Brutus The Tragic Hero Essay

I was fortunate enough to be able to attend a production of ''The Diviners,'' on Sunday, March the Nineteenth. The performance was put on by the Calhoun Community College theatre department. The play was staged in the black box theatre of The Alabama Center for the Arts in Decatur, Alabama. It was an impressive performance especially when considering the size and arrangement of the stage. Even with such limitations, the cast were able to turn the stage into a window into prohibition era Indiana.…

Ladies and gentlemen of the court, the evidence shows that, Macbeth is not an evil man; he is a good man who let his ambition get the best of him. He made a terrible mistake that anyone could make. Macbeth is responsible for the death of King Duncan, Banquo, the Macduffs, and the attempted murder of Fleance. His reasoning for killing King Duncan is so that he can become king, and he wanted to kill Banquo, Fleance and the Macduffs to protect his spot as king. Anyone else given the opportunity…

Macbeth, a Shakespearean tragedy about overgrowing pride and ambition, exhibits a theme of loss, and how each individual handles it in their own unique way. Even though Shakespeare demonstrates this through many characters, there is one which stands out remarkably: Macduff. Macduff is an intriguing character in this play, because he is the foil character of the protagonist, and yet we still root for him, due to Macbeth's harm inflicted upon Macduff which grows over the course of the play. After…

Rough Draft Blackening others happened more than anything else when it comes the time to save your name or value. In “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, pride had an impact on the characters throughout the whole play. People with excessive pride would risked themselves to lose everything just to make sure nobody would spoiled their good name. The meaning of pride is a sense of one’s self-worth and value. This can often lead to being confident of one’s own reputation. Pride blind people from reason…

of a tragic hero need to be modernized due to the fact that common folk are capable of tragedy. Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero states that in order to be classified as such one must be higher than ordinary moral worth. Miller, however argues that common folk are as or more capable of tragedy than those of high rank and has a vastly different definition to Aristotle of whom a tragic hero should be. Throughout his essay, Miller defines the classifications which he believes a tragic hero…

Oedipus the King set himself up for an outlandish life. Had he not botched a bunch of situations, his future would have been exceptional. I believe that someone's fate is determined by their choices and decisions that they give rise to. Oedipus let his emotions, and his selfish mind endanger and corrupt himself, his family, and his city. First off, Oedipus is more concerned for himself than his people. "For who knows, tomorrow this self same murderer may turn his bloody hands on me.…

If there is nothing tragic, then inversely there is little happiness to be taken from comedy. Nonetheless, every tragedy requires a hero with a tragic flaw. The protagonist being human makes the character relatable and even more pitiful because the audience is aware that his inevitable downfall is to come. His tragic flaw not only harms himself but harms others in the story as well. Works such as Sophocles' drama Oedipus the King is a prime example of a character with a tragic flaw that leads to…

and close examination of statements throughout the text will be analysed to validate his authentic honourable persona. Throughout the play Coriolanus, we gain an understanding that Volumnia, Martius’ mother, is the reason behind his exemplary war hero status. Volumnia is an influential part in Martius’ prowess and admits “to a cruel war I sent him.” From this moment, Martius strives to fulfil his mother’s desire to relish in his acheivements and states that “I muse my mother”…

The character of Macbeth from “Macbeth,” by William Shakespeare has crashed Banquo’s wedding. His appearance at the wedding would be a complete disaster as Macbeth killed Banquo. For my event, I would allow Macbeth to stay although his appearance would create a lot of chaos. The drama that would ensue would be a direct result of Macbeth’s actions in the play and his character. The guests I invited all have an aspect that brings them together, they were all incredibly brave. The addition of…

According to Aristotle’s definition of tragedy as it is stated by McManus (1999), tragedy is the replica of one’s actions as it is brought in a dramatic way and not narrated. It is also mentioned by him that tragedy is much more profound than history simply because history just state facts or figures of what happened during that time while tragedy exaggerates of what may happen in that certain situation. The aim of tragedy is to consummate its catharsis of such feelings like “Fear” and “Pain”.…