Blog #8

http://gakuranman.com/aristotles-moral-philosophy/

Aristotle is a Greek critic that came up with the poetics of how a play should be. He came up with what the elements of tragedy should be to be a good tragedy. His good elements to tragedy are if the play is about important people, there has to have a fall, there has to be a tragic flaw to each main character, and god's are crushing the human. This website explains Aristotle's moral philosophy. This website gives a whole bunch of information about him and many other things. The significance of Oedipus the King is what Aristotle thought of the play. He thought his play met all the requirements for the elements of tragedy. Everything in this play has the elements of tragedy and that's why the play is so interesting to me.


I haven't found an independent reading book, yet. I want to find one that is the complete opposite from the horror story of A Clockwork Orange. I plan on finding the book I want to read sometime soon so I can blog about it.

Blog 7- Oedipus the King and Podcast

http://allthingsd.com/20120615/apple-gives-podcasts-a-gentle-push-out-of-itunes/

Right now in World Literature, we are reading Oedipus the King. I am actually enjoying this play. Usually if I read ancient pieces of literature like this I don't like it and don't understand what's going on until the teacher explains it. But, I actually understand and it's a really suspenseful play. It's keeping me on the edge of my seat the whole time. In order to read this play you first have to read and understand Oedipus Myth. This is what we had to read in class before reading Oedipus the King. I am so excited to see what else happens at the end of the play! From what I can see, the ending won't be pretty for Oedipus.



I finished my independent reading book A Clockwork Orange. It wasn't exactly what I expected it would be, but I'm happy I got the chance to read it. Right below this paragraph is a link for my podcast. This podcast is information about my independent reading book, a rating for the book, and other criticisms I gave. Hope you enjoy it!! :)

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