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Arna W. Bontemps' 'A Summer Tragedy'

In five pages a biography of this predominantly children's author is provided as well as an examination of his adult fiction work....

Analytical Thematic Review of The Revenger's Tragedy

In four pages a thematic analysis of The Revenger's Tragedy is presented. There is no bibliography included....

Aristotle and Greek Tragedy

Poetics by Aristotle is used as a springboard for this topic. Aristotle's take on tragedy is the focus of this paper. This five ...

Classical Tragedies of Greece

In five pages this paper examines the uses of the chorus and repeating themes in the classical tragedies of Euripides, Sophocles, ...

Tragedy in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

In four pages this paper presents the argument that living in a fantasy world invariably leads to tragic consequences. There are ...

Tragedy in Metamorphoses of Ovid

In five pages this paper examines the tragedy that is evident in 'Pyramus and Thisbe' and 'Apollo and Daphne' Metamorphoses by Ovi...

Marxism and the Tragedy of Okonkwo

Okonkwos, as seen in the words of another author who notes, "The labour of colonial peoples was exploited on plantations and in mi...

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...

Melodrama as Both Tragedy and Comedy

retelling of the Faust legend; the story of the man who sells his soul to the devil in return for success and love in this world. ...

Quotation Analysis from The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche

of drives," not all of which are conscious and some of which are not, strictly speaking, even rational (Zuckert 87). In "The Birth...

Auschwitz and Triumph Over Tragedy

In a paper consisting of seven pages the strength of character that it took to survive Auschwitz and those both great and small, o...

Lord and Lady Macbeth's Relationship in William Shakespeare's Tragedy

man, a brave men, but still a relatively simple man who is not consumed with the desire to be more. He may be curious, even tempte...

Tragedy Concepts

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

Tragedy in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

have so much to offer is a sad state of affairs. Laura is Amandas daughter. Laura also is forced to...

The Challenger Tragedy from a Consultant Perspective

In eight pages this research paper considers how a consultant would examine the Thiokol and NASA structural organizations that wer...

Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of King Lear compared and contrasted with Kurosawa’s Ran and

In this essay which contains three sources and five pages, the writer compares and contrasts the film of Akira Kurosawa called RAN...

Tragedy in Death Of A Salesman and Antigone

This 5 page paper focuses on the lead characters Antigone and Willy Loman then branches out to ancillary characters to establish h...

The Tragedy of King Richard III by William Shakespeare and the Evil Protagonist

In five pages this paper presents a psychological analysis of Shakespeare's evil protagonist Richard III....

Shakespeare and Sophocles, Tragedy, and Heroism

In 8 pages this paper examines the concept of the tragic hero in a comparison of King Lear by William Shakespeare and Sophocles' O...

Comedy and Tragedy of William Shakespeare

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...

Theories of Tragedy from Aristotle to Freud

audience feel watching a tragedy" ("Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotles Poetics"). The audience has to feel something significant ...

Othello's Elements of Tragedy

Bards most impressive works, and for many, the archetypal ideal of a narrative "tragedy". The reason behind Othellos reputation is...

The Aristotelian Tragedy of Othello

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

Greek Tragedy and Naturalist Theater

in drama, as well as two of the most destructive. This paper compares and contrasts the plays that bear their names. Discussion H...

The Tragedy of Africa

ancient history; he was assassinated in 1961) find it very poignant: there is a stark contrast between what he hopes to accomplish...

David Hwang's M. Butterfly: Power + Art = Tragedy

The influence of power and art on the play as conveyed through Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly is analyzed in a paper con...

Death of a Salesman, Hamlet, as Aristotelian Tragedies

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

"Ethan Frome" - Perception and Personal Tragedy

withdrawn and isolated in Starkfield is reinforced by the next statement, in which "the effect produced on Frome" is described as ...

Tragedy as Defined by Aristotle

upon the very nature of man to enjoy learning something about others and in return about him or herself. In this way, he argues, w...

Experience of The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare

in ego-stroking, and Lears youngest daughter, Cordelia, will have none of it. She tells her father quite simply, "I love your Maj...