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Insights into Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In five pages the American Dream and its deceptiveness as depicted in Miller's tragic drama are examined. Three sources are cited...

Tragically Flawed Heroes in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

This paper contrasts and compares the tragic flaws of Achebe and Sophocles' protagonists in 5 pages. There are no other sources l...

Sophocles' Antigone and August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone

This paper focuses on tragic form as is represented by these works. Neither nobility nor commoner enjoys immunity from tragedy. ...

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Tragedy and Economics

In six pages Miller's play is examined in terms of the tragic consequences that resulted from the American Dream of economic prosp...

Thomas Hobbes and Sigmund Freud on Gun Control

In five pages this paper examines what Sigmund Freud and Thomas Hobbes would have to say about gun control in light of the tragic ...

The Red Badge of Courage, 'The Iliad,' Heroism and Heroes

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

Aristotle's Poetics and Oedipus

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

Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Fate

murder, Oedipus remarks, absentmindedly, "Strange, hearing you just now . . . my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth"...

Two Critical Views of Shakespeare’s Comedies

from disarray to order; and marks a victory of "Us over Them" (Levin 14). He further argues that 20th century critics have tended ...

Comparative Analysis of Oedipus and Willy Loman as They Relate to Aristotle’s Definition of a Tragic Hero

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

Oedipus and Antigone

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

The People Of 9/11

rarely the one(s) to actually suffer the injurious act; rather, terrorists have learned it is much more effective to their cause t...

Character Analysis of Creon from Antigone

decreed a heros burial for Eteocles, but that no one, on pain of death, can offer funeral rites for Polynices and that his body sh...

Shakespeare’s View of Father/Daughter Relationships

surprising that there is evidence in a number of Shakespeares plays that a female characters who is "self-aware" and "skillful" is...

Cather: "O Pioneers!"

she and her brothers Oscar, Lou and Emil all have to work extremely hard, and Oscar and Lou resent her, though this isnt revealed ...

The Relationship of Thetis and Achilles in “The Iliad”

Achilles is well aware that he is mortal and that his life will be brief, and Thetis recognition of his mortality "contrasts sharp...

Shakespeare's Tempest/Reflections on His World

and now Prospero sees the opportunity to obtain justice. He charms Miranda into a deep sleep and summons the sprite Ariel, who is ...

"The Cold War Blinders And The Tragedy Of Vietnam" - Critical Essay

about much of its own global discord by virtue of its imperialistic mindset. While opinions about why Vietnam occurred are as vas...

US Reasons for Entering Word War I

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

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...

Woodrow Wilson and Word War I

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

Shakespeare’s “Merry War”: Gender Roles in “Twelfth Night” and “Much Ado about Nothing”

most famous lovers. The "merry war" referred to in the title is that which is waged by this pair; as Leonato says, "There is a kin...

Considering Shakespeare’s Poetry

first case, the uniform will become old and tattered; if its the second meaning, then Shakespeare is commenting on the fact that a...

All My Sons and Death of a Salesman

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

Morality and Mortality in Hamlet and Achilles

In this paper consisting of nine pages the ways in which concepts of morality contributed to the deaths of these tragic heroes is ...

An Ethical Dilemma Situation in Nursing

In two pages this paper discusses how a nurse should handle the emotional involvement of treating a terminally ill child and how t...

The Impact of the European Black Death

This eight page paer analyzes the social and political impacts of this tragic plague. The bubonic plague not only left thousands ...

Analysis of 'Ligeia' by Edgar Allan Poe

precipitates her husbands horrific discovery and subsequent madness" (Frushell 18). That Ligeia represents everlasting love not o...

Shakespeare's Theme of Homoeroticism in a Trio of Plays

In twelve pages this paper examines how the theme of homoeroticism manifests itself in the Shakespearean plays Twelfth Night, As Y...