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- 421: The Romantically Impaired Pruf
- ... serve as the interpreter and critic of a complex age, must write complex poetry. And certainly we would all agree that the 20th century was a complex age(Martin 423). J. Alfred Prufrock is no Hamlet. He is a hopeless romantic at best, T.S. Eliot's poster child for 20th century aristocratic society. Prufrock lives in a world where art and music have become the idle conversation of dilettante women ... be worthwhile, that he would be misunderstood, and that to bring life into this world he would have to be like Lazarus come to life, "come back to tell you all." But he is not Hamlet, he is not John the Baptist. He is only a pathetic loser, J. Alfred Prufrock. Prufrock cannot see the forest for all the toothpicks(Citino 2). He only flirts with the notion of being heroic ... alone enjoy it, we have the voice of one ordinary loser asking: "Should I, after tea and cake and ices, have the strength to force the moment to its crisis." J. Alfred Prufrock is no Hamlet. Are you? Works Cited Williamson, George. A Readers Guide to T.S. Eliot. 1953. Kenner, Hugh. The Invisible Poet; T.S. Eliot. 1964. Martin, Mildred. A Half-Century of Eliot Criticism. 1972. Alexander, James ...
- 422: Othello - The Greatest Tragedy
- ... Othello went to war in Cyprus and spent most of his time living in Venice. Although there is very little time spent in Cyprus Othello, the story, does not work along the same lines as Hamlet. In Hamlet almost the entire story took place between the castle walls. As for the unity of action we see something quite different here. The play we studied is titled Othello, therefore, the reader assumes that Othello ... encompasses all of the elements of a tragedy so wonderfully. The love shared between Othello and Desdemona at the beginning of the play is so much more spectacular than that of Claudius and Gertrude in Hamlet or Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. The guilt and wrong felt by Othello after he realizes his errors in judgement is uncomparable to the drama in Shakespeare’s other tragedies. Any audience viewing ...
- 423: Shakespearean Tragic Heros
- The name tragic hero , which has become synonymous with Shakespearean dramas, was developed before Hamlet, Macbeth or any of Shakespeare s well-known plays were written. The literary term was actually discovered around 330 BC by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. Through his theory of catharsis, Aristotle debated that the ... is also of high importance. All tragic heroes are from a very noble class. Whether the heroes are Thanes or Generals in the army, like Macbeth, Othello, and Antony, or from royalty, like King Lear, Hamlet, or Cleopatra, each eventually fall from grace. This characteristic was used mostly to help the common people identify with the wealthier upper class. If the ruling class, which was generally looked upon with favor and ... no one group of people were more superior (Desjardens). Though the tragic heroes were from the noble class, every person could identify with them because the heroes possessed very human qualities. Neither Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet or Othello were overly good and heroic nor were they too sinister and nasty. This characteristic allowed the audience to feel pity for the character and to learn a lesson about excessive pride, greed, ...
- 424: Myths Of Meaning
- ... seen wandering the streets carrying a lantern looking for an honest man. This myth has become symbolic for many writers. The lantern is light or symbolic of truth in an otherwise dark, or dishonest world. Hamlet in Shakespeare's play seeks honesty from his parents, his friends, and women. It is significant to note that while Diogenes never found his one honest man, Hamlet does have Horation who represents one honest man in the rather rotten and dark Denmark of Shakespeare's play. Others have suggested that perhaps what the myth suggests is that we all must find an ... world. In this interpretation, the search for the light of truth is an inward one rather than an outward one as the more traditional interpretation of the myth suggests. In this sense of the myth, Hamlet's outward dishonesty would not be a betrayal of his inner truth, and he would become a figure of light seeking to maintain that light in a dark and dangerous world. The myth of ...
- 425: Boo
- ... Prufrock questions whether his efforts would have been worthwhile. He excuses his fear by rationalizing that his speaking to the woman would not have achieved any real response. In line 110 Prufrock contrasts himself to Hamlet, a hero who hesitated but finally acted decisively. But Prufrock sees himself as more like Polonius, the old fool from the same play. Prufrock will retreat into a solitary, dignified old age. He has gone ... tell the woman what he really feels, and when he tries to tell her, it comes out in a mess. Finally, Prufrock realizes that he has no big role in life. He is not "Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be" (111); rather, he is merely an "attendant lord" (112), and sometimes, "the Fool" (119). Prufrock has "heard the mermaids singing" (124), but laments: "I do not think they will sing ...
- 426: Catcher In The Rye 3
- ... Salinger s main character. Some consider Holden to be considerate, others consider him arrogant, but a large majority of them find him completely entertaining. One character that Holden is compared to in some ways is Hamlet. Like Hamlet, as Charles Kegel wrote, Holden is a "sad, screwed-up guy"(54), bothered by words which only seem true, but really quite phony. The integrity and truthfulness that Holden cannot seem to find in others ...
- 427: Catcher In The Rye
- ... Salinger’s main character. Some consider Holden to be considerate, others consider him arrogant, but a large majority of them find him completely entertaining. One character that Holden is compared to in some ways is Hamlet. Like Hamlet, as Charles Kegel wrote, Holden is a "sad, screwed-up guy"(54), bothered by words which only seem true, but really quite phony. The integrity and truthfulness that Holden cannot seem to find in others ...
- 428: Independent Study Project
- ... Tait and Quantrill could not find any substantial evidence pointing towards a motive. Tait compared the fate of the Page #2 young woman to that of Shakespeares’s Ophelia. Ophelia committed suicide in the play Hamlet reflecting the inspectors original view of Mary Gedge’s death. In the case of Mrs. Boynton, on the other hand inspector Poirot had numerous suspects with convincing motives. The motives of the killers, were a ... where as Hercule had a list of suspects and didn’t have to extend himself much to enquire about the murder. The most interesting similarity between the two books is the way they both quote Hamlet. In the Epilogue of Christies’ novel Sarah Boynton, in the words of Ophelia, whom she is now playing as an actress, describes the fate of her mother, It is rather ironic, I think, that both ...
- 429: Critique of "The Invisible Man"
- ... seem as though they were working for the same goals they he was. Only to betray him in the end and use him for their own misguided wants. This book is similar to the play Hamlet. Both of the main characters are strong yet naive. They both endure many tragedies. Although the ones in Hamlet are closely related to family, they both deceive the main characters to destroy their dreams. The main characters both fight back though, they defend their beliefs viciously never giving in to their enemies.
- 430: Critique of "The Invisible Man"
- ... seem as though they were working for the same goals they he was. Only to betray him in the end and use him for their own misguided wants. This book is similar to the play Hamlet. Both of the main characters are strong yet naive. They both endure many tragedies. Although the ones in Hamlet are closely related to family, they both deceive the main characters to destroy their dreams. The main characters both fight back though, they defend their beliefs viciously never giving in to their enemies.
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