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…In Arthur Miller’s 1949 essay, "Tragedy and the Common Man," Miller began by saying, "In this age few tragedies are written." This particular essay was published in the New York Times, was also the preface that was prepared for "Death of a Salesman…

…" I am a man more sinned against than sinning," this is Lear's evaluation of himself when he is at his weakest. To sin is to contravene the rules of God, as this play is set in times before the church played an active role in running the state the king…

…"A Good Man is Hard to Find" Despite the relatively limited volume of Flannery O’Connor’s published fiction, she has begun to be regarded as on of the most significant figures in the American literary canon in the 34 years since her death. Throughout…

…Man of Admirable Feats In the epic tragedy, Oedipus the King, we see the example of a man whose life is already determined by his own fate. What more can we ask? How admirable is that? Who would not want to admire Oedipus? For instance…

…to hold office without a college education. Jackson owned slaves, many acres, and a mansion; he was a frontier aristocrat. He was a fierce military man who had headed the campaign to acquire Florida, and he was seen as a national hero. The Age of Common Man…

…Man-Sized Job was written by Sharlot Hall (1870-1943). It is a poem that defines a woman’s work from a man’s point of view. Poems like this were uncommon in the late 1800’s – early 1900’s, especially if women wrote them. The two aspects of this poem…

…O'Connor's short story on, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is a good example of foreshadowinging, violence, and realisim. The main characters in this story is the Grandmother (antagonist), Baily, (Grandmother's Son), Unnamed (Children's mother), John…

…Character Makes the Man One of the questions Thomas Hardy poses in his masterwork novel, The Mayor of Casterbridge, is the relationship between character and chance in destiny. Destiny in this novel most closely relates to the idea of destiny put forth…

…, as the story unfolds and the story line develops, the character could suddenly be realized as being a villain. In the play written by Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons, the character Thomas More is just such of an example of a character that is perceived…

…Atlanta developer Charlie Croker is a big man with a bigger problem. He's built a 40-story monument to himself - complete with mall, cineplex, hotel-and-apartment complex and more - known as Croker Concourse. But he doesn't have the tenants to pay back…