Western drama originates in the Greek tragedies of Sophocles Aeschylus and Euripides all of whom wrote in Athens in the 5th century B C Drama theatre actor and tragedy are all Greek words In these plays the tragic hero or protagonist first or most important actor commits an offence often unknowingly He must then learn his fault suffer and perhaps die In this way the gods are vindicated and the moral order of the universe restored This is a gross simplification of an enormous subject These plays
Throughout the novel of Jane Eyre we see the theme of education been used by Bronte to convey the hostile and rootless life of Jane as she goes on a journey of experience The novel Jane Eyre provides an accurate view of education in nineteenth century England The course of Janes Life in regard to her own education and her work in education are largely autobiographical mirroring Charlotte Brontes own life At the beginning of the novel Jane educates herself as she reads I returned to my book Bewi
Elements of Romantic Comedies Romantic comedies have grown from everyday comedies to include very specific elements that distinguish them from the normal One of the main elements of romantic comedies is that the idea of love and its shift from the thought that women should love their husbands more than men love their wives as well as the belief that sex is something that the man should obtain whenever he asks for it because men are the bread winners of the home Instead romantic comedies are bas
Elizabeth Bennet later Elizabeth Darcy is the protagonist in the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen She is often referred to as Eliza or Lizzy by her friends and family Elizabeth is the second eldest of the five Bennet sisters of the estate of Longbourn situated near the fictional market village of Meryton in Hertfordshire England She is 20 years old at the beginning of the novel Elizabeth is portrayed as an intelligent young woman with a lively playful disposition which delighted in
Transformations How has your perceptions of transformations been illuminated by your comparative study of the prescribed texts The responders understanding of transformations has been illuminated by a comparative study of Jane Austens Emma and Amy Heckerlings Clueless The word transformation refers to the change of form or appearance In order for Heckerling to transform Emma she needed to change the context of Austens 19th Century English novel Emma to better fit her 20th Century American film
Emotions are common to all human beings and play a huge role in peoples daily lives Every decision made has an emotion attached to it they are the impetus for all acts thought of and committed Certain emotions are more intensely felt than others are and they can even engulf a person without his or her knowledge Pure and complete rage is one of those overwhelming emotions that lead the character to drastic measures as it cannot be contained Though everyone experiences the same set of emotions th
ENDINGS IN RENAISSANCE TRAGEDY Among the various definitions of tragedy the one most commonly proffered is a play that treats at the most uncompromising level human suffering or pathos with death being the usual conclusion According to Aristotles Poetics the purpose of tragedy is to show how humans are at the mercy of fate and to cleanse the audience by provoking extreme emotions of pity and terror The tragic actions on the dramatic stage cause the audience to experience these extreme feelings
One of the partys problem within Oceania is the brotherhood a secret organization that does everything in its power to make Big Brother and his oppressive ways of ruling disappear Or is it the party that created a fictitious organization to attract all the thought criminals For Winston and Julia the Brotherhood is reality and they want to be a part of the organization that fights for their rights In order to achieve this Winston and Julia managed to get in contact with someone they believe is w
In a typical novel the desire for power often drives the storys antagonist This obsession gives the story its focus as well as its obstacles But in putting the obsession in the hands of the central figure in the story the dynamic becomes warped completely Both Emily Brontes Wuthering Heights and Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness present the reader with this dilemma the driving force of both novels takes form in a character whos cravings overpower everything else albeit for graspable reasons Bron
Oedipus Rex and Death of a Salesman are two examples of tragedies In these two plays the characters are good but not perfect and Blindness and vision are used as motifs in the play Oedipus Rex which are also their misfortunes are the result of their tragic flaws the tragic flaws of the hero Vision refers to both literal and metaphorical blindness The frequent references to sight light eyes and perception are used throughout the play When Oedipus refuses to believe Tiersias Tiersias responds by