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The protagonist, Willy Loman, is a common man who is an epitome of an uncommon tragic hero. Willy, unlike the Greek archetypes of tragic hero’s, has no high position to fall from. He is no king, or hero, in fact, Willy is only a travelling salesman and not a very good one at that as…

Introduction In the play Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare effectively represents the theme of different types of love as doomed due to the strength of their love being genuinely powerful. Such love can lead to keeping secrets from loved ones and people can get hurt or killed. Point In the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Shakespeare exhibits…

Often in literature writers choose to include characters that appear for only brief amounts of time, yet have substantial significance. In his drama Hamlet, William Shakespeare writes about a Danish Prince (Hamlet) thirsty for revenge on his step-father (Claudius) for the murder of his father (King Hamlet) and marriage of his mother (Gertrude). “It has…

Does Othello’s tragedy stem from his race become just an excuse for highlighting the problems pervading an otherwise enlightened renaissance?We must know about Shakespeare. How his great tragedy, move around his character through the play. It makes you guess, what writer literally trying to convey from his chosen word of the play. That’s why Shakespeare…

Mental illnesses can occur to anyone, it doesn’t discriminate. Mental illnesses are conditions such as mood disorders, eating disorders, trauma-related disorders, and personality disorders. Illnesses like these have affected humans throughout the course of history. However, new technology in neuroimaging and genetic engineering has enabled us to figure out the way these illnesses take place…

Sophocles’s, Oedipus Rex, is a story of fate. Oedipus, the new king of Thebes, set out his brother-in-law Creon to find the cause of a mysterious death of the old king, Laius. Creon reports back to Oedipus stating that once the murderer is brought to justice, Thebes can go back to normal and everyone can…

Oedipus Rex, one of Sophocles’ seven remaining plays, is a perfect example of a tragedy. Tragedy, defined by Aristotle in his work the Poetics, “is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude”(Aristotle, sec. 1, part VI). What Aristotle meant in saying this is, tragedy is a representation of…

Macbeths guilt is seen throughout the play, especially after murders he has committed. Although there are many scenes that illustrate the power of guilt, three examples depict this the best. The first time that Macbeth feels guilt is after the witches prophecies. Macbeth is told that he will one day be king. If chance will…

In the opening of Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”, Prince Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is seen as a noble and well respected prince amongst citizens. But this changes after a sequence of events occur such as the murder of his father, Queen Gertrude’s quick and suspicious marriage, and hearing about his love Ophelia’s demise. After every act,…

The drama “Hamlet” written by a great Playwright and actor who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest dramatic, William Shakespeare. The setting of the drama starts from the Denmark’s Elsinore Castle. This drama was written around 1600 in the final years of the rule of Queen…