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Jason Tragic Play
602 wordsThe tragic play Medea, originally written by Euripides then later translated by Philip Vellacott, describes the intense love that Medea expresses towards Jason, a prince on a quest for the Golden Fleece. In an attempt to become closer to the throne, Jason marries Medea, and they parent two children together. However, Jason divorces Medea and marries a young princess. Many themes present themselves throughout this tragic play, but three offer the strongest topics of discussion; one, the greatest ...
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Medea Fatal Flaw Jason Her Selfishness Medea's
607 wordsThe Curse of a Fatal Flaw Every highly tragic and dramatic figure has a fatal flaw that leads to his or her downfall. The character of Medea fits into this category perfectly. Excessive passion is what leads Medea to her destruction. Her love for Jason, her selfishness, and her rage are all factors of Medea's hamartia. First, the strongest factor contributing to Medea's fatal flaw is her love for Jason. During Jasons quest of searching for the Golden Fleece and meets the Princess of Colchis, Med...
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Fully Aware Great Gatsby
1,865 wordsThe Great Gatsby? The novel The great Gatsby is written around the 1920 s when the American dream was every mans dream. Gatsby is a quintessential example of the American dream, a self-made businessman and entrepreneur. His wealth made evident through his elaborate parties at his mansion in West egg, near New York. The question is, is it his success as a businessman and adventurer what makes him great, or does it lie a lot deeper than that? Throughout the story Gatsby has his affections set on a...
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F Scott Fitzgerald Gatsby And Daisy
886 wordsThe book, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, deals with the issue of morals and humanity's errors. A lack of moral values and convictions within the characters of The Great Gatsby leads to their own downfall. As examples of humanity's wrongs, Fitzgerald uses the characters of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby represents the broken heart that cannot let go while Daisy gets caught in a glimpse of greatness and lacks any type of morals. Jay Gatsby exemplifies his peers by his goa...
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Lust For Power One Of The Greatest
610 wordsAlthough he inspired new social, economic, and political ideas, Napoleon Bonaparte is better known for his military tactics. Even today, his battle plans are used and studied by many in the military. Napoleon, who started out as an extremely short and wimpy foreigner who rose to become Emperor of France, died in 1821 at St. Helena, a remote island in the South Atlantic. He was fifty-two years old. Th cause is uncertain: either he was poisoned or he died of a stomach ailment. Bonaparte was born i...
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Lost Her Necklace Forrestier That She Lost Pride
466 wordsMathlide Lose is a character who has much pride in her. It is her motivation to act throughout the story, and it is the key to her downfall. Mathlide downfall comes into place when she does not tell Mrs. Forrestier that she lost her necklace. Mathlide does not gush out confessions and prostrating herself while pleading for forgiveness, she takes the responsibility for her mistakes by replacing Mrs. Forrestier s necklace. De Maupassant shows her qualities in the introduction, the incident, and th...
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18 Th Century Industrial Revolution
811 wordsThe Industrial Revolution In the last part of the 18 th century, a new revolution gripped an unready world. This revolution was not a political one, however it would lead to many implications later in its existence. Nor was this revolution a social or cultural one. This revolution was an economic one in which there was a transformation from the traditional hand made tools and items to machine driven, mass produced goods. The Industrial Revolution, as it is called by historians, changed the ways ...
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William Shakespeare Iago
1,234 wordsOthello has been described as William Shakespeare? s most perfect play. Since 1604, this Shakespeare tragedy has captivated audiences of all ages. The play begins when Othello, a Moorish nobleman and soldier of fortune, unconsciously evokes the spirit of evil in the villainous Iago by choosing Cassio as his lieutenant and not him. Partly for vengeance, but mostly for wicked delight, Iago soon plans to bring about the downfall of Othello and his new officer. Enjoy! Act Scene I. [Venice. A street....
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Lead To His Downfall Greek Tragedy
767 wordsChina Achebe s Things Fall Apart shows an odd similarity between the cultures of Ancient Greece and the Lower Niger. Despite the fact that two societies can exist during different periods of time and have conflicting cultural values, their stories and behavior can have surprising overlaps. Things Fall Apart is structured like a Greek Tragedy in its use of a chorus and in the presence of a tragic hero whose actions ultimately lead to his downfall. The Egwugwu from Things Fall Apart act like the c...
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Andrew Jackson Jackson
795 wordsAndrew Jackson? s presidency beginning in 1829 began a whole new era in United States politics. Jackson came into his term as a common man unlike any of the wealthy presidents that served the previous terms. Through his goal of trying to provide for the needs of the common people Jackson was unsuccessful doing more harm than good. His presidency depicted a horrible example of the appropriate relationship between government officials and the president, caused economic downfall, and most of all ex...
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People Of Boston Scarlet Letter
946 wordsPride of Hagar and Hester Hagar and Hester both express the characteristics of pride. The expression of pride does differ and are similar in many ways. Such as how they show pride by and who are they proud of. Hagar shows pride by abandoning Bram, living individually and how she behaves around John, Marvin, and Doris. Hester also shows pride in many ways through either Pearl or how she walks around Boston showing everyone the scarlet letter. For Hagar it is a flaw because throughout her life it ...
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Tragic Downfall Tragic Hero
384 wordsPride that Leads to Tragedy Pride can be a very pernicious quality in a person. This theme is displayed very well by Creon, a character in the book Antigone and also the tragic hero, whose pride led him to a tragic downfall. Sophocles, the author of this Greek drama, encompasses tragedy in most of his plays. As I mentioned before, a bad quality of Creon is his obstinacy. This got in the way of a lot of things, including his family. Creon, the king of Thebes, believed at one point that State come...
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Bring Happiness Material Wealth
570 wordsTHE PEARL ESSAY: Pursuit of Material Wealth Does Not Bring Happiness In the story The Pearl the main theme is: ambition for wealth and property causes the destruction of man. The story was written from the perspective of the working or low class, which allows the readers the opportunity to reflect how materialism and its pursuit lead to the downfall of man. Steinbeck clearly illustrates this theme through the following characters: the doctor, the priest, and Kino the main character of the novell...
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Tragic Hero Tragic Flaw
654 wordsThe name " tragic hero" , which has become synonymous with Shakespearean dramas, was developed before Hamlet, Macbeth or any of Shakespeare? s well-known plays were written. The literary term was actually discovered around 330 BC by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. Through his theory of catharsis, Aristotle debated that the great plays of Sophocles, Euripides, and other Greek playwrights contained tragic heroes similar to each other, which all portrayed four basic characteristi...
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Act 1 Scene Absolute Power
933 wordsAct M. Butterfly M. Butterfly Act 1, scene 11, Gallimard, the love stricken French Diplomat in China announces his decision to try an experiment. (Act 1, Scene 11). Upon thinking up this experiment, he reverts back to a memory of Madame Butterfly where Cio-Cio-San fears that the western man who catches a butterfly will pierce its heart with a needle, then leave it to perish. (Act 1, Scene 11). He too feels that he has caught a butterfly who will writhe on a needle (Act 1, Scene 11). This butterf...
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Killed The King Lady Macbeth
1,314 wordsIn William Shakespeare s two most popular works of art, Macbeth and Hamlet, several parts of the plays are similar. These two plays can be compared easily because Shakespeare used the same formula for each of his tragedies. The tragedies use supernatural incidents to intrigue the reader s interest and included in the play is a hero who has a tragic flaw, which eventually causes him to make a fatal mistake. Throughout both of these plays, Shakespeare uses the left motif of poison, death, ambition...
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Oedipus The Wreck Good Fortune Fate
613 wordsOedipus and Humanity s Fatal Flaw While the play Oedipus the Wreck was about a king whose reign was destroyed by his own deeds, the message contained within the play was much deeper, and aimed towards every man and woman. That message was that humanity s worst and most unconquerable enemy is their own misgivings. One needs only look at Oedipus life to see how this is evident. Here s a man who has conquered incredible odds and solved the unsolvable riddle. Then, again to his fortune, the land he ...
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Regan And Goneril King Lears
622 wordsWhy do bad things happen to good people? The majority of society believes that there are no logical answers to this question. The worst can happen to the best of us, for no particular reasons. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. In William Shakespeare's King Lear, the main character, King Lear, who claims to be a man more sinned against than sinning, is responsible for his own downfall (3. 2. 60 - 61). Though a good king, Lears actions cause his family and kingdom to fall apart. The sins...
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Karl Marx Adam Smith
1,137 wordsThe ideas and concepts presented in the movie Trading Places certainly dealt with the accessibility and inaccessibility of the superstructure of society. The separation of class, of race, and of gender greatly shaped and influenced human society for thousands of years. Only recently through numerous civil rights movements has the barriers of those social structures been broken. Still, traces of those thoughts and notions can still be found in various work places, schools, and even homes. It is i...
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Ancien Regime Middle Classes
981 wordsLouis had, in 1814, agreed to rule by the terms of the Charter drawn up by his representatives and those of the Napoleonic establishment. Its liberal appearance was helpful if at times misleading, but religious and personal freedom and equality before the law, freedom of opinion and security of property from confiscation were all reassuring for those who had benefitted from the last 25 years of change. The parliament that was set up had little freedom of action and was elected on a very narrow f...
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