Part one of term paper
We must always sympathize and/or identify with the tragic hero/heroine to some extent. What devices does Racine employ to maintain our sympathy for Phaedra? How do we feel about her at the time of her death? What devices does Ibsen use to elicit our sympathy for Hedda? How do we feel about her at the time of her death? Phaedra is in the quin ...

Part two of term paper
... eyes), which she is the first to hold in contempt. She makes every endeavor to overcome it. She convinces her husband to send her stepson into exile and in the later part of the verse she chose death rather than to disclose her secret to anyone. When confronted by Oenone, she relates her tale in a manner which convincing enough to interpret it as a curse, as she does so with shame and confusion. She even goes to an extent to call herself a monster. If one looks at the entire text of the verse, on ...