ultimately responsible for the actions that lead to his fate .It could be argued that Macbeth is not totally to blame for his own destruction‚ allowing himself to be influenced by others. First‚ Macbeth ignores the voice of his own mind. He knows what he is doing is wrong even before he murders Duncan‚ but he allows Lady Macbeth and greed to cloud his judgment. Secondly‚ Macbeth willingly listens to the witches with no proff to believe if what they were saying was true. Macbeth could have dismissed
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Brutus’ decision not to kill Antony at the time may have been honourable but it was unwise in the light of things to come. Brutus’ honour and nobility initiated the mistakes he made that led to his tragic downfall‚ sparing Antony’s life being the most detrimental. The string that unravelled the drawback begins in the first scene of the second act where the naïve Brutus is swayed by Cassius and joins the conspiracy. The plot against Caesar is first devised by Cassius‚ who slowly allows Brutus
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told by Haemon‚ his son‚ Tiresias‚ and the chorus leader to let Antigone go free‚ but when Creon finally gives in it is too late and Antigone has already hung herself. In response‚ Haemon‚ Antigone’s fiance and Creon’s son‚ kills himself‚ which is followed by the suicide of Eurydice‚ Creon’s wife. Creon’s excessive pride and stubbornness leaves him frantic‚ sorrowful‚ and alone making him the tragic hero of Antigone. Creon’s pride is the tragic flaw that causes the events leading to his
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mate in his life to run his future dream lover that seems like a heavenly life on earth. However‚ Gatsby was active in his all dream comes true‚ and he was working and struggling his fate on the way of up and life. Gatsby was the lucky and successful person in the world and he rich all his dream house‚ cars‚ place where he wants to live. So‚ Gatsby was failed in blind love with Daisy‚ but Daisy was married to Tom before she meets Gatsby. Sometimes‚ Life is the game of luck. And then‚ as his father
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of others to influence his behavior‚ Macbeth schemes to improve his position of power. He begins winding a web of decisions that drive him to commit the most atrocious deeds. As the play unfolds‚
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influence of the church‚ and the idea of women being smarter or more knowledgeable than men which led to the ideas of witches. Human history manipulated witchcraft for its own purposes‚ often laying the blame of society’s perceived ills on the phenomenon of witchcraft. The belief that witchcraft is predominantly evil provokes fear in societies‚ which in turn made the general public more suspicious of what
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To what extent was Charles X responsible for his own downfall? When Charles X stood down to Louis-Philippe‚ after his monarchy‚ many said that this was his own doing and he was fully responsible for his own downfall. However this was not entirely true‚ Louis unorthodox methods may have contributed to his downfall in the long term however short term causes are just as important and appointment of ministers such as Villele was a crucial fault in Charles’s system. One could say that the polarisation
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presented in the play. More specifically‚ Macbeth’s tragic downfall is presented through his high position in society‚ his similar persona to that of an aristotelian tragic hero‚ but also the circumstances that separate him from the typical hero. Though Macbeth is not the average typical hero‚ his story is nonetheless a tragedy. Macbeth is ultimately a tragedy due to the series of events that took place in order for Macbeth’s downfall to occur. The tragedy of Macbeth is apparent in the high
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Brutus emerges as the most complex character in Julius Caesar and is also the play’s tragic hero. In his soliloquies‚ the audience gains insight into the complexities of his motives. He is a powerful public figure‚ but he appears also as a husband‚ a master to his servants‚ a dignified military leader‚ and a loving friend. The conflicting value systems that battle with each other in the play as a whole are enacted on a microcosmic level in Brutus’s mind. Even after Brutus has committed the assassination
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‘A man’s character is his fate.’ To what extent is Othello’s own character the cause of his downfall? According to Aristotle’s Poetics‚ a classical tragic hero should be renowned and prosperous‚ superior in some specific way‚ so that the reversal of fortunes or downfall‚ stirs up feelings within the audience of a greater intensity. Such disastrous results are often triggered by the mistake of the tragic hero due to their tragic flaw or hamartia‚ which is often linked to hubris or excessive pride
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