Study of conflict between fate and man in the Greek tragedy.doc

Study of conflict between fate and man in the Greek tragedy abstract: The subjects of the Greek tragedy are mostly from the myths and legends destiny is the most important clue that runs through the script, using conflict and struggle of deified heroes and the tortuous fate. Therefore,the ancient Greek tragedy general main conflict lies in the individual will and fate. And in their opinion, Above gods and men , there exists fate that dominates everything, including people and gods. It is irresistible and elusive. At the end of the tragedy ,the leading character couldnt escape the clutches of fate and finally be destroyed. But the Greek tradegy also shows the rebel and suspect of fate and stresses the importance of individual will, which is worth pondesring over wheather man proposes, God disposes or man can conquer fate. Key words: Greek tradegies, fate, individual will In ancient Greece, original meaning of tragedy is the song for the goat. In the middleof the ancient Greece, tragedy mainly stresses seriousness, not sadness. So, Aristotle, in the Poetics defines it as: tragedy is for a serious complete the imitation of the action with a certain length. So the ancient Greek tragedy is serious.The ancient Greek tragedy is moving, it is moving to a shock. Later, tragedy gradually became the highest form of a dramatic conflicts, into the aesthetic category of aesthetic object. So, in a way, a tragedy, like the shadow of death, highlights the extreme cruelty and pain of the living,The tragedy lets people to face up to death, and pain, but the tragedy does not let people sink, it believes that the universe is solid, timeless, endless , and the persons limited life exists in the eternity of life. In turn ,according to aesthetics, Tragedy is to struggle uncontrollable things, and this kind of struggle is tangible that has the more intense conflicts and clear hostile between good and evil. The catastrophe of a tragedy is to destroy, a noble death. Therefore, struggle,