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    Creon's Downfall Essay

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    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 not helping both brothers just the one who fought on his side. I would not stay silent if I saw disasters moving her against

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    OTHELLO CONFLICT

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    31/1/15 How does Shakespeare present conflict in Acts: 1-3? Throughout the entirety of Shakespeare’s “Othello”‚ there are many scenes of conflict between the characters and Shakespeare presents these conflicts in a number of different ways. The most notable conflicts are between the main characters: Othello‚ Iago and Desdemona‚ among others like Roderigo‚ Cassio‚ Brabantio‚ Emilia and Bianca. Firstly‚ one way that Shakespeare presents conflict is making Othello a black person in a European

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    Othello: Religious Motifs

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    nurtured by deceitful individuals. Such is the situation in Shakespeare’s Othello‚ which depicts the tragic downfall of an apparently perfect relationship. Shakespeare uses images of heaven in the beginning of the play to emphasize the seemingly flawless love between Othello and Desdemona. Furthermore‚ as the play progresses‚ the juxtaposition between heaven and hell is used to represent the manipulative powers of Iago over Othello revealing the weaknesses of Desdemona and Othello’s relationship. As a

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    Andrew Jackson Flaws

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    he was president. He wasn’t the type of president to brag about his title or to think he was better than everybody.He was the “common man” president. Everybody except the Indians & minorities loved him as president.Andrew Jackson Should not be on the $20 bill because the spoil system which he created‚he destroyed the national bank‚and ignored a supreme court ruling. To tell the truth‚ Andrew Jackson was a great president but his flaws were huge ones. Such as a famous system called the “Spoil System”

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    Julius Caesar's Downfall

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    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 class men are out in the streets to “make/ holiday to see Caesar and to rejoice in his triumph” (1.1.34-35) showing how much they love him.

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    Antigone Fatal Flaw

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    In the play Antigone‚ written by Sophocles‚ the tragic protagonist is Antigone because she possesses a fatal flaw‚ or hamartia‚ that leads to her catastrophe‚ “the tragic protagonist’s ruin or downfall” (class handout). Antigone’s flaw is her hubris‚ “some kind of overweening pride or arrogant reliance on oneself” (class handout). Antigone believes that burying the body of her brother‚ Polynices‚ she is doing the will of the gods. When talking to Ismene about burying the body of Polynices‚ after

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    Grade 10.2 English home language Miss O’Donovan 22 May 2018 Shakespearean mini-essay Topic 2 In William Shakespeare’s tragic play Othello‚ one can argue that Othello is not solely to blame for the tragic outcomes in the play. In fact it is his intelligence and strong-willed personality that make it harder for Iago to manipulate him and eventually lead to his downfall. Furthermore one can argue that it is Iago who is to blame for this treacherous tragedy. Iago is able to deceive or manipulate most

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    Jealousy and Othello

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    Othello” is the most famous literary work by Shakespeare that focuses on the dangers of jealousy. The tragedy "Othello is a story based upon the revenge of two characters‚ Shakespeare’s Othello is a play with unique characters. One such character is the one for which Shakespeare names his play. Using‚ Othello as the main character discussed he poses some strengths and weaknesses. Othello’s strength that was seen within this play was that Othello is a masterful general and very skilled and is very

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    Othello Essay

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    Othello Essay Question: How is the issue of conflict used by composers to express and change within and between characters? Discuss with close reference to the Shakespearian play Othello that you have been studying in class. Conflict has the ability to alter characters and tarnish their relationships which may lead to – more often than not – tragic consequences. This is clearly illustrated in the Shakespearian play‚ Othello. Through the main characters of Iago‚ Othello and Desdemona‚ the

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    Imagery in Othello

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    The function of imagery in the mid-sixteenth century play Othello by William Shakespeare is to aid characterisation and define meaning in the play. The antagonist Iago is defined through many different images‚ Some being the use of poison and soporifics‚ sleeping agents‚ to show his true evil and sadistic nature. Othello’s character is also shaped by much imagery such as the animalistic‚ black and white‚ and horse images which indicates his lustful‚ sexual nature. Characterisation of women is heavily

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