... is followed by another, which was caused by the preceding action. For example Elizabeth's name is mentioned in court. Mary Warren makes a poppet for Elizabeth and gives it to her the very same night that the women are rounded up for suspicion of witchcraft. It was the poppet which caused her to be arrested so; her arrest was because of Mary Warren ... making the poppet. Because Elizabeth is arrested Procter forces Mary Warren to go to court and testify to the falsity of the claims of witchcraft by Abigail ... will come to call a tragic ending was not one of the Greek requirements for a...

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... action, having the proper magnitude ; it is presented in dramatic, not narrative form, and achieves, through the representation of pitiable and fearful incidents, the catharsis of such incidents" (Golden 11). Using the criteria established by Aristotle in Poetics, "Antigone" by Sophocles displays the qualities of a tragedy. The principle character engages ... anyone who attempts to give proper burial to Polyneices will suffer the consequences of death. Here lays her noble quality. She "takes into consideration death and the reality that may be beyond death" (hawthorn 59). Then she comm...

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... and women of all races, creeds, and time periods have lived in fear of becoming something that they are inevitably fated to become. The laws of science and logic show us that genetics make us resemble and act like our parents before us, but the resistance of this truth brings upon a life of hardship and ... , like grandson." You see, Okonkwo's ultimate goal is to be opposite his father. So he adopts all things seen as "manly" and refutes emotion and anything resembling "softness" such as music which his father enjoyed so much. Okonkwo is relieved when his son begins to become manlier unde...

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