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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...

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

in the city in the midst of the excitement (Mary Cassatt biography). When she first arrived in Paris, she exhibited her work at ...

view. The ambitious virtues that Beowulf embodies are representative of the earnest attempts required for such characters of this...

see that Harry is not perfect because he is not filled with self confidence, nor is he incredibly knowledgeable about his gifts of...

than allow King Arthur to do this. He journeys to the Green Knight and encounters many adventures on the way. When he ultimately m...

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

a take on the play that is patterned after the screwball comedies of the 1930s, as "Beatrice and Benedick are surely the prototype...

Egyptians, whose fantastic death cult gave us some of the greatest monuments on earth. The Egyptians believed in an afterlife that...

in the audience, because the audience members can see themselves as part of this chain of cause-and-effect (McManus). Lets very b...

The murderer is fully aware of the relationships. Also, it is hard to argue that the affairs do not matter. Today, there is a tend...

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

nails and fangs that are in the middle of his mouth like a rodents, instead of on the sides like on a Halloween mask" (Ebert). For...

reacts to the presence of the men by eating two of them, Odysseus attacks and manages to blind Polyphemus by stabbing him in his e...

university-trained expert in his field. And yet he finds that intellectual learning is not very important in this world, whats nee...

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...

there are some wars that "must" be fought, they we will probably agree with Clevinger: that everyone is caught up in the war and h...

the every day people who live, work and form the community, from stay-at-home moms who mold their families, to fire-fighters, who ...

destroy Sigurd. She says that she has a favor to ask and makes the king promise that he will keep his word. He does, and asks her ...

that would make him a hero. He does not make powerful decisions and he does not truly step outside any realm within himself or soc...

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

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...

well he might be, since three of his children died that winter of a fever, within a week of one another (Shaara). He is a good sol...

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

but also by the fact that he is the king, and his people protect him rather than urging him onto the front lines as they might a y...

meanings of friendship and death. Gilgamesh was a solitary soul until he encountered the primitive nature man Enkidu, with whom h...