ENGL 1302 Week 5 Discussion 1

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ENGL 1302 Week 5 Discussion 1 Ans

Please remember that you should meet the minimum word count. Also, you must post by the deadline to receive any credit; there are no late submissions.

In this week's forum, you may choose any one of the questions to address even if someone else has already addressed it. However, please add something new to the discussion; do not just repeat what another student has written.

1. Who is/are the rounded characters in Oedipus the King, and what makes each character so?

2. Realism can be defined as "writing that stresses life as it really is. Realism relies on careful description of setting and the trappings of daily life, psychological probability, and the lives of ordinary people." Which play do you think better exemplifies the concept of realism, Trifles or Fences? Think of the various elements of fiction (plot, character, setting, theme, and so on), then give your reasons why.

3. How does the play Oedipus the King provide a catharsis? What action in the play best displays catharsis?

4. If you have viewed the 1990 film version of Hamlet, discuss what you think the film offers in the portrayal of the play that a stage production cannot.

5. Why is blank verse, figurative language, and imagery so important to Shakespeare's play Hamlet (as an example of all of his plays)?

6. What might be Troy Maxson's tragic flaw, a term defined in the attachment on the tragic hero in the Lesson on drama?