A Terrible Tragedy

that is based on the philosophy of other enlightenment thinkers. Voltaire does not like the idea and mocks the is\dea throughout his novel to create a statement.Voltaire characters follow this theme and their optimism is ruined as the horror and tragedy show a greater reality. In Candide, the protagonist remains optimistic for most of the novel, but after all his travels his views transformed. Candide is one of the few optimistic people in the story when he was surrounded by mostly pessimism. The

living in a nightmare. The bombing of Birmingham was caused by hatred towards others which led to the fatality of loved ones. In the Ballad of Birmingham by Dudley Randall, he uses imagery, symbolism, and tone to prove that violence can result in tragedy and anguish. Imagery provokes emotion and creates images in the reader’s mind. For example, Randall states, “She raced through the streets of Birmingham / calling for her child” (27-28). In order for the reader to sense that the mother is anxious

Ethan’s diminishing marriage with Zeena as she has become a burden (Wharton 63). Since Ethan is not capable in revealing his feelings about Zeena, it leads to the downfall of Ethan’s miserable relationship with her. than Frome begins to live a life of tragedy that evolves into suffering by the action of unthoughtful

Imagine waking up in an unknown camp, used for killing people and separating families. You have lost everything your home, family, and friends. That’s exactly how the Holocaust felt like. The Holocaust was a tremendous tragedy for millions of Jewish families. The Holocaust started because the Nazis were very racist to the Jews they hated them and wanted to remove them, this caused for more than 17 million Jews to die, this demonstrates that we should accept each others’ differences. According to

between both the historical version and a play version is known to be extraordinary. The imagination to take one character and twist his history is fascinating in every aspect leading readers to know more about the play. Shakespeare’s portrayal of the tragedy Macbeth compares and contrasts to the historical biography of Macbeth as the king of Scotland. Shakespeare’s play version of how Macbeth came to power contrasts from the historical record. In the play version Macbeth attains the goal and is given

effectively appeals to allusions and anaphoras to reinforce the cause Martin Luther King had devoted his life for, and to inspire unity amongst black and whites. On April 4th, 1968, an uproarious, upbeat, mostly African American crowd- unaware of the tragedy in Memphis-anticipated Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s arrival. A thundering wail of desolation rose from the crowd with the conveyance of the tragic news. Martin Luther King has been assassinated. Within the first part of Robert Kennedy’s speech,

Othello holds an arguable degree of guilt in the tragedy. He does not have bad intentions, but he is somewhat accountable for the tragedy. Many of his negative attributes are exposed, although they are overshadowed by his admirable introduction. First of all, he is a foolish man. Othello trusts the word of a person who he did not even trust enough to make his lieutenant. Furthermore, he should gather more evidence of Desdemona's unfaithfulness before accusing her of being unfaithful. He accepts

Gender Bias in Othello          Shakespeare’s tragic play Othello is an unfortunate example of gender bias, of sexism which takes advantage of women. The three women characters in the drama are all, in their own ways, victims of men’s skewed attitudes regarding women. Let us delve into this topic in this essay.   Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine comment in the Introduction to Shakespeare: Othello that sexism is a big factor  in the play:   At this point in our civilization

The Holocaust Introduction World War II claimed around 60 million lives in the time from 1941 to 1945. Amazingly, upwards of fourteen percent of these lives were not victims of the largest war ever waged, but their lives were lost in the tragic genocide know as the Holocaust. The Nazis carried out this atrocity and they planed to kill anyone who was not apart of what was considered to be the master race. All those of non-Arian backgrounds were to be killed and the majority of the people executed

The Libation Bearers and Hamlet Many of Shakespeare’s plays draw from classical Greek themes, plot and metaphors. The tragedies of Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides and Homer have themes like royal murders, assassinations by near relatives, the supernatural, ghostly visits, and vengeful spirits of the dead- themes which reappear in Shakespeare’s tragedies with a difference. Shakespeare’s tragic hero Hamlet and Aeschylus’s Orestes have a great deal in common. Both the plays are set in a time when