Godfather Vs. Hamlet

[ohsocool]

if anyone has seen godfather and read hamlet, i need help on how to compare the two tragic figures of michael corleone form godfather and hamlet. i need to explain how they are different as tragic figures and the same.

thanx =)

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Cribvirgin!

[Sami]

:lol: :lol:

The problem I have with these unofficial words is that I don’t know how they’re used. Perhaps you could tell us, does “cribvirgin” carry a pejorative sense? Or does it connote envy on the part of an older generation of the fact this resource wasn’t open to them when they were working on school assignments? Personally I’m a bit jealous that I wasn’t able to look at something like this forum when I was writing English Lit. essays – might’ve made my teenage years less gloomy.

Having said that, just to correct the idea that I am totally past my prime, I would also like to point out that I was a Milton last week, and I am taking this as a huge compliment from the young man in the local off-licence.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

:lol: :lol:

I haven't been a milton for over 15 years. You have my envy.

Cribvirgin is a simple, descriptive noun. Any derogatory or envious associations are, as with most words, purely a matter of the context in which it is used and the opinions and presuppositions of the user and his/her audience.

I suppose that the exclamation mark that I appended to the word would add a certain contextual contempt to the word. This was intentional. I have no objection to people using whatever method they want to help them in their research but I think that joining a forum and making your first (and often only) post, a blatant appeal for somebody to write your essay for you, is frankly rude.

If this person is having trouble getting the work finished in time, perhaps they should employ a klint as a means of extending the deadline. If their problem is that they can't do the work asked of them, they should consider another course.

[Mark F.]

The question you're dealing with is absurd, Michael Corleone cannot be considered as a tragic figure in a literary sense. He is torn between trying to get out of the mafia and the fact that his family keeps pulling him back in, it's a drama. The key to tragedy in theatre is that the character cannot escape his fate (IE his inevitable death), The Godfather doesn't respond to that criteria. An other film, Carlito's Way is a little closer, but then again the character isn't noble enough to be a tragic figure. I'd definitely stick to the differences and bring up some similarities (though I see none) in the conclusion.