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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...

condition involves the paradoxical feeling on the part of the spectator that what has happened could not have happened otherwise, ...

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

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...

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

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

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...

of the Soul Jonathan Lear describes the knowledge someone has regarding something already known as knowingness. This is developed...

of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...

the disease is the god Apollos punishment because the murder of the kings predecessor, Laius, has not been properly punished. He ...

he has heard the dreadful prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus meets Laius on the road, becomes enr...

his infant son, Oedipus, die from exposure on a mountainside. The baby Oedipus was subsequently found and raised by the rulers of ...

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

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...

with a trio of witch siblings (described in the text as the weird sisters), who issue this prediction to the Thane: THIRD WITCH. A...

Antigone is a rebel who is willing to defy King Creon in order to accord her brother Polynices with the proper burial his twin Ete...

quest for the Holy Grail that were considered by filmmaker Terry Gilliam and screenwriter Richard LaGravenese in the 1991 movie Th...

my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe. Cen...

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

bathhouse (Ebert, 2002). By indulging themselves with the food, Chihiros parents are transformed into pigs. Osmond (2003) points o...

that should be born to him by me" (Sophocles). This tragic portent would surely have put most couples who believed in fate off of...

Furthermore, there are certain commonalties that run through the storylines of all epic writing. Examples of such include heroism,...

calls on the various gods (including Triple Artemis, in her aspects as huntress, moon-goddess, and goddess of dark sorcery), to sa...

others, or more intelligent than others. In short, there must be some element which somehow sets him above the average man, but ye...

modern cultures to view the character of Antigone as a perfect example of heroic resistance to tyranny, the play is not a politica...

The writer argues that Beowulf can be seen as an archetype of the ideal hero, and that his deeds have come to be considered as a m...

understanding how this works we present an examination of various individuals, illustrating what makes them a hero. Many argue t...

been killed and because he is deemed a traitor the powers refuse him a burial. Antigone fights for this cause claiming that her br...

of sympathy it is first necessary to understand that the classification of "Othello" as a "tragedy" is, of course, not to be confu...