CLST 205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3-4: Thersites, Sacred Prostitution, Egnatius

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 205
• Professor: Drew Griffith

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Andromache: hector (a trojan) tried to touch son, son got scared at the sight of hector. Hector took off helmet , kissed son, and prayed to zeus that son would become a better. I(cid:495)ve argued that bergson(cid:495)s idea that a (cid:498)character(cid:499) is an chastise through ridicule, represents the ancient perspective on humour. I(cid:495)ve also argued that pirandello(cid:495)s nearly opposite idea of the (cid:498)character(cid:499) as a hero who dares to celebrate her own quirks as a way of striking out against the constraints of a conformist society, represents the modern point-of-view. Comic situations, such as that of a falling man, are situations where movement is not flexible: however, the comic is not only based upon unusual situations, but also upon characters and individuals. Bergson takes the example of absent-minded people, a common source of comedy. People tend to associate individuals with a comic character, which increases the comic.