REFLECTION/ REACTION PAPER After watching the movie in the cinema‚ I decided to compare Jay Gatsby from Francisco Reteche. When I first saw Gatsby‚ I already noticed one similarity that I can pair with Reteche wherein they were both mysterious in the starting part of the story and we could not predict what were they thinking. There were still some similarities that I noticed between the two of them like their main problem was about a girl wherein they wanted to be with a certain girl who left them
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Cook Mrs.Cottriel Eng.3 per.4 19 March‚ 2013 Gatsby’s Journey F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a novel that best signifies America in the 1920s. In this novel‚ the narrator‚ Nick Carroway‚ helps his friend Jay Gatsby reunite with the love of his life‚ which he has been in love with for the past five years. The affair between Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby fails and unfortunately ends in Gatsby being shot and killed. These events were so surreal due to Gatsby’s vision and goals and eventually
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this assignment. Choose one of the prompts below to address in your paper: 1. Write an essay explaining how Sophocles’ Oedipus exemplifies or refutes Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero. Review Chapter 33 in your textbook for the background and overview of Aristotle’s concept of tragedy/the tragic hero and drama. This chapter also contains critical information on Sophocles and the play Oedipus. You may use any of the critical material as a secondary source‚ but remember to cite it
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A tragic hero is defined in most cases as a literary character of great stature whose moral defect leads to tragedy but some self-awareness brings the character to make the right decision (World Literatures). That is why although Antigone portrays many characteristics of a tragic hero‚ the real tragic hero of this play is Creon. A tragic hero in the Greek world is very different from our perceptive of a hero in the modern world. When today’s society thinks of a hero they think of superpowers and
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Conservatism is a philosophy of imperfection in that it highlights a variety of flaws and failings in human nature‚ thus emphasising the limited prospect for social and political advancement. Human nature is flawed in at least three ways. First‚ human beings are limited and dependant creatures‚ who are drawn to the familiar‚ the tried and tested. People‚ therefore‚ recoil from change and seek reassurance in tradition. Second‚ human nature is morally imperfect in that people are driven by non-rational
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life. In his novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ many characters are reflective of the people he knew personally. One of those people was Ginevra King‚ whose romantic ways and elite status were the inspiration for Daisy Buchanan. Daisy’s love‚ Gatsby‚ was inspired by his own personality. The letters sent between the two of them give us insight into the inspiration of the characters Fitzgerald wrote about in the novel The Great Gatsby. The main romance in this novel‚ between Gatsby and Daisy‚ was inspired by King
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A tragic hero is someone who experiences misfortune‚ evokes pity and fear in the audience‚ and possesses a personal flaw. The Iliad showcases a tragic hero during the Trojan War. Trojans and Greeks fight in the war‚ which begins because Paris steals the beautiful Helen away from Menelaos. This angers Menelaos and sparks a war. During the battle‚ the demigod Achilles will eventually kill the Trojan leader Hector. Achilles is the real tragic hero of The Iliad for several reasons. Achilles’s ignorance
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The Great Gatsby Essay A dream that leads to destruction‚ pain and heartache‚ the wish of succeeding in life‚ to be seen and recognized by everyone: this are the themes of the The Great Gatsby. Pursuing the American dream was all the characters asked for. Living the perfect life‚ from being at the bottom of a social class to being at the very top of what they seemed to believe in. But was it an easy way to the top? Both Gatsby and Myrtle are obsessed with the image of possessing it all; the need
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The Not So Great Gatsby The novel The Great Gatsby has always been one of my favorites. Fitzgerald does a magnificent job incorporating the ideals and customs of the 1920s and how they pertained in the lives of the characters in the novel. In The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald attempts to convey the portrayal of the decline of the American Dream in the decline of morals through the way the characters Daisy‚ Gatsby‚ and Tom go about living their everyday lives. A great way that Fitzgerald evidences
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”-Sandford Wall. The American is defined as the traditional ideals such as equality‚ democracy‚ and prosperity that serve as a common foundation for the people of the United States. In literary workings such as Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ The Great Gatsby‚ “The Necklace”‚ and “The Road Not Taken”‚ the authors prove that the American Dream is attainable due to the fact that many America’s are successful in acquiring independence‚ economic prosperity‚ and finding love. One way in which the American
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