"A Trampwoman’s Tragedy" According to The Norton Anthology of English Literature‚ Thomas Hardy’s poems often “illustrate the perversity of fate‚” “the disastrous or ironic coincidence‚” or “some aspect of human sorrow or loss…” (Greenblatt). In “A Trampwoman’s Tragedy‚” a narrative poem about people who make terrible decisions that yield terrible consequences‚ Hardy utilizes irony and fate to explore traditional gender roles and their effects on the human condition. The poem contains the sorrow
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The English Civil War 1A. one of the reasons for the outbreak of the civil war was that the English style prayer books were issued to St Giles Cathedral‚ Edinburgh. Charles did this to try and strengthen his religion north of the border. The reaction to this from the Presbyterian Scotland was terrible‚ they staged a massive riot. This riot stared a full scale revolt in Calvinist Scotland. An army was formed by Alexander Leslie and went into England. The king tried to raise an army but the puritans
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Tragedy or Comedy The play writer William Shakespeare is widely considered one the greatest playwrights in history. His work transformed English literature forever. Most of his plays were either comedies or tragedies and some seemed to have the line blurred between the two as they contain elements of both. The play Merchant of Venice is one of these plays that contains flavours of both a comedy and a tragedy. Many scholars have frequently debated whether the play is either classified as a comedy
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of her youth‚ at 21. She is often called the Keats of the Indo-English literature for more than one reason - her meteoric rise on and disappearance from the literary firmament‚ as also for the quality of her poetry. James Darmesteter pays a befitting tribute to her‚ "The daughter of Bengal‚ so admirable and so strangely gifted‚ Hindu by race and tradition‚ and an English woman by education‚ a French woman at heart‚ a poet in English‚ prose writer in French‚ who at the age of 18 made India acquainted
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Crucible as a Tragedy Today‚ Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is commonly believed to be a tragedy‚ but the standards for different types of literature have changed over time‚ and the tragedy in not a type of literature that has only been around since yesterday. So let’s ask the inventors of theaters and dramas and see what their opinion would be‚ if they would approve with our definition of tragedy. According to Aristotle‚ a tragedy is defined as follows: “Tragedy‚ then‚ is an imitation
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1. Explain meaning of terms and their relevance to Eng Literature (examples‚ people‚ time span): Old English/Anglo-Saxon – language (many different dialects) and culture of Anglo-Saxons‚ 7th -11th c.‚ lit.: The Ruin‚ Beowulf‚ Seafarer etc; Bede‚ Caedmon‚ St Columba‚ St Augustine‚ Alfred the Great; Early Medival times‚ migrations‚ arrival of Christianity‚ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle‚ Viking Invasion‚ Germanic heritage‚ Christian ideology‚ memory of Roman Empire (myth of origins‚ Brutus)‚ Celtic elements
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concept of Tragedy with reference to "The Spanish Tragedy". A tragedy is a religious experience which is main objective is to make the audience reflect on serious matters in order to know ourselves better and to hopefully grow as a person. It is a performed action that conveys both the feelings of pity and fear (as Aristotle’s definition of tragedy establishes) leading to the catharsis of such emotions among the spectators. All these elements are properly presented within "The Spanish Tragedy" by Thomas
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A tragedy is often thought of as a sad‚ pitiful event. The factors used to label an event as tragic are the consequences and the lasting effects. For example‚ the consequences of one or more deaths can be seen as a tragedy. And tragedies are often remembered long after the event‚ clearly impacting the future for those involved. Many people interpret events such as a natural disaster‚ a death of a loved one‚ or a permanent disability as tragic. However‚ others say that this definition of a tragedy
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Royal University of Phnom Penh Institute of Foreign Languages Lecturer: UY Sreng Department of English Major Assignment Literature Studies 301 Group …. Academic Year: 2013-2014 Gender Issues I. The Procedure of Interview The Pearl‚ a novella written by John Steinbeck‚ illustrates various social issues of Indian people while living under the colonization of Spanish people. These social issues include: family issues‚ gender issues‚ social oppression or exploitation‚ family future plan
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THE STRUCTURE OF A SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY ----------------------- 1. Exposition: Since Shakespeare’s stage had no central curtain and few stage props‚ the exposition reveals the setting (time and place) and sometimes highlights a theme; it has the important function of providing the appropriate mood and atmosphere for the play‚ also acting as a “hook” to engage the audience. Shakespeare rarely introduces his tragic figure at this stage. 2. Inciting Force: An incident that introduces the conflict
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