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The element of Tragedy in King Lear

when she comes across her father once more, when he is mad and lost and truly a tragic figure, she does the right thing and stands...

A Comparison of Greek Sculptures

in the afterlife. The two figures do not appear to be sculpted, but are rather painted on to the marble column. The figures look ...

Calculus' History

pass another mid point, and so on into infinity (OConnor and Robertson, 1996). The argument looks at this as proving that motion m...

Myth, Tragedy, and Romance

blind lord Dhritarashtra so much that she voluntarily bandaged her eyes, as she vowed that she would not enjoy anything that she c...

Elizabethan Drama, Scriptures, and the Christian Church

In fact, Lewis Wagers 1567 morality play based on biblical teachings, The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene, presented a chara...

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...

Admirability in Cicero by Plutarch

Romans feel how great a charm eloquence lends to what is good, and how invincible justice is, if it be well spoken; and that it is...

Louis de Berniere's 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' and Cultural Perspective Differences

throughout the novel. Although they try and maintain their cultural identity through music, they are morally lost in environmental...

Acting Concept and Hamlet by William Shakespeare

who informs him that he was murdered, that we note a change in Hamlet that begins to involve serious acting. In this simple exa...

How the Stories of Oresteia and Antigone Related to Values and Interests of Men and Women

lie to Antigone because their interests/values lie in their men. While they do not want their men to go to war, they want sex just...

Contemporary Influence of the Myth of Pandora's Box

has "opened Pandoras Box." In addition to the nomenclature of Pandoras Box that has entered into todays society as a descr...

Hamlet and Images of Disease

a Denmark in decay, resulting from the marriage between Claudius and Gertrude, which enables the cunning brother to seize the thro...

Tragic Themes in Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, Sophocles' Antigone and William Shakespeare's Macbeth

Shakespeares characters that the audience (or the reader) immediately understands will not have an easy time of it. The story of "...

Early Comedy's Birth and Development

plenty of time to waste" (Anonymous astudyof.htm). As well, the very nature of the prose and movement became based more in realit...

William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Power

be able to control the otherwise innocent Macbeths actions, or if he is entirely responsible for his own demise" (Riedel Witches.h...

William Shakespeare's Macbeth and the Stages of Decline

a man who is perhaps willing to sit back and let prophecy go its own course, without intervention from him. This is evidenced when...

Classic Woman of Athens

can choose not to marry, by and large, that is an unpopular choice. While the term spinster is no longer bandied about, certainly ...

Tragic Characteristics of Oedipus the King

others, or more intelligent than others. In short, there must be some element which somehow sets him above the average man, but ye...

Crime Fiction and William Shakespeare's Hamlet

or a devil that has assumed the shape of his father in order to lure him into sinful acts. Furthermore, there is a third option, w...

William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet and the Themes of Love and Madness

Two beings created for each other feel mutual love at the first glance; every consideration disappears before the irresistible imp...

Writing Instruction and TESOL

is paid to speaking and writing the language. English classes, on the other hand, are taught differently. English teachers will as...

Lord and Lady Macbeth

was an able soldier and loyal supporter of his King. In recognition of his faithful service to the Crown, King Duncan bestowed up...

Racism in William Shakespeare's Othello

that is perverted by the subterfuge and overt evil of Iago. Examining the character of Iago is enlightening to anyone who has ever...

Popularity of Herakles or Hercules

In five pages the enduring popularity of this ancient Greek myth is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Franco Zeffirelli's Cinematic Interpretation of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

the still city, which is bathed in ethereal morning light, the city is shrouded in fog. This is also symbolic, in that its white s...

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and 3 Issues

In six pages this paper examines how the American Dream, family relationships, and tragedy of Willy Loman within the context of th...

Dark Drama Macbeth by William Shakespeare

audience is presented with circumstances and relationships where there is never a truly positive outcome for any of those involved...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Deception, Poison, and Disease

the same way the Ghost has presented himself to Hamlet" (Kozokowski 126). Poison In the end of the story we see the people of ...

Roman and Greek Art Eroticism

with a quote from Stewart who states the following: "They saw the custom as a concrete manifestation of such desirable manly attri...

Ancient Greek Mythological Heroes and Episode II of Star Wars

still just one being who is in constant struggle with his own existence. When determining who truly exercises power in an a...