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by some serious flaw of character and/or judgment," with the ultimate goal being to inspire either pity or fear in the audience (K...

speeches. Note that analyzing only one speech allows for a much more detailed discussion of Kennedys speech.) John F. Kennedy - I...

This essay offers a comparison between "Hamlet and "Death of a Salesman," which draws upon the Aristotelian criteria for tragedy....

soldiers, and Iago responds that he too is upset with Othello for promoting another soldier, Cassio, over Iago, despite Iagos havi...

on an evaluation of the consequences of the action: if it promotes a positive consequence of maximizing happiness for the most peo...

working class (Brown). Modern playwrights have expanded the conception of tragedy to include all walks of people in all circumstan...

of the play supports the concept of Willy as someone who is "stuck" emotionally at an immature level. Conclusion : As this indica...

of a message in order to consider their impact on the audience. The primary purpose of this kind of critical thinking is to break...

This 3 page paper uses neo-Aristotelian criticism to analyze one of President Bush's speeches, the one in which he "made the case"...

Bush chose Cincinnati for this speech. Unfortunately, research hasnt revealed any particular reason for the choice of this venue, ...

In five pages the concepts of luck and chance are defined, described, and then examined from an Aristotelian perspective with the ...

with pleasure, which is why they "love the life of enjoyment" (Aristotle). Considering this stance, the next development in the m...

also the ongoing breakdown between Cuba and the United States.3 Twelve hundred American-trained Cuban exiles had visions of viole...

There is no question that through Jeffersons influence, the United States of America was built on a foundation of democracy and li...

In five pages this poem is analyzed in terms of the poet's employment of imagery and the reasons for its complexity. Two sources ...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Hobbes' Leviathan and More's Utopia in terms of how the state and religion are dep...

In five pages with a hypothetical situation of people who have been shipwrecked seeking to set up their own island government thei...

In six pages two different yet surprisingly similar philosophies are compared and contrasted with particular emphasis on the cultu...

too saw that the people needed leadership. The general public was thought not quite capable of making the big decisions. While Mac...

positive reinforcement, for the happiest people are also those who are feeling well and living prosperous lives. These are not me...

then, where does one go? Which way is correct? Going back to ancient times, Aristotle had a lot to say about virtue. In the Nicoma...

In six pages a representation of what Aristotle regarded as the 'good life' is expressed in a speech. Twelve sources are cited in...

achieved little even though they are in their 30s when the play opens. Linda, Willys wife, desperately tries to hold the family ...

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

of tragic flow Aristotle also stipulates that the plot of a tragedy should follow a logical tragic flow. Aristotle writes that "a...

When examining ethical theory and philosophies of hope, happiness is often at the forefront. It seems that the goal of most people...

dominated by Aristotelianism (McMullen, 2002). Due to the dominance of Aristotelianism, the idea of mechanical philosophy did not...

the individual and a definition of justice. There are three classes for the state to function properly: artisans, who are skilled ...

the meditations is not to prove what they establish, but rather to show how the world of physics could be mapped reliably and inde...

personally believe on our own" (Duncan, 2003). So the concepts are clear: in a "vertical" religion adherents see God as a distant...