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    HASAN İNAL İDE 305 DAMLA UĞUZ 112401002 ELIZABETHAN AND GREEK TRAGEDY Tragedy has its origins in Ancient Greek‚ it was a kind of performance to honor Dionysus. They were performed as competition between three playwrights. Actors who took part in the plays were all man and they all wore masks. They wore masks to impersonate satyrs.According to Aristotle ‘’ Tragedy depicts the downfall of a noble hero or heroine‚ usually through some combination of hubris‚ fate‚ and the will of the gods. The

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    KING ARTHUR A legend is a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition. Over time‚ a legend becomes commonly accepted as true. While legends usually elevate the main characters to heroic proportion‚ the best of them have a basis in fact. Often times‚ a legend changes over time in order to keep it fresh to new generations. Legends are told to teach and to inspire. They are told to entertain and pass down tradition. Perhaps no legend has reached a wider audience than that of King Arthur

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    mourning/afternoon fellow classmates and teacher‚I if you didn’t guess by now I’ll be talking about urban myths or otherwise known as urban legends. First I’ll be talking about what is a urban legend. Right away you think of the urban legend bloody Mary or now the infamous Slender-man‚ those are probably the most famous one of them I’ll be talking about throughout my speech‚ that one being bloody Mary. Urban myths really started as long ago as Vikings and before that the Chinese imperial armies. They would

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    The Druids and Celtics‚ Irelands ancient societies‚ believed in the power of magic and myths. This is what spread into all the stories these days‚ and the reason we have myths. There are hundreds of myths and legends that have spread throughout the world today that people believe. These are the roots of many haunted tails and ghost story’s. One of the most well-known Celtic Myths is the Leprechaun. The Leprechaun is known as a small little fairy that has been around since the medieval times in Ireland

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    well known today as he was during his heyday some three hundred years ago: he is arguably the most famous pirate ever to set sail. There are many legendsmyths and tall tales concerning Blackbeard the pirate. Are any of them true? Legend: Blackbeard hid buried treasure somewhere: Fact: Sorry. This legend persists anywhere Blackbeard ever spent significant time‚ such as North Carolina or New Providence. In reality‚ pirates rarely (if ever) buried treasure. The myth comes from the classic story

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    Diary Entry on Elizabethan Times Today I was filled to the top with euphoria because mother promised me she would take m to London for my birthday. I woke up abnormally early and washed my face with cold water and put on my favourite polka-dotted dress. I fixed my bed sheets and sprayed a small amount of perfume onto my clothes. I glanced at my pocket watch and found that it was already five o’clock; it would take two hours to get there. I raced down the stairs and shoved a few spoons of rice into

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    “Pyramus and Thisbe” Creation Myth and Roman Myth The author of "Adam‚ Eve‚ and the Serpent"‚ and author Doris Gates of "Pyramus and Thisbe" from Two Queens of Heaven‚ reveal to the readers how trust and love can bring disaster especially by temptation. The authors of both myths also reflect an ideology for the audience as the rules were made to be broken. The author of "Adam‚ Eve and the Serpent" introduces the snake‚ representing as temptation‚ this character of this myth told Eve "Ye Shall Not surely

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    Although the Globe theatre was a competitor who used props and special effects‚ the Elizabethan theatre quickly adopted its idea. (Globe Theatre Special Effects 1) Actors skilled in imitating the sounds of whaling ghosts‚ roosters‚ and baying of hounds‚ remained in what was known as the “ Hell Room” (Globe Theatre Special Effects 3). The Hell room is where actors went to make noises that carried through the theatre that imitated creatures from hell. This special effect allowed actors to spook the

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    During the Civil War unit‚ we discussed many different types of authors. Some were cynical and pessimistic‚ while others were very optimistic‚ almost to the point of Transcendentalist. Three Civil War era writers that varied from pessimism to optimism included Ambrose Bierce‚ Mark Twain‚ and Walt Whitman. Ambrose Bierce‚ also known as “Bitter Bierce‚” was a writer in the 1800’s that wrote about war and the tragedy that comes along with it. Being a realist‚ Bierce wanted to reveal the horrors of

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    "Every rascal is not a thief‚ but every thief is a rascal." --Aristotle Besides the fear of death by the plague‚ there was nothing that threatened the people of Elizabethan England as much as crime. Crime was a very frequent happening especially in England ’s capital‚ London. Its citizens were victims of many different crimes ranging from petty theft to murder. The punishments for these crimes are considered harsh by today ’s standards but because of the high crime rates‚ they were necessary.

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