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    Augustine's Flaws

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    The Confessions‚ written by St. Augustine‚ have a large part of theology in today’s world because of the great deal of contemplation and conversion that Augustine experiences throughout his lifetime. While these are both true‚ there are major flaws in Augustine’s understanding of God due to a multitude of reasons. Augustine even makes this claim in his own writings‚ stating that he continues to have a restless heart even after the book was written. Because he believes that God is greatly superior

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    Oedipus Flaws

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    In the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ the Greek audience experiences Oedipus’ heartbreaking journey to find out who he really is and how his hubris and many other fatal flaws contribute to his downfall. The Greeks loved a good tragedy and Oedipus Rex did not disappoint. In this play Oedipus was put on a mountaintop as a baby because his birth parents‚ King Laïos and Queen Iocastê‚ were told that one day Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother. To prevent this from happening King Laïos

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    Julius Caesar Flaws

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    everyone has flaws. Humans have flaws‚ as there is a need for heroes. An idealistic hero is best known as the Shakespearean tragic hero. A tragic hero has goals involving choices and be a man of great and admirable stature. During 44 BC‚ Julius Caesar ruled the Roman Republic into the powerful Roman Empire. Before Caesar’s rule‚ he left Rome for military services‚ and returned to rule Rome. In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ the character Brutus is a tragic hero possessing the flaw of pride leading

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    The Flaws of SUVs

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    The Flaws of SUV’s Sport utility vehicles‚ better known as SUV’s‚ propose a hazard to other drivers on the road as well as their occupants. In addition to being unsafe they are also harmful to the environment. In the past six years SUV’s have become the most popular vehicle on the roads in America and today they account for nearly fifty percent of all new vehicle sales. The annual sales of SUV’s are currently on the rise as lower gas prices sweep across the nation. The combination of the

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    Tocqueville Flaws

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    failures‚ Alexis de Tocqueville initially details how in comparison to Europe‚ the United States has established a problematic and darker side of democracy. American Democracy like any “great experiment” is undoubtedly bound to have flaws‚ Tocqueville highlights these flaws he noticed on his nine-month trip to the United States. The reason Tocqueville chose to focus on the United States‚ in particular‚ is because its “development has been the most peaceful and the most complete‚” therefore‚ his observations

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    Flaws Of Achilles

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    warrior‚ and indeed is proved to be the mightiest man in the Achaean army. At the beginning his mind is calm and collected‚ he stands up justly for the men around him and shows understanding when confronting Agamemnon‚ however his deep-seated character flaws constantly hinder his ability to act with nobility and integrity constantly. He cannot control his arrogance or the rage that surges up when his pride is injured. This dislikable attribute of his causes him to abandoned his comrades and even pray that

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    Flaws In Flatland

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    Riley Rustad English R1A: On the Anecdote May 5‚ 2010 The Flaws of Flatland Edwin Abbott’s novella Flatland is a clever treatise that criticizes the customs‚ laws‚ and hierarchy of Victorian Society. He creates a two dimensional world that is ruled by an elite minority who have put in place systems of oppression in order for them to stay in power and to keep those who are among the lower classes in their current social standing. Edwin Abbott intended to show the readers that all “shapes”

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    Utopia Flaws

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    person’s view? The plain and simple answer is you can’t. In fact‚ it’s right in the definition; an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. Though utopias attempt to solve many issues (and arguably do)‚ there are some major flaws in doing so. The issues that utopias attempt to correct can be broken down into three main categories; economic‚ social and government. First‚ there is the economic issues.

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    Holden's Flaw Quotes

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    protagonist in the novel‚ Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1945). Holden is a character who tries to seek for dignity‚ but he has some flaws holding him back. Holden is passive and unwilling to examine himself and seek his own dignity. Three reasons for his tragic flaw are: his craziness‚ his immaturity‚ and his phoniness and madman stuff. The first reason for Holden’s flaw is his craziness. He acts this way because he is not normal like others. Something that he repeats constantly throughout the novel

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    Julius Caesar Flaws

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    Julius Caesar Essay Written by Shakespeare more than one thousand five hundred years after Julius Caesar’s death‚ Julius Caesar‚ Shakespeare’s well-known tragedy‚ is unique in that it contains two tragic characters‚ the senator Brutus and emperor Caesar. A play in five acts‚ Julius Caesar attempts to portray the assassination of Caesar‚ at that time victorious over Pompey’s sons‚ and the civil war that follows‚ culminating in the establishment of the Second Triumvirate. Although Caesar meets his

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