. Did Robespierre’s Love of the Revolution Cause His Immense Paranoia‚ Corrupt His Belief System and Eventually Lead to His Execution? Extended Essay Name: Nicola Watson Date: 9th January‚ 2008
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Downfall from Arrogance The Crucible is a peculiar name to put for a play. In literal meaning‚ a crucible is a special pot in which you put materials in. The pot then goes in the fire‚ and you end up melting the contents‚ but not the pot itself. The way Miller named his play as The Crucible is what literary experts call symbolism. Arthur Miller’s basic purpose of writing this play was to signify that people react to situations in many different ways. In that same way‚ he symbolizes the attributes
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kinsman to King Duncan. How can a man of this status become a tyrannical ruler and a ruthless killer? The answer to this simple question is ambition that is awakened by the witches’ prophecies. Lady Macbeth is also an essential part in Macbeth’s downfall. She pushes him to his mental breaking point‚ beyond the degree of insanity just for power. He begins the play with good intentions‚ but ends up deteriorating in front of the audience’s eyes. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Macbeth exemplifies
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Prideful Downfall “For pride is a spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love‚ or contentment‚ or even common sense.”. This short phrase from C.S. Lewis packs a big punch. This quote embodies the exact cancer that Creon‚ a fictional king from the acclaimed play “Antigone” by Sophocles‚ had. Throughout the progression of the story readers begin to notice many of Creon’s great qualities along with his flaws. These flaws ended in Creon’s own demise. His story told a lesson of the effects
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Hamlet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is full of many characters that often display many different archetypical characteristics. The main character‚ Hamlet‚ is one of the most complex characters in the play because he displays varying archetypes. In Act Two he is showing himself as mainly two different types of characters. Hamlet is shown as a son grieving his father and also as son who loves and respects his father. In Scene Two of that act‚ his two friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern visit
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Hamlet tragic flaw is him trying to get revenge for his father after his uncle murdered him. Hamlet see’s his father ghost and he tells hamlet to kill his unlce and leave his mother alone‚ hamlet father ghost goes to hell at night but leaves it in the morning. After Hamlet see’s the goes the tragic starts to happen. Hamlet stress’s ideas of how to kills is uncle and when to kill him. At this point Hamlet starts to go crazy but now physco yet. Although he goes love crazy and Ophelia notice that
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In Hamlet’s soliloquy‚ shakespeare says‚ “To sleep—perchance to dream: ay‚ there’s the rub‚* For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil‚*” Hamlet expresses how you cannot ever escape your problems and cannot be
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dead or alive. I believe life comes with many risks and many bad experiences‚ but it is up to us to change the way different things happen in our lives‚ we have the control‚ whether in avoiding a situation or changing a bad situation. We can use Hamlet’s life as an example and we can use Ebert’s
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Gun Control: The Downfall of America It is to be believed that America’s public safety is being threatened by guns. There have been numerous events leading up to this accusation. Today‚ there is a rising debate whether gun control should be legalized or forbidden. There stand two sides of this dispute‚ one is for bearing arms and the other is against it. One could infer that one side remains superior over the other. In America majority vote rules‚ therefore the gun control laws remain not into effect
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named Macbeth who receives a prophecy from three witches who says he’s going to be king. Consumed by the ambition and spurred to action by his wife‚ Macbeth kills the current king and takes the throne for himself. The rest of the story portrays his downfall as he is wracked with guilt and paranoia. Throughout the story Macduff‚ a Scottish nobleman‚ has portrayed himself to be ambitious‚ and righteous. He also shows traits of loyalty and honesty towards his friends and country and he is quite observant
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