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Hippolytus by Euripides

Euripides’ tragic hero (or heroes as in the play ‘Hippolytus’) is a character, who has good and bad qualities. Moreover, qualities, which are bad tragically, destroy good ones and we feel pity for the tragic heroes and the situations, in...英国华人论坛

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Phaedre and Passion in Hippolytus

She felt aggressiveness, uneasiness, and a sense of guilt as a kind of anxiety: ‘obsessional neurosis, the sense of guilt makes itself noisily heard in consciousness; it dominates the clinical picture and the patient’s life as well, and it...英国华人论坛

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Analysis of Passion in Hippolytus

Besides, Freud stresses that sadism has a destructive instinct in its manifestations. The natural aggressive instinct opposes the ‘programme of civilization’ and is the manifestation of the ‘death instinct’, which is closely connected wi...英国华人论坛

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Passion in Hippolytus

The latter fact is easy to understand; the former presents us with a new problem. But civilization demands other sacrifices besides that of sexual satisfaction. Another sacrifice besides that of sexual satisfaction is death. Phaedre suffers...英国华人论坛

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Happiness in Hippolytus

As we discussed, there are two types of love according to Sigmund Freud: fully-sensual that is called Eros, and aim-inhibited that is called Ananke: ‘Eros and Ananke (Love and Necessity) have become the parents of human civilization too. …...英国华人论坛

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The Role of Phaedre in Hippolytus

Phaedre and Hippolytus try to reach happiness using different methods. They are absolutely opposite characters, thus, they have different visions on love and happiness. Phaedre loves Hippolytus and gives the first preference to her emotional...英国华人论坛