Essays Tagged: "Jean Racine"
Jean Racine's play "Phaedra".
et maid drops unconscious at her lover's feet" (p. 401). From this phrase alone, it is obvious that Jean Racine's Phaedra (1677) is a tragic play, featuring a tragic hero. The tragic hero is defined a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
"Candide" by Voltaire.
tional storybook forms. In 1718, he was acclaimed as the successor of the great classical dramatist Jean Racine and therefore adopted the name of Voltaire. He wrote a classic poem with Henry IV. His c ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Phaedra as a Tragic Heroine in Jean Racine's "Phaedra"
hero, due to a personal error in judgment or tragic flaw, is the cause of the tragedy in a play. In Jean Racine's "Phaedra", three characters exhibit these characteristics; however Phaedra most respon ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Theseus
Theseus and His Petulant Decisions If you have read Jean Racine's Phaedra you know what I have been through in my life. What a hero's welcome, I was exp ...
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Phaedra's Relationship with Shame in Act 3, Scene 1
ature 2BWDiscussion 1BNovember 25, 2008Relationship Between Love and Fate in "Phaedra"In "Phaedra", Jean Racine uses the model of a Greek tragedy in order to express his personal views regarding fate. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature