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Sohrab And Rostam Analysis

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The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam is written by Hakim Abol-Qasem Ferdowsi. It’s based around a mythical and historical event that took place in Persia around the 10th century. The story is an epic tale that is valued for its cohort representation of a dramatic conflict between a father and a son, its flair of language, and the richness of the tone. There are many great things within this poem but there are many thoughts I have about the poem. The poem is centered around Rostam and Sohrab. Rostam is a very powerful and one of the most admired warrior in Iran. He happens to be the father of Sohrab. While Sohrab is a natural born leader and a champion warrior. He got his strengths from his father. The epic talks about Rostam who goes on a journey …show more content…

Starting off with Rostam. Throughout the entire poem, Rostam is described as a person who is self-centered and only cares about his status as a hero. If he was to be compared with his father, Zal-Dastan, they have slight similarities, however, Zal at least seems to have more sense of responsibility. His flaw’s did not entirely cause this tragedy of losing his son to occur rather it was a sudden and unexpected refusal to declare his name and the power he holds. It is a bit ironic and it did not make much sense because in previous battles, Rostam always identified who he was, his status, and his ancestry. Maybe it was done to make the tragedy flow for the sake of it being an epic. If he only declared his name, Sohrab would have gone to his father and proved that he was certainly his son and none of the tragedy would’ve occurred. While for Sohrab, his determination, arrogant, and ambition just like his father did slightly affect the tragedy. Nonetheless, Sohrab was far too young to know any better, but his deep motivation was to simply find and meet his father and make his father king, not himself. Conversely, Sohrab had a gut feeling that Rostam was indeed “the Rostam,” his father. He even gives Rostam multiple chances to admit it; he tries to settle, to connect, yet Rostam refuses. This epic wasn’t as I expected it and it did let me down in the sense that it

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