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638 wordsA master artisan and innovator of the Greek tragedy, Sophocles's insightful plays have held their value throughout countless time periods and societies. Sophocles was the second of the three great Greek authors of tragedies. Born in Colonus, a small city not too far from Athens, Sophocles grew to know the ways of people and the lives they lead. He was well known for depicting people as they are instead of the way they should be like his teacher, Euripides. His tragedies earned him many prizes in...
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Lady Macbeth King Duncan
625 wordsOne Author: Two Tragedies: Two Very Different Murderers William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macbeth are both classic tragedies. Each tragedy's list of characters contains an ambition-driven murderer: Hamlet, Claudius and Macbeth, Macbeth. On the surface, both characters seem alike in their murderous appetite for the coveted throne. However, a closer analysis reveals that Claudius and Macbeth differ in their characters, personality, and behavior. Both Claudius and Macbeth create their problems (and ...
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Training Author Real
422 wordsThis is the book that every neurosurgeon would like to have written his or her version of, but probably hadn't the time. It is the account of a neurosurgeon's training from medical school to the end of residency, in this case in an American training programme in the 1970 s and 80 s. Although aimed at the public rather than at neurosurgeons, I could not put it down. Of course, I am biased: I am probably much the same age as the author and shared many of his experiences, or at least the British ve...
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Billy Personality Phrase Life Person
429 wordsWhen one says the phrase, life goes on, we can probably assume that they have been faced with some type of tragedy that has affected how they lived. This phrase might create situations where life after the misfortune is more bearable for the person affected and the friends and family of the person. If The Crossing had been written through the eyes of Billy Parham, we probably would have read the phrase life goes on over and over again. Billy was the type of person that would experience something...
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Pity And Terror William Shakespeare
1,022 wordsWilliam Shakespeare wrote four great tragedies, the last of which was written in 1606 and titled Macbeth. This "tragedy", as it is considered by societal critics of yesterday's literary world, scrutinizes the evil dimension of conflict, offering a dark and gloomy atmosphere of a world dominated by the powers of darkness. Macbeth, more so than any of Shakespeare's other tragic protagonists, has to face the powers and decide: should he succumb or should he resist? Macbeth understands the reasons f...
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The Role Of Friar In Romeo Juliet
1,034 wordsThe Friar directly and indirectly took part in suicide, murder, and other tragic happenings. The Friar is an honored man, who sells herbs and medicines to the people of Verona. He is a type of ancient pharmacist, who has potions for both causes of good and evil. There are three specific instances of the Friar playing a major role in Romeo and Juliet: the impossible marriage of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet's "death" plan, and Romeo's death. Without the Friar many crucial and tragic events would not h...
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The Fate Of Romeo And Juliet
746 wordsIn William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, fate plays an extremely powerful role throughout the story. It turns out to cause many terrible events. Shakespeare hints at the outcome throughout the story and makes the reader hope more and more that Romeo and Juliet can live together. Unfortunately, the fate of Romeo and Juliet isn't a very preferable one. Fate can be defined as an inevitable and often adverse outcome or condition; destiny. Romeo and Juliet were ultimately the ones responsible for t...
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Avenge His Father Death Hamlet Prince Of Denmark
1,175 wordsFor several thousands of years, drama has existed among mankind. The ancient Greeks are accredited with the creation of drama, which began as simple religious rituals and eventually evolved into the more complex forms of tragedies and comedies. The first rules of drama, not surprisingly, were also written by a Greek -- the famous philosopher and intellectual, Aristotle. Aristotle took note of the what qualities created a successful dramatic piece by observing a plethora of plays written by diffe...
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William Shakespeare Human Beings
556 wordsWilliam Shakespeare is customary regarded to be the finest dramatist the world has ever seen and the greatest poet who has created his plays in the English language. Besides, Shakespeare has been the worlds most famous author. No other writers works have been published so many times or read so broadly in so many places. Shakespeare knew human nature as few other writers have. He could notice in a particular dramatic case the qualities that refer to all human beings. He could thus produce charact...
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Beginning Of The Play Lady Macbeth
1,262 wordsWilliam Shakespeare is the noted author of a vast array of plays, ranging from comedies to histories to tragedies. Perhaps one of his most famous in the tragedy genre is Macbeth. Though Shakespeare can be considered as a scholar in the sense that he was both a renowned and prolific playwright, look back a few hundred years to find Aristotle, one of the most famous scholars and philosophers of all time. In his treatise titled Poetics, he defends poetry against criticism as well as sets standards ...
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Kill His Father Tragic Flaw
664 wordsOedipus has a "tragic flaw" that leads to his demise, and efforts to attribute one to him to him seem forced. In his quest to uncover the truth and rid Thebes of the plague, he exhibits all the heroic qualities that made him the savior of Thebes during the Sphinx's reign of terror. Oedipus as a victim of a fate he could not control. He had enormous control over the events of his "destiny" through the numerous decisions he makes. He chooses to believe the oracle and leave Corinth. (The play is in...
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A Midsummer Night Dream
747 wordsThe second half of the 16 th century and the beginning of the 17 th are sometimes called in England "The Age of Shakespeare." William Shakespeare's the greatest English poet and dramatist and an in disputed world figure in literature. Altought his works (37 play, 154 sonnets and two long poems) are well knwnall over the world we know little about his life. Shakespeare was born on 23 April 1564, at stratford -upon-Avon, a little town in the heart of England. He was educated at the local grammar s...
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Greek Tragedies Ancient Greece
739 wordsOne of ancient Greece s tragic plays in entitled The Bacchae, written by Euripides. Many larger and deeper philosophical views are expressed in the play. The plot contains many speeches, and one might think at certain points that they would be the moral. The actual moral, however, is almost impossible to define. Euripides uses a style of writing that is heavy with surreal details that are not present in other Greek tragedies. On page 21, lines 506 - 7, the comment How do you live? What are you d...
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Thane Of Cawdor Witches Predictions
1,271 wordsIS MACBETH WHOLLY EVIL? Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's shortest and most compact tragedies, and because of this fast pace, Macbeth himself is the only character to be fully developed, the other characters existing to help the audience understand the changes in Macbeth's personality from play start to end. This centering on Macbeth throughout the play is fascinating, for Macbeth's character descends from being a noble and valiant general in the Scottish army, to being known as nothing more than ...
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Upton Sinclair Family Members
570 wordsThe Jungle, a novel by Upton Sinclair, contained many unique characters which were used as color for this story. The character of Jurgis Rudkis was the strong central character that the author developed as the cornerstone of this novel. The story was based on the life Rudkis led in the town of Packington. The remaining characters in the story merely made appearances, and aided in the tale of Jurgis s experiences. Mr. Rudkis, originally from Lithuania, was a strong, overpowering person. His initi...
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King Lear Daughter Cordelia
779 wordsImagery in King Lear (King-Lear) In the immense amount of writing that William Shakespeare had done in his career as a playwright and or writer in general there are bound to become consistencies and reoccurring themes that make his writing so popular and interesting. In many cases it island to tell whether the thematic structure that many writers follow is intentional or not, but it is possible that there is a reasoning for a specific kind of imagery that a writer likes to outline his / her writ...
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Goneril And Regan Regan And Goneril
1,141 wordsUnhappy that I am, I cannot heave my heart into my mouth. I love your Majesty according to my bond, no more nor less Cordelia is banished. She is disclaimed of all paternal care and is now held as a stranger in her fathers heart. Kent is also banished for having disagreed with the Kings decision concerning his daughter. What did Cordelia do to anger her father so immensely? What could she have possibly have done to turn off, in an instant, her fathers toggle switch of love for her? And what of p...
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Act V Scene King Lear
762 wordsKing Lears Death At the end of Shakespeare's play King Lear, Kent and Edgar survive to be offered their power and titles back so that they can jointly rule with Albany. The title character of the play is not so fortunate. Lear enters carrying the dead body of his loving daughter Cordelia, then collapses and dies beside her. Over the years, scholars of Shakespeare have debated whether Lears death was caused by his joy at believing Cordelia to be alive or his sorrow at believing her to be dead. Th...
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Thane Of Cawdor Macbeth
816 wordsIn Shakespeare? s tragedies, one element is consistent- the tragic hero. Each tragic hero shares certain traits that contribute to his tragedy. From Othello to Macbeth, each hero is a man of high estate or high ranking. Also, they each possess some flaw or obsession that will eventually lead to their demise. The characters do not have to be inherently? good? , or moral, but they do have to have some undiscovered potential that makes the audience feel that they could have done great things. The a...
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Shakespeare Macbeth Murder Of King
647 wordsBorn in 1564 Macbeth Macbeth Born in 1564 in Stratford, England, William Shakespeare is renowned for his 37 plays. He began by writing comedies such as The Comedy of Errors and Love? s Labors lost, and continued by writing plays based on English history and tragedies. One of his most famous tragedies, written in 1605, was Macbeth. Shakespeare? s Macbeth reveals the universal themes of death, of ambition, and of guilt. Shakespeare reveals the theme of death in his tragedy, Macbeth. At the end of ...
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