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  • Macbeth: A Tragic Hero

    Macbeth: A Tragic Hero

    Tragedy occurs to some more often to others, but most define it differently. Webster’s Dictionary defines it as “a kind of drama in which some fatal or mournful event occurs” (764). To philosophers and traditional writers philosophy takes on another meaning. For example, to famous philosophical figure Aristotle, “tragedy occurs when noble or great persons are led, through pride or a secret flaw in their personalities, to suffering that changes their fortune. The tragic hero

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    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Wendy
  • The Tragic Hero

    The Tragic Hero

    : The Tragic Hero : Literature entertains us and provides us with an escape from our everyday lives. In doing this we are introduced to many different kinds of heroes - the comedic hero, the romantic hero, the adventurous hero, and the tragic hero. However, it is the “Archetypal” tragic hero that is, by far, the most compelling hero we meet in literature. The tragic hero is usually of noble stature with a tragic flaw.

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Artur
  • Macbeth...Tragic Hero?

    Macbeth...Tragic Hero?

    Macbeth is a butcher.” Discuss this statement exploring the ideas of Macbeth as a tragic hero and that the murder may or may not be entirely his fault. In your answer consider the role of the witches, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth’s indecision and his fatal flaw, ambition. You must support your answer with specific reference to and quotes from the play. The play, “Macbeth” by Shakespeare is entirely focused on the main character, Macbeth. In this

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    Submitted: February 9, 2010 By: Yan
  • Unnaturla Death in Hedda Gabler and Madame Bovary

    Unnaturla Death in Hedda Gabler and Madame Bovary

    Throughout Hedda Gabler and Madame Bovary death is a common motif. The use of unnatural death by Henrik Ibsen and Gustave Flaubert allows the authors to breakdown the main characters and reveal their true personalities. The deaths of Emma Bovary in Madame Bovary and the death of Hedda Gabler and Ejlert Lovborg in Hedda Gabler are the climax allowing the reader to learn about the characters in the text. Emma, or Madame Bovary, died after

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Madame Bovary

    Madame Bovary

    Madame Bovary Essay Question 1 Throughout Flaubert’s Madame Bovary the title character, Emma Bovary, is immoral. She constantly lies and mistreats her husband by cheating on him with multiple men and attempting to auction off his belongings. She is always disappointed with her husband, Charles, and, at most times, is even embarrassed to be associated with him. Just by cheating on Charles with Rodolphe and Leon, she performs more immoral tasks than most women even

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    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • Oedipus as a Tragic Hero

    Oedipus as a Tragic Hero

    The foundations of Greek tragedy were laid down by the philosopher Aristotle in his famous “Poetics” which discussed the characteristics of a tragic hero. In this composition of philosophy and literary theories, Aristotle’s ideas revolve around three crucial effects to audience members. First, the audience must develop an emotional attachment to the tragic hero. Next, the audience must fear what may befall the hero. Finally, once misfortune strikes, the audience pities the suffering hero. Clearly,

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Macbeth - Tragic Hero

    Macbeth - Tragic Hero

    The character of Macbeth is a classic example of a Shakespearean tragic hero. There are many factors which contribute to the degeneration of Macbeth of which three will be discussed. The three points which contribute greatly to Macbeth's degeneration are the prophecy which was told to him by the witches, how Lady Macbeth influenced and manipulated Macbeth's judgment, and finally Macbeth's long time ambition which drove his desire to be king. Macbeth's growing character degenerates

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    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Willy Loman Tragic Hero, or Misguided Fool

    Willy Loman Tragic Hero, or Misguided Fool

    Willy Loman Tragic Hero, OR Misguided Fool In The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, it is argued weather that Willy Loman is a tragic hero. There are cases for both classifications of Willy. By definition, a tragic hero is a person born into nobility, is responsible for their own fate, endowed with a tragic flaw, and doomed to make a serious error in judgment. The tragic hero eventually falls from great esteem.

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    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Mike
  • Antigone - Tragic Hero

    Antigone - Tragic Hero

    In Antigone Creon is the tragic hero. Throughout the story he displays the four tragic hero characteristics. He was a person of high character. Creon was the King of Thebes and he thought he was the most powerful person. Creon didn't think anything could stop him. Pride was Creon's downfall. It lead to the loss of many loved ones that were close to him. At the end Creon realized he was wrong. He tried to

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    Submitted: March 14, 2010 By: Max
  • Julius Caesar - a Tragic Hero

    Julius Caesar - a Tragic Hero

    hroughout many of Shakespeare’s plays, a tragic hero is identified; a heroic figure that possesses a character flaw that leads to his defeat. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, there has been controversies over who is actually the tragic hero. Many people agree that Marcus Brutus is the tragic hero. However, others argue and identify Julius Caesar as the tragic hero. After examining these two characters, a conclusion is easily drawn. Brutus is the tragic

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    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Mike
  • Julius Caesar as a Tragic Hero

    Julius Caesar as a Tragic Hero

    Julius Caesar as a Tragic Hero The Ides of March mean much more than March 15th, it was also the day Julius Caesar, the Roman general and leader was killed. Although this day is not a holiday, we should take time to think of things Caesar didn’t on this fateful day. In “Julius Caesar,” by William Shakespeare, Caesar that morning solidified his place as a tragic hero because of his tremendous fatal flaw. Aristotle once

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Anna
  • If Macbeth Chooses to Do Evil, Can He Be Regarded as a Tragic Hero?

    If Macbeth Chooses to Do Evil, Can He Be Regarded as a Tragic Hero?

    Q. If Macbeth chooses to do evil, can he be regarded as a tragic hero? In order to answer this question, this essay will discuss concepts of tragedy and more specifically, Greek and Shakespearean tragedy. Consideration will be given to the nature of human nature, and there will be deliberation on what constitutes a hero as opposed to a tragic hero. We will also investigate the use of the word �if’ in this essay question,

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Macbeth: A Tragic Hero

    Macbeth: A Tragic Hero

    In Shakespearean tragedy the main character is often referred to as the “tragic hero”. This character is usually a person of importance to society such as a king who, in the end, has a downfall caused by an antagonist. During the hero’s downfall, he often confronts his demise with courage and dignity. Such is the case in the story of Macbeth. Macbeth, through a series of events and pressure from his wife, Lady Macbeth, becomes

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    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Oedipus: A Tragic Hero

    Oedipus: A Tragic Hero

    Oedipus: A Tragic Hero Oedipus Rex, or Oedipus the King is Sophocles’s first play of “The Theban Cycle.” It tells the story of a king that tries to escape his fate, but by doing so he only brings about his downfall. Oedipus is a classic example of the Aristotelian definition of a tragic hero. Aristotle defines a tragic hero as a basically good and noble person who causes his own downfall due to a flaw

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    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Mike
  • Comparison of the House of the Spirits and Madame Bovary

    Comparison of the House of the Spirits and Madame Bovary

    The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert are two excellent works of literature. Both stories have differences that are backed by their storylines and cultural differences, but can be compared through the similarities and dichotomies portrayed by the wives and husbands of both families. The wives provide the driving force that advances the storylines while the husbands add support to the novels. In The House of the

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    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Creon: Antigone’s True Tragic Hero

    Creon: Antigone’s True Tragic Hero

    F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, "show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy." This quote is based on the definition of a tragedy, a story of a person who starts in a high position in society and falls throughout the story to end in a state worse-off than where he began. This person is known as the tragic hero. The tragic hero is the character who falls from grace due to fate and

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: regina
  • Discuss to What Extent the Monster in Frankenstein Is Portrayed as a Tragic Hero?

    Discuss to What Extent the Monster in Frankenstein Is Portrayed as a Tragic Hero?

    Discuss to what extent the monster in Frankenstein is portrayed as a tragic hero? Aristotelian defined tragedy as “the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself.” It incorporates “incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish the catharsis of such emotions.” The tragic hero will most effectively evoke both our pity and terror if he is neither thoroughly good nor evil but indeed a combination of both.

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    Submitted: May 11, 2010 By: regina
  • Othello - Tragic Hero

    Othello - Tragic Hero

    When discussing the characteristics of Othello one finds he has more than one side. Othello is a tragic hero in this drama. Also, he portrays a man with much greatness. Consequently, Othello has many weaknesses. In order to truly understand the character of Othello, one must understand him as a tragic hero with both greatness and weakness. A tragic hero is the main character in a play that takes a downfall or is ruined during

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    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Dr. Faustus a Tragic Hero

    Dr. Faustus a Tragic Hero

    Dr. Faustus a tragic hero. In his tragedies, Marlow conceived his heroes, first of all, as men capable of great passions, consumed by their desires abandoned to the pursuits of their lusts, whether they lead to glory, butchery, and loss of kingdom or eternal damnation. The intensity of emotion gives them an elevation and a heroic interest that outlasts contemptibility or pathos. Nor are they without representational value. They linger in the mind as men

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    Submitted: June 2, 2010 By: Janna
  • Is Henchard a Tragic Hero?

    Is Henchard a Tragic Hero?

    A tragedy is a combination of fate, and gods who are acting against the hero ; who has achieved greatness but through a weakness or flaw in his character, who falls into the depths of misery and followed by death. Moreover, in Greek tragedies, a chorus is present, commenting on the actions of character, just as the rustic chorus in Mayor of casterbridge. The changes in time also give a dramatic tone to the story, as

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    Submitted: May 2, 2011 By: pirhanna
  • Things Fall Apart - Tragic Hero Summary

    Things Fall Apart - Tragic Hero Summary

    Amir Radmand Radmand 1 Miss Mastandrea World Lit Block F 16 March 2016The Story of Okonkwo the Great Here in Umofia, a famous hero named Okonkwo brought pride and honor upon his village for defeating the land’s best wrestler. He became known as “a man of action, a man of war” (Achebe 7). He became husband to three women and father to several kids, which was a major accomplishment at the time, and was also

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    Submitted: April 7, 2016 By: xAR27x
  • Tragic Hero in Julius Ceasar

    Tragic Hero in Julius Ceasar

    Who was the tragic hero? There are several characters in Julius Caesar that are tragic heroes. I Feel that Marcus Junius Brutus known as Brutus, is one of the tragic heroes. I chose Brutus because, Brutus stands out as a tragic hero more than the other characters, he was high ranking by being a senator, made poor choices at times and being too naive. There are several meanings of “tragic hero”. They all mean the

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    Submitted: August 15, 2016 By: kaytietaylor
  • Shakespeare Tragic Hero

    Shakespeare Tragic Hero

    The Shakespearean Tragic Hero 1. Heroes as exceptional beings - sufferings of an unusual kind - His nature is exceptional and is raised in a respectful form that is above the average level of humanity. - Made of the stuff that is within us and by the people we are surrounded by 2. Heroes tragic trait/fatal gift - Makes errors through action/omission which causes for the downfall - Wins sympathy through his errors - Tragic

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    Submitted: September 28, 2018 By: Nimmy
  • The Hero: Pedro Romero

    The Hero: Pedro Romero

    The Hero: Pedro Romero At the beginning of the 20th century Hemingway's generation viewed the world as romantics (Wikipedia Romanticism, 2008). World War One changed all of this by the use of its brutal military tactics and technologies (Wikipedia WW1 Technology, 2008). What honor was there in men who were cut down by machine guns, and what courage could one display against mustard gas? Thus, World War One had lasting effects on the generation of

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    Submitted: January 7, 2009 By: Andrew
  • The Tragedy of Emma Bovary

    The Tragedy of Emma Bovary

    The Tragedy of Emma Bovary "I've never been so happy!" Emma squealed as she stood before the mirror. " Let's go out on the town. I want to see Chorus and the Guggenhiem and this Jack Nicholson character you are always talking about." Emma Bovary in Woody Allen's The Kugelmass Episode. As I sit here pondering the life of Emma Bovary I wonder what it must have really been like for her. She was young,

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    Submitted: January 14, 2009 By: Jessica

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