This week we read Oedipus Rex; a poem about tragedy, watched a Ted Talk about how snobby we are and read an article about the fallacy of tragedy or more our failure to interpret the meaning of tragedy correctly. The story of Oedipus illustrated that his tragedy was inevitable. In fact, his very actions to avoid his fate resulted in the fulfilling of his prophecy. Reading this was much more interesting to me than any of the past tragedies I've read. I think I enjoyed it more because I understood what tragedy meant. In the past when we read Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet I honestly thought they were kind of stupid because everyone dies. To me that was a very unsatisfying ending and I was being told that these were amazing works of literature but not why they were so great. It was cool how I was able to approach this tragedy much differently with my new knowledge.
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The main focus of our week was tragedy. We began to really dig into what a tragedy is by reading through several wikipedia pages and reading the "Juggler" poem and response. We define tragedy much differently than literature does. I assumed tragedy just meant something sad happened at the end but it is much more than that. It exposes human nature and how we overcome bad situations. The emphasis is on how the characters handle the tragic event, not the even itself. On Friday we talked about the Dakota Pipeline and Standing Rock all hour. I get really annoyed when people who are extremely ignorant about a topic start ranting and/or make others feel bad for their opinions. Although I disagree with the pipeline, I get very frustrated when people are rude. You don't persuade someone by making them feel horrible or by yelling at them, coming to a rational decision together and realizing that you BOTH have something to learn from each other is how I wish more problems and disagreements could be handled. |
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