Tragedy is used to vehicle the reader’s moral justifications, sympathy and ambiguities. This is caused by the character’s experiences, as they largely aggravate human discomfort and “question traditions and expectations when they seem too immutable.” (Azar Nafisi). The greatest of human discomforts is the conflict of moral pluralism, which evokes ethical ambiguities and sympathy for those who have transgressed. In the novel, Notes on a Scandal, the character Bathsheba Hart takes on an explicit and exploitive affair with one of her students, a boy at the tender age of thirteen. Q3 (122).
Revenge is often seen as a person’s way to “get even” after he or she has suffered, in attempt to harm the wrongdoer in retaliation. The only purpose of revenge is to gain satisfaction in seeing the wrongdoer suffer. Through ethical, religious and legal perspectives, revenge is not ever justified. The act upon taking revenge is unethical. For instance in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the feud between the Montagues and Capulets caused pain and suffering towards the innocent characters such as Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio and Tybalt.
The Inspector creates a play on the word ‘offence’ – what are the two meanings of the word that become tangled in this Act? 11. Throughout the act, moral judgements are made by the audience and the characters themselves about each other. Who condemns whom here? ‘I think it was cruel and vile’.
Fred Ribkoff believes that ‘tragedy dramatizes identity crises and at the root of such crises lie feelings of shame and guilt’. Focusing on the character of the character of Willy or Biff, explore how far you agree that the dramatization of shame, guilt and a crisis of identity is a crucial aspect of Death of a Salesman as a tragedy. The term identity crisis refers to a period of uncertainty and confusion in which a person’s sense of identity becomes insecure, typically due to a change in their expected aims or role in society. This definition fits particularly well towards Biff, who could be portrayed as the main ‘tragic hero’ in Miller’s Death of a Salesman, as the change in their expected aims or role in society may be linked to the protagonist’s downfall from ‘high status’. Through the first few references to Biff Loman, we are aware there is a crisis of identity.
Additionally Roderigo’s description as “the thicklips” provides us with further evidence of Othello’s ethnicity. For these reasons it can be argued that in Shakespeare’s choice of placing him central to the story he is seeking to distance the hero from the audience. Additionally it can be said that attitudes at the times towards inter racial marriages were attached with a great amount of stigma. This is evident in Brabantios reaction upon learning of Othello’s and Desdemona marriage he is angry and unbelieving that his
To the contemporary reader, Othello is frequently marginalised by references to him as “the Moor”, and at a baser level, by direct colour references in a derogatory way: “an old black ram is tupping your white ewe…… or else the devil will make a grandsire of you”(Iago, Act 1, i, 88), and his race being related to unnatural things (“..and must be driven to find out practices of cunning hell….” Brabantio, I,ii,102). Even the Duke’s reference to colour, intended as a complement to the character of Othello, reinforces the stigmatism of race: “you son-in-law is far more fair than black” (I, iii, 22), again implying that “blacks” are of a lower
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action. ( pg , line 58) This clip would be an Oscar moment because this speech connects many of the play’s main themes, including the idea of suicide and death, the difficulty of knowing the truth in a ghosts unclear universe, it connects between thought and action. In addition to its crucial content, this speech is important for what it reveals about Hamlet’s mind. His passionate nature is complemented by a harsh logical reason, which works to find a solution to his madness. He
Both authors illustrate the idea that because of oppression the victim develops a self-hatred that enforces a desire to change. Within The Bluest Eye, Morrison utilizes the Breedlove family as a prime example of people who desire to be anyone but themselves. Cholly, Pauline, Sammy and Pecola Breedlove have all experienced different devastating and painful moments in their life, but they all are unified by one idea: they are ugly. As the narrator explains, “you looked at them and wondered why they were so ugly; you looked closely and could not find the source. Then you realized that it came from conviction, their conviction.
Shakespeare's Presentation of Othello as Responsible for his Own Downfall Shakespeare’s Othello consists of the themes betrayal, love and dishonesty. At the centre of this play is the tragic downfall of Othello at the hands of his so called friend Iago. In this essay I will be discussing the reasons for and against Othello being responsible for his downfall through looking at critical interpretations of his character and actions. In some ways you could say that Othello was highly responsible for his own downfall as he was easily manipulated by Iago showing him to be gullible and naïve. Iago manipulates Othello by making him suspicious through inference, “Ha I like not that”.
Evil Machiavellian or Unwitting Pawn? Explore the Role of Bosola in ‘The Duchess Of Malfi’ The text that I am using for this essay is ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ by John Webster. Bosola is a central character that experiences the most complex situations in the play. Bosola causes debate on his actions as the audience may be split in believing his actions are due to his personality and character, or because of his delegation to others in which he has no other choice but to abide. Bosola can either be seen as an evil Machiavellian character to an extent as at time he conveys compassion, or an unwitting pawn who is just doing his job Bosola potentially conveys an insight to the reader about the future in the play, saying there are acts of corruption.