Zeus became the ruler of the gods after he overthrew his Father Cronus and won a draw between his brothers Poseidon and Hades. He is the god of the sky. He is married to Hera but is known for having multiple affairs. Poseidon is the god of the sea and the second in command of the Olympians. He is considered to have a quarrelsome personality and a greedy nature.
He shows more maturity and reason in comparison to his stubborn father, which is a strange contrast since it is the father that should be giving the wiser image rather than the son. The Leader of the Chorus advises them to listen to each other, but Creon refuses to be told what to do. We have also learned that Haemon was to marry Antigony. It was a fair move on Sophicles’s part to introduce this part of the story at this moment. Just before this scene, Creon indicts both Ismene and Antigony as mad, and he sends them both to be locked away for later execution.
The story of Antigone is detailed and known by many. The story tells of two brothers who inherit a kingdom, squabble over power, and end up dead. The city is left to their Uncle Creon, who loses everything dearest to him in his efforts to give unequal burial rights to Polynices, one of the fallen brothers, who brought outsiders to attack the city on his behalf. Antigone, the boys’ sister wants an equal burial for both, but Creon will not allow it. This is where things turn miserable for Creon.
Gladiator There are many discrepancies between the movie Gladiator and the real historical events that the movie was based upon. One major difference between the two is in the relationship and interactions between the emporer Marcus Aurelius and his son, Commodus. In the movie, Marcus Aurelius makes plans to make Maximus, the gladiator, the next emperor. Aurelius says that Commodus is an immoral man that should never be emporer. Upon hearing this, Commodus kills Aurelius by suffocating him.
Othello fits into the classical mould of a Greek tragedy, brought about by Aristotle many years before the play was written. A Greek tragedy is based on conflict and depicts the downfall of high-ranking characters, who make fatal errors of judgement (hamartia) because of their overweening ambition and pride (hubris), and they are swiftly destroyed by the consequences of their actions. Aristotle stated that a tragic hero should have qualities that the ordinary person would also possess, but the tragedy is best when it ends unhappily, making the audience feel pity and fear. Othello is a highly original tragedy in many ways. He is a high-ranking general and is descended from a line of kings, as well as being overambitious when marrying Desdemona, possibly overreaching himself when he tries to combine the two lifestyles.
In “Hamlet” byWilliam Shakespeare, Hamlet experienced acts of betrayal by individuals in his inner circle and reciprocated with acts of revenge which ultimately resulted in his his death. In the novel, Hamlet, the main character was portrayed as an intelligent university student who returned home to attend his father’s funeral. The first incident of betrayal Hamlet experienced occurred when Claudius, Hamlet's uncle/stepfather /King, killed his father and took control effectively robbing Hamlet of the crown and the chance to be King. Hamlet adored his father and was devastated when his mother, Gertrude, had an incestuous relationship with his uncle who she married so quickly after his father’s death that ..the funeral baked meats…did furnish forth the marriage tables. 1.2.184-185.
He's held a grudge against Odysseus and his men because they blinded his son, Polyphemus, who is a beastly Kyklops. Polyphemos calls down a curse on Odysseus and his men: "O hear me lord, blue girdler of the islands, if I am thine indeed, and thou art father: Grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home: Laertes' son, I mean, who kept his hall on Ithaka. Should destiny intend that he shall see his roof again among his family in his father land, far be that day, and dark the years between. Let him lose all companions, and return under strange sail to bitter days at home,"(IX;576-586). Poseidon’s anger is first showed when he sends strong waves to Odysseus’s location, that wrecks his raft in which he built to get off of Calypso’s island.
He was of high standing, came from a noble background, and possessed a flaw in his character that brought him to his own downfall. Macbeth represents a tragic hero for many reasons: early in the play he was established as being of great social stature, he suffered from a tragic flaw, vaulting ambition, he experienced suffering, and due to his own actions, this suffering lead him to his degeneration as a character, resulting in his downfall. Firstly, Macbeth is considered a tragic hero because early in the play he was established as being of great social stature and came from a noble background. At the beginning of Act 1, Macbeth was described as a hero: “And fortune, on his demand quarrel smiling,/ Show’d like a rebels whore: but all’s too weak;/ For brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name-/ Disdaining fortune, with his brandish’d steel” (I,ii,16-19). In these lines, a soldier is praising the bravery of Macbeth and is describing his victory to King Duncan.
He sent his troops in to aid his father in battle against Athens and Thebes. Soon after this battle Alexander became king at his father’s demise. King Phillip was killed by a man names Pausanias, but it is speculated as to why. After much talk and consideration by the government they agreed it would be in the best interest of the kingdom to have Alexander replace his father for his chance as King. Once he had his much desired position as ruler he killed anyone who could possibly take his place.
One sees from the very beginning that he is a very complex and conflicted man, and that his tragedy has already begun. Hamlet is considered to be a tragic hero because he has a tragic flaw, that in the end, is the cause of his downfall. As defined by Aristotle, a tragic play has a beginning, middle, and end; unity of time and place; a tragic hero; and the concept of catharsis. One of the main reasons this play is considered a tragic play is because the main character is a tragic hero. Hamlet's tragic flaw is he spends too much time thinking and not enough time acting.