Destruction by Darkness As the famous saying goes‚ “You cannot judge a book by its cover”; the purest of people could come along with the deepest mind. The forces of wicked darkness in Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ Macbeth‚ reveal the immoral intentions of characters’ minds and deterioration of their souls. Mysterious witches‚ full of supernatural power‚ use their evil instincts to bring chaos over Scotland. Macbeth is adequately disturbed by the sinful night‚ slowly turning him away from sanity.
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Self-Destruction. As the years pass by‚ human being started to behave sometimes against the laws of nature. People started to act in a self-destructive way‚ such as an abuse relationship‚ suicide and social suicide. “In human context‚ self-destructive behavior is a widely used phrase that conceptualizes certain kinds of destructive acts as belonging to the self. It also has the property that it characterizes certain kinds of self-inflicted acts as destructive. The term comes from objective psychology
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driving over people‚ it would be the situation of Macbeth. In Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth is the protagonist who is also a great general that brings countless victories to Scotland. However‚ when he hears the prophecies from the witch sisters‚ his ambition drives him crazy and makes him kill King Duncan in order to acquire the throne he desires. Therefore‚ the ambition is the tragic flaw that leads downfall of Macbeth. After the scene that Macbeth hears the witch sister’s prophecies‚ Macbeth’s ambition
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William Shakespeare’s play‚ ‘Macbeth’‚ the destructive nature of power is immensely explored. The nature of power is obliquely and inevitably expressed through Macbeth’s ambitious drive for supremacy‚ the unknown and distraught notion of fate and free will‚ as well as a personal reaction towards the concept of power. Although‚ the majority of the play is based on the destructive nature of power‚ the moral nature of power is also portrayed‚ in spite of the evil. Macbeth was naturally an ambitious man
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In The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ the characters are not really who they seem to be since they disguise themselves to hide their dirty deeds or to remain oblivious to those who are dubious. Everyone has a mask‚ a cover‚ a veil‚ it is a play that has a powerful theme‚ that the surface only shows so much revealed‚ in the opening scene. Masks provided the path to destruction for Macbeth but they also allowed for other characters to survive by disguising their true feelings toward the
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selfishness and Nick’s nurturing of Gatsby’s obsession for her are the reason for Gatsby’s down fall. And although it is true that they did contribute to it‚ ultimately it was Gatsby’s obsession with daisy‚ his illusion and the past that caused his own destruction. Daisy Buchanan is a complex character in this novel whose happiness is maintained by the luxuries she gets from her husband‚ Tom Buchanan‚ and still for some strange reason Jay Gatsby is completely in love with her. She has all of the qualities
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A Cycle of Self Destruction Everyone has a daily routine; wake up‚ eat breakfast‚ head to work‚ spend their entire day at a desk‚ go home‚ have dinner‚ sleep. This is their cycle‚ whether or not they realized it. People try to escape this cycle; they try to break away from the chains that they have bestowed upon themselves. But to do so‚ is easier said than done. Others may have a more destructive cycle than those around them. Victor and Junior are a good example of these people who are bound to
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The act of being self-destructive does not just come to be. It occurs slowly and takes hold in individuals to varying degrees‚ contingent upon how ‘cold’ they are‚ and by their level of self-absorption and conceited desires. A combination of these characteristics can be discerned in each of the protagonists from the literary forms I studied. Each character is self-destructive‚ but the consequences of their actions and the number of people they hurt tends to magnify depending on how many of these
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appear in the future. The life of an individual either starts to blossom with opportunity or starts going through a consistent downward spiral. How does it work out perfectly for some and go wrong for others? Macbeth is a prime example of how one decision can alter life forever. As Macbeth tries to successfully pursue his prophecies‚ his mind and body slowly deteriorate until he has nothing left to live for. Tillyard once explained that the human mind works through reason‚ will‚ and passion (Tillyard-The
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The weird sisters drive Macbeth to his destruction. Do you agree? In shakespears Macbeth‚ the weird sisters are only one of the contributions to Macbeth’s destruction. Though they do play a role‚ the other characters such as Lady Macbeth and even Macbeth himself contributes towards his destruction‚ with immense ambition and greed to become king. The prophecies which the witches make are only temptations for Macbeth. The weird sisters never tell Macbeth what to do with these suggestions‚ he
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