here, imagine how much greater Hippolytus’ appeal is. “With Theseus away for over six months on one of his adventures, she burns with ... ... middle of paper ... ...” (Critchley 17) Works Cited Braga, Thomas J. “Double Vision in Racine’s Phedre.” The French Review 64:2 (Dec., 1990): 289-298. JSTOR. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. Critchley, Simon. “I Want to Die, I Hate My Life—Phaedra’s Malaise.” New Literary History 35:1 (Winter, 2004): 17-40. JSTOR. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. Lattimore, Richmond. “Phaedra
In using evidence from the play Racine's Phaedra, clearly exhibits the stereotype woman as a destructive force in nature, known as a femme fatale. Phaedra is a good example of men toward woman in the Age of Reason and political Absoulutism, where men exhibit the logic, strength, and order while woman exhibit their weakness, emotions, and disorder. Therefore, without a doubt the fact that Phaedra tends to have an effect on everyone that is involved around with her charm. Racine, is a well known
in literature and are often the focus of plays. While at first glance, Moliere’s Tartuffe and Racine’s Phèdre seem different, considering that the first one is a comedy and the second is a tragedy, at its heart, the two plays have very similar family structures and their stories are driven by loyalty or the absence of it. Even though the plays introduce two families that are centuries apart, Phèdre takes place in the Antiquity, while Tartuffe is set in the 17th century, yet both of these families are
tragedy in the setting of his time. Racine wrote Phedre in classic Greek style, attempting to create a Greek tragedy that had been written in the modern day. Both of these plays sought to entwine the modern world with Greek tragedies. While they each have distinctly different ways of accomplishing their goal of writing a modern Greek tragedy, they are both tragedies in their own way and bring about the similar effect of Catharsis. Jean Racine wrote Phedre based on the Greek myth of queen Phaedra, wife
literature. Conflict is a main component of good literature. If a story lacks conflict, then it lacks depth and in most cases appeal. One great example of a dilemma is found in Phedre. While this play contains many significant dilemmas, the most important one is her decision regarding her accusation of Hippolytus. Phedre has been deeply in love with her step child
In the mid-eighteenth century, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, one of the most important French philosophers of the time, wrote Lettre sur la musique francaise (Letter on French Music) in response to the musical debate pitting French music against Italian music. In the first part of this paper, an attempt will be made to explain both Rousseau’s argument for so heavily criticizing the music of his people and what elements of Italian music he prefers; in the second half, an endeavor will be made to defend
The true tragic hero: The Crucible’s John Proctor A tragic hero is a noble man who commits a fatal flaw. The hero’s downfall is a result of their choices which leads to a punishment that exceeds the crime. “The difference between Proctor and Willy Loman is enormous; the former is the rather typical tragic hero who is defiant to the end, the latter is trapped in submission and is living a lie” (McGill 4). John Proctor is one of the main characters in The Crucible. he is married to Elizabeth Proctor
Destiny McMahon Theatre Pickett, A 10 October 2017 Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt was a French actress during the late 1800’s. She was an international star at her time, and made way for many modern-day actresses. She was revolutionary and progressive, hidden behind a well-controlled façade that deceived her critics well. Much like her upbringing and lineage, she was controversial and unconventional. Bernhardt proved to be one of the most influential actresses in her time. Henriette Rosine Bernard
The Love Theme in Troilus and Cressida The love theme in Troilus and Cressida is undramatic, lacks plot interest and suspense since Shakespeare was concerned with portraying characters and the sketching of their emotions. Only a sad ending is likely since the audience already knows the outline of the story, the separation of the lovers. There are characters' utterances and actions which emphasise how an ironic undertone features throughout the play especially in the first two scenes in
Theatre is constantly evolving in order to stay interesting for audiences. As mentioned in chapter 1, Technology is a huge part of our culture today and has found its way within the world of theatre, This can been seen within many performances by different theatre companies around the world such as, The Wooster group and Kneehigh theatre Company. One of the more recent uses to incorporate technology into theatre is by broadcasting live performances to cinemas, one of the benefits for this collaboration
J. A . 1992. The Penguin Dictionary Of Literary Terms And Literary Theory. Penguin USA Racine, Jean. 1674. Préface of Iphigénie en Aulide. Editions l'Intégrale 1667. Première Préface of Andromaque. Editions l'Intégrale 1677. Préface of Phèdre. Editions l'Intégrale Suhamy, Henri (directed by). 2000. Antony and Cleopatra. Paris: Ellipses 1. Article published in Antony and Cleopatra, directed by Henri Suhamy The tragic in Antony and Cleopatra