A Streetcar Named Desire And Hamlet Essay - 1761 Words

â€Å"She married. O, most wicked speed, to post, It is not, nor it cannot come to good. But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue† (Shakespeare 1.2.62-63). The play â€Å"Hamlet† by Shakespeare and one of Tennessee Williams famous book called â€Å"A Streetcar Named Desire† are very similar. Both of these works go along perfectly with W.E.B. Du Bois’s short story â€Å"The Comet.† In â€Å"Hamlet† and â€Å"A Streetcar Named Desire† these plays contain a tragic genre, characterization in main characters, and relationships between the characters and these works relate a lot to â€Å"The Comet.† Tragedy is a common genre in many plays especially in Shakespeare works. A tragedy is a play that has a catastrophic event that ends with an unhappy ending or the main†¦show more content†¦4). He states this after he compares Greek gods to this and then goes into explaining what a true tragedy is and compares it to â€Å"A Streetcar Named Desire.† Many other authors are involved in this article they state their opinion on how â€Å"A Streetcar Named Desire† is a true tragedy. Even though, it has been argued before that â€Å"A Streetcar Named Desire† is not a true tragedy. Tragedy is also used in short stories such as â€Å"The Comet† by W.E.B Du Bois. In W.E.B Du Bois’s short story â€Å"The Comet† is seen as a tragedy as well but it is not seen at first read. The author of the article . W.E.B. Du Boiss The Comet and contributions to critical race theory: an essay on black radical politics and anti-racist social ethics.† He immediately begins with talking about W.E.B. Du Bois as an author. When reading the short story the story does not end like a typical tragedy. The tragedy actually starts off as the ending of a typical tragedy and ends with a happy ending. All of these works are tragedies; â€Å"The Comet† though seems to be a tragedy but is backwards compared to the two plays. â€Å"Hamlet†, â€Å"A Streetcar Named Desire† and â€Å"The Comet† are all tragedies and great examples of tragedies and all of these sources helped to prove how these works were all the perfect example of a tragedy. A tragic play or story helpsShow MoreRelated Use of Irony in A Streetcar Named Desire a nd Hamlet Essay706 Words   |  3 Pages In both A Streetcar Named Desire and Hamlet, Tennessee Williams and William Shakespeare, respectively, demonstrate their abilities to create engaging plays which work on several levels in order to produce the desired effect. One of the most important characteristics of these plays is the playwrights success in using their words to create the worlds surrounding their works. Both Shakespeare and Williams effectively use irony in the aforementioned plays, both in the plot Read MoreA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams1275 Words   |  6 PagesIn Tennessee Williams’ 1947 play, â€Å"A Streetcar Named Desire,† Stella and Stanley Kowalski live in the heart of poor, urban New Orleans in a one-story flat very different from the prestigious home Stella came from. This prestige is alive and well inside Stella’s lady-like sister, Blanche Du Bois. Over the course of Blanche’s life, she has experienced many tragedies that deeply affected her, such as the death of her gay husband, the downward spiral in her mental health that followed, and most recentlyRead MoreA Streetcar Named Desire-A Tragic Hero1422 Words   |  6 Pagesheroes in this world, each of them with their own unique stories, plots, cliches etc. Among those is the classic tragic hero, one who is destined to fail no matter what. In a Streetcar Named Desire, the tragic hero is Blanche Dubois, an aging Southern Belle living in a state of perpetual panic about her fading beauty. In this essay it will be discussed what makes Blanche a tragic hero and how she compares to a typical tragic hero. A typical tragic hero is first and foremost, born of noble stature.Read MoreSAT Top 30 Essay Evidence18536 Words   |  75 PagesP age |1 Top 30 Examples to Use as SAT Essay Evidence An exclusive special report from eSATPrepTips.com By Christian Heath P age |2 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Adventurers and Explorers: Amelia Earhart (Female Aviation Pioneer) ................................................................................................ 5 Christopher