Tragedies

In the tragedy of Caesar, William Shakespeare shows us how positive traits aren't always good. In the play, two people named Cassius and Brutus tries to save Rome from the tyrant leader Caesar. They successfully gets rid of him but by being a bit nonchalant and too trusting in people who aren't really their friends it backfires and suddenly the people of Rome are after them instead. Now, was Caesar really the tragic character in the tragedy of Caesar by William Shakespeare? In my opinion Brutus was

Julius Caesar: Not a Tragedy The play “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare depicts several of the human conditions that people face every day. Jealousy is one of the major ones that we experience most in this play. The plot, to be concise, revolves around the death of the mighty powerful Julius Caesar. The people who had killed him were said to be envious of the power he holds, as they believed he was not fully capable of using it to the best of his ability. After the premeditated murder, many

Deconstructing Tragedy and the Definition of the Protagonist’s Innocence In Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, Oedipus meets the Aristotelian definition of a tragic hero as divine fate and tragic flaws lead to his downfall. Oedipus’s tragic flaws like hubris, curiosity, and anger, contribute to his unfortunate fate. The components of a perfect tragedy as defined in Aristotle’s Poetics are at the center of Oedipus Rex. The play contains the elements of a perfect tragedy such as

Shakespeare's Hamlet: The tragedy of revenge "The time is out of joint: O cursed spite, / That ever I was born to set it right!" (I.5). Shakespeare's Hamlet is an unwilling avenger. Despite his hatred of his uncle Claudius and his sense of the injustice perpetuated upon his father's memory, Hamlet seems unable to obey the will of his father's ghost. Ultimately, this is not shown to be a sign of weakness or cowardice upon Hamlet's part. Rather, the intellectual protagonist understands all too well

“The very simple plot of a tragedy involves a protagonist who desires something—object of love, power, wealth, righteousness, justice—and obstacles come in the way of his path to reach its fulfillment.” ("Tragedy." Literature of Love. N.p., 14 June 2010. Web. 29 Mar. 2017.) In the book El Señor Presidente the protagonist is involved in a love tragedy where he desires Camila’s love but him being the president 's right hand becomes an obstacle for him and his relationship. Political corruption increases

Romeo and Juliet, a classic play by William Shakespeare, is known to many as a tragedy. But what makes this play tragic? Audiences favor this story because of the emotions evoked from a tale of love that sees two young souls torn apart. However, Romeo and Juliet when under my own definition of tragedy, does not resemble a tragic play. While the death of Mercutio and the deaths of Romeo and Juliet seem tragic, the story does not show one failing when trying to reach their full potential, instead the

Sophocles’ Greek tragedy, Oedipus Rex, has a voice beyond the main characters. The chorus plays a major roll in this tragedy. In Greek plays, there were a select few main characters and the chorus was the rest of the cast. (INSERT). To completely understand the tragedy, it is important for the read to read the whole play including the chorus. The chorus is valuable to the play with their knowledge and cultural awareness of the time. Not only did the chorus provide extensive context, but also their

The relationship of comedy and tragedy are often overlapped in meaning, notably in ancient Greek drama and arts. Comedy often presupposed tragedy and are known to compliment one another in literary work. Plato displayed the proper elements of adversity within the “Apology” and detailed the unfairness the democratic society of Athens presents by punishing an opposing, equally justified force. Socrates preforms his defence arrogantly and sarcastically in the courtroom of Athens, humouring his own trial

Aristotelian Tragedy: Macbeth Aristotle is known widely for developing his ideas on tragedy. He recorded these ideas in his Poetics in which he comments on the plot, purpose, and effect that a true tragedy must have. The structure of these tragedies has been an example for many writers including Shakespeare himself. Many of Shakespeare’s plays follow Aristotelian ideas of tragedy, for instance Macbeth does a decent job in shadowing Aristotle’s model. Aristotle describes one of the most important

Comedy and Tragedy | |       Comedy     According to Aristotle (who speculates on the matter in his Poetics), ancient comedy originated with the komos, a curious and improbable spectacle in which a company of festive males apparently sang, danced, and cavorted rollickingly around the image of a large phallus.  (If this theory is true, by the way, it gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "stand-up routine.")     Accurate or not, the linking of the origins of comedy to some sort of phallic