Tragedy

Tragedy is intended to expose humans of their fallibility and hubris. In the short story “Mermaids”, Richard Van Camp illustrates a young man, Torchy forgets his grandfather’s warning to him after giving Torchy a bless to win in the gamble. Torchy’s lust for money and sex leads himself to his own tragedy. “Mermaids” is a tragedy because Torchy’s tragic flaw undermines his judgment that leads to his misfortune; however, it elicits fear and pity in the end that enables readers to experience…

Originally titled The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson, the often-overlooked Mark Twain novel is not usually described as a tragedy. Tragedy is defined as “a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (such as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that elicits pity or terror” (Merriam-Webster). There are many instances in the novel that makes the reader consider it to be more of a comedy than a tragedy, but there are a number of…

that could have turned the final act into the ending of Othello. The other play, Richard III, is considered a history because it pertains to a former English king’s rule and death, but it could have been categorized as simply a drama or perhaps a tragedy due to Richard’s death. Despite the overlap in genres, Much Ado About Nothing comes the closest to the contemporary definition of…

Title Today in our society there are numerous tragedies of the commons as labelled by Garrett Hardin. One of the most prevalent is the increasing rate of population while the resources does not have any change. The current world has an urge population equivalent to seventh billion. People need all these resources in order to survive such as; oxygen, food, and water which are between the most essential needs of human being. The main issue is the increase in population whereas these resources…

The tragedy of the commons is about how shared resources are easily overused and depleted because there is no sense of ownership or responsibility associated with the resource. As people don’t associate it as their own they typically will not think about protecting it, replenishing it, or taking responsibility for it. It is rooted by individual, selfish actions that alone might not have an impact, but as it is a shared space, repeated actions will thereby have a large impact. Common examples of…

From a song: Indestructible by Wage War “Tragedy takes it away like a thief in the night” The metaphor “Tragedy takes it away like a thief in the night” from the song Indestructible by Wage War means that tragedy can happen whenever and without a warning. It can come and take something beloved in the blink of an eye. Meaning that tragedy can happen whenever and wherever. It can take something or someone from someone like a thief. With the agility and swiftness of a cheetah, it can take its next…

Hamlet. When a person read “Hamlet”, he or she can realize that this literary work written by Shakespeare is full of tragedy and sorrow, but what could inspire this author to write such as horrible tragedy. There is no doubt that when authors write, they are inspired in troubles and experiences they are facing. Some people say that Hamlet written by Shakespeare is just another version or even plagiarism from a real one. The main issue is that Shakespeare could feel identified and he just…

Can love be a tragedy? In Williams Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, it is just that. A tale set where two hate ridden families must learn to love one another. The Capulets and Montagues rivalry tearing everyone, both their families and Verona apart. Romeo and Juliet is a timeless classic that has stayed elegant and yet evolved with the generations that read it in ways such as, the plot, characters and ending. The plot of Romeo and Juliet has always been about two forbidden lovers in Verona,…

'Macbeth ' is written in the classification of drama that is Shakespearean tragedy in which William Shakespeare used which has a noble protagonist, who can be referred to as a 'tragic hero ', is placed in a stressful heightened dilemma which continues to climax, ending in a fatal culmination. The many plots of Shakespearean tragedies focus on the negative fortunes of the main protagonist which ultimately leads to their ruin and death. Most view Macbeth as a tragic or flawed hero due to him…

often-selfless duty to see justice done and thus the nobler act. The first is driven by desire and the second by duty. Thomas Kyd’s 1592 play The Spanish Tragedy, focusing on the core themes of revenge and the problems of justice. The notion of revenge, as a desire for revenge versus justice…