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In five pages this paper examines how a tragic literary hero is defined by Aristotle in Poetics and then applied to Oedipus. One ...

The three elements of mythology such as the popular literary motif of the tragic hero, the treatment of women, and the comparing o...

In seven pages these works by Stephen Crane and Homer are examined within the context of the tragic hero and his combat motives. ...

short temper gets him into trouble. In Book IX, Polyphemus, the son of the sea god Poseidon, decides to dine on a few Greeks who ...

complete madness, until at last Elizabeth Proctor, who is completely innocent, is charged with being a witch (Miller, 1952). Not s...

plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...

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

as a direct result of Nationalism. Tensions in Germany in particular before the outbreak of war were phenomenal (Arthur, 2004). ...

were formed as a direct result of Nationalism. Tensions in Germany in particular before the outbreak of war were phenomenal (Arth...

sons leads him to raise them as privileged beings that deserve having everything handed to them, simply by virtue of who they are....

they can stop the men from going off to war and would ultimately bring some peace. The premise of the story is a tragic one, in th...

her. Antigone The second question involves characters in the story of Antigone. The characters under discussion are Antig...

enough to truly consider them a hero. For example, Miranda is one who is strong and determined. She wants to change the world and ...

a man who has a prophecy following him, and he is a man who is relatively clueless about what is going on. He inadvertently kills ...

old families and the nouveau riche, who had made their fortunes in more recent years" (Books and Writers). For the most part this ...

lovd me for the dangers I had passd / And I lovd her that she did pity them" (I.iii.167-168). Pity here doesnt mean that she was s...

a noble falls, he takes a lot of people with him. Thats true here, where Othellos suspicion results in his destruction, as well as...

quest for the Holy Grail that were considered by filmmaker Terry Gilliam and screenwriter Richard LaGravenese in the 1991 movie Th...

"Hamlet," the troubled Danish prince is morose and troubled because, just a short time after his fathers death, his mother remarri...

understanding how this works we present an examination of various individuals, illustrating what makes them a hero. Many argue t...

In five pages Euripides' tragic protagonist is examined in an application of Aristotle's Greek tragedy formula. There are no othe...

The writer argues that Beowulf can be seen as an archetype of the ideal hero, and that his deeds have come to be considered as a m...

In eight pages these ancient Greek tragic protagonists featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are ...

This research paper examines Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and how the characterization of this novel's main character denies thi...

of fate. In the process, our sympathy is aroused" (The tragic hero). Within this definition, tragedy also is included in that it ...

plot. There is little else that constitutes the plot other than Henry and his brilliant ability to dominate every situation. The...

bathhouse (Ebert, 2002). By indulging themselves with the food, Chihiros parents are transformed into pigs. Osmond (2003) points o...

Furthermore, there are certain commonalties that run through the storylines of all epic writing. Examples of such include heroism,...

One of the ways in which Native Americans could see Columbus as a hero involves the simplicity of the man himself, in relationship...

In seven pages the classical Greek definition of hero as revealed in the epic poems of Homer is discussed....