Modern Vs. Ancient :: essays research papers

Modern Vs. Ancient     "We saw her lying she had made a noose of her exquisite linen veil andhanged herself. Haimon lay beside her, his love lost under ground, crying outthat his father had stolen her away from him." Throughout history swindles leadevolved in umteen ways. For example, the theaters where they hold plays havechanged drastically from the original theater. Costumes are another item thathas changed, but the content of the play has always been similar, ever sincethey created the very first play. most plays have the same motifs, and haverelied on tragedy to form the play. The play, The cause of Gamma Rays on Manin The Moon Marigolds has taken several aspects from Greek drama, specificallyfrom the play Oedipus.     The play The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man in The Moon Marigolds and bothAntigone and Oedipus have ingestiond the same ideas and they both have very similaraspects to them. Although they created the modern pla y many another(prenominal) years after theother two, there are still signs of the old style of writing in them, just likethere are in most plays. For example, these three plays use the same motifs intheir main themes, in fact they all use pretty much the same themes, and havethe same morals. Just like plays passed on from generation to generation, modernplays also have morals in them, and many of those morals are similar. Forexample, the theme of Antigone and Oedipus was that we should listen to others,and we shouldnt think that we are always right, because there are always peoplewho know more than we do. The theme from The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man inThe Moon Marigolds is very similar. They all teach us that we should be honest,and we should listen to others.     Both ancient and modern plays cuss on tragedy in the plot lines. Tragedyis used for many reasons to foreshadow upcoming events, make conflict in theplay, to show the reader the consequences of div ers(prenominal) actions, to arouse theemotions of pity and fear, wonder and awe, to explore the questions of the waysof God to Man, and to purify the emotions. For example, in the play Oedipus,there were many tragedies that the author used. In the beginning of the playthere was a tragedy because all the people were suffering, and there wasntenough food. Then after that, there was the problem of who killed the king, andwhen Oedipus found out it was him, he know what a fool he was for not