Jean De Florette And Manon Des Sources
Submitted by arieschica13 on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Jean De Florette And Manon Des Sources
Tragedy: The New and Old
Pain, sorrow, anger, passion – emotions of the heart – along with betrayal, rebirth, and death are the ingredients that swirl and mix to compose a painting of tragedy. The ancient painting brought to life by the Greeks has been reborn in Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. These movies have awakened colors that have long been used to create tragedy. The elements of classical tragedy, Dionysian ritual, and the myth of Oedipus the King are the magnificent colors illustrated in the artwork of Jean de Florette and Manon Des Sources.
Aristotle’s elements of a classical tragedy provide firm guidelines for the plot structure of a tragedy. The plot of a tragedy must have a beginning, middle and end. The beginning of the story introduces us to Galinette Soubeyran and Cesar Soubeyran. The beginning sets the foundation for the actions of the characters, their motivations and their desires. It shows us the setting in which the story takes place, in the rural agriculturally based French country. The middle of the story includes the majority of the plot events, from Jean Cadoret’s attempt at farming, his death and Soubeyran’s acquisition of the land, to Galinette’s infatuation with Manon, Jean’s daughter. The end of the story encompasses Galinette’s suicide, Cesar’s discovery of his kinship to Jean and Manon, and Cesar’s subsequent death. These divisions into beginning, middle, and end facilitate the reader to understand the sequencing of events, while conforming to the traditional format of plot according to Aristotle.
A classical tragedy must also have a complex plot. In order for the plot of the story to be complex, there must be reversal and recognition. The recognition of Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources comes when Cesar learns that Jean was his son and Manon his granddaughter. This recognition causes Cesar to leave his fortune to Manon. Manon’s refusal of Galinette prompted his...
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