How far does Oedipus the King fit the definition?

Aristotle’s Theory of Tragedy vs. Oedipus the King: Aristotle wrote The Poetics long after the deaths of the three great tragic dramatists of the fifth century B.C. In addition, Aristotle’s view of the tragic character, as one who “falls by some mistake” is, in most cases, not easily applicable to the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. How far does […]

To what extent do the texts relate to Arthurian conventions(knights in shining armor, a single worthy knight, Camelot being the ideal kingdom, etc.)?

Sources are the books: The Quest of the Holy Grail(translated by P.M. Matarasso) & Perceval The Story of the Grail(translated by Burton Raffel). Questions that need to be answered: How are Arthur and/or his knights depicted? To what extent do the texts relate to Arthurian conventions(knights in shining armor, a single worthy knight, Camelot being the ideal kingdom, etc.)?What role, […]

What do Jigs words to her companion in Hemingway’s Hills like White Elephants tell you about the pattern of their lives together?

What do Jigs words to her companion in Hemingway’s Hills like White Elephants tell you about the pattern of their lives together? In particular, why does Jig want her companion to please please please please please please please stop talking? That is, why does she want him to stop talking, and why does she say please over and repeatedly? -compose […]