Tragedy
I believe tragedy is something that can be sad but uplifting as well. There is a lot of tragic things that happen on the daily that can be considered tragic but we ignore them unless they affect us. In a way that mindset is tragic on its own. People might make a joke one day to someone and that someone might find it funny. But once something in that joke relates to something that may have happened to them all of a sudden it is not funny and you can’t make that joke. Let me just say this THAT IS SUCH BULLSHIT. No it is a joke it is funny you can’t censor life just because something about it may be offensive to someone somewhere. We are in this life for a short period of time and we will all someday die and that sucks so we need to make light of the things in this life. I may make a car crash joke and am I being offensive to a person in a car crash? Maybe but the point isn’t to offend it is to make lite. We are all going to die someday and I wish we could all just say while living we laughed as much as possible. Looking into tragedy I find that a lot of plays are called revenge plays where the ghost of a person who has passed tells the character to take revenge. I wish ghosts could talk to us; I wonder what they would say. What I think is tragic is we live in a cold dark world and the jokes that used to make it a bit brighter are starting to disappear more and more.
Man That Sure Is Tragic
So on Thursday we watched a video called A kinder, gentler philosophy of success. It was a cool video it was a Ted Talk so I knew it was at least going to be interesting. This video kinda sorta wrapped into our current discussion about tragedy. On point hit me really hard was that our definition of success isn’t correct. That we should just do what makes us happy and that should make us successful. With college coming up that really hit me hard because I really you know want to go somewhere and make money but also do what I like. I’m really scared that I will end up doing something I don’t like simply because it [pays better and that is tragic. It actually wrapped into the poem that day Ben shared America. Because we are so focused on making money and that money really makes us unhappy in life because we think that is the only thing that matters. That is truly tragic to me because we should do what makes us happy in life. It scares me a lot that I might end up someday not doing what I want. I wanna make money and be happy but when it comes down to it; I should only care about being happy.
I AM SAD
There needs to be chance of success in order for a tragedy to happen. This is the most true statement of that entire essay and I agree with it 100%. It really confirms my view of tragedy and helps strengthen it. An example would be if I am applying to a college I really like and I'm just right at the requirements and have a shot of getting in there is a chance of me getting in. But if I don't get accepted I'll be very upset because there was that chance of me going to the school I like a lot. This is currently happening by the way and I am very stressed out I really want to go to MSU. But say there is a a school I like but I know very well I'm not getting into it when I don't get accepted I won't be as upset. This is also currently happening because Hillsdale is very cool and awesome and I like it but I know I won't get accepted. Like in Oedipus this is a chance that he might not be making babies with his mom but it's so tragic because he is. For tragedy to strike there must first be a chance of tragedy not to strike. Any small chance or glimpse of hope could lead to tragedy.
Oof Ow My Eyes
So this week we read Oedipus and it was a really good play and kept me interested and of course it was tragic. What I didn't like too much about the play was about how much of an idiot Oedipus is so there's that. But without him being a total idiot there wouldn't be much of a play but back to tragedy. The real tragic theme of this play is we don't control our own fate. Everything is predestined in this world, and no matter what we do we can't change that. It's a sad and creepy kind of thought I think it definitely sucks a lot but it's something we need to come to terms with I guess. I guess I do kind of disagree with the statement but only because I'm only human and can't really wrap my head around it. The lesson to learn about this topic is not care too much. I get that we should definitely care about things in life like big decisions but small petty stuff you shouldn't worry about. Like yes I am going to worry about getting into college; but the Meijer store manager telling me to stop messing with the electric carts I'm not gonna care about.
No One Controls Me Except Everything Does
This week we talked about more tragic and sad stuff in life. We watched a ted talk that wasn’t directly about greatest but ties in to Oedipus and tragedy in general. The main point of the Ted Talk was that we don’t have control of our decisions in life. A simple word change or phrasing could change an option we pick. I think that is very interesting and kinda terrifying. I guess it is kind of reassuring that hey we don’t really have the option to choose so nothing really matters but still scary. This really related to Oedipus because the whole lesson in that play is we don’t have choice in life and our lives are predestined. The lesson I have learned is don’t worry about options in life and just go with the flow.
Antigone
"Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on It's tragedy" -Bee Gees We read another tragedy play this week same series as Oedipus(is it considered a series? I generally don't know). This one I considered to be a lot better but man Creon is a total dick like screw that guy. I think he totally deserved what got to him like yeah it's sad his wife and son died by killing themselves but it is his fault. The thing that is tragic about this play is that everything was so close to being fine and dandy but it was too late. It relates to one of my previous blogs I wrote that said in order for there to be tragedy there needs to be a chance at success. That perfectly represents Antigone because Creon finally realized he is an idiot and was a cool dude for a second but he was too much of a dick before and everyone dies. In my opinion is it more tragic than Oedipus just because Oedipus was an idiot. |