Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the character King Lear The character of King Lear is essentially a destructive character in this play due to his weaknesses but he reveals some strengths in character in acts four and five of the play. The weaknesses portrayed by Lear are his inability to see reality and his misconception of love. His strengths are his renewed optimism and his ability to become humble. Although Lear reveals these strengths the damages his weaknesses cause override his positive
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A common interpretation of The Last Duchess centers on the idea of the objectification and subjugation of women. We can see that the Duke judges the value of a living woman by referring to the Duchess as "painted on the wall... There she stands as if alive.” He attempts to identify his wife with the painting‚ due to the fact that the Duchess is no longer there‚ physically with him‚ the painting is enough for the Duke and also makes her a lot easier to control. He also refers to the painting of his
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Marshall said‚ is one of the most important wars in the last 2‚500 years of history. The war changed the expansion of democracy for the rest of history and forced the remaining Greek states to adapt a form of Oligarchy government instead of Democracy. At the end of the Peloponnesian War‚ Sparta’s army defeated the Athenian navy due to it using its overwhelming strengths and overcoming its weaknesses. Sparta
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Despite the main female protagonist‚ the Duchess‚ possessing admirable qualities for a woman of the Jacobean Era‚ with Bosola acknowledging her worth‚ stating that her “behaviour (is) so noble/As gives a majesty to adversity”‚ John Webster has created‚ as critic Badendyck describes‚ “a male diseased world” around her; she is forced to live in surroundings where male characters such as her brothers Ferdinand and The Cardinal abuse and humiliate her throughout the play- suggesting that Webster’s play
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In the poem‚ “To His Coy Mistress” and “My Last Duchess” there is more of a contrast of the women’s attitude than a comparison. Although‚ there wasn’t much revealed about the women other than the speaker’s brief interpretation along with the literary devices metaphor‚ and hyperbole‚ as well as the divergent tones of insistent‚ despairing‚ dramatic and ironic. When comparing and contrasting the attitude of both speakers‚ is it easy to notice the disparity between the men and their approaches concerning
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Both poems “Hazel tells LaVerne” by Katharyn Hown Machan and “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning uses unique ways to reveal the speakers. The speakers of each poem reveal something about themselves as they try to narrate a story. The speaker of the “Hazel tells LaVerne” story repeats the line “me a princess‚” indicating that her bluster is just a front for her dreams. The word choice and humorous tone of Machan’s story also reveal much about Hazel’s personality and position. The ways she uses
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The prominant criticism of Utilitarianism is that it is extremely hard to predict the results of an action. The outcomes of all situations are hard to predict‚ so how can we possibly apply the rule of the greatest happiness for the greatest number if we do not know who will benefit most? It is also difficult to decide whether an outcome is morally good or bad. People have contrasting opinions on what they think is right or wrong and it depends on the individual who is making the decision. This causes
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The first weakness of this policy is that they’re trying to make every clinics dementia friendly; environments‚ as this could take a long time as well as during this time dementia service users or client might be differentiated alongside and their treatment during this time might be incomplete. However‚ this has a negative influence on anti-discriminatory practice the reason is that some clients might be discriminated against and not be treated as other dementia service users in other areas‚ may
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and understanding of one’s own strengths and weaknesses‚ amongst the population. People need to think about the person they are and where their strengths and weaknesses lie because if they don’t stop to consider what they’re good at and what they need to improve‚ they will find themselves in the 87% of the population who don’t enjoy what they do. Following this discovery‚ I completed a personality test on 16Personalities.com that stated my strengths and weaknesses following answering a series of
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breakdown to internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats (Parnell‚ 2014). Offensive strategies are known as strengths and opportunities due to through a company’s strength‚ opportunities are made available (Panell‚ 2014). On the other hand‚ the company must also recognized as defensive weaknesses within the company contributes to threats (Parnell‚ 2014). AutoZone’s SWOT analysis will determine its market share‚ sales‚ and overall performance. Strengths in AutoZone is its
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