PT110.S4.P2.Q9

PrepTest 110 - Section 4 - Passage 2 - Question 9

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P1

Tragic dramas written in Greece during the fifth century B.C. engender considerable scholarly debate over the relative influence of individual autonomy and the power of the gods on the drama's action. ███

Debate · Power of the individual v. gods
Greek tragedies engender debate on the relative influence of individual autonomy and the power of the gods.
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Individual: Snell · Aeschylus demonstrates personal autonomy
Snell argues that Aeschylus (a playwright) demonstrates the power of the individual in his plays. His characters are said to make "free" and "personal" decisions which drive the drama of his plays.
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Individual: Barbu · Agrees with Snell
Barbu further concludes that the Greeks had conception of individual as a free agent.
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Gods: Rivier · Disagrees with Snell
Divine forces compel character to make their "choices." Hence, it's not so much a choice as much as a "recognition" that there is only one option.
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Both: Lesky · Disagrees with both camps
Lesky thinks both the gods and the individual have power. The gods constrain the decision space but the individual does make a real choice. The tension between the two forces is what creates the tragedy.
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The tragic protagonist ██ ███████ ██ ███ ████ ████ ████████ ██ ██ ███ ██ █████

Although Rivier may believe that a protagonist thinks he is free until realizing that he only has one choice, there’s no evidence Rivier thinks the gods delude the protagonist. The gods constrain the choices; but that doesn’t mean the gods make the protagonist think there are more choices than there really are or that they make the protagonist think there are no external influences.

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The tragic protagonist █████████ ███ █ ███████ ████ ███████ ██ ███ █████

“Heroism belonging to the gods”? This concept isn’t mentioned in connection with Rivier’s view.

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The tragic protagonist ███████ █████ ██ ████ ██████████████ ███ ███ ██ ███ ████████

The idea of trying to take responsibility/blame/fault for an action isn’t connected to Rivier’s view.

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The tragic protagonist ██████ ████ █ ████████ ████ ██ ████ ██ ██████ ███████████

Supported. The first line of P2 tells us Rivier thinks Snell’s view “misrepresents the role of the superhuman forces at work, forces that give the dramas their truly tragic dimension.” The rest of the paragraph describes how the gods constrain the protagonist’s choices.

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e

The tragic protagonist ██ ████████ ███ ███████ ███ ██ ███ █████████████████

The idea of punishment isn’t discussed in connection with Rivier’s view.

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