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Scorsese/Gangs of New York

the foreign hordes defiling it" (Mattie 215). Cutting slays Vallon, consigns his son to an orphanage, and proclaims his rule ove...

Aristotle's Definition of a 'Tragic Hero' and the Deviation of William Shakespeare in His Play Othello

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

Tragedy Concepts

the audience; and finally, it must be complex (McManus, 1999). Complex here means the plot contains a "reversal of intention (peri...

The Man Who Turned Into a Stick by Kobo Abe

within the play. CHARACTER - the personality or the part an actor represents in a play; a role played by an actor in a play" (Aris...

Marlowe's Dr. Faustus and Shakespeare's Macbeth

This essay is on "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare and "Doctor Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe. The writer asserts that the centra...

Tragedy as Defined in Death Of A Salesman and Aristotle

play, I think, and maybe that is what does it. We are faced with the spectacle of all that love being lost on someone who can t r...

Is Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman a Tragedy?

In six pages this essay evaluates Miller's play based upon Aristotle's tragic components to conclude that Death of a Salesman is i...

Not So Tragic Death of a Salesman

("Introduction"). An example of this might be the concept of the senseless murder. Some suggest that this is an oxymoron. After al...

Downfall of Othello

well as a "Barbary horse" (I.i.111). As this indicates, the two men are particularly repulsed at the thought of Othello and Desd...

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...

Is “Death of a Salesman” an Aristotelian Tragedy?

achieved little even though they are in their 30s when the play opens. Linda, Willys wife, desperately tries to hold the family ...

Human Nature as it Relates to Education and Justice According to Aristotle

In a research paper consisting of eight pages Aristotle's concept of human nature is examined along with the roles education and j...

Tragedy of William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In four pages this paper examines Aristotle's definition of tragedy and its criteria in a consideration of Hamlet and how the play...

Defining the Tragic Hero in William Shakespeare's Othello

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

Using Aristotle to Analyze "Hamlet"

in thought - that is, the faculty of saying what is possible and pertinent in given circumstances" (Aristotle). The fourth element...

Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet and Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing

sexual liberties but always remains faithful to the spirit of the original play" (Balingit PG). The setting is quickly establishe...

Lanford Wilson/Rimers of Eldritch

A 3 page research paper/essay that discusses Lanford Wilson's play Rimers of Eldritch, which, on the surface, concerns a murder ...

Plato's Concepts and the Superiority of Aristotle

the physical in a dramatic and practical way. While Aristotle saw the heart as just a physical organ, he had an idea that seemed t...

Aristotle's Contemporary Philosophical Dialogue

Some of Aristotle's most famous conclusions are disputed in the dialogue contained within this six page research paper and such to...

Oleanna by David Mamet

and critic Thomas Eagleton as a "modernist literary work," meaning that the content is purposely left minimal so that it is up to ...

Contemporary American Culture and Plato and Aristotle's Concepts of Human Nature

of human thinking and an awareness of what constitutes the basics of human nature. Their lessons and attitudes are still relevant ...

Social Context of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In ten pages this paper examines Miller's scathing attacks upon social capitalism contained within his contemporary drama Death of...

Aristotle, Plato, and the Influence of Socrates

as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...

Adolescent Suicide and Romeo and Juliet

This research paper analyzes Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and compares its narratives to instances of adolescent suicide and fam...

Friendship and Marriage According to Barbara Whitehead and Aristotle

In a paper consisting of seven pages the concept of marriage rooted in friendship is a view shared by Barbara Whitehead and Aristo...

Theories of Forms According to Aristotle and Plato

In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views on forms held by Plato as critiqued by Aristotle with references made to...

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 ...

Politics According to Plato and Aristotle

In five pages the differing political views between Plato and his one time philosophy student Aristotle are discussed with Plato's...

Racism Themes in William Shakespeare's Othello

In five pages this paper discusses the racism themes in this play and also considers the role racism plays in contemporary America...

Contemporary European Drama Classification

In five pages this paper examines the social dramas of August Strindberg and Henrik Ibsen in a consideration of modernism classifi...