Genre Essays

‘The Great Gatsby’, written by F Scott Fitzgerald, is undoubtedly a deeply tragic novel. There are many tragic elements about it, many of which I shall be looking at in greater detail. The title character and protagonist in the novel is Jay Gatsby, a mysterious and fabulously wealthy man living in a gothic mansion in […]

The Great Leap Forward is recognized as one of the main distinguishing features of the Maoist paradigm. Ultimately the Great Leap led to famine, where between the years 1958 and 1962 more than 30 million Chinese starved to death. 1 The startling nature of the famine is that for about twenty years after it occurred, […]

Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) is a Spanish poet and artist who, along with others like Dali and Picasso, became well-known during the inter-war period. While their predecessors in the late 19th century occasionally maintain a satirical view of human existence – even Ibsen plays, in their bleakest moments, possess a touch of playfulness – Lorca’s […]

William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a five-act Elizabethan drama that adheres to Aristotle’s guidelines for Tragedy. Marcus Brutus serves as the tragic hero of the play due to his elevated social status and well-intentioned nature. Unfortunately, he tragically becomes involved in the misguided assassination of Julius Caesar, resulting in a destructive path […]

Many people know the story of Oedipus Rex. Since the day of his birth, Oedipus was doomed to commit a horrific deed. He was prophesized to murder his father and sleep with his mother. Sophocles put this Greek tale into words and created a famous tragedy. The story of Oedipus Rex follows a Hero’s Journey. […]

Argumentative/Persuasive Essay Hamlet; The Tragic Hero In many plays there is always one person that is the tragic hero. They always possess some type of tragic flaw that in turn leads to their tragic deaths. In the Shakespearean play Hamlet the main character Hamlet is considered to be a tragic hero. By carefully analyzing the […]

TOPIC: Who is , Elesin Oba or Olunde? Please give reasons for your answer in a carefully written essay. Please use “Being, the Will, and the Semantics of Death” by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Criticism 155-164) and “Tragedy, Mimicry, and the African World” by Olakunle George (Criticism 207-222) in your essay. The Real Tragic Hero […]

Ibrahim Kari Unit 2. The opening act of King Lear effectively demonstrates the initial situation and downward movement of Aristotle’s structure of tragedy. When King Lear the tragic hero announces: “Know that we have divided… From our age” this is where the initial situation in the play begins and is the main flaw that will […]

Bruce Dawe themes Bruce Dawe is a poet who inscribes not only controversial pieces of poetry but also poems that depict his own personal experiences in life. As many would say it Dawe is “an ordinary bloke, with a respect for the ordinary” because he writes as a delegate to the everyday Australian. The two […]

Discuss the dramatic devices Williams uses in the play to suggest that Blanche is doomed. A Streetcar Named Desire is a tragedy that is unlike a traditional tragedy in that the characters in it are not struck by some calamity or fall because of unwise choices on their part. Instead, we enter the play in […]

The Drawer Boy, by Michael Healey, has been suggested to be a play containing “no violence”; however, this conclusion deserves further analysis. In the play, the author uses violence as a way to create an identity for Angus, a main character, as well as a method to develop Angus’s character. Through this play, Healey creates […]

The tragic fall of Willy Loman and Hamlet Both Willy Loman and Hamlet suffered till their untimely death. Both were afflicted with corrupted families and were lost in understanding their role in life. For a character to be considered tragic, he/she must be of high moral estate, fall to a level of catastrophe, induce sympathy […]

Othello is considered one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, centered around the manipulative Iago and the virtuous Desdemona. Iago employs various techniques to corrupt the play’s protagonist, Othello. Although it is evident that Iago taints Othello’s virtue and plans to ensnare them all through their goodness turning into darkness, it cannot be argued that Iago was […]

Is ‘King Lear’ a tragedy without any redeeming features? Despite the well-known flaws of the King, the power-hungry evil daughters, and the brutal acts and numerous deaths at the end of the play, some viewers believe that ‘King Lear’ offers redemption through its tragic plot and sub-plot. It is not completely devoid of redemption. The […]

Macbeth as a Tragic Hero The character Macbeth, in Shakespeare’s Tragedy Macbeth displays several characteristics of a tragic hero. Common traits that tragic heroes possess are they are born of noble birth, their actions result in an increase of self-awareness and self-knowledge, the audience must feel pity and fear for this character and the most […]

4. Quotation/Summary| My thoughts| In chapter six, Nomi creates a very vivid memory of watching two black Mennonite dresses “flying around like crazy birds way up in the sky”. As she watched them fly all the way to her grandmother’s yard where she was, she remained fascinated, calling that, “even the best thing that ever […]

On the contrary, nobility, an error in Judgment r a flaw, realization of that flaw, and communal pity are all traits of a tragic hero. Therefore, John Proctor in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, George Milton from the novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, and Mel Gibson all fit the role of tragic heroes […]

Tragedy in the Modern Age: A Short Note ARPA Dakar The genre of tragedy originated in ancient Greece through ritualistic performances dedicated to the pagan deity Dionysus. Aristotle developed his theory of tragedy based on works by Greek tragedians like Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles, considering them the epitome of this genre. Tragedies by Seneca in […]

To what extent are the personal weaknesses of the central characters responsible for the tragic outcome of ‘Romeo and Juliet? William Shakespearean Romeo and Juliet, ends in tragedy because of personal weaknesses shown by the central characters. There are weaknesses shown by the characters of Romeo and Juliet with their emotional feelings or love which […]

The tragic play Hamlet, an important work in world literature, offers a profound experience that should be available to all students of literature. It explores various thought-provoking issues, particularly Hamlet’s struggle with indecisiveness and his delay in seeking revenge for his father’s murder. These themes are emphasized through Hamlet’s impactful soliloquies, which are among the […]

Romeo and Juliet Research Paper In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo’s character was undermined as a foolish, feminist, and untrustworthy man to the audience, which finally contributes to the tragedy of the play. He is foolish as he was completely defeated by love-sick, impulsively asked for marriage after seeing Juliet for one night, […]

The theme of tragedy is frequently explored in relation to this book. Hardy, who has a keen interest in Greek tragedy, employs tragic events to magnify the Wessex countryside and its residents. In doing so, he not only advances his narrative but also achieves a sense of grandeur for his novel. While The Return of […]