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Week 6 Blog
Feb. 19th, 2012 05:38 pmPart 1: Reflection
Reflecting on the past 2 months and this term (being the first course I have ever taken online) I will definitely admit that it's taking a lot of self determination and drive to get things done. I consider myself to be a very independent and self-motivated person, however with 6 other courses on the go I often lose sight of what needs to get done as it seems there's so much at once! It does make me feel a sense of accomplishment though once I have completed a task. I would say that personally the most useful aspect of this course is the inclusive feeling that everyone is involved. Although we have not met each other, we can read others discussions and
blogs and somehow gain a better sense of who they are. It's a bit like a long distance relationship. The other reason I like this involvement with other students is that it provides me with a greater understanding of the literature because I am able to see it from different angles of interpretation in the work that other students have expressed. One thing I would still like to learn would probably be how to look deeper beyond the words into the meaning of what is written. I often miss things within the literature which I then pick up on once I read other students blog posts. One concern I have, and an issue I ran into when writing my essay, is that I have been taught to reference and cite in APA formatting throughout my program at Camosun so now being required to write in MLA formatting I am a little bit lost and it took me a lot longer to get through because I had to look everything up and understand it.
Part 2:
1.Hamartia - the flaw in a character which leads to the downfall of the protagonist in a tragedy.Because of Antigone’s wish to give her brother a proper burial, she violated the law Creon had set that no one was allowed to bury Polynices. “But now, Polynices, because I laid your body out as well, this, this is my reward. Nevertheless I honored you-the decent will admit it-well and wisely too”. Her downfall was her kindness and her wish to give her brother the proper burial he deserved. Which in turn resulted in her being killed for breaking the law.
2.Hubris - Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance
King Creon is the perfect example of someone who has this Hubris quality. He is too proud and stubborn in his decisions in beliefs to accept any different. He is arrogant in his statements and will not accept input from anybody.
3.Catharsis - the purging or purification of the emotions through the evocation of pity and fear, as in tragedy
An example of this in Antigone is (pg 519) referring to the mother after the death of her sons, “she stabbed herself at the alter, then her eyes went dark, after she raised a cry for the noble fate of Megareus, the hero killed in the first assault, then for Haemon, then with her dying breath she called down torments on [Creon’s] head – [he] killed her sons”.
The mother takes her own life to release herself of the emotions caused by the death of her sons.
4.Peripeteia - an abrupt turn of events or reversal of circumstances.
When Creon realizes he has made a mistake he tries to reverse his decrees on Antigone, but he has waited too long and his people do not support his change of ideas.
5.Anagnorisis - the recognition or discovery by the protagonist of the identity of some character or the nature of his own predicament, which leads to the resolution of the plot; denouement.
Creon finally recognizes after speaking to the seer, that the seer’s predictions had come true. Creon realizes that he was wrong about everything and that all of the hurt and pain he has caused can only be blamed on himself.
Reflecting on the past 2 months and this term (being the first course I have ever taken online) I will definitely admit that it's taking a lot of self determination and drive to get things done. I consider myself to be a very independent and self-motivated person, however with 6 other courses on the go I often lose sight of what needs to get done as it seems there's so much at once! It does make me feel a sense of accomplishment though once I have completed a task. I would say that personally the most useful aspect of this course is the inclusive feeling that everyone is involved. Although we have not met each other, we can read others discussions and
blogs and somehow gain a better sense of who they are. It's a bit like a long distance relationship. The other reason I like this involvement with other students is that it provides me with a greater understanding of the literature because I am able to see it from different angles of interpretation in the work that other students have expressed. One thing I would still like to learn would probably be how to look deeper beyond the words into the meaning of what is written. I often miss things within the literature which I then pick up on once I read other students blog posts. One concern I have, and an issue I ran into when writing my essay, is that I have been taught to reference and cite in APA formatting throughout my program at Camosun so now being required to write in MLA formatting I am a little bit lost and it took me a lot longer to get through because I had to look everything up and understand it.
Part 2:
1.Hamartia - the flaw in a character which leads to the downfall of the protagonist in a tragedy.Because of Antigone’s wish to give her brother a proper burial, she violated the law Creon had set that no one was allowed to bury Polynices. “But now, Polynices, because I laid your body out as well, this, this is my reward. Nevertheless I honored you-the decent will admit it-well and wisely too”. Her downfall was her kindness and her wish to give her brother the proper burial he deserved. Which in turn resulted in her being killed for breaking the law.
2.Hubris - Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance
King Creon is the perfect example of someone who has this Hubris quality. He is too proud and stubborn in his decisions in beliefs to accept any different. He is arrogant in his statements and will not accept input from anybody.
3.Catharsis - the purging or purification of the emotions through the evocation of pity and fear, as in tragedy
An example of this in Antigone is (pg 519) referring to the mother after the death of her sons, “she stabbed herself at the alter, then her eyes went dark, after she raised a cry for the noble fate of Megareus, the hero killed in the first assault, then for Haemon, then with her dying breath she called down torments on [Creon’s] head – [he] killed her sons”.
The mother takes her own life to release herself of the emotions caused by the death of her sons.
4.Peripeteia - an abrupt turn of events or reversal of circumstances.
When Creon realizes he has made a mistake he tries to reverse his decrees on Antigone, but he has waited too long and his people do not support his change of ideas.
5.Anagnorisis - the recognition or discovery by the protagonist of the identity of some character or the nature of his own predicament, which leads to the resolution of the plot; denouement.
Creon finally recognizes after speaking to the seer, that the seer’s predictions had come true. Creon realizes that he was wrong about everything and that all of the hurt and pain he has caused can only be blamed on himself.
