CAS WR 100 Chapter 5-6: Chapter 5-6 Reading notes
8 Feb 2018
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Painting seventeen by sharon e. cooper depicts thirty-year-old saskia painting her seventeen- year-old self. As the painting comes to life, the painter and painting, respectively named thirty and. Seventeen, converse about themes of growing up and loss in hope. This pessimistic play ends with thirty leaving seventeen and returns to her colorless life. This discouraging ending and somber tone hence classifies the play as a modern tragedy according to arthur miller. Painting seventeen innovatively illustrates the common man"s relationship with internal themes of tragedy through saskia"s two fa ades: Seventeen being the classical tragic hero, and thirty portraying the common man shaped by reality. According to arthur miller"s tragedy and the common man , a tragic hero exhibits a seemingly non-crucial tragic flaw, attempt[s] to gain [her] rightful" position in [her] society , (miller, 267-268) and despite her failure, depicts the indestructible will of man to achieve his humanity (miller,
