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Die rol van die noodlot in enkele Euripideiese tragedies
Proefskrif (D. Lit.) -- Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 1996.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/55090 Die rol van die noodlot in enkele Euripideiese tragedies Daniels, Jan Conradie, P. J. Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Ancient Studies. Euripides -- Criticism and interpretation Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism Dissertations -- Greek literature Proefskrif (D. Lit.) -- Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 1996. This study investigates the extent to which the characters of the chosen three tragedies of Euripides - hippolytos, Medea and Heracles - are responsible for their own fates. How does the poet deal with the question of freedom of the human will, especially in tragedies like Hippolytos and Heracles where the gods are playing such a prominent role? it is shown that in hippolytos the human action is also explicable in purely human terms, despite the divine framework. Although the parts played by the divine agencies have to be accepted, the human choices and actions are exercised within the boundaries of their own free will. The human characters in the drama are thus not merely pawns in the hands of the gods. It seems as if the poet uses the gods to represent external forces which unmistakably influence the lives of human beings. The untwanted intervention of these forces is perceived of as the intervention of Fate. Although in the Medea there are no gods on the scene, there is a consciousness in the minds of the characters of divine involvement. In this tragedy it is shown how the issue of divine agency can be manipulated. It seems as if the intervention of Fate is traced to that point in the lives of the characters from where a specific pattern in their course of life becomes evident - given the circumstances in which there placed together with their specific characters. In the Heracles the author approaches the working of Fate from a different perspective Despite the brutal intervention of the gods, this investigation tempts to show that the actions of the gods are not so readily identifiable with the course of Fate. Already prior to the divine intervention we find a clear illustration of the mutability of human fortune. The divine intervention brings a second great change of fortune. Hera is seen as the cause of the hero's plight, but it is especially the hero himself who has strong reservations about the gods as the ultimate authorities of human destiny. It is clear that there has to be a supreme power. But whoever or whatever this power is, the author doesn't know. Human beings have to accept the working of this force, but without having to fall into fatalism. In the Heracles the poet also illustrates the role of the freedom of the human will very clearly: the extent to which human beings have control over their lives, to that extent they can make the best thereof. Where the characters in the Hippolytos came to this realisation too late, the Heracles shows that it is the positive exercise of this free will that can make a difference in human lives - difference between hope and despair, ultimately a difference between life and death. Doctoral 2012-08-27T11:36:53Z 2012-08-27T11:36:53Z 1996 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/55090 af Stellenbosch University 215 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Euripides -- Criticism and interpretation Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism Dissertations -- Greek literature Daniels, Jan Die rol van die noodlot in enkele Euripideiese tragedies |
| title | Die rol van die noodlot in enkele Euripideiese tragedies |
| title_full | Die rol van die noodlot in enkele Euripideiese tragedies |
| title_fullStr | Die rol van die noodlot in enkele Euripideiese tragedies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Die rol van die noodlot in enkele Euripideiese tragedies |
| title_short | Die rol van die noodlot in enkele Euripideiese tragedies |
| title_sort | die rol van die noodlot in enkele euripideiese tragedies |
| topic | Euripides -- Criticism and interpretation Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism Dissertations -- Greek literature |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/55090 |
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