand burning suns. Yet, I will have to write more of them in the future because I want to have an English major in college. So yeah that's my story. That's my feelings about this assignment. I'm so glad the hard part is over, now i can finish it, place it in a box and not touch it for a few years. Thank you and good night.
That seems to be a reoccurring problem. In my in-class essays, the analysis is considered shallow. That's my Achilles heel.
I don't really have anything else to say about that dumb essay. I just hated it with the intense passion of one thousand burning suns. Yet, I will have to write more of them in the future because I want to have an English major in college. So yeah that's my story. That's my feelings about this assignment. I'm so glad the hard part is over, now i can finish it, place it in a box and not touch it for a few years. Thank you and good night.
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