Epic/Saga A long, narrative form In the epic, The Iliad, The Lord of the of poetry that typically the poem starts off saga qualifies as an focuses on the struggle typically with this epic as it followsa hero and journey of a hero invocation to the on his journey whose who often reflects a muse: "Sing, Goddess, actions affect a grand specific culture or sing of the rage of mass of nations. It also people and whose Achilles, son of begins with something actions affect a nation. Peleus— very similar to an Starting with an invocation: "Three that murderous invocation to the muse Rings for the which condemned to inspire the poet and under the sky, Achaeans often in mideas res, Seven for the most epics use an in their halls of to countless agonies elevated style of stone, and threw many language. (Graham 5) warrior souls Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, deep into Hades, leaving their dead One for the Dark Lord bodies on his dark throne carrion food for dogs In the Land of Mordor and birds— the Shadows lie. all in fulfilment of the One Ring to rule them will of Zeus" (Iliad). all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie" (Lord of the Rings). +tragedy A serious play in Shakespeare’s Hamlet The story of the Titanic the main character, possesses vital is a modern- day usually a hero who has elements of a tragedy example of a tragedy in a tragic flaw, goes as Hamlet’s cautious that the tragic flaw was through a series of nature and inability to every passenger’s events culminating in a act is his tragic flaw overconfidence that the final tragic event that and Hamlet’s tragic ship was unsinkable brings the main error is when Hamlet and due to this, less character's downfall. "accidentally" stabs precautionary measures Traditionally, a tragedy Polonius and this were taken which is composed of five ultimately causes his ultimately led the ship to
Epic/Saga A long, narrative form of poetry that typically focuses on the struggle and journey of a hero who often reflects a specific culture or people and whose actions affect a nation. Starting with an invocation to the muse to inspire the poet and often in mideas res, most epics use an elevated style of language. (Graham 5) In the epic, The Iliad, the poem starts off typically with this invocation to the muse: "Sing, Goddess, sing of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus— that murderous which condemned Achaeans to countless agonies and threw many warrior souls deep into Hades, leaving their dead bodies carrion food for dogs and birds— all in fulfilment of the will of Zeus" (Iliad). The Lord of the saga qualifies as an epic as it followsa hero on his journey whose actions affect a grand mass of nations. It also begins with something very similar to an invocation: "Three Rings for the under the sky, Seven for the in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie" (Lord of the Rings). +tragedy A serious play in the main character, usually a hero who has a tragic flaw, goes through a series of events culminating in a final tragic event that brings the main character's downfall. Traditionally, a tragedy is composed of five Shakespeare’s Hamlet possesses vital elements of a tragedy as Hamlet’s cautious nature and inability to act is his tragic flaw and Hamlet’s tragic error is when Hamlet "accidentally" stabs Polonius and this ultimately causes his The story of the Titanic is a modern- day example of a tragedy in that the tragic flaw was every passenger’s overconfidence that the ship was unsinkable and due to this, less precautionary measures were taken which ultimately led the ship to
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