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This video helped to enhance my understanding of Greek Tragedies, specifically, Medea. It gave me an in depth analysis of how most Greek plays are written, their general structure and theme. The video explained the universal themes that greek plays usually have and how we as the readers can relate to the play several years after they've been written. This is affirmed in Medea, as the themes of power, gender, jealousy and betrayal are prominent in our society even today. Greek plays construct a world which is flawed and is full of suffering and desire much like our world today. Medea too, is a play about betrayal and suffering where bad decisions are made by real people leading to a terrible outcome.
This video helped me understand the themes and structure of Greek tragedies like Medea. Medea has themes like difficulties in relationships, bad decisions, and the unfairness of the universe in making innocent people suffer. These universal themes still speak to us today making the play relatable to modern audiences as well. Medea is about real people making bad decisions depicting the harsh reality that we live in a flawed world filled with injustice and suffering. Greek tragedies can be therapeutic as they have the ability to leave one in the state of Catharsis. Greek tragedy teaches us to confront suffering, death and loss making us realize that these feelings are shared and are a part of a community.
This video helped me understand why Greek Tragedies are relevant even today. Emotions such as fear, pain, pity, loss and sadness are universal and can be related to even after more than two millennia after it was written. The concept of having characters that are not perfect but at the same time well-rounded exists even today, which is very similar to the idea of a setback due to a "harmatia" in Greek Theatre.
This video highlights the universality of human suffering and displayed to me why narratives written so long ago are still relevant today. Studying greek tragedies gives us a different perspective to understand the conflicts in our own lives and in the world today.
This video has enabled me to understand the importance of not only greek tragedy but also but also literature and theatre. The term catharsis really struck me. The idea of putting across themes which are relevant and important in front an audience that unknowingly ignores it. This suffering in a form of a story is an effective way to engage the audience and make them realize the problems of our world. Greek tragedies, although very sad, are yet important to understand the way our society works and bring out the suffering that are not spoken of.
This video helped me analyze the relevance of the themes portrayed in Greek Tragedy. The idea that the present is a product of ‘our actions’ is dominant in Greek tragedy and evidently in Medea. I was able to connect this thought to the strong belief in ‘Karma’ today. However, it also made me weigh out the counterclaims to this idea. Medea’s unfortunate situation during the opening act was due to her support for Jason. However, this support was only a by-product of Aphrodite’s actions, the goddess of love, who made Medea fall in love with Jason. Through this analysis, one could argue that Medea’s present was unjustified by the past.
Greek theatre I now understand creates a reflection of the society that we live in. Albeit a rather exaggerated reflection however the core themes and ideas remain the same. Suffering, poverty abandonment, is as prevalent today as it was in Ancient Rome. And perhaps that's why greek theatre and it's plays such as Euripides's Medea have survived the test of time and are so influential today. Greek theatre as mentioned in the video is still so relatable because it encompasses the basic human emotions of suffering and grey personality. 'Hero's have to be good but not so good that they become irrelevant.' To make theatre last it has to resonate with the audience on the most basic of level - their raw emotion. Should it relate to cultures or societal norms, as the times change so will it's relevance but a reflection of the raw unfiltered emotion will remain forever empathetic.
This video helped to enhance my understanding of Greek Tragedies, specifically, Medea. It gave me an in depth analysis of how most Greek plays are written, their general structure and theme. The video explained the universal themes that greek plays usually have and how we as the readers can relate to the play several years after they've been written. This is affirmed in Medea, as the themes of power, gender, jealousy and betrayal are prominent in our society even today. Greek plays construct a world which is flawed and is full of suffering and desire much like our world today. Medea too, is a play about betrayal and suffering where bad decisions are made by real people leading to a terrible outcome.
ReplyDeleteThis video helped me understand the themes and structure of Greek tragedies like Medea. Medea has themes like difficulties in relationships, bad decisions, and the unfairness of the universe in making innocent people suffer. These universal themes still speak to us today making the play relatable to modern audiences as well. Medea is about real people making bad decisions depicting the harsh reality that we live in a flawed world filled with injustice and suffering. Greek tragedies can be therapeutic as they have the ability to leave one in the state of Catharsis. Greek tragedy teaches us to confront suffering, death and loss making us realize that these feelings are shared and are a part of a community.
ReplyDeleteThis video helped me understand why Greek Tragedies are relevant even today. Emotions such as fear, pain, pity, loss and sadness are universal and can be related to even after more than two millennia after it was written. The concept of having characters that are not perfect but at the same time well-rounded exists even today, which is very similar to the idea of a setback due to a "harmatia" in Greek Theatre.
ReplyDeleteThis video highlights the universality of human suffering and displayed to me why narratives written so long ago are still relevant today. Studying greek tragedies gives us a different perspective to understand the conflicts in our own lives and in the world today.
ReplyDeleteThis video has enabled me to understand the importance of not only greek tragedy but also but also literature and theatre. The term catharsis really struck me. The idea of putting across themes which are relevant and important in front an audience that unknowingly ignores it. This suffering in a form of a story is an effective way to engage the audience and make them realize the problems of our world. Greek tragedies, although very sad, are yet important to understand the way our society works and bring out the suffering that are not spoken of.
ReplyDeleteThis video helped me analyze the relevance of the themes portrayed in Greek Tragedy. The idea that the present is a product of ‘our actions’ is dominant in Greek tragedy and evidently in Medea. I was able to connect this thought to the strong belief in ‘Karma’ today. However, it also made me weigh out the counterclaims to this idea. Medea’s unfortunate situation during the opening act was due to her support for Jason. However, this support was only a by-product of Aphrodite’s actions, the goddess of love, who made Medea fall in love with Jason. Through this analysis, one could argue that Medea’s present was unjustified by the past.
ReplyDeleteGreek theatre I now understand creates a reflection of the society that we live in. Albeit a rather exaggerated reflection however the core themes and ideas remain the same. Suffering, poverty abandonment, is as prevalent today as it was in Ancient Rome. And perhaps that's why greek theatre and it's plays such as Euripides's Medea have survived the test of time and are so influential today. Greek theatre as mentioned in the video is still so relatable because it encompasses the basic human emotions of suffering and grey personality. 'Hero's have to be good but not so good that they become irrelevant.' To make theatre last it has to resonate with the audience on the most basic of level - their raw emotion. Should it relate to cultures or societal norms, as the times change so will it's relevance but a reflection of the raw unfiltered emotion will remain forever empathetic.
ReplyDelete