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Comparative analysis of Cassius and Brutus in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

“ Caius Cassius and Marcus Brutus are both main characters in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, and are in multiple ways are either quite similar to or quite different from one another. These ways are presented in both their words and their actions. Both of...

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Ten Deeply Moving Coming Of Age Stories

Here are ten deeply moving coming of age stories listed in no particular order. Starting off at #1 is “Rabbit Cake” by Annie Hartnett. A tragicomedy on grief and healing, this book tells the story of Elvis Babbit, a young girl who recently lost her...

Comedy Novel Tragedy 2 Pages

Hamlet: analytical essay

Hamlet’s tragic flaw is his inability to avenge his father’s death because he hasn’t been able to conquer himself in his internal conflict. This recalls the cliche- “One’s greatest enemy is no other than oneself”. I think procrastination is the inaction that leads to Hamlet’s...

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A True Tragic Story of Young Lovers

Several years ago I met a lovely English man. He was visiting the neighbour of a friend. We were sitting on my friends front veranda having a couple of beers when this lovely man joined us and told us the tragic story about a young...

Love Tragedy 4 Pages

The minute of silence

The minute of silence is traditionally a worldwide period of silence to represent and show respect for a tragedy. People stop work to observe a moment of silence at 11am on November 11, which is the time and date when hostilities formally ended after more...

Silence Tragedy 2 Pages

Absolving Frankford: Analyzing “Kindness” in A Woman Killed with Kindness

It is easy for a modern audience to look upon the actions of Master Frankford in Thomas Heywood’s A Woman Killed with Kindness and recoil in disgust. While his actions may be starkly seen as emotional abuse today, within the world of the play his...

Plays Tragedy 4 Pages

Sympathy and Objectification in the Revenge Tragedy Genre

The genre of revenge tragedy has been both popular and unique in its ability to simultaneously arouse feelings that appear to be unrelated in its audience: vengeance and sympathy. What makes this genre vary from play to play, however, is the author’s ability to either...

Plays Revenge Tragedy 6 Pages

Review Of "The Arrival Of The Actress" By Elizabeth Howe

This week, I chose to read Elizabeth Howe’s article “The Arrival of the Actress”. The portion of the article that stood out to me the most was the discussion regarding the fact that there has been great deal of confusion as to exactly what solidified...

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Isolation and Tragedy: Natasha in “Three Sisters”

“Three Sisters” is Anton Chekhov’s only true tragedy, featuring a large ensemble cast of characters facing a downward succession of horrible events. Of all of the characters in the play, Natasha is the only one who seems to gain power by the end. In reality,...

Books Tragedy 2 Pages

Emotions of Anger in Aeneid

The idea of piety in Ancient Rome is not the same idea of piety that we have today. To the Romans, piety, or “pietas” in Latin, describes a set of social constructs that governs what makes a respectable person. Piety encompasses one’s devotion to the...

Ancient Rome The Aeneid Tragedy 5 Pages

The Tragedy Of Texting While Driving

Over the past few years, more car accidents have occurred because of texting while driving. In Laurie Roberts’ article, “Is Arizona (finally) ready to ban texting while driving,” she brings up the fact that Arizona is one of the last states that has not yet...

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Love as Symptom in Beroul’s Tristan: The Original Text and Its Film Version

Thanks largely, if not entirely, to Shakespeare, audiences today can immediately recognize the promise of a romance in any title featuring the names of two characters. “Before Romeo and Juliet, there was Tristan and Isolde,” croons the leading tagline of the 2006 adaptation of the...

Legend Tragedy 6 Pages

Contrasting Virgil’s Aeneid and Early History of Rome by Livy

Virgil and Livy were the authors of two substantially different works; one a propagandist epic in the style of Homer, the other an informed account of Rome’s history. This said, it is interesting to note Virgil’s inclusion of short historical narratives within the fictional tale,...

Ancient Rome The Aeneid Tragedy 5 Pages