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that ambition as somehow more significant than the ambitions of others; the pursuit of his ambition crosses over the lines of othe...

were associated with him. Indeed, his story continues to deeply impact our emotions even today. Aristotle posited that a tragic ...

decision for Olivier to choose to embark on this project. At the age of forty, Olivier thought he was too old to play the Danish p...

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...

had erred so completely, even though he did so unknowingly, his only recourse was to take his own life. In Fight Club, then, th...

an end to these violent episodes? One of the most logical deductions is that of the new-fangled child rearing practices tha...

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...

Luke 2.1 there is also the reference to the birth taking place in the time of the census of Quirinius, this was in 6 CE2, however ...

in war. Helen had no power, and no women in the story had power. Helen was simply a symbol of beauty and purity and hence justifie...

Castle that Gertrude has hastily remarried a mere three months after her husbands death, to her husbands brother Claudius no less....

the audience; and finally, it must be complex (McManus, 1999). Complex here means the plot contains a "reversal of intention (peri...

done in any serious or affective manner. In all honesty, everyone knows that there is a serious crisis taking place as it...

this writer/tutor encourages the student to reread the play, noting passages that support the chosen theme. While certainly study ...

an already contradictory situation. Consider how she acknowledges the baby as both "my son" and as "valuable property." Her matern...

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

and is not open to the charge of flattery" (Plato). While Socrates then discusses the love of youth, possibly referring to having ...

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

as audience members question the correctness of snickering at something so obviously bleak. Still, they are hard pressed to avoid...

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

have to hear; and he ends up discovering the truth about himself, a truth so agonizing and abhorrent that he blinds himself (Sopho...

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

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...

her husband in their youthful days. She loves Polixenes as a brother because he is the best and oldest friend of her husband. In t...

not apply. First, the tragic hero is supposed to be a combination of good and bad traits. Othello is a Moorish commander who has...

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...

but on their bonds with other men who guarantee their honor and reputation" (Bloom 89). This is demonstrated through the characte...

and gagged her and pulled a plastic garbage bag over her head before leaving her in a locked bathroom. Putman suffocated. As a r...

biological mother and father. On leaving the Oracle at Delphi, having heard the dire prophecy that he would murder his father and ...