Aristotle's Concept of Tragedy Applied on Dhuwan Drama Serial

PRESENTATION:ARISTOTLE’S CONCEPT

OF TRAGEDY APPLIED ON DRAMA SERIAL DHUWAN

Presented To: MADAM KHOLA SARA AAMIR

Presented By:

HUMAIRA MANSOOR

AFSAH BIBI ALI AFZAL

MUHAMMAD SALLAM

AMBAR SIDDIQUI

Our presentation is divided in following parts:

a) Main Characters and Other Characters of Drama Serialb)Structure of Tragedy and Drama Serial Dhuwanc) Quantitative Elements of Tragedy and Drama Serial

Dhuwand)Formative Elements of Tragedy and Drama Serial

Dhuwane) An Ideal Tragic Hero and ASP Azhar (protagonist of the

drama serial)f) Conclusion

Introduction

ARISTOTLE’S DEFINITION OF TRAGEDY

“A Tragedy is the imitation of

an action that is serious,

having certain magnitude,

complete in itself, language

embellishment with each kind

of artistic ornaments, in a

dramatic not in a narrative

form using the twin feelings of

pitty and fear (Catharsis)”

MAIN CHARACTERS AND OTHER CHARACTERS OF DRAMA SERIAL

•ASP Azhar


•Naveed a.k.a NIDO


•Wajid


•Hameed


•Dawood


•Sara


•Uzma

•Sallam

•Mazhar

•Lala


•Maskar •Salman

•Rija • Bashir •Ajmal

STRUCTURE OF TRAGEDY AND DRAMA SERIAL DHUWAN


•Exposition:


•Rising Action:


•Climax:


•Climax:


•Climax:


•Climax:


•Falling Action:


•Denouement:

QUANTITATIVE ELEMENTS OF TRAGEDY AND DRAMA SERIAL DHUWAN

• Parode:

•Song of Nazia Hassain on start of the drama set as

alaram by ASP Azhar

•Song b servant (Bashir) Chimta Taan Wajda

• Exode/ Chorus:

•Kisse Da Yar Na Vichree By Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Sahab

•Ay Puttar Hattan Tay Nahi Vikday By Madam Noor

Jahan Sahiba

FORMATIVE ELEMENTS OF TRAGEDY AND DRAMA SERIAL DHUWAN

• Plot• Completeness

•Proper beginning

•Intermingled beginning and middle

•Middle is puzzled and vague, lot of new characters

introduced and new stories included

•End is beautifully crafted, everything is settled and

winded up in the end


• Plot• Unity

•Unity of Time: No unity of time, starts on 28-01-91 and ends

after 5+ years

•Unity of Action: To some extent it was lacking, there were

some stories of different characters which were not

contributing and not connected to main plot. For example story

of Dacoit Maskaar and his suffering family, story of Sallam

•Unity of Place: No Unity of place, audience forgets sometimes

where the characters are and where the action is taking place,

Quetta, Mach, Afghanistan Border, Karachi or Islamabad.


• Plot

• Determinate Structure•Proper exposition

•Vague rising action

•No thin line for climax

•Beautiful falling action and denouement


• Plot• Universality• Class Activity

• What is in favour/ against Universality in These videos?


• Plot• Universality

•Against:•Attitude of Dawood’s mother •Usually police officers do not take drugs that much seriously•A Sensible Police Officer will never use his friends as undercover gorillas to fight dangerous criminals•Girls especially in Balochistan are neither allowed nor prefer to hang out with a group of bachelor friends in their house•Newspapers do not publish fake news as easily as depicted in the drama


• Plot• Universality

•In Favour of:

•Drug mafia, corruption and external influences in Police

Department

•Enthusiasm of newly appointed Police officer

•Love and emotional attachment between friends

•Initiative by patriotic and upright government officials and

members of civil society against criminals in their personal

capacity

•Revenge of Love

FORMATIVE ELEMENTS OF TRAGEDY AND DHUWAN

• CharactersStrong and type characters

• Thought•Every character has specific type of though•Thought determines the actions of chracter at many occasions

• Diction•No refined language but sweet accent of characters have made it beautiful

• Song•Songs of Bashir (Domestic servant), song of ASP Azhar and Sara, songs played on tape by ASP Azhar and Sara, background song by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahab and Begum Noor Jahan Sahiba

• Spectacle•Set arrangements are realistic especially of Police Station

AN IDEAL TRAGIC HERO AND ASP AZHAR

• Goodness:•outspoken, impatient, “extreme” dedication to his work, imprudent and extravert but still there is no moral flaw in the hero•Help others, patriotic, civic responsibility, work against drug mafia to save the coming generations (in his own words)

• Likeness:•Attracted towards Sara, start to love her and eventually proposes her•Reaction on Dawood’s death and emotions in front of Dawood’s mother•Hangout, joke and chill out with his friends•Reaction on death of a constable•People usullay do not involve their friends in their professional matters and dangerous tasks


• Consistency:

• Hero is Honest, upright, dutiful (even sacrifice his

personal life for official tasks), responsible, patriotic,

lively, sensible, dedicated, out spoken, Visionary and

patriotic

• Appropriateness:

• ASP Azhar eats, drinks, thinks, feels, lives and behave

like a typical police officer


• Anagnorisis:

• There is no one specific event in the life of hero to be labeled

as “Anagnorisis

• Peripety:

•When a government official in Islamabad authorize him to fight

against drug mafia and other criminals undercover/ unofficially

with the help of his friends

• Hamartia:

• He decides to use his friend as undercover agents/ gorillas to

fight against drug mafia

•When he accepts and act upon Hameed’s advice to accept the

bribe (offered by Salman-the uncrowned king of drug mafia)

and trick him eventually


• Final Phase of Tragedy:

• From Happiness to Misery

• ASP Azhar was happy on taking money from

Salman and eventually trapping him.

• ASP Azhar and his friends killed by Salman

ConclusionOn The Basis Of Previous Discussion

And Comparisons We Are Justified To Say That (For Most Of The Part) :

a) Drama Serial Dhuwan Is An Aristotelian Tragedy

b) ASP Azhar Is A Tragic Hero

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Aristotle's Concept of Tragedy Applied on Dhuwan Drama Serial