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where there were festivals and dancing choruses which appear to have competed for prizes (ClassicNote). At one point it appears as...

In a paper consisting of four pages the ways in which Willy Loman and his struggles represent the definitive tragic hero are explo...

evolves to become so much more than he, at first, appeared to be as he came to see the errors of his ways by the end of the play a...

In five pages this paper argues that the protagonist of Sophocles' play successfully satisfies the classical tragic hero criteria ...

In five pages Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero is applied to these two literary monarchs. One source is cited in the bibli...

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

a tragedy due to the murder, or possible death during rough sex in the park, but the players were of an elite class. Similarly, to...

Carlito's Way and High Sierra both feature tragic, doomed anti-heroes and the path that led to their destruction. This research pa...

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

This paper analyzes these classic characters, noting the traits that qualify them as tragic heroes. This paper has five pages and...

This 10 page essay explores the tragic heroes in these classic plays. Oedipus believes he makes his own destiny while Willy belie...

their lives? These are some of the questions we will consider as we look at these men in action in Homers Illiad. Tragedy Accord...

life determined or was it the result of free will? In establishing the answer to this question, it is essential that one understa...

In five pages this research paper discusses the tragic hero classification as applied to Arthur Miller's Willy Loman common man pr...

those ruled by determinism. Having grasped the meaning behind Oedipus the King and Othello, it can easily be argued that Oedipus ...

a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by ththroat the circumcis?d do And smote him thus" (Act V. ii. 334 - 352)...

assassination not as a betrayal of his friend and leader, but as "a chivalric defender of national honor" (Bloom 123). He perceiv...

may very well lie in the study of some of the most earliest of heroes from the texts of Homer and Plato. By far one of the most en...

His pride, which leads him to attempt to save Thebes from a devastating plague by exposing the murderer of his predecessor, King L...

Okonkwo was like that, and the fact that his contemporaries in the village considered some of his traits excessive is communicated...

an unexpected remark, as if to himself and not meant to be overheard, leaving you, Othello, intrigued and mentally disorganized (O...

a cave. They make love and, from this point on, Dido considers them to be married even though a ceremony has not officially consec...

fortune / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, / And by opposing end them. To die- to sleep- / No more; and by a sleep to...

truth about who killed his wifes husband is being uncovered. He shows himself again as noble by insisting that justice be done and...

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

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 ...

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...

In five pages the tragic flaws of these play protagonists are contrasted and compared....

In five pages the exciting and tragic story of Cabeza and his Florida colonization efforts on behalf of Spain are discussed....