“Johnny Byron and Willy Loman are tragic figures” far do you agree that this statement fits Death of a salesman more that Jerusalem? Both miller and Butterworth use the characters, Willy and Johnny to portray the theme of a tragic figure. Struck by the misfortune of fate Willy Loman and Johnny Byron are trapped in their altered perception of reality which they have created using elaborate lies to mask their ordinary state, imprinting them both with the scar of a tragic flaw in which one character finds so hard to remove, it later becomes his downfall. What seems to be the most tormenting part of both plays is the characters indecision. Comparably each fictional character struggles to maintain their sanity, often reacting in rash and condescending behaviour.
9/19/12 Madness in Literature Several authors utilize the aspect of “madness” to emphasize a point, to warn of a maleficent force, or to simply entertain. Two such examples of this technique being used are “Macbeth,” by William Shakespeare, and “Wuthering Heights,” by Emily Bronte. Within these stories, one main character of each story, Macbeth and Catherine Earnshaw, respectively, undergoes a change in nature to become “mad.” The madness of the characters illustrates an argument for the “unnatural” impetus yielding “unnatural” results. In both of these two works, the impetus that leads to each character’s madness involves a deviation from their natural state or behavior that is never resolved, but instead is allowed to compound, causing
After a while, he decided to train them like animals in the zoo. In every one of his classes, he “picked up a piece of chalk and said ‘I am Piscine Molitor Patel, known to all as π=3.14’ “and that’s how they remembered him. (pg. 22-23) Curious- Pi is the type of person who could be described as looking through the sea. When looking through the ocean, you always want to see more.
All simple, but major character flaws that can seriously affect one’s life. But what about tragic flaws? A tragic flaw is a character flaw so sensitive that it eventually results in a very unfortunate fate. “Antigone” is a Shakespearean Tragedy due to the tragic hero’s tragic flaw of ignorance that causes blind actions, which leads to unnecessary deaths, and finally an epic downfall. Creon, the tragic hero, performs actions with a very clouded judgment.
World Literature I (ENGL 2111.08) October 17, 2012 Irony What is Irony? Irony is incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result or an event and result marked by such incongruity. It can also mean the incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. The works of the Odyssey, Oedipus and Jataka are full of ironic content. Some of the works have verbal, dramatic and situational irony.
“Where be these enemies? Capulet! Montague! See what a surge(?) is laid upon your hate That heaven finds means to kills yours joys with love” (V, iii, 291-293) “For there never was a story of more woe, then this of Juliet and her Romeo” (V, iii, 309-310) Tragedy- Reinforced by the death of Mercutio as it is seen by Levin as quite an ironic end, as he has been the satirist- “represents the play moving from Romantic comedy to Romantic tragedy.” Comparing Comedy & Tragedy- Tragedy tends to isolate where comedy bring together, to reveal the uniqueness of individuals rather than what they have in common with others.
Perspectives within a literary text tend to be depicted in different ways in order to confront the responder, challenge perceptions and promote a varied perception of the human condition. This depiction of conflicting perspectives creates a makeup of the entire construction of the text, as it effectively creates a cause for conflict; the protagonist of a story very rarely does not have a differing perspective on an issue to the antagonist of the story, inevitably leading to conflict, and therefore, a story line. This notion of conflicting perspectives is powerfully expressed through various textural forms, as shown through William Shakespeare’s 1399 dramatic text, Julius Caesar, Mark Haddon’s 2003 novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and Sylvia Plath’s 1966 poem Morning Song. Throughout Julius Caesar, Shakespeare effectively utilises textual form to shape the responder’s understanding of the conflicting perspectives surrounding the personality of Marcus Brutus. Throughout the dramatic literature medium, Brutus experiences many different forms of conflicting perspectives relating to his own sense of identity as well as his relationships to those around him.
Chantelle Driver English 12-1B Ms.Turner 15 December 2011 A Tragic Hero Named Macbeth Sometimes a tragic hero is created, not through his own villainy, but rather through the flaws in him. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macbeth is our main example of our common tragic hero who possesses a tragic flaw, but what is a tragic flaw? A tragic flaw is a flaw in a character that brings about the downfall of the hero of a tragedy. Shakespeare uses Macbeth to show the terrible effects that ambition and guilt can have on a man who lacks strength of character. Ambition, moral weakness and selective perception, would be the major flaws of our character, Macbeth.
In the play the reader can figure out that Macbeth thought a lot of himself. Macbeth was a brave man who thought of himself and others but mostly of himself. The most dominant force of Macbeth’s downfall was the flaws in his own character. Macbeth’s character in the play was very stubborn. This play goes to show the flaws and attributes of Macbeth’s character.
Insane & Sane Assignment Why Hamlet is actually insane Sanity can be a very difficult character trait to study and an even worse state of mind to determine. In order to evaluate a persons sanity you need to look at all aspects of the persons mind and personality. In this circumstance it has been argued throughout history whether Hamlet was insane or if he was pretending to be insane. I am here to prove that he indeed was insane. What I am going to do first is go through the certain incidents that might have put Hamlet over the edge and into insanity.