Word: tragical
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Edith Wharton's well known novella, Ethan Frome--a tale of love, forbidden passion and its tragic consequences--lends itself particularly well to a genre whose main intention is to represent and express human feelings on a grander scale. And that genre is none other than opera. Opera vows to unite music and poetry so as to engage the audience in feeling as much empathy, compassion and even terror as possible...
Perhaps individuals like Wilentz simply refuse to see Jefferson as capable of sexual misconduct. Perhaps because it is too difficult to see "the greatest hero of the eighteenth century" as a hypocrite. But by validating the union of Jefferson and Hemings as one of love, we dismiss the tragic legacy of slavery and the complex and perverted relationship between slave and master...
There is a saying that it takes a village to raise a child. If something were to go wrong, why should one single person or group be blamed, instead of the whole village? Why is it that the tragic death of Scott Krueger is wholly blamed on the members of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at MIT (Editorial...
...true that Scott Krueger was drinking while under 21 and that the members of this fraternity in all likelihood encouraged this. However, there are other people who could have helped prevent such a tragic incident from occurring. First, one needs to consider whether or not Krueger had been exposed to alcohol and/or the dangers of the drug before using it. Did his parents discuss drinking and its effects with him? Was he aware of his own limits when it came to drinking...
...attempt Sondheim in Harvard's little black box, and he manages to put on a great show. The opening scene of A Little Night Music, in which the cast dances a long, impressive waltz, sets the tone for the rest of the show. While the number is far from tragic, the eerie lighting and solemnity suggest the darker side of the play to come...