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a transformational leader. According to Burns, Burns, transformational leaders are change agents, they take more risks than others...
they are also alike in that there are ties of friendship and devotion between the various characters that threaten the pairings as...
not apply. First, the tragic hero is supposed to be a combination of good and bad traits. Othello is a Moorish commander who has...
of all, it establishes his character as a nobility in his own right, as he is descended from royalty. Furthermore, Othellos simple...
a tragic character as he remembers events from his past and why things went wrong. Through this process, he seems to be losing tou...
the stern discipline of an active career" and these characteristics "had taken over the office of modeling these features. Behind ...
(Pallas Athena, Goddess Of Wisdom). Mans first instinct is to provide for his - or her - own preservation, to tend to his...
particular woman but does not possess her. Another may clearly see that the woman he describes is his. Regardless, however, of whe...
hero may have incredible moral fiber, but have a tendency to love women he can never have. Tragic flaws, if one looks at any story...
assassination not as a betrayal of his friend and leader, but as "a chivalric defender of national honor" (Bloom 123). He perceiv...
action shot at a car race. To rely on an old clich?, he is "bored to tears." He spends most of his convalescent time sitting at th...
rap artists came to be regarded as heroes by many. With the tragic events of September 11, 2001, however, we have once again com...
His pride, which leads him to attempt to save Thebes from a devastating plague by exposing the murderer of his predecessor, King L...
is murdered, his mother Queen Gertrude remarries Hamlet Sr.s brother Claudius only three months after her husbands slaying, and Ha...
those standards of conduct which generations before World War I appeared to accept as adequate and perfectly satisfactory" (Meyers...
confidant. Of course, the tragedy is, Iagos intent is to destroy Othello. Secondly, the tragic hero holds fast to his ideas and ...
almost all of them are loners. Even when they are surrounded by a large group of people, there is this inner stoicism, this inner ...
his book, Does God Exist God: The Oldest Question, that yes, God does exist 2000). OMalley seems to be addressing his comments to ...
is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...
the apparent violence of the game. In these regards we see many things that mankind strives for. We, as Americans, are powerful ...
cape and superpowers? Someone who follows the dictates of his conscience? Or perhaps someone who overcomes his fear to rise to per...
Seger explains why people respond strongly to characters in film when those characters go on a journey that touches the audience. ...
granted authority" (Knox, 1990, p. 33). Hector is a man of peace born into a time of war, and therefore forced to fight (Knox, 1...
Television has played a critical role in womens...
in order to obtain the loan. At this point in the nineteenth century, married women were not allowed to own property or carry out ...
were associated with him. Indeed, his story continues to deeply impact our emotions even today. Aristotle posited that a tragic ...
suitors, who grossly outnumber him. Odysseus himself vows that he will fight "while Ive got arrows to defend me", committed to the...
film Hero, released in 2002 and costing $30 million to produce, is the most expensive film in the history of the Chinese film indu...
In 4 pages, this paper argues that the main character Bardamu is representative of an anti-hero as well as an autobiographical por...
In five pages this paper argues that for readers of the 20th century Creon and Antigone appear more like victims than heroes in th...