Tragic love

passed” (1.3.193. Shakespeare, William. Othello), and his abilities as a valiant leader. Desdemona knows that her inter-racial marriage is not common, or widely approved of, yet she continues to “trumpet to the world” (1.3.285. Shakespeare, Othello) her love for him. Her unwavering devotion to Othello is a critical detail because she stays true to her feelings in a world where she is surrounded by discrimination towards Othello. Before Iago approaches Desdemona’s father, Brabantio, about their marriage

it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring” (goodreads). She was a tragic heroine because she refused to let her childhood mold her. The tragic heroine downfall began when she started experiencing drugs. Becoming a drug user was the fatal mistake she made when everything in her world went upside down. She then became absolutely ridiculous, than absolutely boring, and this made her a tragic heroine. Norma Jeane Mortenson (who was later baptized as Norma Jeane Baker) on June 1

Abstract: Shakespeare’s tragic heroes mostly follow the elements of Aristotle tragic heroes. According to Aristotle tragic hero is one that must possess a tragic flaw, without the flaw there would never be a downfall. According to some critics, outer conflicts such as supernatural elements, fate and female protagonists play a vital role in the downfall of the tragic hero. This paper focus on the prospect of the downfall of Shakespearean protagonist i.e. the hero’s action will involve him in choices

the word is categorized as an event causing great suffering or distress, it can come in many forms and effect people in different ways, but what constitutes a play as falling under the genre of tragedy? In the Shakespearean sense of the word, most tragic plays follow the pattern of having a hero whose fatal flaw causes his inevitable downfall ending in an untimely moment of clarity with a moral take-away. However, death is always the outcome in addition to the redemption. In the case of the play,

templates of heroes they are expected to fit, in furtherance of strengthening their anti-war stances. Findley and Vonnegut illustrate their protagonists as a tragic hero and an anti-hero, respectively, in order to juxtapose the atrocities of war with the flawed humanness of man and to challenge the stereotypical image of a

historical continuity. ‘Tragedy’ is the term applied to dramatic representations of serious and important actions which eventuate in a disastrous conclusion for the protagonist or the chief character. More precise and detailed discussions of the tragic form properly begin with Aristotle’s (384 – 322 BC ) classic analysis in his

In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, the author conveys the reader about how a person lives his life when he or she cannot live the “American Dream.” Willy Loman, the main character in the play is a confused and tragic character. He is a man who is struggling to hold onto what morality he has left in a changing society that no longer values the ideals he grew up to believe in. Even though the society he lives in can be blamed for much of his misfortune, he must also be the blame for his bad judgment

Julius Caesar as a Tragic Hero      The Ides of March mean much more than March 15th, it was also the day Julius Caesar, the Roman general and leader was killed. Although this day is not a holiday, we should take time to think of things Caesar didn’t on this fateful day. In “Julius Caesar,” by William Shakespeare, Caesar that morning solidified his place as a tragic hero because of his tremendous fatal flaw. Aristotle once defined the tragic hero as a person of noble or influential

‘Tragedy and comedy were ingredients, not definitions, and the experience of a play was one of plenitude rather than unity.’ (Janette Dillon) With reference to Dillon’s claim, discuss the cohabitation of tragic and comic elements in ONE of the plays on the course. Illustrate your answer with detailed reference to the play. Shakespeare’s All’s Well that Ends Well does not fit neatly into the category of either tragedy or comedy. Throughout the play elements of both genres are blended. These elements

with terrible outcomes at the end of the two pieces of literature. Both Myrrha and Oedipus suffered tragic fates. However, Myrrha’s desire led to her downfall, while Oedipus had no control and was destined for a tragic life before birth. Myrrha’s character in “Myrrha and Cinyras” dealt with an emotional battle with her desire of Cinyras, her father, throughout the story, resulted in her tragic death. She was faced with an immoral dilemma of wanting her father as her lover. She goes back and forth