die of old age or disease. Although‚ in Shakespeare’s plays those imperfections could be the difference between life or death. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Brutus is a tragic hero due to his fatal flaw of patriotism‚ which evidently causes his downfall from greatness. For example‚ Brutus’ actions depict his intense love for Rome and what he believes is best for the country. Brutus’ motives for his actions are not based on his personal wants and needs‚ but on the needs of Rome. When questioned
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The Downfall of Lady Macbeth Macbeth is a play full of magic‚ mystery‚ and murder. The variety of plots‚ as well as the interesting characters‚ force the reader to pay full attention at all times. Unfortunately‚ one of these characters is a victim of her own imagination. Although Lady Macbeth adds much positive flavour to the play‚ her character is revealed through her aggressive attitude with her husband‚ her inhumane disregard for life‚ and her guilty conscience. Lady Macbeth is very
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Societies Downfall Usually in society people are not treated equally. In George Orwells book Animal Farm he symbolizes Russia during the Russian Revolution. In Russia at the time there were many political problems and many things that happened in the Russian Revolution are symbolized in Animal Farm. In The book he proves that things are not equal in the world and society today. In the story Animal Farm George Orwell proves that “In society‚ individuals are not treated equally‚” which leads to
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Love is a dangerous thing. Love has the ability to cause either terrible tragedy or great happiness. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a good example of this. In the play Romeo and Juliet’s love eventually leads to their downfall. However it is not exactly Romeo and Juliet’s fault. Tybalt is responsible for the final outcome because his irrational behavior lead to multiple conflicts. Tybalt’s aggressiveness towards the Montague family causes the death in the family. When we are first introduced
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The Downfall of Today’s Music The nineties began with the grunge scene‚ an alternative style of rock and roll that revolutionized rock music today. This music that was once praised by MTV was gradually pushed out to make way for the sound of generic rap beats‚ watered down heavy metal and sugar coated pop tunes. The pattern of the nineties is nothing new. The seventies and eighties both saw fresh new music that preceded a pour attempt at a new innovative sound. In the seventies disco
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Lady Macbeth is responsible for Macbeth’s downfall Lady Macbeth is shown early as an ambitious woman who can manipulate Macbeth easily. It is shown in the line "That I may pour my spirits in thine ear" Act 1 Scene 5. She manipulates his self-esteem by playing with his manliness and his bravery. (Act 1 scene 5 lines 16-18) “yet do I fear thy nature‚ It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way” You are too full of the milk of human kindness
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she truly loved. Iago launched his plan against Othello because he was jealous that Cassio was made lieutenant instead of him. Jealousy greatly impacts the play by making one character plot against another‚ which eventually leads to the character’s downfall. Othello was lead to become jealous by “Honest Iago”‚ unknowingly destroying his life forever. He believed the lies that Iago told him because he thought Iago was his very best ally. Blindly trusting that he was telling the truth about Cassio and
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The people of the Elizabethan times believed in witchcraft. Infact‚ King James 1 was the author of many books on the topic witchcraft. In this period of time‚ they saw people who fell under the spell of witches with an evil persona. Macbeth is considered evil‚ as he was allowed to be taken control by the witches. Some might remark that witches deceptive and vague prophecies made it good reasons to easily brainwash Macbeth. They might even say these prophecies would intrigue and eventually command
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listens to the witches with no proff to believe if what they were saying was true. Macbeth could have dismissed the prophecies like Banquo did but instead he chose to believe in those miss-interpreted predictions‚ which ultimately lead to his own downfall. Although the witches’ predictions are somewhat responsible for influencing Macbeth’s thoughts‚ no one tells Macbeth to kill Duncan. Macbeth is responsible for putting power into the hands of Lady Macbeth and letting her influence him. Finally
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of monarchy? Was Louis XVI completely responsible for his own downfall? There is no questioning that Louis XVI is‚ in fact‚ partially responsible for his own downfall‚ but other factors‚ both short term and long term‚ also contributed to his downfall. Awkward and timid‚ Louis XVI found himself on the throne at the age of twenty‚ succeeding his grandfather Louis XV. Soon‚ after 15 years‚ he found his crown being taken away. His downfall is partially caused by his nature of being indecisive and lazy
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