Aristotle once said that “A man doesn’t become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall”, and that is a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment ...
Short summary Returning from a won battle, Macbeth and Banquo met three witches. They announce them the next Macbeth’s coronation as king of Scotland. Shortly after, once told it to her wife, Ma...
What’s in a name? “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” A quote from Romeo and Juliet by Willam Shakespeare (ca. 1600). Pardon me if I take the liberty o...
If you are lucky enough to be in Catalonia on the 23rd of April, you will experience one of the most beautiful and unique celebrations of this region, On that day, every year, Catalans celebrate ̶...
When the Black Death broke out in England in the early 1600s, life stopped, and theaters were no longer performing. During the quarantine period, Shakespeare began to write plays: one of them is The T...
Hamlet, which entered the literary scene in the 17th century and marked every century after it, is Shakespeare’s most exhibited and long tragedy. Its original name is also known as The Tragical Histor...
All For Love written by John Dryden is a play and is discussed and analyzed according to the tragic theater elements of Aristotle. This play, adapted by Shakespeare’s theater play Antony and Cle...