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by Cindy, Ah Shan Kuan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

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This thesis explores Aristotelian elements in tragic drama from Sophocles to O'Neill. It is limited to a discussion of plot and character with thought, diction, song and spectacle considered only as they apply to the other two.

This thesis discusses six plays by the playwright Eugene O'Neill considered as tragedies.

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My PhD thesis, The Flower of Suffering, offers a philosophical evaluation of Aeschylus' Oresteia in light of Presocratic ideas. By examining several aspects of the tragic trilogy in relation to some of Aeschylus' near-contemporary thinkers, it aims to unravel the overarching theological ideas and the metaphysical and epistemological assumptions underpinning the Oresteia's dramatic narrative. My aim is to bring to relief those aspects of the Oresteia which I believe will benefit from a comparison with some ideas, or modes of thought, which circulated among the Presocratic philosophers. I will explore how reading some of this tragedy's themes in relation to Presocratic debates about theology and cosmic justice may affect and enhance our understanding of the theological ‘tension' and metaphysical assumptions in Aeschylus' work. In particular, it is my contention that Aeschylus' explicit theology, which has been often misinterpreted as a form of theodicy where the justice of heaven is praised and a faith in the rule of the gods is encouraged, is presented in these terms only to create a stronger collision with the painful reality dramatized from a human perspective. By setting these premises, it is my intention to confer on Greek tragedy a prominent position in the history of early Greek philosophical thought. If the exclusion of Presocratic material from debates about tragedy runs the risk of obscuring a thorough understanding of the broader cultural backdrop against which tragedy was born, the opposite is also true. Greek tragedy represents, in its own dramatic language, a fundamental contribution to early philosophical speculation about the divine, human attitudes towards it, indeed, the human place in relation to the cosmic forces which govern the universe.

Yeung Ka-chung, Lorraine. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves viii-xii (3rd gp.)) and index. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- Aristotelian Tragedy or Greek Tragedy? --- p.6 / Chapter 1. --- Modern Criticism on Aristotle's Poetics --- p.6 / Chapter 2. --- Aristotle's Theory of Greek Tragedy --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1 --- Mimesis and Action --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Plot-Structure --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Principle of Probability and Necessity --- p.13 / Chapter 2.4 --- Tragedy and History --- p.13 / Chapter 2.5 --- "Pity, Fear and Katharsis" --- p.14 / Chapter 2.6 --- Recognition and Reversal --- p.15 / Chapter 2.7 --- The Proper Kind of Agent --- p.16 / Chapter 2.8 --- The Proper Kind of Circumstances --- p.17 / Chapter 3. --- The Exclusion --- p.18 / Chapter 3.1 --- Does Aristotle exclude the Divinity? --- p.19 / Chapter 3.2 --- Aristotle on Oedipus Tyrannus --- p.21 / Chapter 4. --- The Role of Divinity in Greek Tragedy --- p.22 / Chapter 5. --- The Problem of Tragic Action in Greek Tragedy --- p.24 / Chapter 5.1 --- Aristotle on Tragic Action --- p.24 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Duality of Tragic Action in Greek Tragedy --- p.26 / Chapter 5.3 --- The Tragic Sense of Responsibility --- p.28 / Chapter 6. --- The Different Conception on Happiness --- p.30 / Chapter 7. --- The Problem of Pathos in Greek Tragedy --- p.31 / Chapter 7.1 --- Pathos and Truth --- p.31 / Chapter 7.2 --- The Religious Significance --- p.33 / Chapter 7.3 --- Pathos and Pity among Mortals --- p.34 / Chapter 8. --- The Problem of Conflicts in Greek Tragedy --- p.37 / Chapter 8.1 --- Aristotle and Greek Tragedy on Conflict --- p.38 / Chapter 8.2 --- Agamemnon ´ؤ Killing Among Family --- p.40 / Chapter 8.3 --- The Nature of Tragic Conflicts --- p.42 / Chapter 9. --- Conclusion: Aristotle's Silence --- p.43 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- Aristotle on Tuche --- p.45 / Chapter 1. --- Aristotle and the Moral Luck Problem --- p.45 / Chapter 2. --- Tuche in Aristotle's Physics --- p.48 / Chapter 2.1 --- "Tuche and ""What Happens for the Most Part""" --- p.50 / Chapter 2.2 --- "Tuche and ""For the Sake of Something""" --- p.51 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Implications --- p.52 / Chapter 2.4 --- Remarks --- p.56 / Chapter 3. --- Tuche in Aristotle's Two Ethics --- p.57 / Chapter 3.1 --- Tuche in Eudemian Ethics -- Natural Impulse in the Soul --- p.58 / Chapter 3.2 --- Tuche in Nicomachean Ethics: External Goods and Tuche; Happiness and Blessedness --- p.65 / Chapter 4. --- Tuche in Aristotle's Poetics --- p.78 / Chapter 4.1 --- Hamartia - A Cause in Human Terms --- p.80 / Chapter 4.2 --- Errors and Misfortune --- p.82 / Chapter 5. --- Conclusion: Aristotle's Silence on Tuche in Greek Tragedy --- p.85 / Chapter Chapter Four: --- Tuche in Greek Tragedy --- p.88 / Chapter 1. --- A Deeper Sense of Exposition --- p.88 / Chapter 2. --- Tuche as a Goddess --- p.90 / Chapter 3. --- Tuche and Moira in Greek Tragedy -- The Religious Significance --- p.92 / Chapter 3.1 --- Tuche and Moira in Oedipus Tyrannus --- p.94 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Problem of Necessary Chance --- p.97 / Chapter 4. --- Tuche in Oedipus Tyrannus --- p.99 / Chapter 4.1 --- Tuche and Sophoclean Irony --- p.99 / Chapter 4.2 --- Tuche abd Oedipus --- p.103 / Chapter 5. --- Tuche in Euripides' Tragedies --- p.105 / Chapter 5.1 --- Tuche in Heracles --- p.106 / Chapter 5.2 --- Ironic Unconcern - The Tragic Response to Tuche --- p.109 / Chapter 6. --- The Tragic Views --- p.113 / Chapter 6.1 --- The Tragic Views on Man - The Mortal Limitation --- p.114 / Chapter 6.2 --- The Role of the Messenger --- p.115 / Chapter 6.3 --- The Symbolic Meaning of Nature (Physis) --- p.119 / Chapter 7. --- Conclusion: Tuche and Nature --- p.123 / Chapter Chapter Five: --- Tragedy and Philosophy --- p.125 / Chapter 1. --- From Particular to Universal -- The Significance of the Chorus --- p.125 / Chapter 2. --- The Different Way of Formulation Question --- p.129 / Chapter 3. --- The Different Conception Truth - Plato's Simile of the Cave and Oedipus Tyrannus --- p.130 / Chapter 4. --- Conclusion: Greek Tragedy as Philosophy --- p.132 / Chapter Chapter Six: --- Conclusion --- p.133 / Appendix: Related Pictures / Chapter 1. --- The Image of Goddess Tuche (of Antioch) on a Coin --- p.i / Chapter 2. --- The Image of Goddess Tuche (of Ephseus) on a Coin --- p.i / Chapter 3. --- Athena Between Two Warriors --- p.ii / Chapter 4. --- Oedipus and Sphinx --- p.ii / Chapter 5. --- The Images of Achilles and Priam in a Vase Painting --- p.iii / Chapter 6. --- The Images of Achilles and Priam in a Vase Painting --- p.iv / Chapter 7. --- The Images of Ajax and Odysseus in a Vase Painting: Side A: argument between Odysseus and Aja over the possession of the arms of Achilles --- p.x v / Chapter 8. --- Side B: the casting of votes to award the arms --- p.vi / Chapter 9. --- Tondo: Tecmessa covers body of Ajax --- p.vii / Bibliography --- p.viii / Index --- p.xii / Acknowledgement --- p.xv