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Essays 1771 - 1800

Williams' Glass Menagerie/Role of Illusion

wall, "deserted his wife and children sixteen years earlier" (Koprince and Bloom). Tom describes him as a "a telephone man who fel...

Theories of Tragedy from Aristotle to Freud

audience feel watching a tragedy" ("Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotles Poetics"). The audience has to feel something significant ...

Marxism and the Tragedy of Okonkwo

Okonkwos, as seen in the words of another author who notes, "The labour of colonial peoples was exploited on plantations and in mi...

How “Oedipus Rex” Fulfills Aristotle’s Concepts of Tragedy

the "tragic flaw." In Oedipuss case, his tragic flaw is his pride. That flaw has to cause him great suffering, but from that suffe...

How Puns are Used by Shakespeare in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

The use of puns are discussed in this report consisting of five pages and also considered for comparative purposes are Tragedy of ...

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...

Antigone and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...

Differences Between Power Administration and Ecology of Administration Models

point in the piece, the problem with the O-Rings are duly noted and this suggests that perhaps the scientists should have realized...

Paul H. Carlson's The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877

endeavor and not one that was expected to take very long. However, this routine project turned into a disaster primarily becaus...

Teiresias' Importance in Antigone and Oedipus

grown son would ultimately come to kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus was born, he was immediately abandoned on M...

Analytical Thematic Review of The Revenger's Tragedy

In four pages a thematic analysis of The Revenger's Tragedy is presented. There is no bibliography included....

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 ...

Tragedy in Metamorphoses of Ovid

In five pages this paper examines the tragedy that is evident in 'Pyramus and Thisbe' and 'Apollo and Daphne' Metamorphoses by Ovi...

Metaphors in 'Oresteia' by Aeschylus

In this paper consisting of five pages the argument presented is that metaphors especially bird metaphors are employed to represen...

Heroism in Antigone by Sophocles

In five pages this paper argues that for readers of the 20th century Creon and Antigone appear more like victims than heroes in th...

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 ...

Sight and its Irony in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

the god Apollo sees" but Teiresias has not come (Sophocles 36). This initial perception of Teiresias capacity and Oedipus convict...

Ignorance is Bliss Theme in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

In six pages this essay discusses how Oedipus would have been more content without the knowledge of his fated life in this themati...

Definitive Tragedies? Death of a Salesman and Oedipus the King

In a paper that consists of three pages the elements of these plays are examined in terms of similarities and differences in order...

Aristotle and Greek Tragedy

Poetics by Aristotle is used as a springboard for this topic. Aristotle's take on tragedy is the focus of this paper. This five ...

Classical Tragedies of Greece

In five pages this paper examines the uses of the chorus and repeating themes in the classical tragedies of Euripides, Sophocles, ...

Agamemnon by Aeschylus and Human Sacrifice

In seven pages this paper examines the tragedy by Aeschylus in terms of its shocking thematic featuring of human sacrifice. There...

Medea by Euripides

In five pages Euripides' tragedy is examined in terms of how Medea was ultimately corrupted by her desire for power. There are no...

Patricia J. Williams' 'Hate Radio'

In three pages this paper agrees with the author's contention that racial hatred must be restrained with a suggestion offered. On...

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...

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....

Tragedy of Flight 800

In eight pages the tragic crash of Flight 800 is examined in terms of causes and changes in rules and regulations that resulted fr...

Controversy Over the Titanic Tragedy

In eight pages this essay considers the 1912 Titanic sinking in a consideration of its controversy, the unexpected nature of the t...

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....

Comparative Analysis of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie

In four pages this paper analyzes human dreams in a contrast and comparison of these two award winning American dramas. Two sourc...