The Philosophy and Psychology of Sophocles’s Antigone and The Eumenides

The Philosophy and Psychology of Sophocless Antigone and The vehemence in Aeschylus Oresteia There is a consensus among readers of the rime or plays written in the fifth century that the plays succeed with animate profound movement on the audience. The methods or reasons for the reader to be moved by a text are often disputed. Specific to tragic full treatment the concepts of philosophy and psychology are critical elements to understand the event of the stirred emotions of individuals who receipt to classical tragedies in a similar manner. Philosophy helps to understand why and psychology how poetry affects and moves human emotion. Philosophy and poetry are united by a common intent. Each searches for an business relationship of universal ideals instead of concentrating on the particular. Aristotle described this idea in the Poetics, Poetry, therefore, is a more philosophical and a high thing than history for poetry tends to express the universal, history the p articular (Aristotle, 68). Sophocless Antigone and The Eumenides in Aeschylus Oresteia are examples that demonstrate the use of poetry as an explanation of the universal. Antigone deals with the struggle of Antigone, who sought to heed the moral obligation of burying her fall brother and the dictation of Creon not to bury him. Creons dictation represents the particular. Described by Antigone his declaration develops from Creon being the, Lucky tyrantthe perquisites of major power Ruthless power to do and say whatever pleases them (Sophocles, 84). The declaration is seen not to follow the universal cause but it is specific to situation that Polynices had died while attacking Thebes. Antigone insistent to obey the universal code that sh... ...age (Knox, 137). Sophocles, like many poets, understood the dependence of poetry on its ability to successful implement both philosophy and psychology to their work. kit and boodle CitedAeschylus. The Oresteia Agamemnon, The Liba tion Bearers, The Eumenides. Trans. Robert Fagles. juvenile York Penguin Books, 1977. Aristotle. Aristotles Poetics. Trans. S. H. Butcher. sweet York Hill and Wang, 1961.Euripides. Ten Plays Electra and Iphigenia at Aulis. Trans. Moses Hadas and John McLean. New York Bantam Books, 1981. Knox, Bernard. Introduction and Notes. Three Theban Plays Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus. By Sophocles. Trans. Robert Fagles. New York Penguin Classics, 1984. 131-53. Sophocles. Three Theban Plays Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus. Trans. Robert Fagles. New York Penguin Classics, 1984. The Philosophy and Psychology of Sophocless Antigone and The EumenidesThe Philosophy and Psychology of Sophocless Antigone and The Eumenides in Aeschylus Oresteia There is a consensus among readers of the poetry or plays written in the fifth century that the plays succeed with inspiring profound movement on the audience. The methods or reasons fo r the reader to be moved by a text are often disputed. Specific to tragic works the concepts of philosophy and psychology are critical elements to understand the cause of the stirred emotions of individuals who response to classical tragedies in a similar manner. Philosophy helps to understand why and psychology how poetry affects and moves human emotion. Philosophy and poetry are united by a common intent. Each searches for an explanation of universal ideals instead of concentrating on the particular. Aristotle described this idea in the Poetics, Poetry, therefore, is a more philosophical and a higher thing than history for poetry tends to express the universal, history the particular (Aristotle, 68). Sophocless Antigone and The Eumenides in Aeschylus Oresteia are examples that demonstrate the use of poetry as an explanation of the universal. Antigone deals with the struggle of Antigone, who sought to obey the moral obligation of burying her fallen brother and the d ictation of Creon not to bury him. Creons dictation represents the particular. Described by Antigone his declaration develops from Creon being the, Lucky tyrantthe perquisites of power Ruthless power to do and say whatever pleases them (Sophocles, 84). The declaration is seen not to follow the universal cause but it is specific to situation that Polynices had died while attacking Thebes. Antigone insistent to obey the universal code that sh... ...age (Knox, 137). Sophocles, like many poets, understood the dependence of poetry on its ability to successful implement both philosophy and psychology to their work.Works CitedAeschylus. The Oresteia Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides. Trans. Robert Fagles. New York Penguin Books, 1977. Aristotle. Aristotles Poetics. Trans. S. H. Butcher. New York Hill and Wang, 1961.Euripides. Ten Plays Electra and Iphigenia at Aulis. Trans. Moses Hadas and John McLean. New York Bantam Books, 1981. Knox, Bernard. Introductio n and Notes. Three Theban Plays Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus. By Sophocles. Trans. Robert Fagles. New York Penguin Classics, 1984. 131-53. Sophocles. Three Theban Plays Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus. Trans. Robert Fagles. New York Penguin Classics, 1984.