Tragedy

The tragedy of William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, occurs due to multiple factors including the actions of characters, secrecy and the family feud. There was no one person who could be blamed for the tragedy, as it involved multiple different characters who all played a different role. The tragedy itself includes the deaths of Mercutio, Tybalt, and Romeo and Juliet. There were also the deaths of other characters such as Paris and Lady Montague of which were caused by the events of the…

Tragedy, a tragedy is an events with common elements that causes suffering. William Shakespeare's story Romeo and Juliet is considered a tragedy. The love shared by Romeo and his loved one Juliet can not be exposed to society due to their family feuds.This story is a tragedy, because of the common elements of drama, heartbreak, and death. Drama is a major element that causes tragedy. The drama between the two loved ones families is absurd and leads to tragic scenes. For example, in Act…

Greek tragedy is most definitely defined as a tragedy, because of the common knowledge that everyone dies at the end. However, the question between artists and fellow art appreciators is what defines a tragedy? At the Academy Awards how is it possible to pick one film over all of the others? Aristotle answered this question back in his lifetime of 384-322 B.C. Aristotle’s opinion of a true Tragedy is still effective to this day. His favorite play, and best example of a tragedy, is Oedipus Rex,…

William-Tyler Aladetan Mrs. Kottke IB English HL A; Hour 7 23 February 2016 Who suffers the greatest tragedy in the novel Antigone? Sophocles a Greek dramatist is one of the three Classical greek tragedy playwrights. Sophocles produced 123 dramas throughout his lifetime and the novel Antigone is the point of focus in this essay. He was able to masterfully create a tragedy where the reader falls in love with the protagonist before his or her demise. Such can be seen in Antigone. As the…

try and cope when a situation puts them are under pressure. The audience finds this type of tragedy entertaining because of the way the hero/heroine reacts under pressure. For example in Arthur Miller's tragedy 'A View from the Bridge' - Eddie is under pressure when two immigrants come and live with him, and his main flaw is jealousy. To begin with, A Streetcar Named Desire is considered as a tragedy because it has a tragic heroine. Each tragic hero or heroine has the potential to do, they…

According to Aristotle’s definition of tragedy as it is stated by McManus (1999), tragedy is the replica of one’s actions as it is brought in a dramatic way and not narrated. It is also mentioned by him that tragedy is much more profound than history simply because history just state facts or figures of what happened during that time while tragedy exaggerates of what may happen in that certain situation. The aim of tragedy is to consummate its catharsis of such feelings like “Fear” and “Pain”.…

Shakespearean Tragedies and Tragic Heroes A Shakespearean tragedy is when the main character has a hamartia, placed in a ghastly situation, and has a disastrous ending. A tragic hero is someone who is set-up to be defeated, and the hero doesn't have to be in high status. Shakespearean tragedies include: Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Titus Andronicus. Shakespearean tragedies were one of the most liked and popular plays that he produced, and it has shaped other stories and plays that we…

Tragedy is a type of literature that involves series of events happening to characters in complex relationships, which lead to an unfortunate end. However, tragedy is a lot more than “the plays in which everyone dies”. On the contrary to comedy, which people “watch” the play, the changes of plot and transformation of characters in tragedy allow people to participate, and thus give them a chance to reflect their definitions of “moral”. Moreover, the imitation of an action of tragedy involves…

religion and society in his tragedies. As a result we as an audience get such characters as Antigone who deviates from the role and personality of ancient Greek women. In the tragedy Antigone, Polynices is left unburied and Antigone his sister believes he must be buried because it is the will of the gods. Creon, the king of Thebes, orders that no one will bury the body, but Antigone defies him. Antigone herself is the catalyst for the action and events in the tragedy. She represents a woman who…

in a tragedy is the reader must first be aware with the significant elements of tragedy. The first is that all tragedies have a…