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Example 3:

Anagnorisis is an element of tragedy that Bennett and Royle present to us in the chapter The Tragic. It is defined as a “relevation or coming to self-knowledge” (Bennett and Royle, 107). This idea is presented to us by Ryota in Like Father, Like Son. Throughout the whole movie, Ryotais a workaholic robot. He experiences anagnorisis, when he finds and abundant amount of pictures of himself sleeping , all taken by Keita.Ryota realizes that Keita was begging for his attention his entire life. Ryota says, “I wasn’t a very good daddy, but I was your daddy,” (Like Father, Like Son, 2013). I don’t think that Like Father Like Son  is considered a tragedy , in the sense that there is no observable downfall or death to anyone’s character.  The element of tragedy being defined as the downfall of a character, Constellation of a Vital Phenomena , is illustrated by Ramzan. Ramzan explains why he was tortured in the Landfill the first time around, “It happened because they asked me to inform on my friends and neighbors…when they threatened to beat me…electrocute me…castrate me, I said nothing…they had beaten me hard and I couldn’t hear right, but I kept saying no, with every breath I had,”(Marra, 325-326). He becomes an informer when he is taken to the Landfill for the second time.  Ramzan was once an honest, and loyal person. His downfall is demonstrated by his decision to become an informer, which is what makes his story, a tragic one. Ramzan and Ryota both define the home as providing to their biological family. This is evident whenRamzan provides his father Khassan medicine and food, while it is evident in Ryota, as he provides for Keita and his wife with electronics and a nice condo.  Would you consider Constellation of Vital Phenomena a tragedy? What are the other depictions of home in both Like Father Like Son , and Constellation of Vital Phenomena?