I found Hamlet’s monologue (lines 129-159) interesting. The lines that captured my attention were “Fie on’t! Ah fie! ‘Tis an unweeded garden‚/That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature/Possess it merely. That it should come to this!” I like how these lines present the way experiences shape people’s view of the world. Hamlet endures this hardship of coming home from college and discovering that his father has died. To make it worse‚ he learns that his uncle‚ his father’s brother‚ has married
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Destined for Downfall The tragedy of Oedipus the King can be captured in the wise words of Jean de La Fontaine when he said‚ “A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” Oedipus tried to outrun his fate only to meet it head on because like all people he is a slave to his fate. Sadly‚ for Oedipus his fate is predetermined and unavoidable‚ and made only worse by his immense pride‚ or Hubris. Oedipus’ fate is predetermined by the three fates who make men’s destinies that even
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When you think of money do you think it’s the downfall of your life? What about love? In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald money and love all lead to the downfall of Jay Gatsby‚ born James Gatz. It’s all an illusion in which the characters believe is reality. The only one who seems to see through it is the narrator Nick. However‚ Jay Gatsby is the worst of them all. Born poor with strive and mindset to achieve in power‚ money and social status. He puts on a false front due to his
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Hamlet who is draped in anger and emotions and has a new-found mission in life. Initially‚ Hamlet is portrayed as an individual in mourning over his father’s death and his mother’s haste in remarrying to her brother-in-law and Hamlet’s uncle‚ Claudius. However‚ Hamlet’s character and personality were drastically altered after meeting the Ghost and discovering the true nature of his Father’s death. Hamlet is now a man with a lust for revenge and a willingness to do anything that will enable him to
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“To be‚ or not to be--that is the question”(3.2.419-432) To be alive or to be dead‚ which is better? Is it really more dignified to suffer through awful luck and fight through mounds of trouble than it is to end it all? Dying is basically sleeping‚ nothing more. A sleep that would end the heartache and shocks of life. That is a fulfillment to wish for. To die is to sleep and to sleep is to dream. That’s the catch. What dreams would come with death when we have ended our own lives? We must pause and
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during the “golden age” (Pg126-127). A Greek tragedy was used as part of a religious festival every year in Athens. A literary character who makes a judgement error that inevitably leads to his/her own destructor. Creon error in judgement leads to his downfall by being dumped from start of being kings‚ and bears no respond sibitity for his flaws. Sophocles uses Creon action to show an effect of his fate. The people say Creon is noble for his directed on the two brothers but is important because he is
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Hamlet’s 4th soliloquy analyze “To be or not to be” can arguably be Shakespeare’s most recognizable quote in all of his work. Hamlet attempts to reason with himself on whether or not death is the only solution to end all life suffering portrays him as both confused and cowardly. In this monologue‚ Hamlet goes into a tough debate over whether he should end his own suffering by commit suicide‚ or to step it up and revenge for his father. This solilguy also shows the reader on how Hamlet deals
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A common component in Shakespeare’s tragedies is the occurrence of a tragic hero‚ a character who is usually from a noble family‚ an respectable man with a fatal flaw that leads to his downfall. The title character in Julius Caesar is the tragic hero. Caesar is an honorable man‚ loved by a majority of the citizens whose dreadful pride leads to his destruction. Shakespeare wants his audience to know that Caesar was a man of honor loved by most people. In the beginning of the play‚ the working
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Black Bile Excess: Hamlet’s Melancholy June 15th‚ 2010 Word Count: 1287 In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ the tragic hero Prince Hamlet of Denmark‚ returns home after the death of his father‚ King Hamlet. His return‚ however‚ was not one simply of mourning. The murderer of King Hamlet and also Hamlet’s uncle‚ Claudius‚ observes that “there’s something in [Hamlet’s] soul/ O’er which his melancholy sits on brood…” (III‚ i‚ 165-166). From the outset of the novel in which his character is introduced
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Julius Caesar Brutus convinced himself that he had to kill Caesar for the good of Rome. He was an “honorable man” who thought Caesar’s downfall would bring peace and prosperity to Rome. Antony started a revolution to find and kill every conspirator who buried their blades into Caesar’s body. “A curse shall light upon the limbs of men; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy; Blood and destruction shall be so in use And dreadful objects so familiar That mothers shall
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