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    DEATH IN VENICE Thomas Mann Context One of the most important figures of early 20th-century literature‚ Thomas Mann (1875-1955) is famous both for his fiction and for his critical essays. Mann was born in 1875 in Lubeck‚ Germany‚ to a distinguished merchant family that had a literary lineage‚ as well; Mann’s older brother‚ Heinrich‚ also became a famous novelist and playwright. Mann took a keen interest in the German philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche‚ and their theories

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    Emma Fisher Brother Williams English 251 Transformation from Apollonian to Dionysian Writers often bring mythology into their writing to give the storyline and characters more depth and complexity. In Death in Venice by Thomas Mann‚ Mann uses the gods Apollo and Dionysus and the struggle between opposites to demonstrate the ultimate downfall of the novella’s main character‚ Aschenbach. Often times‚ a writer creates a character as a representation of the Apollonian character and another separate character

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    To have an understanding of the use of disease as a metaphor in Thomas Mann ’s novella Death In Venice‚ it is useful to understand the concept of disease itself. According to Webster ’s Dictionary‚ 1913 edition‚ disease is defined as the "lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet." These words do embody the struggles of the great author‚ and main character of the novella‚ Gustav Aschenbach‚ but it is the description of disease as "an alteration in the state of the body or of some of

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    Capital Punishment The Death Penalty has no place in the modern United States Criminal Justice System. The moral correctness of the government sentencing prisoners to death is a long debated argument. Death penalty supporters may believe that death is a rightful punishment to those who are found guilty of murder‚ or that the punishment will deter future criminals from committing homicide. Capital punishment is a serious problem facing many innocent Americans‚ as well as slowing the progression of

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    The Merchant of Venice is a comedy written by Shakespeare‚ but it is arguable that it can also be called a tragedy. A dictionary meaning of a tragedy is‚ “a drama or similar work‚ in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.” Shylock is a main character and succumbs to the tragic flaws he possesses. This play introduces Shylock‚ a Jew fighting against Christian society. Although Shylock is depicted in the

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    The premise of decadence was tremendously popular in late 19th century European literature. In addition‚ the degeneracy of the individual and society at large was represented in numerous contemporary works by Mann. In Death in Venice‚ the theme of decadence caused by aestheticism appears through Gustav von Achenbach’s eccentric‚ specifically homoerotic‚ feelings towards a Polish boy named Tadzio. Although his feelings spring from a sound source‚ the boy’s aesthetic beauty‚ Aschenbach becomes decadent

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    The Merchant of Venice: A Tragic Play In my opinion the play The Merchant of Venice is a tragic one which is discised as being comic. Many factors of this play are derived from the current voice of situation. The Merchant of Venice could be looked at as more tragic because of the negative intents from some of the characters in the play. Greed and deception are just a couple of the main features from where many of the decisions are derived. For example‚ revenge was an intent that Sylock had

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    Death Symbolism In the novella Death in Venice‚ Thomas Mann depicts a widowed author in his fifties who is experiencing writer’s block. The story opens with Aschenbach walking outside of a cemetery‚ a place symbolizing death. When he sees a strange red headed man‚ he experiences a wilderness dream that evokes signs of peril‚ and he decides to take a vacation in search of a new spark for his work and a new life. The people‚ places and things that he encounters are reflective of death

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    Trent Soares CH 201 Lin Xing Critical Paper #1 The Train Tracks of Aeneas Tragic Deaths Aeneas was never happy in his life‚ it seemed he always had a deep emptiness inside of him. In any case it was inevitable that he always contained a strong love to his family name and devotion to gods (Pietas). A focused man can seem unstoppable as presented in all ancient Greece stories especially in Virgil’s books

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    The Holocaust‚ which took place during WWII‚ caused many tragic deaths due to one powerful man. 11 million people died during this time but the Holocaust focused more on the Jewish religion‚ where 6 million Jews were killed. At this time‚ Jews were forced to live in ghettos and concentration camps‚ where a mass amount of people died. One of the largest ghettos in Poland‚ Warsaw‚ had over 400‚000 people living in a crowded area of 1.3 square miles. Torture and occurred frequently when they were sent

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