Essays Tagged: "tragedies"

The similarites in Antigone and Creon

theatre played a large role in Greece. The citizens were supposed to learnfrom the mistakes made in tragedies. The citizens should have learned what not to be likeas a citizen or person. In a Greek tr ...

(5 pages) 162 0 3.9 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Romeo and Juliet

rs, whose love was destined for destruction. They did not imagine that their love would lead to the tragedies that it did. These two young people did nothing wrong except fall in love. Three aspects o ...

(3 pages) 51 0 3.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

THE ELEMENTS THAT ESTABLISH ROMEO AND JULIET AS A TRAGEDY

Shakespeare is a well known author who wrote in the 1500's. Many of his plays are classified as tragedies. According to the Oxford dictionary of current English, a tragedy is described as a seriou ... - comments Harold Goddard, a critic from the book: ' Modern critical views, William Shakespeare the Tragedies.' Goddard supports the idea that having a tragic flaw is a part of being a tragic hero. An ...

(5 pages) 122 0 4.0 Dec/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

The character of Macbeth

e his human side throughout the play, which makes it a tragedy. It is the shortest of Shakespeare's tragedies, and has a very fast pace. Once Macbeth's ambition has 'set the ball rolling', events happ ...

(9 pages) 99 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

An argument to support the view that "everything about the play [King Lear] hangs on the first two scenes not just the plot but the values as well."

King Lear, as I see it, confronts the perplexity and mystery of humanaction.' (Shakespeare's Middle Tragedies, 169) As the previous quotationfrom the scriptures of Maynard Mack implies, King Lear is a ... idst all the controversy one fact can be settled upon byall; King Lear is one of Shakespeare's best tragedies. While being a greatplay, the bulk of the plot in King Lear comes mainly from the first tw ...

(6 pages) 51 0 4.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

West Side story and romeo and juliet are different in many ways

1957. Tony is the modern character of Romeo and Maria is the modern character of Juliet. In the two tragedies the major conflict is two opposing families, or gangs, do not agree of the relationship of ...

(2 pages) 95 0 3.9 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

The Tragedy Within The Romance (Winter's Tale)

First Folio. Within this Folio were the works of Shakespeare categorized by their genre. There were tragedies, histories, comedies, and the final four were romances. Prior to this time, romance was no ...

(2 pages) 53 0 5.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Elements of a Shakespearian Tragedy

Shakespeare wrote many tragedies, which included The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Hechose to take an important event in Roman ... inually changing. Though the elements ofShakespeare's tragedy Julius Caesar and other Shakespearian tragedies are all the same. AShakespearian tragedy is comprised of several elements; two include a t ...

(2 pages) 51 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Lorenzo's Oil Movie Review

led therapies, began their own investigation of the disease. Lorenzo's Oil follows the triumphs and tragedies of this search.The film is unique in that it avoids becoming a tear-jerking soap opera. In ...

(2 pages) 64 0 3.8 Sep/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

MacBeth as a Tragic Hero

ro of the play 'Macbeth?' This question may seem to be redundant; however, not all of Shakespeare's Tragedies are named after their tragic heroes. For example, Julius Caesar is not the tragic hero of ...

(3 pages) 78 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Intensional or Accidental? Similarities of Romeo and Juliet to Much Ado About Nothing

cidental? Even thoughMuch Ado About Nothing is a comedy, and Romeo and Juliet, is one of hissaddest tragedies, the two plots share many common incidents. Did Shakespearemean to have these coincidences ...

(3 pages) 50 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

Macbeth. Superstitions.

tten by Shakespeare in 1606 and produced in 1610. Macbeth is the most concentrated of Shakespeare's tragedies. The action gushes forward with great speed from the beginning to end. The main characters ...

(4 pages) 51 0 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Though this be madness, yet there be mehod in't. An essay on Shakespeare's use of madness

Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.An essay on Shakespeare's use of madnessThe Tragedies Of Shakespeare20 December, 1996Page 1'Your noble son is mad --'Mad' call I it, for to defi ... insane, but rather, 'playing mad' for a purpose of his own. Madness in Shakespearean plays, and in tragedies in particular, is rarely what it seems on the surface. Instead, both madness and the chara ...

(7 pages) 154 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, Man of Mystery

were twins. His only son, Hemnet, drowned.His first Folio was published in 1623. Shakespeare wrote Tragedies, Comedies, and Histories. The doomed star-crossed lovers in Romeo & Juliet is an examp ...

(2 pages) 76 0 3.9 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Sophocles:The Legend of Greek Tragedy

concerned (Hamilton 258-59). This strife for knowledge is the driving force behind Sophocles' great tragedies. Aristotle wrote, "Tragedy should be a serious and complete imitation of action; it should ... e festival of Dionysius, the god of wine, vegetation, religious ecstasy, the mask, and the theater. Tragedies were introduced relatively late in the historyof the Athenian theater, probably in the 430 ...

(4 pages) 168 0 4.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

How does Shakespeare Explore Elizabethan Ideas of Kingship in 'Hamlet?

us play in the English language and praised as his greatest tragedy. 'Hamlet' is different to other tragedies, because of its Christian, rather than pagan imagery as with other tragic works.In Hamlet, ... not only in this play: it is found in nearly all of the so-called history plays, and in many of the tragedies it is the predominant theme; in "Macbeth", for example.Shakespeare presents us with a clea ...

(8 pages) 92 0 3.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

An essay on the history of Greek Theatre, what types of plays they did, where they took place, etc.

by the works and innovations of five playwrights for over 200 years. The first three of these wrote tragedies. In these ancient tragedies many new innovations came to light that are still used today i ...

(3 pages) 126 1 4.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

The Fall From Power In Hamlet and Oedipus

nition and reversal by Oedipus. The manner in which the conducted themselves, results in additional tragedies.In Oedipus the King, the queen and Laius the murdered king were told by a prophet that Oed ... bout including his mother and Oephelia who he truly loved. He could have prevented these additional tragedies if he would have killed Cladius.

(4 pages) 140 0 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Triumph over tragedy. Speaks of Kate Chopin's "The avakening"

red by the Irony that, 'we know' what plight lies ahead for the characters. We become enraptured by tragedies. We feel the pain, the suffering and the helplessness of the characters as the tragedy unw ... ise seems gleeful, and jovial in comparison to the anguish, remorse and horror associated with true tragedies. This conclusion is not meant to be full of sadness and horror. Rather, it serves to show ...

(5 pages) 95 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Why do good things happen to bad people/vice versa. Shows the example of Job

ryone experiences. The thing people need to grasp hold of is understanding and the dealing of these tragedies when they arise.Take the story of a man named Job for example. Twenty-five hundred years a ...

(6 pages) 168 0 3.6 Nov/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy