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the span of a day comes face-to-face with the realization that the American Dream has become a nightmare of his own making, that t...

a tragic character as he remembers events from his past and why things went wrong. Through this process, he seems to be losing tou...

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

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

In this introduction to the character of Titus it is obvious that he is well regarded and that he has a reputation of being a nobl...

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

is wildly jealous of Elizabeth (Miller, 2003). Abigail is also the leader of the towns young women, and she and her friends were...

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 ...

individual would grow up, kill his father, and marry his mother. In reality, few people would ever find themselves in such a circu...

tragic hero. Creon, on the other hand, realized his mistake when Teiresias made his prophecy. He is forced to live, knowing that...

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

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

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...

who displays unconquerable courage. In this manner, Milton portrays Satan as a heroic figure, and elicits sympathy for him. As Sat...

in the famous "closet scene," in which he accuses his mother of being a sexual predator, declaring, "In the rank sweat of an ensea...

In five pages these 2 characters featured in William Shakespeare's most famous tragedy are contrasted and compared. There are no ...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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