Tragedy in Life Essay

Salesman. This play was written in the 1950s, by Arthur Miller, about a man, Willy Loman. He was a salesman and had been all his life, but his career was coming to an end. Willy was getting old and senile, he was no longer making money for his company. His wife Linda, is noticing he is going under and finds out he has plans to kill himself to allow his family to claim his life insurance. After losing his job, he eventually succeeds by a car accident. His sons Biff and Happy are left to pick up…

understanding a person’s weaknesses allows for the potential of manipulation. When utilized in the right way, this power has the capability of persuading people to do things they never could have imagined. Through the actions of the characters in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare demonstrates how manipulation of the naive can result in one’s success, but when used carelessly, it can lead to fatal consequences. If clever enough, exploiting the weak characteristics of the noble,…

Fate Vs free will in Oedipus Rex There has been an inconclusive debate about whether man has had throughout the history of mankind a sort of free will to decide on his life and what he could do about it or has he been enslaved by some divine forces that acted upon his own destiny. That very debate seems to be applicable also to Oedipus whose actions were a mere subject of discussion as to whether they were predetermined by the Gods or were they a kind of materialization of a free and conscious…

In the story “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”, Caesar’s best friend Brutus, is fighting an internal conflict with himself because he has to pick a side of either his best friend Julius Caesar’s side or Rome’s side. Brutus picks Rome’s side and kills Caesar for the good of Rome, later on in the story Brutus “kills himself” because his life got harder once he killed Caesar and people didn’t handle it anymore. Betrayal from a friend is worse than hatred from an enemy because, “Life is not about who’s…

In the start of the play, it is revealed that Desdemona initiates their relationship after hearing Othello’s life stories. When Othello defends himself to the Duke, he states that his wife loves him “for the dangers [he] has passed” and he loves her for pitying him (Othello 1.3.169-170). It is Desdemona’s openness that allows the strength of their relationship…

either favorable or unfavorable for the rest of the people. A tragic hero does not always act as the real person that he/ she is. He/ she might be in control for the different emotions that possess him/ her. Power is a strong destructor in somebody‘s life. Power creates more negative feelings. Once a tragic hero takes all the power…

as a new ruler of Thebes. When he found out the truth, the man blinded himself. The play ends on the scene, where Oedipus waits for the oracle, who should decide his fate. The work is a classic example of the Greek tragedy; and Oedipus is a canonic tragic hero. While character’s life has examples of heroic actions, Sophocles mentioned them only on the background. Final scenes, when Oedipus blinds himself and asks Creon to kill him, are tragic, not heroic. The protagonist of the play fully…

non-professionals, having talent in singing and dancing and serving as a bridge between the protagonist and the audience repeating important lines to portray emphasis on a particular issue or viewpoint. In literature, or more specifically, in Greek tragedy, the chorus is a mere commentator, commenting on the actions of the various characters and representing the voice of a certain set of people. To focus my research, I will be discussing how Euripides’ uses the chorus as a vehicle of social…

Love, although often described as a feeling with a positive connotation, can also bring out the worst in a person. It is such a prominent feeling that even the gods who are able to unleash a wrath to make a kingdom fall are unable to escape its clutches. In Ode four of Antigone by Sophocles, the chorus sings of how love is a dual edged sword and the overwhelming rush of emotion the people feel when they see Antigone bound, about to marry death. Sophocles is able to convey these themes and…

A variety of intriguing themes are present in the Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles, grasping them promotes the understanding of the play's central contentions and provokes thought on universal issues. A number of literary devices are employed during the process of establishing, and delivering these themes, and symbolism is one which is frequently utilized. Conflict between divine law and state law is one of the most powerful and subversionary themes present, primarily presented through the…