Essays About Tragedy

The play ‘Philadelphia, here I come’ focuses on Gareth O’Donnell on the night before he is due to leave Donegal for America. There are two Gars; the Public Gar and the Private Gar. Public Gar is the one that he shows to the world; the Private Gar is the man within. The two converse freely,…

Bertrande de Rols, by choosing to accuse Arnaud of being an impostor, is accountable for her tragic outcome. Nevertheless, her grief is beyond her control. Arnaud and Martin, the two husbands she once loved, are to blame for her sorrow. Bertrande certainly contributes for her own tragedy due to her moral view, honesty and determination. Even…

Without a doubt, most Americans can distinctly draw a picture in their minds of John Wilkes Booth… The Civil War had ended five days previously with the surrender of General Lee. President Lincoln and the first lady had decided to take a night off and see a stage play at the Ford’s Theatre. An obviously…

Honore de Balzacs Pere Goriot although being a story filled with sadness and the downfall of people in power can never be defined as a tragedy. There is no doubt that Honore de Balzacs Pere Goriot tells a sad tale, almost to the point of being tragic, but it is no tragedy. Too often are…

Greek philosopher Aristotle proposes components of an ideal tragedy in his work, Tragedy and the Emotions of Pity and Fear. According to Aristotle, there are six components of a great tragedy: plot, character, thought, verbal expression, song, and visual adornment. He dissects these components in great detail and provides standards for all of them. In…