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The three elements of mythology such as the popular literary motif of the tragic hero, the treatment of women, and the comparing o...

the consuls, raised and met, / Are at the Dukes already. You have been hotly calld for, / When, being not at your lodging to be fo...

Carlito's Way and High Sierra both feature tragic, doomed anti-heroes and the path that led to their destruction. This research pa...

In seven pages these works by Stephen Crane and Homer are examined within the context of the tragic hero and his combat motives. ...

of all, it establishes his character as a nobility in his own right, as he is descended from royalty. Furthermore, Othellos simple...

may very well lie in the study of some of the most earliest of heroes from the texts of Homer and Plato. By far one of the most en...

a tragic character as he remembers events from his past and why things went wrong. Through this process, he seems to be losing tou...

assassination not as a betrayal of his friend and leader, but as "a chivalric defender of national honor" (Bloom 123). He perceiv...

the span of a day comes face-to-face with the realization that the American Dream has become a nightmare of his own making, that t...

In this introduction to the character of Titus it is obvious that he is well regarded and that he has a reputation of being a nobl...

is murdered, his mother Queen Gertrude remarries Hamlet Sr.s brother Claudius only three months after her husbands slaying, and Ha...

remind the audience that because of his noble status, he must avenge his fathers murder not only for himself but also for the Dani...

not apply. First, the tragic hero is supposed to be a combination of good and bad traits. Othello is a Moorish commander who has...

which we, the reader or viewer, can relate to. We see them as noble individuals who demonstrate weakness, yet still battle against...

In seven pages this paper analyzes the poem that asserts the spiritual themes of the poem are metaphorically portrayed by the trag...

Okonkwo was like that, and the fact that his contemporaries in the village considered some of his traits excessive is communicated...

Lear," Lear chooses the love and respect of his children as the highest good, and so can only suffer from loss of their love and r...

In this paper consisting of nine pages the ways in which concepts of morality contributed to the deaths of these tragic heroes is ...

In five pages this paper analyzes the play's tragic elements and then applies them to the experience of the contemporary world....

man who seeks respectability in a white mans society. Despite his many military victories and his marriage to Senator Brabantios ...

contradictions of his character. Certainly, Brutus is strong. Even his name conveys strength. He is idealistic, and at least in...

In nine pages this paper analyzes the tragic hero aspects of Hamlet's character in a consideration that also includes Shakespeare'...

This paper discusses why Shakespeare's protagonist sufficiently qualifies as being a tragic hero in a consideration of the charact...

In eight pages these tragic heroes created by William Shakespeare and Sophocles are contrasted and compared. Eight sources are ci...

In five pages the tragic flaws of these play protagonists are contrasted and compared....

The entire story of the Bundren family is tragic with its tale of poverty in the South and a family whose members are so caught up...

In five pages the exciting and tragic story of Cabeza and his Florida colonization efforts on behalf of Spain are discussed....

In a paper consisting of four pages the ways in which Willy Loman and his struggles represent the definitive tragic hero are explo...

This 6 page paper argues that Milkman Dead, a character in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, can be described as a classic hero. Th...

understanding how this works we present an examination of various individuals, illustrating what makes them a hero. Many argue t...