Profound Text.
Non mortem timemus, sed cogitationem mortis
For the past couple weeks, the primary area of study has been focused on tragedy. I think I have a pretty firm grasp on what makes up a literary tragedy; what it's about and what usually goes on inside a tragic story. The most profound thing I have learned regarding the significance of the tragic arts is that the story is supposed to teach a lesson that reveals some truth about human nature, be it the response of the main hero to whatever tragic thing that happens to him or her, or the audience's sympathy to the characters. Personally, while I can see this happening and see why it is important, this is seems to apply to me only partially. Throughout this tragedy unit, the things that I have learned from the most have been the TED talks and the and the documents explaining what tragedy is. I think this is both good and bad. The good part comes from the fact that I learned something. The bad part comes from how I don't think I learned much from the actual tragedy piece we have read so far, Oedipus Rex. While Oedipus was a good example of what I have learned about tragedy, I don't feel that I have learned any new profound truths about human nature. Whether this stems from me being not yet able to comprehend the message in Oedipus or me already having known the message and not realizing it, I don't know. This is something I hope to find out as I read more tragedy. In terms of the TED talks, however, they helped me see what tragedy has to offer, which definitely helped my understanding about the topic.
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