A Terrible Tragedy

a constant need to make himself known, even when it’s not the smart thing to do. He may be able to stay level-headed and courageous in the face of danger, but it is his need to prove he’s better after he has already won the fight that causes his tragedy. He has moments of anger and excessive pride which causes him to act without much thinking, and those moments reveal that he is not the god-like hero people think he is, but just another human…

play, through the death of Lear and Cordelia. Lear goes through extreme pain and suffering, through the loss of his power, status, money, and his most loyal daughter. Lear is “a man more sinned against than sinning”, yet the play still ends in the tragedy of his death. However, Shakespeare also utilises the supernatural and religious imagery to demonstrate not only the idea that pain and suffering is meaningless, but to extend this to express his idea to the audience that life itself is…

those of Greek plays with their astonishing plots and cryptic motifs. From the tragic trilogy The Oresteia by Aeschylus to the comedic The Frogs by Aristophanes, Greek plays demonstrate tragedies and comedies that today’s society would deem beyond belief. Of these prominent theatrical works is the scandalous tragedy of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. This drama combines incest and murder to attribute to the calamitous life of Oedipus Rex, king of Thebes. With a prophecy that predicts Oedipus’ doom,…

Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. Considering, Shakespeare invokes feelings of anxiety and makes many students want to shudder in fear, this task was not to be taken lightly. A movie critic Mick LaSalle argues that the modern-day remake is a complete tragedy and eliminates all emotion that the play has to offer, I am going to argue that Baz Luhrmann's modernization of the play still proves it to be a timeless classic and that William Shakespear is a storyteller for all time. Ethics and…

then it is all taken away by a downfall caused by the hero or someone else. Often enough, these tragic heroes are sports celebrities, and Tony Stewart is no different. Stewart, an iconic race car driver, had great success throughout his life, until tragedy struck that practically tarnished his reputation in NASCAR. Tony Stewart, a NASCAR legend, is considered a modern tragic hero due to his unplanned success in his racing career, and then his downfall involving Kevin Ward, a early-rising NASCAR…

“Medea is about the extremes of human emotion”.Discuss Silhouetted against the backdrops of ancient Greece, Euripides greek tragedy Medea (written circa 431 BCE), is a depiction of an abandoned woman's quest for retribution. Euripides Medea explores the notions of human emotions. Set in Ancient Corinth, the play annals the anguish and revenge of Colchian witch Medea, in her reaction to her husbands, Jason’s betrayal. Euripides, in his particular style, works often explored the human psych and…

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…

Sophocles’ Oedipus the King is a play that has confounded many scholars throughout the ages. There is debate over Sophocles’ purpose in writing this play–what message was he trying to get across? Almost as is important is the controversy over Oedipus’ guilt–was he really guilty? Two particular scholars attempt to explore these questions–P.H. Vellacott and Edwin Muir. In “The Guilt of Oedipus”, Vellacott argues that Sophocles wrote the play with a deeper intention to portray a just punishment for…

His gullibility is shown and his nobility begins to flake away, “And since the case against Caesar/ Can 't be proved from what he is like now,/ We must shape our argument in this way: That Caesar 's true nature, if allowed to develop/ Would reach terrible extremes.” (2.1.29-31). After Cesar’s death, the audience sees Brutus’ head strong personality and seems to be a different character. When Brutus wants to battle against Anthony, a clearly stronger opponent, he displays faithlessness and the…

Ancient Greece is known for many things; their philosophies, legends and most importantly, theater. Greek theater is one of the major features of Greek culture, as it displayed various aspects of how the Greeks led their lives. Antigone is a tragedy written by the playwright Sophocles, and is the third of his three Theban plays. Each of these plays have common elements and themes which Sophocles displays using his characters. An example of this is shown in the way Sophocles highlights the…