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...home.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/tragedy/index.htm ''Introduction to Greek Tragedy''])</ref>

...ide of and beyond any mind, especially a sensible mind. In Plato, and in Greek tragedy, e.g., Sophocles, and from the standpoint of an archaic Greek sensibility g

...hilles]] and [[Heracles]], he dealt with one of the ultimate problems of [[Greek tragedy]], which was the character flaw of [[hubris]] or excessive pride, and in th

...ble, but [[literary]] [[scholars]] have noticed the conundrum within the [[Greek tragedy]], which is how the concepts of fate and [[free will]] are intertwined. Cha

...ention that is distinctly a theatre convention devised by the promoters of Greek tragedy and still very much in use today concerns the ''ekkylema.'' The term ekkyk ...ressionism, etc. It is not unimportant that today it is possible to stage Greek tragedy in any manner we choose though it may not be successful. ‘Realism’, fo

...and well-written dialogue. The philosopher [[Aristotle]] suggested that a Greek tragedy was well-written if it was difficult or impossible to remove a single line

...ic voice with Jones' funky bass lines. A merging of heavy rock and Ancient Greek tragedy. The song 'Do You Take This Man?' mocks wedding vows by comparing romance t

* [[Oedipus]]. [[Fiction|Fictional]] [[character (drama)|character]] from [[Greek tragedy]] who unwittingly [[murder|murdered]] his [[father]] and [[marriage|married ...people were [[fate]]d to be foolish and that human existence was like a [[Greek tragedy|tragic]] joke, and he felt that the best that people could do would be to e