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Tragedy of William Shakespeare's King Lear

Cordelia do? Love, and be silent" (Shakespeare I i). She is completely dismissed by her father, yet she still succeeds in becoming...

A Comparison of Two Christian Tragedies

representative of the many generations of Church representatives that have pummeled the Ojibwe with its Christian doctrine. Endri...

Sociological Perspectives on The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

legitimately enslaved. Roxy gives birth to an infant son on the same day that a son is born to her white master. Twain emphasizes ...

Aristotle, Tragedy, and Oedipus Rex

serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...

King Lear Acting a Fool in the Tragedy by William Shakespeare

appropriate, her husband will have "half" her "care and duty" (I.i.104). Her response enrages Lear and he sees her reasoned respon...

Arthur Miller's Tragedy Death of a Salesman

dramatic action by the end of the play (cathartic release), and falls into two parts comprising a complication and a d?nouement(El...

Experience of The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare

in ego-stroking, and Lears youngest daughter, Cordelia, will have none of it. She tells her father quite simply, "I love your Maj...

Comedy and Tragedy of William Shakespeare

her husband in their youthful days. She loves Polixenes as a brother because he is the best and oldest friend of her husband. In t...

A Memorial for the Tragedy of September 11, 2001

our power to exact our revenge? Perhaps, she suggests, there is some medium-ground that would do a little of both without going t...

911 and Making a Profit from Tragedy

as a springboard for profit. It is not only criminals who try to loot, for example. Some companies lobby Congress for favors, taki...

Michael Cassio, Iago, and Othello in The Tragedy of Othello by William Shakespeare

over his military service. Shortly after the wedding, he was dispatched to Famagosta, the capital of Cyprus, to battle Turkish fo...

Greek Tragedies and the Role of Sacrifice

In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...

William Shakespeare's Tragedies and Patriarchal Structures

so heavily reliant on the patriarchal system. She is passive and obedient, indicating that she easily goes along with the society,...

Issues of Politics, Natural Rights, and the Challenger Space Shuttle Tragedy

it also became an integral component of other areas of life, branching out into political and social implications. II. THE DIFFER...

Melodrama as Both Tragedy and Comedy

retelling of the Faust legend; the story of the man who sells his soul to the devil in return for success and love in this world. ...

"Ethan Frome" - Perception and Personal Tragedy

withdrawn and isolated in Starkfield is reinforced by the next statement, in which "the effect produced on Frome" is described as ...

The Tragedy of Africa

ancient history; he was assassinated in 1961) find it very poignant: there is a stark contrast between what he hopes to accomplish...

Othello's Disintegrating Spirit in William Shakespeare's Tragedy

In six pages this research paper on Othello by William Shakespeare focuses upon the protagonist's spiritual disintegration. Five ...

Hamlet Character in William Shakespeare's Tragedy

In ten pages this paper presents a character analysis of Shakespeare's innovative portrayal of the tragic protagonist. There is t...

Dramatic Tragedy and How It Has Evolved

did not attract the attention of the gods. This was still true in Shakespeares time. The few commoners he included were never cen...

Greek Tragedies and 4 Views of Women

wife of Agamemnon who has been off fighting the Trojan War for ten years. The goddess Artemis had left the fleet organized by Aga...

Tragedy in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

In four pages this paper presents the argument that living in a fantasy world invariably leads to tragic consequences. There are ...

Shakespeare and Sophocles, Tragedy, and Heroism

In 8 pages this paper examines the concept of the tragic hero in a comparison of King Lear by William Shakespeare and Sophocles' O...

Tragedies of William Shakespeare, Superstition and Order

In five pages this paper discusses the role of superstition, prophecies, and omens in the plays Julius Caesar and Macbeth by Willi...

Conflicts Rooted in Anger in William Shakespeare's Tragedies King Lear, Hamlet, and Othello

In three pages the emotional conflicts that are based in anger are examined in terms of the protagonists behavior' and the importa...

Russ Rymer and Scientific Tragedy of Genie

In five pages this paper discusses Genie, her treatment, the article by Russ Rymer and its impact upon the scientific establishmen...

Arna W. Bontemps' 'A Summer Tragedy'

In five pages a biography of this predominantly children's author is provided as well as an examination of his adult fiction work....

Tragedy in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In five pages this essay discusses the tragic elements of Oedipus the King in terms of plot, the Chorus' role, plot elements, and ...

Tragedy of the My Lai Massacre

In sixteen pages the Vietnam War's My Lai massacre is discussed. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Ethics and the Challenger Space Shuttle Tragedy

In eleven pages this paper examines the findings regarding what caused the Challenger space shuttle disaster of January 1986 in an...