Shakespearean tragedy

In The Odyssey , Homer uses connections to connect a moral standard against which conduct is measured. At the point when the custom is performed effectively great outcomes result. Interestingly, the focus of this moral standard reveals itself as an incident. This thought was considered important by individuals of the time period and it can be found throughout the story. An incredible case of a visitor have relationship where both the visitor and the host act legitimately is the connection…

In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, there is a lot of controversy regarding who was ultimately responsible for the death of Macbeth while many characters in the play could have been blamed, I believe that Macbeth himself was ultimately the cause and was responsible for his own death. I also believe that out of the three options, fate, free will and predestination. Free will is the most relevant to the play Macbeth because it is all based on people making their own decisions and determining the future…

The motif of vision, one that is effectively portrayed throughout the story, contradicts the visions of leaders and alternates the results of their impact on the society. Blindness leads to the downfall of any hero, it obstructs their judgements, which therefore, causes them to fail to see temptations and eventually fall into their nadir. However, the narrator witnesses the blindness of Barbee and Brother Jack, which he recognizes, but does not fully acknowledge it to prevent the same from…

In the play Agamemnon by Aeschylus, there are multiple characters that have questionable morals. But Aeschylus does give us one reliable person amidst the chaotic setting, and her name is Cassandra. She is easily the most trustworthy person in the play. Cassandra was a lady from the ruling house in Troy. When Agamemnon’s Greek forces took control of the city, she was taken back to Argos as a symbol of triumph over her home. Out of all the main characters she remains the most truthful, but…

Iago’s honor is essentially nonexistent, as he works throughout the entire play to manipulate, lie, and cause general havoc amongst Othello, and other characters in the play. He appears to be a well rounded, well respected, and honest individual, but in the end he was the rope to many characters noose throughout the play. Setting up the seeds for Othello’s jealousy, and the wrath and the horrors that Desdemona, and other characters had to face at the end. He appeared to be a great guy to those…

Jean Racine said it best, “A tragedy need not have blood and death; it 's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.” In other words, tragedy is merely a compilation of several elements which play on our deepest and most intimate emotions. Aristotle was among the first philosophers to recognize and critique the tragedy. Within “Poetics”, Aristotle discusses the very logistics of the dramatic tragedy. While some tragedies can seem to be a maelstrom of…

Kaitlyn Teal Coach Smith Ancient world history 25 September 2017 Hammurabi’s Code: Was it Just? Hammurabi was a cruel and unjust man. Read this and you learn how he was unjust. He was enforcing the laws too much, he was making such laws that involved hanging a person and cruel punishments for even the smallest things. He had said that those laws were meant to protect and make life easier for his people. In the speech he had given, he had sounded like a great and caring King, but in…

Louis Riel was a martyr, amongst his people he led a resistance against the Canadian Government and it resulted in a death penalty, through his acts it is shown he did not do it just for himself but for his people. The traits of a martyr is one who puts themself in a dangerous position for the sake of the people who they lead, mostly against an oppressing casualty amongst a wide range of people. Louis Riel, was an ambitious leader that came from a respected family, Louis Riel had gone to…

Based on this theory, humor is used to generate a feeling of superiority over the target or butt of the joke whereby the butt loses face; therefore, it could contain disparagement and hostility. This view of humor is believed to be developed by Plato and Aristotle at the beginning (Reimann, 2010; Kochersberger, 2012). Since, Aristotle and Plato admitted that people got pleasure from others' misfortunes, inadequacies, and incapacities, because they were not suffering the same problems; in other…

"There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man." ~Aristotle Let's face it. We have all said things that were dumb, foolish, and uninspiring. Surprisingly, the reason why so many good leaders say such foolish things is because they often do not recognize them as foolish or unwise. Also, they came up in a culture where the same things were said to them and, just like all of us, they learned how to lead from watching the actions and behaviors of other successful leaders. In this…