Kurt Cobain by Mariela Guadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8 Tragic Hero en-us 2016-09-08 03:30:24 UTC 2025-10-10 13:38:13 UTC hello@padlet.com mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122401420 2016-09-08 12:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122401420 Vocabulary mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122401899 - Peripeteia:  a sudden or unexpected reversal of circumstances or situation, especially in a literary work
- Mimesis: imitation; mimicry
- Hamartia: tragic flaw that causes the downfall of a hero
- Anagnorisis: hero makes an important discovery in the story; change from ignorance to knowledge
- Revenge Tragedy: basic plot was a quest for vengeance and which typically featured scenes of carnage and mutilation
- Katharsis: the feelings of pity and fear that audience feels for the protagonist after his downfall.]]> 2016-09-08 12:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122401899 mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122404681 2016-09-08 12:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122404681 Tragic Hero mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122405492 A great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined fordownfall, suffering, or defeat]]> 2016-09-08 12:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122405492 Quizlet Vocabulary mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122407072 - Meticulous: taking extreme care in regards to details; precise, fussy
- Vilify: to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously
- Affable: courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
- Transient: lasting only a short time, fleeting;
- Virtuoso: a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique
- Heinous: very wicked, offensive, hateful]]> 2016-09-08 12:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122407072 mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122407846 2016-09-08 13:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122407846 mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122409177 2016-09-08 13:04:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122409177 Topic Sentence 1 mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122409453 One of the reasons why tragic elements are widely used in the media is because as heinous as it is, we are more concern and pay more attention to bad news than the good ones. In fact, it has already been scientifically proven that people recognise and react faster to negative words than positive words according to the BBC article "Psychology: Why bad news dominates the headlines". An example is Kurt Cobain's suicide attempt in Rome caused by his tragic flaws, depression and chronic drug use, which drew the attention of millions to the media.]]> 2016-09-08 13:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122409453 mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122409776 2016-09-08 13:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122409776 mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122417026 2016-09-08 13:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122417026 Introduction mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122418546 In today's world, the use of tragic elements have become very common in news headlines and the media in general. As we can see, in news channels most of the news are tragic news and they are given more time to explain thoroughly than positive news. The reason for this, is that tragedies tend to attract more people, and media has taken advantage and vilified people's emotions and public character's misfortunes to show famous people's demise. Unfortunately, Kurt Cobain a virtuoso in the music industry, became the media's target after his effusive personality, much like Hamlet's, led him to contemplate committing suicide and have a transient life. ]]> 2016-09-08 13:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122418546 mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122418858 How does the media use tragedy to illustrate the demise of a popular public figure?]]> 2016-09-08 13:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122418858 Topic Sentence 3 mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122462437 Finally, the media takes advantage of the people's curiosity and emotions by releasing news about previous tragics to recapture the audience's attention. This can be seen in the news and articles with new pictures that have come out about Kurt Cobain's death and murder suspicions, 20 years after his death.]]> 2016-09-08 15:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122462437 Who was he? mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122476684 Cobain was the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the band Nirvana.]]> 2016-09-08 15:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122476684 mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122483574 2016-09-08 15:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122483574 Topic Sentence 2 mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122499144 Furthermore, tragic news are used by media because they tend to be prolonged by meticulous investigations. These thorough investigations keep the audience's attention for many days, if not weeks. In Kurt Cobain's case, his downfall was his committing suicide, and many people were keeping track of the news about the cause of his death.]]> 2016-09-08 16:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/122499144 Hamlet and Cobain similarity mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/126368848 Kurt Cobain was a leading figure in grunge music. His good music and affable attitude,  led him to be loved by many, just like Hamlet was loved by his people in Shakespeare's play. Unfortunately, the situations that surrounded them and their effusive personality overwhelmed them to the point where they no longer appreciated their existence and contemplated committing suicide. "The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and, by opposing, end them? To die, to sleep" Act 3, Scene 1, Lines 68-63

]]> 2016-09-26 13:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/126368848 New vocabulary mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/126371644 - Effusive: too emotional
- Egregious: conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense
- Frenetic: fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way.
- Superfluous: exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
- Flagrant: offensive, egregious]]> 2016-09-26 13:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/126371644 Epigraph mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/126379597 To be, or not to be? That is the question—
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And, by opposing, end them? To die, to sleep—
No more—and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to—’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished! To die, to sleep.
Act 3, Scene 1, Lines 57-65
The question is: is it better to be alive or dead? Is it nobler to put up with all the nasty things that luck throws your way, or to fight against all those troubles by simply putting an end to them once and for all? Dying, sleeping—that’s all dying is—a sleep that ends all the heartache and shocks that life on earth gives us—that’s an achievement to wish for. . Spark Notes
I wonder: Is it better to live or die? Is it more righteous to endure the hardships of life or to put and end to them forever? Dying is just like sleeping for when you sleep, you don't feel the hurt; it is something we all wish. 
]]> 2016-09-26 14:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/126379597 Quote mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/128354547 I’m fairly good myself, but even so I could accuse myself of such horrible crimes that it would’ve been better if my mother had never given birth to me. Act 3, Scene 1, Page 5, Lines 24-26
Although I am a good person, there are bad things that I have done that have made me regret being born.]]> 2016-10-05 00:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/128354547 PETER 1 mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/128748027 A tragic hero is a commonly used literary character, especially by Shakespeare, that now is being implemented in the media. Nowadays, all celebrities are potential tragic heros; therefore, the media pays attention to their every move until the first sign of a tragic hero appears, hamartia. In this case, their target was Kurt Cobain, the leader of Nirvana. Cobain's harmatia were his bipolar dissorder and his addiction to drugs, which was his way of dealing with his poignant "love/hate relationship with his celebrity status". Cobain's state at this time, reflects Shakespeare faamous charavter Hamlet. In Act 3, Scene 3, Caludius says "I like him not' nor stands it safe with us to let his madness range." While Kurt Cobain was dealing with his convoluted feelings towards his fame, Hamlet was dealing with his obscure resolution to avenge his father. Through this quote it is demonstrated that both of them were dealing with a constant change in personality and their effusiveness towards their current situation was what led them to take the wrong the decisions, and eventually their tragic flaw, the beginning of their downfall.]]> 2016-10-06 10:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/128748027 BP 2 mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/128785726 Once a real life tragic hero's demise has been forseen by the media, they are determined to follow through the process, but most importantly they affect people's view. For instance, when Cobain overdose in Rome, no one called it a suicide attempt until the media did after his death. Whether Cobain's overdose was on purpose or an accident, it is unknown; however, the media used this as an opportunity to superfluous the meaning of his actions in a negative way to create an egregious image of him in people's mind. In addition, when Cobain died, people had divided opinions partly influenced by the media due to the fact that some published his death as a selfish, weak, and uncomprehensible action because he could just have dropped out of the music carreer since he had a lot of money, and others published his death as a grievous and lamentable event, in which a great figure in the music industry had left this world. This moment of grief and hate is called catharsis in the literary world of a tragic hero and now also in the world of the media.]]> 2016-10-06 12:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/128785726 BP 3 mguadamuz https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/129450853 Today, more than 20 years after Kurt Cobain's death, this incident keeps capturing people's attention. About two years ago, new images of Cobain's death and police investigation were released in the media and also the report of the private investigator that had been looling for Cobain before he was found dead. All these new information jas reignated and recaptured the audience's attention because now there are new therories leading to the believe that Cobain was murdered. According to specialists, the "suicide note" was not a good bye from this world but a good bye to his fans regarding music and the only part that gives the idea of suicide does not match Cobain's writing. In fact, those last few words match Courtney's letters found in a practice sheet; therefore rising suspicions about Cobain's wife. Through this new information, the media brings back this tragedy and is changing our tragic hero's tragic flaw.]]> 2016-10-10 09:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mguadamuz/ixw087mp4ih8/wish/129450853