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    Okonkwo's Downfall Essay

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    Okonkwo’s Downfall The cultural collisions in Things Fall Apart are very protruding. The cultural collisions challenged Okonkwo’s incompetence to assimilate into the new culture which eventually led to his downfall. Okonkwo started off as a fearless respected leader until he was exiled because he killed a clansman. Okonkwo has come back and doesn’t like what he sees. The cultural collision affected Okonkwo to the point where he thought he needed to take action. Okonkwo’s sense of identity was

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    the one who stands above them all as the hero is the character of Creon‚ the present King of Thebes‚ Creon is undeniably the tragic hero in Antigone as shown by his fall from grace as a result of fate and his own flaws. In a tragedy‚ a tragic hero falls from grace as a result of his hamartia‚ a personal flaw or weakness. This so called "grace" is Creon’s new position as King of the city of Thebes. In the first scene of Antigone‚ Creon announces his come to power‚ and now says that he is ready to be

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    Tom Robinson's Downfall

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    Racism has and always will be the downfall of society. In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” by harper lee‚ a major component of the story is the Tom Robinson case. Tom Robinson is a twenty-five year old black man who maintains a sense of invisibility throughout the Novel‚ has been falsely accused of a crime he did not commit. Tom Robinson is a young black male‚ who gets taken advantage of by Mayella Ewell. Mayella Ewell has falsely accused Tom of raping her‚due to the fact that he is a black man and

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    Winston Smith's Downfall

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    Winston Smith’s Downfall In the repressive society of Oceania in 1984‚ Winston Smith lived a restricted life in which all activities were aimed towards the good of the Party. Political and intellectual freedom were completely non-existent. With no laws separating right from wrong‚ the whole population lived in fear‚ which resulted in easy control by the government. People who broke the law by committing " thoughtcrime" were dealt with by the Thought Police and were either "vaporized" or sent

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    Tillman‚ but rather a person who has serious flaws that lead to the downfall of the character. In Antigone‚ both Creon and Antigone share some tragic elements: tragic hero‚ hamartia‚ hubris‚ and nemesis. However‚ Creon is a more tragic hero than Antigone because his character has tragic elements that are absent from the character of Antigone: anagnorisis‚ peripeteia‚ and catharsis. There are many tragic elements that both Creon and Antigone share. According to Aristotle‚ the hero must be a character

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    “Do not believe that you alone can be right. The man who thinks that‚ The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly‚ the gift to speak‚ to soul–– A man like that‚ when you know him‚ turns out empty.” Creon was a man who was bound to his pride like a child to their mother. Born into nobility‚he became indulged by his authority and was viewed as a tyrant by the citizens of Thebes for his actions. Imprisoning Antigone and causing the deaths of her‚his wife Eurdice‚and his own

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    develops Creon as a tragic hero because he highlights Creon’s pridefulness and prompts Creon into realizing his actions. In the beginning of the play‚ Creon believed the people should always obey the king‚ and only those who obey him show respect and reliance. On the other hand‚ Haemon believed that while the people should show obedience towards the king‚ he should also listen to the wisdom of others and know when to compromise. Creon disagreed with Haemon and because of this argument Creon started

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    Lady Macbeth's Downfall

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    Lady Macbeth’s character has awed audiences of many generations. She may be the most famous actress ever written by Shakespeare. Literary critic‚ Dieter Mehl said‚ in response to Shakespeare’s play Macbeth‚ “In spite of all the dramatic energy of Lady Macbeth’s character‚ which has made her part of one of the most famous and most effective actress’s roles in all the tragedies‚ she is‚ in comparison to the protagonist‚ not a very complex character. What makes her so fascinating to the audience is

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    Everybody has their weaknesses; weaknesses that can lead to their own downfalls. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Macbeth has weaknesses of character and mental instability. His flaws prove fatal. Instead of continuing to lead the country of Scotland with absolute power and no opposition‚ his shortcomings result in his self destruction. Macbeth’s overconfidence that his abilities are superior to everybody else‚ his greediness for more political power‚ and his wife’s wicked influence lead to his demise.

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    compliant to him due to consternation. In Antigone‚ a play written by Sophocles‚ the actions of King Creon are closely akin to Henry VII of England. King Creon declares a decree that prohibits the burial of his nephew‚ Polynices‚ because Polynices had betrayed the city of Thebes and started a rebellion. Creon is enraged when his niece‚ Antigone‚ defies his decree and sentences her to death by entombment. Creon is tyrannical‚ selfish‚ and stubborn in the ways that he commits double blasphemy by letting Polynices

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