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    Macbeth‚ a story of tragic events‚ murder‚ betrayal‚ and some more betrayal. Throughout the play many things such as events and the behavior of others have affected many characters‚ in this case Macbeth’s betrayals have affected him as well as many others causing him to change drastically. The betrayals of Duncan the king of Scotland‚ Banquo his best friend‚ and Lady Macbeth his wife have changed Macbeth from a brave‚ loyal‚ trustworthy man into a guilty‚ ruthless‚ crue‚l and‚ bloodthirsty king.

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    Theme Of Power In Macbeth

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    Macbeth‚ a dark and gruesome tragic play written by William Shakespeare primarily discusses the concept of greed for more authority. Emasculation and the Great Chain of Being are some core components of this play that are discussed through gothic poetry. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are the main characters in the play. Through Macbeth’s catalyst‚ his wife‚ he found the strength to kill King Duncan. Lady Macbeth was his agent in many of the scenes in the play. Their compatible pairing lead to many “successes”

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    unprecedented. Shakespeare‚ in the famous play Macbeth‚ examines the psychological aspect of crime. He puts forth an interesting notion – that one could be easily shocked by crimes which appear abruptly in their full magnitude‚ but alleviated by the stratagem of self-deceit‚ one could be negligent of the gradual growth of one’s own wickedness and corruption as a consequence‚ which ultimately triggers more crimes.    Following the atrocious act of murdering Duncan‚ Macbeth‚ though engulfed by guilt‚ undergoes

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    Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have a strong sense of ambition‚ it drives them to do the evil things they would not have done otherwise. After hearing the witches prophecy Macbeth stops at nothing to obtain what they told him he will‚ the ambition that overtakes him causes him to do many things that he would not have done otherwise‚ many of these things being evil deeds. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth ambition is a solely negative quality which is demonstrated through the actions of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

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    The novel Medea by Euripides is a ancient Greek tragedy based on the myth of Jason and Medea. The hole story is centered on Medea’s actions and even more so on the theme of betrayal. When Jason leaves Princess Medea for another Princess named Corinth‚ Medea becomes vengeful. She enacts her revenge by killing Jason’s mistress and‚ her own children. After all this she leaves to go to Athens Greece. The main focus is on women killing their own children; a term for killing your own child is called maternal

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    The Constitution is still relevant today because it was created as a framework which would provide guidance but not unnecessary restrictions without flexibility. The Constitution and its interpretation grows and changes with time allocating rights to the American people and a framework for its government as well as a process to ensure that it can be altered to provide what is needed to ensure a lawful and just democratic society. The masterpiece of the Constitution is within the Bill of Rights ensuring

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    Designer clothes‚ Hollywood‚ and actors are the priority of many people today. The book that explains all this is J.D Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye. This novel is about a teenager‚ Holden Caulfield‚ who notices the world around him. He sees how a materialistic view on life has dominated over a spiritual view. The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger indicates that ways of a material world is present‚ just the way it is today. When parents are not there for their children‚ they will often buy

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    Outsiders’ to give a voice to the harsh reality for teenagers all over the world. Hinton clearly utilises language features such as dialogue‚ symbolism and characters in a way to specifically explore the issues with finding identity which is still relevant in today’s society. ‘The Outsiders’ novel features two main social classes‚ Socs and Greasers. Socs are born into wealthy families and seem to have it all but Greasers struggle in more ways than just financially. In ‘The Outsiders’ dialogue is used

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    less than half of the world population is totally free today? One of these few nations is the U.S‚ which is one of the freest countries in the world. But is it really? Connection… The world had many issues in the medieval ages until they had the enlightenment which claimed that people were all equal and had natural rights… until they turned right around and committed countless atrocities to other “uncivilized” countries in imperialism. Even today‚ we are severely missing in these freedoms that were

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    planning on recreating a population just like that. Having a civilization like the one Lois Lowry wrote about become real‚ would be an alarming concern. The nation that we live in today would no longer be the same. There would be no more deciding for ourselves. Everything would strictly

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