The episode that I decided to pick from The Odyssey as my example of tragedy is the story of Agamemnon's death at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra, and Aegisthus and his son Orestes avenging his death by killing his mother and Aegisthus. The story is actually told to Telemachus from Menelaus when...
Arthur Miller's play, Death of a Salesman examines the impact of American values and morals as to what constitutes "success" upon individual lives. The play is based on a 36- hour period of the Loman family's problems. The family is made up of a father, mother, and two sons. Willy, the father, star...
Don't Underestimate the Grandmother Is it that hard to find a "good" man in this world? According to Flannery O" Connor, finding a "good" man is hard to do. O"Connor writes the story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find," trying to portray the difficulty in finding a "good" man. No one is perfect, but kno...
It's not uncommon for a child with an absentee father to grow up in difficult circumstances. Issues such as poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, failure to complete high school or college, health related problems and emotional disorders, are all common "side effects" of being the child of an MIA dad. In...
Throughout Shakespeare's many tragedies, a plethora of female characters are introduced and represented in unique ways, none of which are as strong and bold as the females of "King Lear." Arguably one of Shakespeare's greatest works, this familial play takes us on the journey of a ruler who must pai...
1. Setting: 1930's, Oklahoma and California 2. Characters: In this story, Tom Joad is the protagonist; he is Ma and Pa Joad's favorite son. He is thoughtful, friendly, and makes use of every opportunity. Tom has killed a man and has not seen his family for four years, but does not regret anything. ...
Traditional family ideals, including ones of the 1950's Australia, dictate the expected roles of different family members. However, this expectation is not assumed in all family dynamics. Alan Seymour's The One Day the Year (1958), explores the notion of stereotypical family roles in relation to the...
Flannery O"Conner says, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find", but I think it's the other way around. A good woman is what's really hard to find. What happened to the image of the genteel southern lady who was the embodiment of everything that is considered womanly, beautiful, and serene by the Souther...
Michael A. Dorris, a contemporary author of anthropological studies, poetry and short stories, best known for his work in prose. Perhaps his interest and later achievement of a Masters of Philosophy in anthropology from Yale, in 1970 came from his unique genealogic tree, Irish and French on his mother's side, and Modoc Indian on his father's. Though born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 30, 1945, his family relocated to Passau, Germany where his father became a stationed army lieutenant. Soon after, in a tragic jeep accident, his father passed away and the family moved back to L...
