A Naturalistic Interpretation of The Characters' Tragedies in Of Mice and Men

In Of Mice and Men,John Steinbeck tells a tragic story about how two migrant ranch workers’dream of obtaining a piece of land of their own is ultimately broken during Great Depression.According to research,there are few people categorizing the characters’tragedies and analyzing each with naturalism.Through detailed reading of the text,efforts are made to probe into the underlying reasons for the characters’doomed tragedy and analyze their inborn weaknesses and social environment at that time from the naturalistic perspective.

My Appreciation of Situational Irony in Shakespeare's Tragedies

This thesis carefully appreciated situational irony in some of Shakespeare's tragedies successively,and classified situational irony into four kinds:discrepancy between appearance and reality,expectation and fulfilment,intention and outcome,the actual circumstances and appropriateness.In the analysis of the first kind of situational irony,especially,the thesis focused on Antony and Cleopatra,together with Julius Caesar,questioned the common idea,and stated that Antony's failure was not because of his passion towards Cleopatra.Cleopatra was only his screen to cheat the world,an excuse of his " face-saving failure".

Ponderations on Margaret's and Nana's Tragedies

Since ancient times, as one of the symbols of ugly and dirty, prostitutes are invariably living in the black margins of society. Facing prostitutes'miseries, people always can not understand their emotions, mentalities and desires, or treats them as equals, particularly as women. Prostitutes are a special group in the oppressed women in Western societies. Margaret and Nana are two typical images of them in the history of western literature. With tears and lives, they deduce their miserable life stories similarly.

From Emotion to Mobilization: Examples of the Confrontation of Human Tragedies in the Social Networks with Images: The Cases of Monique Koumatekel and Blériot Tsanou

To produce emotion, the discourse of social networks tries to confront the reader with social reality. The mediation activity at the heart of any communication activity is hidden. This process is also based on the use of figures to express the unspeakable by the shock of images, which allows the reader to experience emotion but also to push him to act. It is the link between the emotion of an individual targeted by social networks and collective mobilization, which we wish to consider as a means of relaunching the debate and drawing attention to social issues, thus allowing us to rethink sociability with politics.

Avoiding Tragedies in Ghana

Ghanaian authorities recently launched a crackdown on illegal gold mining, detaining more than 100 Chinese nationals suspected of illegal gold mining. After consultations between the two countries, the Chinese detainees were released. Most of the areas mined by Chinese have been shut down.

Marlowe’s Tamburlaine the Great and the Tragedy of Karbala

This essay analyses Christopher Marlowe’s play Tamburlaine the Great and its intricate interweaving of historical events and cultural nuances.Focusing on the character of Tamburlaine,the essay explores themes of power,revenge,and divine justice within the context of the broader Shiite-Sunni conflict and the tragic history of Imam Al-Hussein.By examining Marlowe’s incorporation of historical accounts and creative narrative techniques,the essay highlights how the play provides insights into the complexities of human ambition,political manoeuvring,and the consequences of wielding authority.Ultimately,Tamburlaine the Great is shown to be a timeless exploration of the interplay between history,religion,and individual agency,inviting readers to reflect on the enduring relevance of its themes in both historical and contemporary contexts.

An Inevitable Tragedy—On Tess' s Fate in Tess of the D'Urbervilles

In the novel Tess of the D’urbervilles,Tess is successfully depicted.She is portrayed as a brave girl,hard-working,beautiful and innocent.Alec represents a brutal and destructive force,which triggers Tess’s tragedy.Angle’s inveterate old-fashioned prejudices made him relentlessly abandon Tess.Yet what Hardy tries to show is that the disintegration of rural economy in England brought about by the intrusion of capitalist relations as well as the hypocritical morality of the time are the obvious causes of Tess’s tragedy.Meanwhile,Hardy also attacks the injustice of the law.In the novel,he believes a woman is helpless in the hands of fate and Tess is trapped in the web of fate.Her tragedy is fated and inevitable.

Tragic Flaws of the Protagonists——Hamlet and Gatsby

Hamlet is the most discussed of Shakespeare's tragedies, while The Great Gatsby is the masterpiece of Fitzgerald. It is true that the tragic flaws of the protagonists would be a key factor driving the development of the plots. In these two dramas, the flaws of the protagonists leaded to their tragic endings which are related to their own characteristics of the protagonists. And the ends of the stories are with the tragedies.

A Comparison of the Characters in The Scarlet Letter and The White Snake

The Scarlet Letter makes the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne known all around the world, while The White Snake is one of the most famous legends in China. This paper compares the two miserable heroines and reveals all the religions serve to the ruling power.

An Interpretation of Mary's Tragedy from the Perspective of Interpersonal Ethics

The novel, The Grass is Singing, written by Doris Lessing, describes the tragic life of a white woman Mary living in South Africa. The article tries to explore the factors resulting in Mary's tragedy from the perspective of interpersonal ethics so as to reveal the suppression and distortion of traditional ethics over men's spirit and Lessing's humanistic feelings.

An Analysis of the Dual Personalities of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights:A Hero or a Devil

Wuthering heights, it lines with Heathcliff's love, hatred, revenge and awakeness. This paper will analysize the root of Heathcliff's tragedy and draw a rather balanced conclusion from the aspect of morality. On one hand, he is a devil of his crazy,unreasonable revenge on others; on the other hand, he is a hero from the aspect of humanity because he insists in pursuing true love and never submits to the adversity. His life tragedy reveals the viciousness of the society and lashes the harm of spirit from the social sense of hierarchy.

Social Conventions and Human Tragedy—On Richard Jefferies's The Acorn Gatherer

The Acorn Gatherer by Richard Jefferies is an allegorical tragedy, in which a nameless boy, born out of wedlock, is viewed as a sort of icon of sin, and is ultimately driven to death by the rigid and unforgiving social conventions.

On the Elements of Tragedy in The Scarlet Letter

As the masterpiece of Nathaniel Hawthorn's writing, The Scarlet Letter not only brings him fame forever, but also gives us more about people's life in Puritan society in 17th. Since this novel is so important and excellent, the thesis mainly focuses on probing into the theme of elements of tragedy in The Scarlet Letter. According to the whole story, the love tragedy is attributed to four factors: the Puritan beliefs of original sin, the attitude of public on love outside marriage, the personalities of the main characters, and the differences between dream and reality.

Two Female Characters of Tragic Fate from Different Countries—Tess and Xianglin's Wife

This article mainly deals with the comparison between the main character Xiang Lin’s wife in Lu Xun’s short narrative story Blessing and the main character Tess in the novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles written by the famous critic realistic British writer Hardy in 19th century.This article discusses about the similarities and differences between the two tragic figures from three aspects,namely the background of their times;the origins of their tragedies and the personalities of the two women,so that the readers may have a better understanding of the themes of the two novels.

Probe into the Internal Roots of Anna Karenina's Tragedy

Anna was a vivid literature figure in the international literature history. Besides the obvious social factors of Anna 's tragedy, some internal roots of her tragedy shouldn't be neglected, such as her particular spiritual world, merit and drawback of her character, her love value and conflicts about her thought. Analyzing into internal factors for Anna 's tragedy would offer further appreciation to readers.

Causes of the Disillusionment of Sister Carrie's American Dream

Theodore Dreiser’s novel Sister Carrie is the representative of studying the disillusionment of the American Dream.Since the publication of Sister Carrie,there have been many critics who commented on this work,and its main character Sister Carrie is a controversial person.Dreiser was criticized by critics and readers because he didn’t give any comment on her degener ation.This thesis tries to analyze the causes of this tragedy.In the end,the paper draws the conclusion:the American Dream looks beautiful,but to some extent it is not reliable,just like the foam of soap.It only gives people an illusion.So Carrie’s tragedy is in evitable.

The Pailure of a Black Hero in a White World——A Study of Othello's Tragedy

This article analyses the real cause of the tragedy of Othello. From the perspective of his social status, the article points out that the implication of his collapse into murderous violence is actually his constant worries about the threats to his social identity as a black hero in a white world.

An Analysis of Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex,which was created by Sophocles,is a famous tragedy.Although Oedipus in this play tries very hard to find his origin and self-identity,it is not necessarily the reason for his downfall.The real reason he was so tragic is that he had no control of himself,making things worse by his arrogance,ostentation and fierce-temptation and therefore inevitably fulfilled his fate no matter how hard he tries to escape.

Death of a Salesman: an Aristotelian Tragedy

Death of a Salesman is Arthur Miller's most famous tragedy and caused great repercussions in the East-West literary.Aristotle is an outstanding representative of the early Western literary theory, and his Poetics epitomizes his theory of tragedy and marked the beginning of western tragedy theory. Based on Aristotle's part theory of tragedy, a detailed analysis is made on the tragedy of Death of a Salesman.

Analysis on Scarlett's Love Tragedy——From the Perspectives of Her Personality

The outstanding female protagonist Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind is full of conflicting and complicated features, who is the daughter of a rich plantation owner. Based on the background of American Civil War, this novel depicts Scarlett's love tragedy with the clue of the triangular love between Scarlett, Ashley and Rhett.