Marlene Romo Professor Williams English 1B 4 December‚ 2011 Othello’s Tragic Fall According to Aristotle‚ a tragedy must include the downfall of the tragic hero brought upon by his hamartia‚ in other words his weakness or flaw. It must also be comprised of the hero’s peripetia‚ where when he once had it all‚ it is now all lost. After the peripetia‚ the anagnorises follows; this is where the hero attributes his downfall to his weakness or flaw. The hero must be noble both in birth as well as
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A Day to Go Down in Infamy Everyday tragedy occurs. Significant or not it affects some or all. For America 9/11 was the biggest tragedy to occur since Pearl Harbor‚ and has changed the course of our nation and for the future. 9/11 being the largest death poll on American soil since the civil war had a great impact on the country. It takes a great force to change the course of a powerful nation and 9/11 had that power to leave the country in shock and change the future for America. Learning about
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Oedipus Rex: Tragedy of Fate Oedipus the King is widely regarded as a tragedy of fate. Briefly stated‚ it begins with a terrible plague that destroys the city. King Oedipus sends a messenger to the oracle at Delphi to find a cure. The answer that is received suggests to find out who the killer of King Laios was. Oedipus sends for the prophet Teiresias‚ who after much arguing‚ finally reveals that Oedipus himself is the murderer. Slowly but surely the history of Oedipus’ situation begins to
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The third of three NASA tragedies occurred in February of 2003. During re-entry after two week mission‚ the Columbia shuttle broke apart. A thorough investigation linked the cause to a section of the silica ceramic insulation foam that lined the underbelly of the spacecraft. The entire crew was killed. Lost or damaged insulation tiles have been a reoccurring issue that never escalated into life threatening status until now. During the investigation‚ NASA officials noticed that a chunk of foam
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The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark Introduction: In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare people can see Hamlet the main protagonist who is the son of the king Hamlet and Queen Gertrude and the nephew of the new king Claudius. These are the most important characters in the play: Hamlet is a sad‚ cynical‚ discontented‚ 30 year old man who is totally sickening of his mother sexuality. Claudius is this uncle who is the antagonist in the story. He is the villain of the play‚ he is manipulative
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The Shadow "The Tragedy of Macbeth"‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ gives the reader an impact of the horror at the darkness in humans. In the story‚ the most dominant literary element is the theme. The theme brings out the impact of horror‚ while the other literary elements support it. One of the most evident quotes that made me think of the horror of darkness in humans was said by Macbeth‚ "Stars‚ hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires " This quote showed that Macbeth was
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Bad things happen to good people. Tragedy takes an emotional toll on everyone involved. Situations like loss or being exculpated often leave a person feeling hopeless. Therefore‚ just because someone physically survives a tragedy doesn’t mean they aren’t scared emotionally. In the memoir Night‚ Ellie Wisel writes about how the concentration camps and/or the whole situation have made him and many other people suffer physical‚ emotional‚ and mental changes. These changes affected Ellie in such a
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understanding it. Marlowe ultimately shows in Dr. Faustus the futility of the quest for ultimate knowledge and the inevitable end result of abandoning moral integrity for omnipotent knowledge. Dr. Faustus also represents a Classic Elizabethan tragedy. First‚ the tragic hero has a flaw or makes an error in judgment that leads to his own doom. It’s hard to say whether Faustus had a fatal flaw in his character or whether he was doomed by a faulty understanding that lead to a fatally disastrous error
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Tragedy is defined as "a dramatic or heroic or literary work depicting a protagonist engaged in a orally significant struggle ending in ruin of profound disappointment." Hemingway’s‚ the Old Man and the Sea is no doubt a very tragic novel. The story starts off with the narrator explaining how Santiago‚ the old man‚ had gone 84 days without catching a fish‚ making the reader feel sorry for Santiago right off the start. The boy is a companion of Santiago who’s been fishing with him‚ like an assistant
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News this week was overshadowed by the tremendous tragedy that occurred at the “Pulse” Nightclub at Orlando‚ Florida. As the official number of victims is 49 dead and 53 injured. It is believed the reason the shooter targeted this particular Nightclub was due to it being a Gay Club. President Obama brief the public on the details of this mass shooting stating that “this was an act of terror” he chose his word carefully and took no questions from the press afterwards. June is LGBT month‚ across America
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