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his carefully crafted public persona. For an ambitious couple like Lord and Lady Macbeth, in a monarchy like Scotland, there was ...
brother in terms of advice and guidelines for her life which is seen in one scene where her brother tells her to watch out and she...
her mother, and the present king, Aegistheus. The play opens with Orestes and his tutor returning to the city. The god Zeus appr...
keep him out of their clutches: "Because I would not see thy cruel nails / Pluck out his poor old eyes, nor they fierce sister / I...
love of Othello for Desdemona, while it seemed to hold such optimistic promise in the beginning, was so excessive, it blinded him ...
The Awakening is a brilliant study of a womans gradual realization of how stifling her life is, and what happens when she refuses ...
In ten pages this report discusses the play's tragic characteristics that exist despite its twentieth century setting and the ways...
In a paper consisting of five pages the differing gender attitudes that existed in the society of ancient Greece is examined with ...
Aeschylus introduces a complete reversal of gender roles, placing the character of Clytemnestra in a ruling role over Argos in the...
In a paper consisting of seven pages these ancient Greek plays and heroines are contrasted and compared. Four other sources are ...
about Rosaline. Romeo falls in love at first sight with Juliet. The two are very young. Some would suggest that this type of lo...
tortured marriage. The world of George and Martha is a closed, stagnant environment. It is filled with highly destructive element...
In a paper consisting of five pages the differing paths of enlightenment each of these characters took regarding their own heroism...
In five pages the play's final scene and how its philosophical and theological issues reflect the society of ancient Greece. Ther...
expect of him. Based on these criteria we will examine the tragic characters in Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, The Stranger an...
In five pages this paper examines how irony heightens the tragedy in William Shakespeare's Othello. There are no other sources li...
slain kings brother, Claudius. In shock and disbelief, Hamlet imagines that his fathers ghost comes to visit him and proclaims, "...
In five pages Octavius Caesar, Enobarbus, Cleopatra, and Antony are analyzed in order to determine which emerges as the most tragi...
were not performed. However, almost as soon as he has made this ruling - that Polyneices body should lay unburied - Creon is faced...
that the fact that death is common does nothing to diminish Hamlets grief. Hamlet picks up her use of the words "seems," however, ...
acts cowardly. Much of this comes from predictions of three witches, and after the deaths begin, the witches make further predicti...
In eight pages singer Hector Lavoe's tragic life and contributions to Latino music are examined. Six sources are cited in the bib...
In ten pages this paper examines the tragedy and comedy elements that each exist in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespea...
In a paper of eight pages, the writer looks at "Things Fall Apart". Tragic aspects of the novel are emphasized. Paper uses five so...
This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...
In six pages this classical Greek play is examined in a consideration of power, control, and gender prejudice and how the contempo...
In six pages William Shakespeare's protagonist is analyzed in terms of his emotional extremes, which collectively represent his tr...
In five pages this novel by Mary Shelley is analyzed in order to determine whether or not the character of Frankenstein qualifies ...
In five pages this paper examines the tragic life story of military officer and James Bond series author Ian Fleming. Five source...
esteemed Senator Brabantio. She has maintained a childish naivet? about the world, because she has not seen much of it, beyond th...