I've read and loved the histories of Sir Robert Falcon Scott, James Kim, George Mallory, S. A. Andrée, et cetera, and now I would like to be pointed towards more stories of men and women who -- either by way of adventure or by circumstance -- succumbed to the elements after a protracted attempt at survival... preferably leaving a rich and well-written-about story. [more inside]
posted by cadastral on Jun 5, 2009 - 14 answers

[BookRecommendationFilter] Please recommend some good tragic love stories. [more inside]
posted by anderjen on May 15, 2009 - 43 answers

How can I stop myself from destroying myself? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 24, 2009 - 24 answers

What should I say when people who I don't know well or recently met share personal, usually tragic, information about their lives with me? [more inside]
posted by abdulf on Feb 3, 2009 - 31 answers

Trying to remember the text and source of a quote I half-remember. [more inside]
posted by FatherDagon on Jun 26, 2008 - 4 answers

ElizabethanDramaFilter. I'm considering doing a PhD (because apparently I'm a masochist who doesn't have quite enough student loan debt yet), and my area of emphasis is Elizabethan/Jacobean revenge tragedies. I'm trying to find a book on the comprehensive history of the form, but the most recent one I've been able to find is Fredson Bowers' Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy, 1587-1642 from around 1940. Does anyone know of something similar that was written in the last fifteen years or so?
posted by Mr. Bad Example on May 20, 2008 - 6 answers

I'm looking for writings about human psychological endurance in the face of extreme hardship, whether that hardship is by choice or circumstance. Examples inside. [more inside]
posted by desjardins on Apr 4, 2008 - 27 answers

At least once a week, I read about a mall shooting or something similar. Today's story is about a 16 year old girl who murdered her parents and siblings. What gives? [more inside]
posted by fogster on Mar 2, 2008 - 44 answers

Help me convince the man I love that he doesn't have to marry someone else. [more inside]
posted by xanthippe on Jan 18, 2008 - 61 answers

A number of years ago I witnessed a comedic reinterpretation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, a decidedly non-comedic play. Can anybody direct me to more information on this version of the play? [more inside]
posted by lekvar on Nov 14, 2007 - 7 answers

How can one sell/rent a great old traditional house in a great part of Japan for full value, when terrible real-estate practices hamper the endeavor. [more inside]
posted by Redruin on Jul 22, 2007 - 14 answers

What do you and those close to you do on the anniversary of something very bad that happened? [more inside]
posted by randomstriker on Apr 10, 2007 - 20 answers

Do you know this film? A girl whose dead boyfriend's heart has been transplanted, tries to find the transplant recipient. She arranges a meeting but the recipient turns out to be a fat, middle-aged man. She stays hidden, but follows him for a while, then eventually steps off a tram/streetcar and walks off. The film might be Italian. [more inside]
posted by flutable on Dec 6, 2006 - 5 answers

Philosopher-Filter: I lost the source to something Schopenhauer once said... [more inside]
posted by archae on Oct 1, 2006 - 2 answers

Years ago, I had an English teacher show our class a film version of Oedipus Rex. The prof explained that the director had taken pains to make the movie has period-accurate as possible, as far as the production design: costumes, sets, setting, etc. I think it was made in the early 70s or late 60s. What was this movie called, and/or who made it?
posted by everichon on Aug 2, 2006 - 8 answers

I am looking for a quote about a horrific human tragedy. [more inside]
posted by LoriFLA on Jul 7, 2006 - 10 answers

Why do I associate Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree with great tragedy?
posted by cillit bang on Dec 22, 2004 - 33 answers