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    In Friedrich Nietzsche’s “The birth of Tragedy” he claims that “Every artist must appear as an ‘imitator’‚ either as the Apollonian dream artist or the Dionysian ecstatic artist‚ or finally as a dream and ecstatic artist in one.” According to Nietzsche Greek art was very superficial before Dionysus. In this original art the observer was not truly united with the art‚ unable to immerse himself. Apollo was present to protect man from suffering and provided them with a certain level comfort. Dionysus

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    Tragedy and The Tragic Hero Into Thin Air A tragedy is a story designed to arouse pity or fear in the audience so that upon hearing it‚ they are cleansed of unsettling emotions which are portrayed in the story. This catharsis is often brought on by hearing of a tragic hero in the story‚ or a person who is heroic‚ but is defeated by an error or frailty. In the book Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer; the true story of a tragic Mt. Everest expedition‚ the guide Rob Hall was definitely a tragic hero. His

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    In Shakespeare’s plays Othello and Macbeth the audience is presented with two great heroes who both poses a certain character flaw that inevitably leads to their downfall. This is the idea behind a tragic hero; a person of great importance comes to a tragic end because of a serious flaw in his character. Both Othello and Macbeth find themselves on top of the world one moment and being crushed beneath it the next. The next logical comparison to make between two of Shakespeare’s tragic heroes is who

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    Aristotle saw tragedy as centering around a tragic hero‚ a basically noble person (well‚ he said "man") with a tragic flaw--hamartia. This flaw ususally took the form of hubris--excessive pride‚ so excessive that the person with it considered himself equal to the gods and thus‚ with no sense of his own ability to make mistakes‚ made some really terrible ones. Aristotle’s tragedy involved a change (reversal) of fortune‚ which could go from bad to good just as well as from good to bad. He did‚ however

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    Is the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” a tragedy for Blanche or Stella? Aristotle stated “the structure of the best tragedy should…be… complex” representing” incidents arousing pity and fear “. It’s understood that the focus of tragedy is human suffering and a tragedy must be accessible to audiences‚ creating a shared catharsis. Although Aristotle refers to classical tragedies‚ a domestic tragedy like “A Streetcar Named Desire” ensures a greater understanding as it is realistic. Blanche‚ as the

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    “The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar” is one of the most famous works of William Shakespeare. It is a play that is based on Julius Caesar‚ an infamous leader of the Roman Republic‚ and the aftermath following his death. The play should be continued to be titled after Julius Caesar’s’ name because Julius Caesar’s death is the climax of the story‚ Caesar’s achievements throughout his life‚ and Julius Caesar’s ghost haunted Brutus meaning he was still apart of the play. Julius Caesar’s death was an important

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    Personal Factors for Emily’s Tragedy ——An analysis of A Rose for Emily Gemei Jiang Abstract:“A Rose for Emily”‚ at a background of social change of the south after the Civil War‚ written by William Faulkner who was a famous representative of modernism writer in America‚ is a short story about the tragic life and death of Miss Emily Grierson‚ who used to be an upper class lady under the familial halo. With gothic horror and mysterious plots‚ it tells a distorted love tragedy of an eccentric spinster

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    Analysis of Tragedy and the Common Man By: Nathan Roberts In literature‚ tragedy is usually expressed as an extremely cataclysmic event that causes the protagonist to fall into despair. According to Arthur Miller in his academic essay‚ “Tragedy and the Common Man”‚ tragedy is a factor in life that can happen to everyone from the common man to kings and queens. Miller’s representation of tragedy can be easily compared

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    ‘How do Owen’s poems expose (unmask) the tragedy of war?’ Throughout Wilfred Owen’s collection of poems‚ he unmasks the harsh tragedy of war through the events he experienced. His poems indulge and grasp readers to feel the pain of his words and develop some idea on the tragedy during the war. Tragedy was a common feature during the war‚ as innocent boys and men had their lives taken away from them in a gunshot. The sad truth of the war that most of the people who experienced and lived during

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    A Comparative Tragedy Study of Fatalism and Determinism: Oedipus Rex and The Thunderstorm 1. INTRODUTION The Thunderstorm and Oedipus Rex‚ the representatives of Chinese and Greek play‚ both tell tragic stories about incest and unexpected destiny. The two masterpieces reveal much about the literature patterns and philosophical implications of the different cultures. The exploration of the two plays could help further understand the oneness of world literature and the tragedy of unlike culture

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