Friday, October 29, 2010
Post #4 (For 10/29/10)
This past week we have been reading several readings on different author's views on tragedy and what can be defined as a tragedy. One of the readings stood out to me more than the others because it was talking about how many people nowadays aren't really into the old-fashioned Greek tragedies because nowadays we are more used to seeing more "drama," which can be a lot different from tragedy. I feel like we are more interested in movies, books, and television when they include a lot of drama, sometimes to the point where they can be extremely gory or too unrealistic. I think that it would nice if more of the old-fashioned kind of Greek tragedy was incorporated into modern media. Sometimes drama can be too much drama, and even though tragedies can have a good amount of drama, the hero learns from this drama and essentially becomes a different person. I feel like in modern movies many lead characters go through superficial drama and don't really learn valuable lessons about themselves.
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I agree with what you have to say. I think that a mix between greek tragedies and modern tragedies would make the best stories. I have my likes for each style, but I think if the good things were taken from each unique style, then powerful tragedies can be made. I like how in greek tragedies, it wasn't about the destination of the character, it was the journey there. This is different today because in most stories, we don't know whats going to happen next. Using this, mixed with the extreme ideas of today's stories could end up making some really amazing products.
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