Tragedy in Life Essay

Bruno never commits any horrific sins throughout his life yet, his innocence ends up causing his death regardless. It is his ignorance of the world and the terrors that are occurring in the extermination camp near his home that allow his tragic downfall to occur. If he would have been exposed to the foul…

Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles, translated by Robert Fagles, was a play set in Thebes, ancient Greece, all in all a tragedy. A murder of a king had happened long ago at a crossroad, and a plague had been casted on the people of Thebes. Apollo informed Creon that if the murderer is either killed, or sent into exile, that the curse will be lifted. It turns out to be his own son that had a terrible fate, Oedipus. Along with the misfortune of killing his father, he also wedded his mother and gave…

When Macbeth’s wife committed suicide he neglected to acknowledge any potential feelings associated with his wife’s passing and instead, he mentioned that life lacks meaning and that humans were merely put on this earth just to die. Macduff, however, reacted in an entirely different way. When Macduff received word that his wife and children had been murdered he instantly responded with shock and grief. In…

What facets are necessary to deem a character tragic? Characters in Sophocles’ Greek tragedy, Antigone, wholly encompass such factors. In Aristotle’s Poetics, he describes four characteristics that help make up a tragic character. However, the main concept in understanding a tragic character is to know that the character is not a victim. Of the essence of tragic characters, Aristotle states, “[They are] between two extremes - that of a man who is not eminently good and just, yet whose…

The tragedy of mankind is that everyone is doomed to encounter some form of failure. In “The Story of Daedalus and Icarus” Daedalus’ son, Icarus, forgets about his father’s warnings about flying between the sea and the sun and flies too high. Sure enough, the wax that held the wings together melts and he plummets into the sea and drowns. The interpretations of Ovid’s story by Brueghel, Auden, and Williams explain the central idea of a man’s failure. Within Brueghel’s depiction of Ovid’s story,…

to be a disaster. Gatsby, is showing as a depressed fake and his cleverly made up life falls apart, windup in killing. However, is there the chance to see this original as a comedy? There are surely many comedic incidents during the novel, for example the part where Owl Eyes goes to the library because he believes books will make him sober. If you had to pick, would you categorize this original as a comedy or tragedy? Books like The Great Gatsby interest us because they consist of society…

In many Greek tragedies, the main characters had tragic flaws that led to their downfalls. In two of Sophocles’s plays, Oedipus the King and Antigone, the main characters both had a tragic flaw of arrogance. In Oedipus the King, Oedipus had a tendency to let his arrogance overpower him, and he was the one who caused the plague because he blindly killed his father Laius, the first king of Thebes. In Antigone, Creon is the king after Oedipus left the city. Creon wanted to be different than…

"What greater punishment is there than life when you've lost everything that made it worth living?" Throughout time, there have been many tragedies caused by romance. For example, the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is known for its romantic tragedy between two star-crossed lovers. The lovers are responsible because in the end they are the one who had control of their actions. Romeo and Juliet had many opportunities to come out to their families about their marriage, but didn't…

Research Paper When someone hears the words “written by William Shakespeare,” they can automatically assume the story, poem, or play will relate to heartbreak and tragedy in some way. People know the play “Romeo and Juliet” as a romantic drama that deals with the ups and downs of a teenage romance. They dramatic play of “Julius Caesar” tells a story of drama and betrayal. It also teaches a good lesson in “keeping your friends close, and keep you enemies closer.” All of William Shakespeare’s…

was introduced and at least part of the sung narrative became dialogue. The actor could play the hero or the god and the chorus respond as the soldiers or the worshippers or whatever was required by the story. And from this came the style of Greek tragedy with its use of a chorus and first one then two and then three actors playing the single voice parts, and the development of dramatic action. There are nineteen plays by Euripides (c480- 406BCE), which are different again from either of the…