Tragedy

Othello’s Tragic Being. Fitting into a mold? Shakespeare being one of the greatest writers of all time decided to take to tragedy to be his signature method of speaking his stories. Accordingly, his playwright Othello classifies itself as a tragedy and contains a tragic hero whom the story is named after. The aforementioned title character Othello contributes to the element of tragedy by being the tragic hero himself. Albeit there is no pretty ending for him, he is the protagonist who meets his…

The common man is essential to nearly any piece of literature like how humans need oxygen. This need is exacerbated in plays and novels where the plot is essential in the evaluation of interpretation. This is shown in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by the plebeians in Act 3 Scene 2. Plebeians in the dramatic text are looked down upon as how they are treated in the first act and how easily they are swayed and stirred. Within the dramatic text the Plebeians are shown weak,…

Meaning, all parts of the story bust be cohesive. Aristotle realized that it may be difficult to make a play happen in twenty-four hours and in one day. Aristotle then took back the law of one day one location. It is no longer necessary for Greek tragedy to occur in a twenty-four hour time period and in one single location. Antigone is all closely related, although it may not occur in the same place and in only one…

For some people, tragedy is what it takes to realize core values and grow. In Jonathan Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Oskar Schell is a gifted nine year old in search of a meaning for his life outside of his central tragedy--the passing of his father in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. More than anything, he cannot escape from his own mind and his obsession with his father: “It doesn't make me feel good when you say that something I do reminds you of Dad” (Foer). Despite his gloom, one…

Hardin defined "Tragedy" as dramatic outcome that is the inevitable but unplanned result of a character’s actions. He called the destruction of the commons due to overuse a tragedy because it is inevitably the result of shared use. Hardin stated "Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all." Hardin offered two solution to the tragedy of the commons. He stated, "Mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon" was one approach; the other, greater reliance on property rights. Today environmentalists argue that…

success in the “American Dream”. It should be said that Willy's real tragedy is not only in his suicide, but in his pursuit of a lifetime of his dream, and his attitude towards his life. The destruction of the impoverished person reflects the conflict between dream and reality: between the conflict of a humble small characters and the brilliant "American Dream". This…

believes only heroes in movies or in books can achieve the greatest things in life. The greatest things being redemption from something horrible that happened to them during their life. The tragedy that happened made them become a better person, figure out life itself, and conquer their problem. Aristotle view of tragedy is in fact that life is essentially hopeless. After all this being said yes, I do believe Aristotle's view on life is that life is pretty much hopeless for us average humans.…

What role do the Apollonian and Dionysian drives play in tragedy? The Apollonian and Dionysian is a philosophical and artistic idea, or polarity, in light of specific elements of old Greek mythology. Numerous Western philosophical and scholarly figures have conjured this division in basic and innovative works. In Greek mythology, Apollo and Dionysus are both children of Zeus. Apollo is the lord of reason and the discerning, while Dionysus is the divine force of the nonsensical and mayhem. The…

In a View From the Bridge, Miller tries to create a modern age greek tragedy. A greek tragedy is defined as a play in which the protagonist, usually a man of importance and outstanding personal qualities, falls to disaster through the combination of a personal failing and circumstances which he cannot deal. Miller portrays this through the character of Eddie who is understandably the ‘man of importance’ at least within his household. The character of Eddie also ’falls to disaster’ at the end of…

trickery and deceit. Showing that this play is also a tragedy, and at times can be more of a tragedy than a comedy. There are three major love components in the play. The romantic love between the characters Claudio and Hero, along with Beatrice and Benedick. The familial love between Leonardo, Beatrice, and Hero, and lastly the fraternal love between Benedick and Don Pedro. Out of those pairs, the one that holds the most amount of tragedy is that of the main characters, the lovers Hero and…