Shakespearean tragedy

viewer. They tend to seem like everyone else so the reader and/or viewer could identify with them easily, and the Tragic Hero tends to be a character who makes an error in judgement or has a flaw that combined with fate and external forces brings on a tragedy or destruction. Because of his character flaw and struggle of what to do right, John Proctor is considered a Tragic Hero. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller has a strong storyline of the Salem Witch Hunt in Massachusetts. John…

Narayan’s ironic vision of life has endowed him with considerable mastery of irony in its diverse forms. The passage in The Guide, which describes the star-lawyer in an ever interesting and memorable manner offers us superb instances of ‘irony of simple incongruity’ which lies in juxtaposing incongruous or incompatible details (D. C. Muecke, p. 6)7. The veteran lawyer described herein had ‘saved many a neck from the nose’, ‘absolved many a public swindler’ and could ‘prove a whole gang of…

The reminiscing downfall of the insecure salesman and his misguided perception of success leads him to fail within the success driven environment that he is to be surrounded in. Within the play of “ death of a salesman” written by Arthur Miller the author asserts the main character Willy Loman main flaw being insecurity demonstrated in his boastful behavior claiming he is rather a “vital” necessity in New England. As well as he self praises himself in boasting that he indeed has expanded the…

Despite his several transgressions, he isn’t the only one responsible for the tragedies within this literary piece. For starters, he didn’t murder anyone. He simply set in motion a chain of events that led to their deaths. Our tragic hero is an eloquent and physically powerful figure, respected by everyone. In spite of his elevated…

Due to a quaint accident of history, eighteen of his 95 plays have survived in a complete form, along with some substantial fragments of many of his other plays. He is primarily famous for having adapted the formal structure of traditional Greek tragedy by portrayal of strong female characters and smart slaves, and by satirizing many heroes of Greek mythology. He is deemed to be the most socially critical of all the ancient Greek tragedians, and his plays are considered quite ahead of his times…

Zusak’s use of symbolism, syntax, and diction highlights the shining kindness in the darkness of despair in cruelty, which in turn empowers man to fight for the survival of humanity. He shows the almost robotic way that man treats those who do not comply with the majority, and the result of that lack of emotion. “The first couple of times, he simply stayed - a stranger to kill aloneness...Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man’s gentleness, his thereness”…

“That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it,” as Chris Gardner once said. ”The pursuit of happyness,” directed by Gabriele Muccino and released in 2008 is a movie based on the story of Chris Gardner, a man who loses everything, but eventually gains everything. In the movie, he is a hard-working, caring and loving father, who struggles financially to provide for his son. This causes life to become tough; however, Muccino illustrates to find…

Satire is a humorous way to criticize people’s thoughtless behavior, and it is generally everywhere (1). From literary works to late-night comedy shows, satire is very unavoidable. An exceptional example of satire is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Twain is a satirist which means that his works contain numerous uses of satire. Because Twain is a satirist and used many different satirical devices, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a superlative example of a satirical…

Short Argument 1: Disproving Knightly Virtues The early centuries were a time when chivalry and courtesy were highly valued among men, as seen in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Lord Bertilak is a man who wants to disprove the knightly virtues through tests and games. This alliterative poem points out the scandals in a knight’s reputation. As the poem begins with a green knight entering King Arthur’s feast with a challenge, he states “where’s the fortitude and fearlessness you’re so famous for…

Love does not need conceits to be true. Both sonnets are written by William Shakespeare. They were written on the year 1609. In many of his works the theme love seems to his favourite. “Courtly Love” In Sonnet 18, the writer describes how the person he is talking to is more temperate and fair than the beauty he sees in nature. And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines, The writer concludes that the beauty of the person he’s talking to is not so…