Creon‚ a man of extreme pride‚ caused the tragedy of Thebes with is many character flaws. His son Haemon advised him to become more compassionate. Teiresias the prophet advised him to change his pride-filled ways. Yet‚ through Creon’s actions he crushed his family. Perhaps Antigone’s tragedy man have been avoided if he headed their words of wisdom. Creon has many character flaws that led to the tragic end of the play. One of the many flaws Creon exhibits is a paranoia that people around him are
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In the play "Hamlet" written by William Shakespeare‚ is a play that revolves around tragedy and revenge and this revenge leads to Hamlets death and people that were close to him. Hamlet’s pursuit to revenge his father’s death blinded his morals and intelligence and lead to his untimely death. It can be argued that Hamlet is the most complex character Shakespeare has ever written‚ there has been many debates revolving around his insanity (real or fake). The progression of Hamlet is quite astonishing
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Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog‚ directed by Joss Whedon‚ is a super-hero musical tragicomedy produced in very limited budget. Dr. Horrible (Neil Patrick Harris)‚ the protagonist‚ Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion)‚ the antagonist‚ and Penny (Felicia Day)‚ the girl between Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer‚ are the main characters in this 40-mins miniseries. It won the People’s Choice Award for "Favorite Online Sensation" in 2008 and Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 2009. What makes this movie
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Because on that night‚ tragedy struck. On that night‚ Neil Perry committed suicide. That was the story of Neil Perry‚ the high achieving yet ill-fated young man in Dead Poets Society. Some may argue that Dead Poets Society is not a tragedy because although the death of any human being is sad‚ it is not necessarily tragic. Others would say there could be nothing more tragic than the loss of such a promising young man. The question remains: Is Dead Poets Society a tragedy? In Poetics Aristotle writes
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Dr. Dre is a music artist‚ producer‚ 6 grammy award winner and founder and owner of Beats Electronics. Hip-Hop music‚ technology and entrepreneurship all come together through Dre. Dr. Dre is the founder of Beats Electronics which are high quality headphones and speakers used all over the world. His musically talented knowledge of sound brought together with technology of HDMI cables from Monster‚ Inc. grew into business ownership and success. Isn’t it interesting how music‚ technology and business
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English 11 7 November 11 The Crucible: A Tragedy One day in November of 2009 a young girl was killed in a hit and run by a negligent driver. Her name was Courtney Snipes; she was only 11 years old. Courtney’s family suffered from tragedy much like the characters in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. These characters lost dozens of their neighbors all because of one group of girl’s ability to lie. Through Aristotle’s definition of what a tragedy in literature is; The Crucible can be easily
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Tragedy and its Tragic Heroes Tragedy: A story that tells of the ruin of a great man. In tragedies the main character can sometimes be characterized as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is “a literary character‚ who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw‚”(Merriam Webster) which is actually their downfall. In Oedipus The King‚ the main character‚ the king of Thebes‚ is seen as the tragic hero on this particular tragedy. Now‚ fast-forwarding through time to 1949 Arthur Miller wrote Death
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The topic of Dr. Udall’s lecture was how to define success despite adversity. The theme centered around the definition of success‚ and how transform ones troubles into stepping stones leading to success. During the lecture‚ Dr. Udall touch on a lot of key points‚ some of which stood out more than others. It should be noted that unlike other presentations‚ this lecture was very involving. In trying to prove that problems plague people everywhere‚ for instance‚ Dr. Udall instructed the class to
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2013 was the day that Jen Elgersma’s life was struck by tragedy. Elgersma dropped her three year old daughter Autumn off to daycare like a normal day‚ little did Elgersma know that was the last time Autumn would ever go to daycare. May 27‚ 1943 was that day for Louie Zamperini. Zamperini and his crew were cooperating in a search and rescue mission over the Pacific when their plane suddenly lost power and lurched into the sea. Sometimes in tragedy we find our life’s purpose‚ and we are able to find redemption
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Dr. Gothamie Weerakoon is a field scientist who holds a B.S in Biology an M.S in environmental science and a PHD. She has been published multiple times and was featured in the nation geographic. Currently she is a part of the Lichen the coolest things you’ve never heard of exhibition at The Field Museum. She has done a lot of research about ferns in Sri Lanka and recently Lichen. She is from Sri lanka and now lives in Chicago. What I learned was what are lichen. They are biotic organisms that are
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