A Critical Comparison of the Readings on the Epic of Gilgamesh by Nortwick Damrosch and Wolff The reading of Gilgamesh by Nortwick Damrosch and Wolff exhibit three different approaches to the text While Damrosch and Wolff read Gilgamesh in a cultural and genre related context Nortwick uses Jungs progressive psychological theory to foreword a novel idea to the epic This paper is an attempt to compare these different approaches by underlining each readings positive and negative characteristics an
Marji and Gilgamesh are two very different types of people in totally separate categories in fact Heroism is a player in both their games but in totally different ways They are so separate that it would be like putting red light next to blue light in order to compare them This is why you cannot attempt to classify them as one undivided character brand Marji is many things She is rebellious studious punk friendly courageous and heroic Sure she has many definitive qualities but the situations whe
The effect of Shug Avery on Celie In Alice Walkers The Color Purple Shug Avery is one of her most vibrant characters Shugs first impression in the novel is that of a negative one she is insulting and arrogant However the key to Shugs character is the element of surprise Shug awakens love and self esteem in Celie and in return Celie awakens generosity in Shug Walker uses both of them help each other become what they really need to be Both Celie and Shug were very oppressed people Celie was oppre
Time and Fate in Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet said to be one of the most famous love stories of all times is a play anchored on time and fate Some actions are believed to occur by chance or by destiny The timing of each action influences the outcome of the play While some events are of less significance some are crucial to the development of this tragedy The substantial events that inspire the conclusion of Romeo and Juliet are the Capulet ball the quarrel experienced by Tybalt and Romeo a
Violence and conflict are central to Romeo and Juliet Discuss this theme with reference to at least three scenes in the play Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play which is about the teenage marriage of members of rival families and about the violence which ensues Although it is a play about love there are many scenes that contain violence and conflict The play opens with a fight between the Montague and Capulet families and ends with the suicides of both Romeo and Juliet and a peace agreement betwe
Also it has few distractions from the main plot and concentrates on just a few themes like jealousy In Shakespeares Othello Othello is an excellent example of a tragic hero His gullibility and jealousy are the main reason of his downfall Othello deals with love lost because of gullibility and jealousy The main character Othello is a classical example of a tragic hero and he has the basic elements that match him up to be a true hero His stature that of a tall dark African Moor combined with his
By definition a tragedy is a story of exceptional calamity leading to the death of a man in high estate Othello is a classic Shakespearean tragedy fitting with the convention that the heros downfall is a result of a fatal flaw In this case Othellos flaw is exposed by external circumstances The emotional impact of the plot on the audience is created through use of dramatic techniques and the creative use of such techniques makes Othello an effective tragedy At the beginning of the play fitting i
Othello Beginning with the opening lines of the play Othello remains at a distance from much of the action that concerns and affects him Roderigo and Iago refer ambiguously to a he or him for much of the first scene When they begin to specify whom they are talking about especially once they stand beneath Brabanzios window they do so with racial epithets not names These include the Moor I i 57 the thick lips I i 66 an old black ram I i 88 and a Barbary horse I i 113 Although Othello appears at t
Othello 1604 is generally regarded as a captivating domestic tragedy that concentrates on the psychological repercussions of racial hatred and sexual jealousy The play recounts the tragic fate of Othello a Moorish general and recent convert to Christianity who is charged by his Venetian superiors with the defense of Cyprus from Turkish aggression Against this historical backdrop Othello focuses on the deceitful machinations of the villain Iago an amoral subordinate to Othello who sees to it tha
Oedipus and Othello Pride and the Tragic Hero Pride is one of the seven deadly sins Its effect on people however is often subtle at the start and hard to detect Most proud people will never consider themselves to be truly proud until they come face to face with the consequences of their pride Sophocles and Shakespeare both address this dilemma in their plays Oedipus and Othello Through their nobility their tragic flaws the fall these flaws cause and the suffering and wisdom they derive from the