article by Paul Graham "The age of the Essay" that said‚ "In a real essay you don ’t take a position and defend it. You notice a door that ’s ajar‚ and you open it and walk in to see what ’s inside." (4) With that I would like to attempt to take Oedipus‚ Hamlet‚ and Dante and present my final paper (essay) on consequences. What are the consequences of one ’s actions‚ thoughts‚ and deeds? What do these three men teach us today about choices we make‚ and why we make those choices when faced with
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Overcoming Tragedies We all experience grief in our lives. In the short story "Shiloh"‚ Bobbie Ann Mason’s narrator introduces us to a young couple struggling with their relationship. They start out as a happily married couple who experience many tragedies in their lives which eventually leads to Norma Jean wanting a divorce from her husband‚ Leroy. This couple reaches a crossroad in their marriage. Norma Jean is a round character‚ who shows change throughout the narrative. For example she
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Another flaw of Oedipus that leads to his self-destruction is his excessive self-pride. He made it his mission to find the killer of Laius in order to end the misery that the plague in Thebes caused. He was sure of himself that he will save the land‚ ironically not realizing that he is the one at fault. He sees himself as being all mighty since he presumably escaped his fate. He was able to save Thebes from the Sphinx so he thinks history can repeat itself and he can be a hero ones again for his
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TRAGEDY Simple definition: A hero’s fall in a world of good and evil Classical definition: Aristotle – Ars Poetica (Poetic Arts) * Tragedy is serious * Hero is engaged in a conflict * Hero experiences great suffering * Hero is defeated and dies Tragedies involve… * A faulty or corrupt society * Tragic hero * Tragic flaw * Mistaken choice of action * Catastrophe * Discovery Tragedy arouses in the audience the emotions of pity and fear
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Stages of a tragedy Romeo and romantic love represented Introduction- Introduces characters and insight to their personalities. It sets the scene for the audience so they know how it’s set and also how this could lead to a characters downfall. Sometimes it sets the themes of the play as well. At the beginning of the play then Romeo is depressed about Rosaline because he believes he is in love with her and only wants to be with her. This shows that love can be misleading as a little later in the
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In Oedipus the king the use of dramatic irony develops the play through pathos towards the tragic hero‚ creating suspense‚ and foreshadowing the outcome of the play. Oedipus knows about the prophecies yet he does not know they have come through‚ however the audience is aware of everything going on in Oedipus life. The readers know Oedipus is the murder of liaus but looking at Oedipus personality the novel also depicts how angry he is with whoever killed laius. “As for the murderer himself‚ I call
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According to the classical view‚ tragedy should arouse feelings of pity and fear in the audience. Does Macbeth do this? Tragedy has most definitely influenced the viewer’s thoughts on Macbeth within this play. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the audience sees a gradual breakdown in the character of Macbeth himself‚ due to the tragic events that unfold during the play. This has a direct effect on the audience’s views and thoughts of Macbeth‚ thus creating pity and fear within the audience. Macbeth
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“Tragedy of the Commons” The theory behind the “tragedy of the commons” is important to understand the destruction of our environment and to avoid this‚ we‚ as citizens of this planet‚ must change our moral values and human ideologies. There is no technical solution to solve this problem. We can avoid “tragedy” only by changing the way we live. The tragedy of the commons is explained through an example of herdsmen being able to own as much cattle as possible‚ which results in herdsman wanting
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. These two love stories have many similarities and differences within them. Shakespeare used many of the thoughts from Pyramus and Thisbe and incorporated them in his tragedy. The two plays had many similarities throughout their storylines. They both shared the same sort of tragedy. “She plunged into her heart the sword that was still wet with his life’s blood” (Ovid 489). Shakespeare utilized this double death circumstance in his tragedy. It
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Macbeth as a Tragedy According to Aristotle ’s Definition Literature provides us the various sensation; for examples; love‚ hate‚ sorrow‚ melancholy‚ pity‚ fear and joyfulness. Melancholy is the origination of many great literature works; for instances; the works written by the greatest writer in English literature‚ William Shakespeare. He wrote many precious works and his masterpiece namely tragedy of Hamlet‚ Othello‚ King Lear and Macbeth. The Tragedy of Macbeth seems to fit to an idea mold
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