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		<title>Glucas at 15:08, 5 May 2005</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;Aristotle&#039;s &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;Poetics&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; &lt;/del&gt;is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play.  Many times, he refers to &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[Oedipus]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; in relating examples of a great play and form of tragedy.  In attept to understand Aristotle&#039;s &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;here is a break down in laymen&#039;s terms.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Aristotle&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;&#039;s &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;/ins&gt;Poetics&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039; &lt;/ins&gt;is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play.  Many times, he refers to &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[Oedipus]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; in relating examples of a great play and form of tragedy.  In attept to understand Aristotle&#039;s &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; here is a break down in laymen&#039;s terms.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aristotle thought that &amp;quot;all men wished to know,&amp;quot; and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson  10).  This is exacatly what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth.  In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aristotle thought that &amp;quot;all men wished to know,&amp;quot; and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson  10).  This is exacatly what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth.  In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy.  Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[energia]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy.  Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[energia]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;== &lt;/ins&gt;Works Cited &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;==&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* &lt;/ins&gt;Fergusson, Francis., &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&#039;s Poetics. &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;New York:  Hill, 1961.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Works Cited&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* &lt;/ins&gt;Fergusson, John., &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;A Companion to Greek tragedy&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;. Texas:  University of Texas Press, 1972.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fergusson, Francis., &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&#039;s Poetics. &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;New York:  Hill, 1961.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fergusson, John., &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;A&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;Companion&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;to&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;Greek &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;tragedy&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.Texas:  University of Texas Press, 1972.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Tjackson at 14:32, 20 April 2005</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&amp;#039;s &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play.  Many times, he refers to &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[Oedipus]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; in relating examples of a great play and form of tragedy.  In attept to understand Aristotle&amp;#039;s &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;  here is a break down in laymen&amp;#039;s terms.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&amp;#039;s &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play.  Many times, he refers to &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[Oedipus]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; in relating examples of a great play and form of tragedy.  In attept to understand Aristotle&amp;#039;s &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;  here is a break down in laymen&amp;#039;s terms.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aristotle thought that &quot;all men wished to know,&quot; and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson  10).  This &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;brings me to &lt;/del&gt;what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth.  In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aristotle thought that &quot;all men wished to know,&quot; and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson  10).  This &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;is exacatly &lt;/ins&gt;what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth.  In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The definition of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;[[&lt;/del&gt;tragedy&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&#039;&#039; &lt;/del&gt;is an imitation of action as a whole and is complete with some magnitude.  However, the action Aristotle is referring to is not your regular action movie with blood and gore but three different modes of action:  the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[praxis]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[poiesis]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, and the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[theoria]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, which are Greek for doing, making, and contemplating within real-life instances/situations (Fergusson 10).   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The definition of tragedy is an imitation of action as a whole and is complete with some magnitude.  However, the action Aristotle is referring to is not your regular action movie with blood and gore but three different modes of action:  the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[praxis]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[poiesis]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, and the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[theoria]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, which are Greek for doing, making, and contemplating within real-life instances/situations (Fergusson 10).   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Several other characteristics of a great play are the importation of reversal and recognition, which goes hand in hand making a tragedy more complete.  First the reversal, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[peripetia]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, is the change to the opposite whether it is a person, or circumstances where a character conforms or adapts out of necessity or probable cause (Fergusson 16).   The second, recognition, takes place when there is a change frome ignorance to knowledge that leads to a possible opposite outcome (Fergusson 72 ).  The use of both of these characteristics stated by Aristotle was that &amp;quot;the best is that which arises from the incident themselves, where the startling discovery is made by natural means&amp;quot; (Fergusson 17 ).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Several other characteristics of a great play are the importation of reversal and recognition, which goes hand in hand making a tragedy more complete.  First the reversal, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[peripetia]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, is the change to the opposite whether it is a person, or circumstances where a character conforms or adapts out of necessity or probable cause (Fergusson 16).   The second, recognition, takes place when there is a change frome ignorance to knowledge that leads to a possible opposite outcome (Fergusson 72 ).  The use of both of these characteristics stated by Aristotle was that &amp;quot;the best is that which arises from the incident themselves, where the startling discovery is made by natural means&amp;quot; (Fergusson 17 ).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The tragic hero, again take King Oedipus as example, he is a person in between the extremes and allowed the, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[hamaritia]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, error in judgment, in his case the over bearing suspicion and a constant will to action interfere with his better judgment and still highly prosperous and well thought of.  On the other hand his intelligence, adaptability, and self confidence set him between the extremes, and reversed good to bad.  Seneca stated that Oedipus was left as &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;notus &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;nimis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;omnibus&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;,ignous&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;sibi&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, &quot;too well known to the world, unknown to self &quot;(Fergusson J. 196).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The tragic hero, again take King Oedipus as example, he is a person in between the extremes and allowed the, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[hamaritia]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, error in judgment, in his case the over bearing suspicion and a constant will to action interfere with his better judgment and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;yet &lt;/ins&gt;still highly prosperous and well thought of.  On the other hand his intelligence, adaptability, and self confidence set him between the extremes, and reversed good to bad.  Seneca stated that Oedipus was left as &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;notus &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;nimis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;omnibus&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;,ignous&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;sibi&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, &quot;too well known to the world, unknown to self &quot;(Fergusson J. 196).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy.  Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[energia]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy.  Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[energia]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aristotle thought that &amp;quot;all men wished to know,&amp;quot; and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson  10).  This brings me to what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth.  In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aristotle thought that &amp;quot;all men wished to know,&amp;quot; and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson  10).  This brings me to what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth.  In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Tjackson at 00:37, 30 March 2005</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&#039;s &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, from his point of view, is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play.  Many times, he refers to &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Oedipius&lt;/del&gt;]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;in relating examples to a great play and form of tragedy.  In attept to understand Aristotle&#039;s &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; I have tried to break it down in laymen&#039;s terms.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&#039;s &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, from his point of view, is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play.  Many times, he refers to &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Oedipus&lt;/ins&gt;]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; in relating examples to a great play and form of tragedy.  In attept to understand Aristotle&#039;s &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; I have tried to break it down in laymen&#039;s terms.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aristotle thought that &amp;quot;all men wished to know,&amp;quot; and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson  10).  This brings me to what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth.  In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aristotle thought that &amp;quot;all men wished to know,&amp;quot; and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson  10).  This brings me to what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth.  In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The definition of tragedy is an imitation of action as a whole and is complete with some magnitude.  However, the action Aristotle is referring to is not your regular action movie with blood and gore but three different modes of action:  the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[praxis]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[poiesis]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, and the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[theoria]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, which are Greek for doing, making, and contemplating within real-life instances/situations (Fergusson 10).   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The definition of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;[[&lt;/ins&gt;tragedy&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&#039;&#039; &lt;/ins&gt;is an imitation of action as a whole and is complete with some magnitude.  However, the action Aristotle is referring to is not your regular action movie with blood and gore but three different modes of action:  the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[praxis]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[poiesis]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, and the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[theoria]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, which are Greek for doing, making, and contemplating within real-life instances/situations (Fergusson 10).   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Several other characteristics of a great play are the importation of reversal and recognition, which goes hand in hand making a tragedy more complete.  First the reversal, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[peripetia]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, is the change to the opposite whether it is a person, or circumstances where a character conforms or adapts out of necessity or probable cause (Fergusson 16).   The second, recognition, takes place when there is a change frome ignorance to knowledge that leads to a possible opposite outcome (Fergusson 72 ).  The use of both of these characteristics stated by Aristotle was that &amp;quot;the best is that which arises from the incident themselves, where the startling discovery is made by natural means&amp;quot; (Fergusson 17 ).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Several other characteristics of a great play are the importation of reversal and recognition, which goes hand in hand making a tragedy more complete.  First the reversal, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[peripetia]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, is the change to the opposite whether it is a person, or circumstances where a character conforms or adapts out of necessity or probable cause (Fergusson 16).   The second, recognition, takes place when there is a change frome ignorance to knowledge that leads to a possible opposite outcome (Fergusson 72 ).  The use of both of these characteristics stated by Aristotle was that &amp;quot;the best is that which arises from the incident themselves, where the startling discovery is made by natural means&amp;quot; (Fergusson 17 ).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&#039;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;tragic hero&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;]]&lt;/del&gt;, again take King Oedipus as example, he is a person in between the extremes and allowed the, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;hamaritia&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, error in judgment, in his case the over bearing suspicion and a constant will to action interfere with his better judgment and still highly prosperous and well thought of.  On the other hand his intelligence, adaptability, and self confidence set him between the extremes, and reversed good to bad.  Seneca stated that Oedipus was left as &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;notus &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;nimis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;omnibus&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;,ignous&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;sibi&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, &quot;too well known to the world, unknown to self &quot;(Fergusson J. 196).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The tragic hero, again take King Oedipus as example, he is a person in between the extremes and allowed the, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;hamaritia&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, error in judgment, in his case the over bearing suspicion and a constant will to action interfere with his better judgment and still highly prosperous and well thought of.  On the other hand his intelligence, adaptability, and self confidence set him between the extremes, and reversed good to bad.  Seneca stated that Oedipus was left as &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;notus &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;nimis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;omnibus&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;,ignous&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;sibi&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, &quot;too well known to the world, unknown to self &quot;(Fergusson J. 196).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy.  Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit,&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[energia]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;is left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy.  Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[energia]]&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;____________________________________________________________&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Works Cited&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Works Cited&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fergusson, Francis., &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&#039;s Poetics. &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;New York:  Hill, 1961.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fergusson, John., &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Companion&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;to&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Greek &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;tragedy&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.Texas:  University of Texas Press, 1972.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fergusson, Francis., &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&#039;s Poetics. &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;New York:  Hill, 1961.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fergusson, John., &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Companion&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;to&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Greek &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;tragedy&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.Texas:  University of Texas Press, 1972.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&#039;s &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, from his point of view, is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play.  Many times, he refers to &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Oedipius&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;in relating examples to a great play and form of tragedy.  In attept to understand Aristotle&#039;s &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; I have tried to break it down in laymen&#039;s terms.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&#039;s &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, from his point of view, is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play.  Many times, he refers to &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Oedipius&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;in relating examples to a great play and form of tragedy.  In attept to understand Aristotle&#039;s &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; I have tried to break it down in laymen&#039;s terms.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aristotle thought that &amp;quot;all men wished to know,&amp;quot; and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson  10).  This brings me to what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth.  In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aristotle thought that &amp;quot;all men wished to know,&amp;quot; and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson  10).  This brings me to what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth.  In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The definition of tragedy is an imitation of action as a whole and is complete with some magnitude.  However, the action Aristotle is referring to is not your regular action movie with blood and gore but three different modes of action:  the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;praxis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;poiesis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, and the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;theoria&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, which are Greek for doing, making, and contemplating within real-life instances/situations (Fergusson 10).   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The definition of tragedy is an imitation of action as a whole and is complete with some magnitude.  However, the action Aristotle is referring to is not your regular action movie with blood and gore but three different modes of action:  the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;praxis&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;poiesis&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, and the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;theoria&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, which are Greek for doing, making, and contemplating within real-life instances/situations (Fergusson 10).   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Several other characteristics of a great play are the importation of reversal and recognition, which goes hand in hand making a tragedy more complete.  First the reversal, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;peripetia&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, is the change to the opposite whether it is a person, or circumstances where a character conforms or adapts out of necessity or probable cause (Fergusson 16).   The second, recognition, takes place when there is a change frome ignorance to knowledge that leads to a possible opposite outcome (Fergusson 72 ).  The use of both of these characteristics stated by Aristotle was that &quot;the best is that which arises from the incident themselves, where the startling discovery is made by natural means&quot; (Fergusson 17 ).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Several other characteristics of a great play are the importation of reversal and recognition, which goes hand in hand making a tragedy more complete.  First the reversal, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;peripetia&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, is the change to the opposite whether it is a person, or circumstances where a character conforms or adapts out of necessity or probable cause (Fergusson 16).   The second, recognition, takes place when there is a change frome ignorance to knowledge that leads to a possible opposite outcome (Fergusson 72 ).  The use of both of these characteristics stated by Aristotle was that &quot;the best is that which arises from the incident themselves, where the startling discovery is made by natural means&quot; (Fergusson 17 ).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The tragic hero, again take King Oedipus as example, he is a person in between the extremes and allowed the, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;hamaritia&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, error in judgment, in his case the over bearing suspicion and a constant will to action interfere with his better judgment and still highly prosperous and well thought of.  On the other hand his intelligence, adaptability, and self confidence set him between the extremes, and reversed good to bad.  Seneca stated that Oedipus was left as &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;notus &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;nimis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;omnibus&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;,ignous&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;sibi&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, &quot;too well known to the world, unknown to self &quot;(Fergusson J. 196).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&#039;&#039;&lt;/ins&gt;tragic hero&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;]]&lt;/ins&gt;, again take King Oedipus as example, he is a person in between the extremes and allowed the, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;hamaritia&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, error in judgment, in his case the over bearing suspicion and a constant will to action interfere with his better judgment and still highly prosperous and well thought of.  On the other hand his intelligence, adaptability, and self confidence set him between the extremes, and reversed good to bad.  Seneca stated that Oedipus was left as &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;notus &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;nimis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;omnibus&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;,ignous&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;sibi&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, &quot;too well known to the world, unknown to self &quot;(Fergusson J. 196).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy.  Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit,&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;energia&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;is left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy.  Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit,&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;energia&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;is left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&amp;#039;s &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, from his point of view, is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play.  Many times, he refers to &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Oedipius&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;in relating examples to a great play and form of tragedy.  In attept to understand Aristotle&amp;#039;s &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; I have tried to break it down in laymen&amp;#039;s terms.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&amp;#039;s &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, from his point of view, is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play.  Many times, he refers to &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Oedipius&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;in relating examples to a great play and form of tragedy.  In attept to understand Aristotle&amp;#039;s &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; I have tried to break it down in laymen&amp;#039;s terms.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aristotle thought that &quot;all men wished to know,&quot; and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson  10).  This brings me to what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth.  In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;!--more--&amp;gt; &lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aristotle thought that &quot;all men wished to know,&quot; and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson  10).  This brings me to what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth.  In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The definition of tragedy is an imitation of action as a whole and is complete with some magnitude.  However, the action Aristotle is referring to is not your regular action movie with blood and gore but three different modes of action:  the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;praxis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;poiesis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, and the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;theoria&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, which are Greek for doing, making, and contemplating within real-life instances/situations (Fergusson 10).   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The definition of tragedy is an imitation of action as a whole and is complete with some magnitude.  However, the action Aristotle is referring to is not your regular action movie with blood and gore but three different modes of action:  the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;praxis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;poiesis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, and the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;theoria&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, which are Greek for doing, making, and contemplating within real-life instances/situations (Fergusson 10).   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The tragic hero, again take King Oedipus as example, he is a person in between the extremes and allowed the, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;hamaritia&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, error in judgment, in his case the over bearing suspicion and a constant will to action interfere with his better judgment and still highly prosperous and well thought of.  On the other hand his intelligence, adaptability, and self confidence set him between the extremes, and reversed good to bad.  Seneca stated that Oedipus was left as &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;notus &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;nimis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;omnibus&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;,ignous&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;sibi&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, &amp;quot;too well known to the world, unknown to self &amp;quot;(Fergusson J. 196).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The tragic hero, again take King Oedipus as example, he is a person in between the extremes and allowed the, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;hamaritia&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, error in judgment, in his case the over bearing suspicion and a constant will to action interfere with his better judgment and still highly prosperous and well thought of.  On the other hand his intelligence, adaptability, and self confidence set him between the extremes, and reversed good to bad.  Seneca stated that Oedipus was left as &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;notus &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;nimis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;omnibus&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;,ignous&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;sibi&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, &amp;quot;too well known to the world, unknown to self &amp;quot;(Fergusson J. 196).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy.  Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit,&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;energia&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;is left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy.  Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit,&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;energia&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;is left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;____________________________________________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;____________________________________________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Works Cited&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Works Cited&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fergusson, Francis., &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&amp;#039;s Poetics. &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;New York:  Hill, 1961.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fergusson, Francis., &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&amp;#039;s Poetics. &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;New York:  Hill, 1961.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fergusson, John., &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Companion&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;to&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Greek &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;tragedy&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.Texas:  University of Texas Press, 1972.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fergusson, John., &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Companion&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;to&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Greek &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;tragedy&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.Texas:  University of Texas Press, 1972.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
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	</entry>
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		<title>Tjackson at 15:10, 28 March 2005</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&amp;#039;s &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, from his point of view, is his description of what a tragic play consists of and how a poet should go about constructing a great play.  Many times, he refers to &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Oedipius&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;in relating examples to a great play and form of tragedy.  In attept to understand Aristotle&amp;#039;s &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Poetics&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; I have tried to break it down in laymen&amp;#039;s terms.  &lt;br /&gt;
Aristotle thought that &amp;quot;all men wished to know,&amp;quot; and that the human spirit lives most fully in truth (Fergusson  10).  This brings me to what king Oedipus also was looking for - truth.  In this tragic tale the characteristics of a great play unfolds. &amp;lt;!--more--&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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The definition of tragedy is an imitation of action as a whole and is complete with some magnitude.  However, the action Aristotle is referring to is not your regular action movie with blood and gore but three different modes of action:  the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;praxis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;poiesis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, and the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;theoria&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, which are Greek for doing, making, and contemplating within real-life instances/situations (Fergusson 10).  &lt;br /&gt;
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Several other characteristics of a great play are the importation of reversal and recognition, which goes hand in hand making a tragedy more complete.  First the reversal, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;peripetia&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, is the change to the opposite whether it is a person, or circumstances where a character conforms or adapts out of necessity or probable cause (Fergusson 16).   The second, recognition, takes place when there is a change frome ignorance to knowledge that leads to a possible opposite outcome (Fergusson 72 ).  The use of both of these characteristics stated by Aristotle was that &amp;quot;the best is that which arises from the incident themselves, where the startling discovery is made by natural means&amp;quot; (Fergusson 17 ).&lt;br /&gt;
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The tragic hero, again take King Oedipus as example, he is a person in between the extremes and allowed the, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;hamaritia&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, error in judgment, in his case the over bearing suspicion and a constant will to action interfere with his better judgment and still highly prosperous and well thought of.  On the other hand his intelligence, adaptability, and self confidence set him between the extremes, and reversed good to bad.  Seneca stated that Oedipus was left as &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;notus &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;nimis&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;omnibus&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;,ignous&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;sibi&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, &amp;quot;too well known to the world, unknown to self &amp;quot;(Fergusson J. 196).&lt;br /&gt;
Precariously enough the play that ends in an unhappy tone is just what Aristotle thought was a great tragedy.  Therefore, if our own psych suffers in a way that cannot be controlled or understood and our spirit,&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;energia&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;is left unsettled then we could have experienced a tale of tragedy, leaving us shocked, thrilled, and in awe of what just took place. &lt;br /&gt;
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Works Cited&lt;br /&gt;
Fergusson, Francis., &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Aristotle&amp;#039;s Poetics. &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;New York:  Hill, 1961. &lt;br /&gt;
Fergusson, John., &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;A&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Companion&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;to&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Greek &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;tragedy&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;.Texas:  University of Texas Press, 1972.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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