Thinking Activity : Plato's objection

■ Question-1

How far do you agree with Plato's  objection to freedom  of  expression  and artistic  liberty  enjoyed  by  creative writers? (Name the  text, novels,plays, poems, movies, TV shows  etc etc. which  can be  rightfully  objected  a d  banned with  reference  to Plato's  objections).

  Ater knows  the  what  plato wants to  say about  'morality'.I agree with the  plato's  objection  to freedom of expression and the artistic  liberty  enjoyed by  creative  writer.

    
   Plato believed that  art never  teaches  real  truth or  morality  but it  based on  fiction and illusions. Artis had because  it does not inspire virtue because it  relates to  falsehood.  There for  philosophy is  better than the  creative writing and philosopher  deals  with  idea and truth. Creative  art and   writing  both are  spoil children's minds are too impressionable  to be reading  false tale and  misrepresentation of  truth .There so many  imaginative and fictional serials  and  movies like Spiderman, Batman, shaktiman and Avengers:infinity  war.
    

     In other  sense Aristotle views  should  important as creative writer  has natural pleasure in imitation and by  born. It doesn't  take  us way from the  truth, but  leads us to the  essential  reality of life.

■ Question -2
With  reference to the  literary  text  you have studied  during  B.A. program write  brief note on the  texts  which  followed Aristotelian  literary  tradition (I.e. his  concept of  tragedy,catharsis, tragic hero  with  hamartia  etc.)

  Here, I give one example  that  followed the Aristotelian tradition.

● Death of selsman:- 

 "Death of selsman" by Arthur  Miller easily  qualifies  as a modern  tragedy  in terms Aristotelian classification  concerning  plot, Aristotelian  claim that the  plot  must be  comprise  of beginning middle  and end. Characteristic of  trag the beginning of  tragedy  an Aristotle  coined  this  section  the  climax, which  simply  refers  to the  middle  segment of the  cause and effect  chain.

- Hamartia 

  The idea of 'hamartia' is seen in 'willy' through  his delusional  personality like 'Oedipus' and all tragic heroes  like  hamartia causes his own downfall.

- Catharsis

   The tragic death of the  willy  that evokes a  catharsis  within the  audience  and great  suffering of  his. 

     The protagoOnist  frequently  suffer from the Tragic  flaw of hubris, or  excessive  pride, Willy  Loman does not necessarily  suffer  from  pride  for American dream.

 Question-3
 With  reference to the literary text you have studied during B.A. program, write  brief  note on the  text which did not follow  Aristotelian  literary tradition. (i.e. his concept of  tragedy, catharsis, tragic  hero with  hamartia  etc.)
  
   "Othello" by Shakespeare did not  followed Aristotelian literary tradition  but some points like catharsis,  hamartia is used  in his  tragedy. 

Othello:-
 The  moorish othello's  interweals, jealousy, suspense, suicide, murder  create magnificent  tragedy  of highest  Aristotelian  order. Aristotle  proposed the  tragic  unites of place,time and action but Shakespeare's  tragedy  is a more relaxed  genere.

Catharsis and hamartia:-
Othello's  a anagnorisis in the play is also  the moment of catharsis  he killed  his innocent  wife and  audience  may feel  pity and hatred of  him.

Tragic hero:-
Tragic  hero  because of his  tragic  flaw ,there  are many undesirable traits  in othello  like  his  jealousy and  gullibility. 

Question-4
Have you  studied  any  tragedies  during B.A. programe who was/were the  tragic  protagonist  is in those  tragedies? What  was their 'hamartia '?

 Yes, I studied  some  tragedies is given  below   
    -"All my sons"  by Arthur Miller 
    -"othello" by  William Shakespeare
    - "Tughlaq" by Girish karnad
   In this all  the tragedies  the  protagonist  downfall  only because of his power and personality. Catharsis, hamartia  ,tragic  elements  find in this all  tragedies. 

Question-5
Did the 'plato' of those  tragedies  follow  neccessary  rules  and regulations proposed by Aristotle? ( like  chain  of cause  and  effect  principle of probability  and  necessity, harmonious  arrangement, of incidents complete, certain  magnitude, unity of  action  etc.)

  Aristotle   believes  that the plot is  most important  elements and 'plot is  soul  of  tragedy ' so the Arthur Miller  and  Shakespeare  both  well drafted  the  plot  of his  tragedies. 

Arthur Miller's  'All my sons ' in  beginning, middle and end drafted. The cause  and effect in chain .

Shakespeare's  'othello ' also like follow Aristotle's  principles of  plot and the tragedies. Therefore  unity of action, time and  place  and with single sub  plot. 


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