I tend to have a hard time believing the people in this era were up to any good as lot of the characters behave defensive, paranoid, and with the rational of children. Oedipus is constantly rambling and losing his grip with reality, but you’d think they’d at least listen to him before shutting him down but of course they don’t. Kronos literally ate his kids in the firm belief, that they would remove him from power later on in life. Power and control reflect fear among men.
Daily Archives: March 8, 2022
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Mrs. Conway seriously had a point. “Araby” by James Joyce Isn’t about love. It’s more like a hormone induced obsession. I found it really creepy how aggressive and persistent the protagonist would get whenever he’d see her. And the way he keeps talking about her skin is gross too. Our protagonist is essentially an incel who is stalking a girl he doesn’t even have the guts to speak to. I Definitely enjoyed the perspective though; this story is pretty much a step-by-step guide on how not to approach love or intimacy.
In “Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Mary Flannery O’Connor, the writer wanted her readers to know the common element of suspense in will be transferred from its surface to its interior. The grandmother in the story for example. In the story, the grandmother is portrayed as a person who follows moral codes, where she considers herself morally superior for being a woman. Since her thought of morality is superior, she also believes that she can justify her judgments towards others. The reason for her character is due to her past previous relationship, which both appears from her partner cheating.
In (Oedipus the King) briefly outlines Aristotle’s philosophy on poetry as “higher from history.” Revealing the ideology of his thought on tragedy focuses on tragic heroes, which usually features Kings and other important figures as an example of a human experiencing tragedy. An exemplification of this is Oedipus’s shame due to his delusion of a rumor that leads towards incest. In Aristotle’s given thoughts of poetry, the tragic hero suffers from his moral failing as a king (Hamartia). As the audience spectates Oedipus the King, gives ambivalence towards the protagonist. When we’re ambivalent, depending on an event that an individual is in, make us contradict if they deserve pity. Depending on how we can relate to those that are in a situation that they cannot leave, especially if problems are involved in one’s event, creates ambivalence of thoughts and feeling towards tragic heroes.
