Looking Back on the Week

As the tragic hero unit came to a close, the last of the groups presented and a closing lecture was given. I really enjoyed the presentations given by all the groups and was fascinated by how the story lines of all the movies could be so different but still follow the tragic hero cycle precisely. The lecture by our teacher really made me realize how Aristotelian tragedy connects so much to today's society. There are movies being made everyday that exemplify the tragic hero. Like the Greeks that went to the theater to see tragedies like Oedipus Rex to grow as a human being, society today goes to movie theaters and watches a contemporary tragedy that hopefully makes us leave as slightly changed people. This unit has really furthered my awareness on how literature truly is a huge component in society and how it has changed the world.

Now that tragedy, a some what depressing topic, has come to an end, we are taking a turn for an even darker subject... hell. I am a little excited to read more about the scary place in Dante's Inferno, but I have a feeling this class will be dreary which kind of brings down my mood. So far we have only written an "inventory" on what our personal hell would be like. I wrote about how every soul would be punished differently according to their sin. I also created the hell to have no escape; once you are put there, there is no getting out. It was fun in a way that we could be like God inventing a place that punished bad souls. I don't know what our assignment will be for the Dante's Inferno unit but for the most part I am excited.