This week we responded to many readings that talk about the definition of tragedy.  The reading were very interesting, because while some defined tragedy using Aristotle's definition, others edited or completely changed the definition.  I agreed much more with the edited definitions of tragedy, because in our modern society, a hero is very hard to define, and a different definition is needed.

More Oedipus, and a tragic project!

         This week we continued reading and interpreting tragedies.  We finished Oedipus, the so called "perfect tragedy" that was the first use of a modern tragedy.  It was very understandable, but to me slightly contrived.  It seemed that every possible thing that could go wrong to Oedipus happened, and was slightly over-tragic and unrealistic.  It was still interesting however, and I'm Looking forward to starting our project where we will create our own tragedies. 

Great Tragedies and Oedipus

This week we started learning about more of the greek contributions to our modern world, but about one in partucular: the modern tragedy.
This came about when a rich greek man decided to create a play that involved tragedy, and thus the modern tragedy was born.  We all wrote down some examples of tragedies today, such as movies like "The Boy with the Striped Pajamas" or "The Wrestler."  These movies are all examples of tragedies that were influenced by the greeks. 

Socrates was misunderstood

         This week we read a lot about Socrates, the famous greek philosopher.  It's interesting to me that people disliked him so much, and were not smart enough to overcome their own jealousy at being bested by him, but as he said, killing him did not accomplish much, but only made him a martyr.  Socrates really believed in what he said, so much actually that he rejected escaping a prison, and instead was sent to his death.  This dedication really defines a hero: someone who will stand for their ideals, no matter what.