Tragedies

The first scenario that I believe will conform the best to the 8 stages of tragedy would be the tragedy of the marathon runner. I created this tragedy and it is about a man who was training for a marathon but started to get these pains in his legs and being an ignorance and stupid person he continually ingested drugs from an illegal vendor, which eventually lead to his legs having to be amputated. This portrays that he is not bad because he was running in support for his family and a good cause but not good because he kept taking drugs that he knew wouldn’t result in a good outcome. His tragic flaw was ignorance and stupidity in decision-making. This characters peripety is when he realizes that he has to get his leg amputated but doesn’t accept his fate and waits even longer to have the infection get even worse. Any person may feel sorry for him because he is a regular guy involving himself with drugs to overcome an obstacle, and is very relatable to many people. A challenge would be to have his flaw be a continuous issue. Another challenge would be to show the effect these drugs had on his family.

The second scenario that would also conform to the 8 stages of tragedy would be the tragedy about a painter having trust issues and finally allowing himself to trust and have it all be a scam. The painter would be the tragic hero because he is not all good because he doesn’t trust people and doesn’t allow him to love but also isn’t all bad because he doesn’t harm anyone is very kind. His flaw is a lack of trust that leads to very serious repercussions. The catharsis would be when the customer who purchases all his merchandise is a scam. This influences the audience to feel pity because he was mistreated as a child, which led to his trust issues which lead to his demise. This makes the audience feel pity for this character because everyone can connect to this mistreatment. Some challenges to write this would be to include irony and to have a chorus. Another challenge would be to build up suspense and to create an image and personality of the character if he doesn’t show his emotions.

Proverbs

1.     The first proverb I wrote, “ Having sour milk can destroy the birds flight”, for the novel Things Fall Apart  represents Okonkwo’s lack of guidance and nurturing as a child.  The milk represents nurturing and support though childhood and sour depicting the lack of nurturing. This lack of support, when Okonkwo was young, affected all aspects of his life.  The disgrace from his family influenced him to be successful, yet it had many negative effects, like being concerned with image and being too ambitious.  This ambition fuelled him to do irrational things, which is why it can negatively influence the person’s path in life.

2.     Then next proverb I wrote, “When the lion wants nothing less than the lamb it becomes a mouse”, which was for the drama Macbeth. This proverb depicts the protagonist Macbeth’s ambition and drive to become king and shows how in the end he was insignificant.  I used a lion and a mouse to represent the change between being powerful and very insignificant.

3.     The last proverb that I wrote,  “A blind leader can’t lead his troops to a truthful victory”, to represent the drama Oedipus by Sophocles.  The protagonist in this drama is not literally blind, he is metaphorically blind to the truth and is expected to lead his country to greatness.  Oedipus is the king of Thebes, and in the drama, Thebes was in danger.  Oedipus is blind to the truth which prevents him from saving his country.