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    Tragedy Essay

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    Kenny Fleming Mr. Blocker- Period 2 Due: 4/2/12 Tragedy From Afar Catharsis‚ the dramatic event that describes the "emotional cleansing" of the general audience‚ prevails in many tragedies. It provides an extreme change in emotion‚ as the result of experiencing strong feelings. It has been described as ”purification" or a "purging" of emotions (Aristotle 22). Shakespeare’s Macbeth represented a tragedy‚ because of the loss and destruction of lives. More specifically‚ the large-scale

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    Faustus Tragedy

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    Discuss Dr. Faustus as a tragedy Dr. Faustus is a tragedy because the main character falls as a victim of his own circumstances‚ and is a victim of himself. He is a man with all the potential and possibilities to be successful. He is a Renaissance man who is versed in every aspect of science‚ philosophy‚ the arts‚ education‚ and genius‚ yet‚ he utilizes his energy and wit into absolutely nonsense and unnecessary goals‚ such as his obsession to be a magician‚ and his ridiculous fixation for power:

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    to have again what he once cast off” (102-103). The seventh layer of hell: where the suicides’ go to forever take on the body of a tree‚ and to have life begin to grow only to be eaten by Harpies. Dante Alighieri‚ author of the poem‚ “The Divine Comedy” derives the meaning behind the “forest of suicides” and the “bush-souls” from the influence the Catholic Church played in Florence around the 1300’s. The “forest of suicides can be explained through the Last Judgment‚ and how the sinners punishment

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    Nature of tragedy

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    The Nature of Tragedy Macbeth is the last of Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies‚ the other being Hamlet‚ King Lear and Othello. In Shakespeare’s time the word ‘tragedy’ had a very precise meaning - it involved the fall of a great man either through forces beyond his control or by his own error‚ often resulting in death. It was the nature of this fall from greatness that was considered ‘tragic’ What does the word ‘tragedy’ mean to you? Things that are sad or to do with death‚ revenge‚ accidents

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    The Tragedy Argument

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    The Tragedy Argument INTRO SUMMARY:The Tragedy Paper is a book about high school students at a private school. One student‚ Duncan‚ gets a gift in his dorm and they’re cd’s. On the cd’s is a guy named Tim who is albino a and giving the story of what all led up to the tragedy. Duncan then has to balance his life of school and a girlfriend with the terrible flashback story of what happened last year. All while trying to write his own tragedy paper. THESIS:The Tragedy Paper should be read by FCCC

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    Comedy in Educating Rita

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    Aristotle said that comedy is ‘’an imitation of inferior people’’. How far do you think that this applies to the character of Rita in the play ‘Educating Rita’? Educating Rita is a play that uses the colloquialism of the main protagonist‚ Rita‚ to create the comedy element for the audience when she is being tutored by Frank‚ an untypical university lecturer who works in the setting of 1980’s northern England. In interpreting the characteristics of Rita‚ it can be identified that comedy is indeed an imitation

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    Oleana as a Tragedy

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    Oleana presents many definitive traits that could categorise it as a ‘tragedy’. The most prominent is the presence of a ‘harnartia’‚ executed by John. Harnartia is Greek terminology that translates literally to “missing the mark”‚ and was often used to depict the ‘Hero’s fatal flaw’. In the case of Oleana‚ it could be argued that John committed the ‘fatal error’ of breaching the lawful gap between teacher and student by “placing his arm around” Carol while trying to soothe her. This sentimental reaction

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    Frankestein and tragedy

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    Essay Topic: Tragedy in Frankenstein To some people Frankenstein might be considered a tragedy while for others it might not. For Aristotle‚ tragedy was a word to describe a certain situation‚ especially in plays and literature. According to Aristotle‚ in order for a poetic work to be considered a tragedy it had to have several requirements. For Frankenstein‚ only four parts will be mentioned as the other parts applied more to plays rather than literature. First‚ it should have a plot where the

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    Titanic Tragedy

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     largest  vessel  ever  built  and  there  are  many  theories  which  divide   experts  even  today.  However  many  believe  it  is  an  accident  which  could  have  been  averted.  I  believe   that  a  combination  of  factors  are  at  fault.     Harland  and  Wolff   Harland  and  Wolff  had  difficulty  finding  enough  workers‚  and  in  an

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    The Divine Comedy‚ written by Dante Alighieri‚ analyzes life after death in aspects that many beings do not consciously admire. Dante takes the reader along on an adventure through Hell‚ Purgatory‚ and Paradise. Though Dante is the author‚ he is also the main character of this journey through the afterlife. Dante uses both first person point of view and impeccable imagery in his developing of the themes of The Divine Comedy. There are three main themes throughout the poem: the perfection of God

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