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    Aristotle's Tragic Flaw

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    A man cannot become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall.” Aristotle A tragic hero is someone great‚ but not perfect. He or she walks towards his or her own death. The Heroes downfall is a result of the hero’s actions and decisions. However‚ his misfortune is usually is not deserved and is brought about not by vice or depravity‚ but by some error or frailty. This error or frailty can be illustrated as his tragic flaw‚ or his hamaratia. The tragic heroes own destruction is sometimes

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    Fate's Flaws In Hamlet

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    conveys these two main factors fate and flaw to demonstrate the depiction of Hamlet’s demise. A flaw is an imperfection‚ or defect in someone’s behaviour. Fate is the development of events outside a person’s control‚ regarded as determined by a supernatural power. Hamlet’s flaws is caused by his melancholy of being sad‚ depressive‚ and overly-introspective which contribute to his downfall. For example Hamlet demonstrated one of his flaws when a ghost visited him in the castle

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    Oedipus Flaws Essay

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    blindness and various flaws that Oedipus possesses‚ has caused his downfall and led to his status as a static character. A static character is a character who does not experience a major change throughout a literary piece. Oedipus had numerous opportunities to change his ways but unfortunately‚ never yielded himself to the needed change. Oedipus could have made one different choice and he would have had many different chances to change his ways. Oedipus’s downfall was caused by his inability to see and

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    Augustine's Flaws

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    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 in which humans cannot begin to understand Him because of our great inferiority‚ Augustine fails to develop his own personal relationship with God

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    Tragic Flaws of Oedipus

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    character flaws (called harmatia in Greek). Ancient Greeks thought the gods would alter a person’s character‚ in order for that person to suffer (or gain from) the appropriate outcome. Such was the case in Oedipus’s story. The great Sophoclean play‚ Oedipus Rex is an amazing play‚ and one of the first of its time to accurately portray the common tragic hero. Written in the time of ancient Greece‚ Sophocles perfected the use of character flaws in Greek drama with Oedipus Rex. Using Oedipus as his tragic

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    Flaws of Marxism

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    The flaws of Marxism. Introduction to Philosophy T-122 Dr. Danielle A. Layne April 15th‚ 2011 At the turn of the 19th century‚ an unprecedented amount of change had because of the Industrial Revolution. The concept of slavery in its typical terms had been abolished. Society itself had drastically changed. The population had more than doubled in Europe. Due to the Enlightenment era‚ philosophers had reduced God to a realm that does not describe

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    Oedipus Flaws

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    Another flaw of Oedipus that leads to his self-destruction is his excessive self-pride. He made it his mission to find the killer of Laius in order to end the misery that the plague in Thebes caused. He was sure of himself that he will save the land‚ ironically not realizing that he is the one at fault. He sees himself as being all mighty since he presumably escaped his fate. He was able to save Thebes from the Sphinx so he thinks history can repeat itself and he can be a hero ones again for his people

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    The Flaw Of Socialism

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    2. What will I need to learn more about or research further regarding the topic/issue I have chosen? The first thing I need to learn about is what socialism represents and its ideals. I also need to research articles and journals pointing out the flaws of socialism. Lastly‚ I will need to research arguments in favor of socialism so that I can get a balanced view of both sides. 3. The audience for my paper is a group of my peers. What will my audience know or not know about this topic/issue? I

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    Robespierre's Downfall

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    There have been numerous quintessential examples of wicked downfalls throughout the history of the world. A famous example would be when Moses led the people out of slavery in Egypt and because of that; it caused the emperor to go mad. In addition‚ because of his madness‚ that is what killed him and his entire army. But the French Revolution is one of the most devastating attacks against the Roman Catholic Church. It cost the lives of some many great people at the time. God writes straight with crooked

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    The Downfall Of Macbeth

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    Macbeth has met the end of his existence at the hands of Macduff. They were fighting and suddenly Macduff emerges with Macbeth’s head and proclaimed I am the King of Scotland. Following the death of Macbeth‚ I was to declare that all of his thanes will be made earls‚ following the English custom of peerage. This is not the Scottish tradition and they would be the first lords in Scottish history. I have often called the soldiers my fellow friends and have invited them to Macbeth’s crowning as

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