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    Victory and defeat is not the most telling sign as to which is the greater hero of the two. There are flaws within each character and each one fights to overcome them throughout the story. By the end‚ it is clear which one emerges as the most appropriate symbol of a hero. The character of Achilles is greater than the character of Hector because he was able to overcome more of his character flaws to become a more realistic portrayal of what a heroic character should be. Both characters of Achilles

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    The Glass Menagerie Flaws

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    Have you ever wondered how life would be like as an introvert? In “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams‚ the main character‚ Laura’s tragic flaw forces her to drop out of Rubicam Business College leading to a life of isolation and despair. Many times people have told her to “be proud instead of shy and turning away”. Lara was a shy girl‚ who is interested in love‚ and who often turns to her glass animal collection to comfort her. “Well‚ if he doesn’t complain about it. He stays on a shelf

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    Tracking Your Teens: Fatal or Vital? Parents that track their teenage drivers are making a huge mistake. They shouldn’t track their children. It is an awful idea. Tracking your driving teenagers could cause them to be rebellious. The knowledge that a parent is constantly watching over their shoulder could cause them to act out. With the SafeTrak system‚ a parent knows everywhere a child is and has been at any given time. A parent using SafeTrak knows every last thing about their child at all

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    Oedipus Rex Flaws

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    Does Oedipus Rex possess a tragic flaw? Oedipus‚ the King of Thebes‚ perceives himself to have complete control of his predestined crimes. Additionally‚ Oedipus was foretold about the events that would occur in his life‚ but he possesses the flaw of ignorance and pride. His downfall was his own unraveling makes the whole work more suspenseful and makes the audience want more. Oedipus Rex had an abundance flaws‚ not just one‚ but the two that stand out the most are his pride and ignorance. For example

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    The Flaws of the Socratic Method In Plato’s Republic‚ as well as in most of his other works‚ the philosopher writes dialogues between the character of his mentor‚ Socrates‚ and various figures meant to illustrate contradictory positions. He carefully scripts the engagements in a form of discussion now called the Socratic Method‚ where Socrates critiques the positions of the other characters in order to find flaws in inaccurate arguments. Although this method is prevalent even today‚ I will make

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    Flaws In The Great Gatsby

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    Just like someone said: Your character is your destiny. It decided one’s sense of worth and the ways of thinking and attitude. So‚ what are the great flaws in the character of main characters and how this lead Gatsby walk into the depths of despair? Let’s start from Gatsby. Gatsby is a typical representative who tries all his life to pursue “the American dream”. First of all‚ what he followed is not “reality principle” but “pleasure principle”. That means ephemeral and harmful pleasant sensation

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    Romeo And Juliet Flaws

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    society love does not just happen in a blink of an eye it takes time to love someone. Romeo and Juliet’s love story happened in just five days so was it really love? In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Romeo has a tragic flaw which is his impulsive nature. With this flaw Romeo affected a lot of characters in the play but his choices mostly impacted Juliet and also her choices that she has to make. When Romeo was faced with a problem he would not think of the consequences he would just go with

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    attributed to his forceful ambition which leads him to commit terrible deeds‚ selfish greed and weakness that allows him to be easily manipulated. These influencing factors are nourished and encouraged by the three witches and the deceitful Lady Macbeth. Macbeth’s actions of murdering innocent children and women and his damning act of genocide show that he is primarily responsible for his own demise. Macbeths ‘ambition which overleaps itself’ leads him to commit heinous crimes that show his depravity and

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    An Individual Flaw Because of the nature of literature‚ books are imperfect. Readers travel to a convenient‚ simplified world that appears to clarify human experience‚ but ends up muddling story with the author’s prejudice and bias. People have a limited capacity to understand a lived experience that is not their own. Since books are a form of simplified‚ convenient reality‚ it is important to recognize all-encompassing structures‚ like literature‚ that synthesize the human experience and expose

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    Lady Macbeth's Despair

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    In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth influences Macbeth in a big way showing Shakespeare’s message that going against one’s better judgement can be destructive. After Lady Macbeth influences Macbeth to murder Duncan‚ Macbeth is left in his despair to kill innocent people around him. Macbeth also loses the respect and trust of his once-loyal friends and nobles. Before and after he kills King Duncan‚ which his wife manipulated him to do‚ Macbeth worries anxiously about the murder. Macbeth

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