"The closest thing I know to the feeling at the end of a tragedy is the one that comes with the sudden, unexpected appearance of something beautiful"
-- Joe Sachs, scholar and translator of Aristotle.
-- Joe Sachs, scholar and translator of Aristotle.
Which of three plays we've read in the last two months best fulfills Joe Sachs' definition of the feeling at the end of a tragedy? Explain your response to this two parted question. I also invite you to nominate any film or book you've ever seen or read as a tragedy that offers the sudden, unexpected appearance of something beautiful.
AND...
Who best fulfills criteria for tragic hero?
Troy Maxson? Willy Loman? Tom Wingfield? You explain.
Troy Maxson? Willy Loman? Tom Wingfield? You explain.
