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  • Discussion of Othello's Character

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    It is widely believed that Othello is one of the greatest tragic heroes ever committed to writing due to his passion and noble nature However it is argued that due to his gullibility he is not a great tragic hero particularly in the sense of Aristotles definition of a tragic hero That being said Othello does share many of the traits which are described within Aristotles definition however it can be argued that his character does not achieve the status of a great tragic hero During the 16th and

  • Shame in Disgrace

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    Disgrace defined by Webster is to be humiliated by a superior showing or to be a source of shame In J M Coetzees book Disgrace the title is exactly what the book is about a sure disgrace of a professor who has an illicit affair with one of his students which leads to his disgrace where is loses his job and has to leave town to cope with this disgrace The second disgrace is when the main character David Luries daughter Lucy is brutally raped by three men Although two forms of disgrace occur in t

  • Dying To Live: Of Love And Other Demons

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    Gabriel Garcia Marquez creates a magical world in his novel of eighteenth century South America Of Love and Other Demons The central character in this world is Sierva Maria a twelve year old girl daughter to a Marquis but raised in the world of slaves Her copper hair has never been cut and she can dance with more grace and fire than the Africans sing in voices different than her own in the various languages of AfricaHer movements are so stealthy that she seems an invisible creature 12 She is in

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