Master of his Own Fate Monsters. Storms. Temptations. One must be pretty strong to overcome all that. In Homer’s epic‚ the Odyssey‚ the main character Odysseus is faced with all of those and suffers for many years due to his struggles with the gods. After winning the Trojan War‚ he is desperate to return home to his family in Ithaca‚ but the gods who want to control him are disrupting his voyage. However‚ throughout his journey‚ Odysseus makes many decisions‚ which proves that he controls his fate and
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In the story‚ Macbeth is 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
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Horatio is a minor character with a major role. Horatio in the play serves a couple of purposes. One being that he is the herald of truth. During all of the madness‚ he is the quiet observer. If it wasn’t for Horatio‚ many of our characters and Hamlet wouldn’t receive credibility. Another purpose Horatio serves is the one true confidant to Hamlet. Hamlet goes to Horatio and actually tells him how he is feeling‚ and what he is thinking‚ apart from his many soliloquies. From his encounters with Hamlet
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Horatio Nelson at a young age had a love for the sea and with help from his family‚ mainly his father‚ he was able to start his naval career on his Uncle Maurice Suckling’s ship the HMS Raisonnable. He started as an ordinary seaman which is one who has one to two years of experience at sea and later was able to be a coxswain‚ one who steers and guides the ship‚ until he was promoted into a midshipman which would give him training on how he could improve his skills so he could one day be a higher
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Within both plays‚ Horatio and the Friar both fill the role of moral advisor to the protagonist‚ whose advice Giovanni and Hamlet both disregard. Interestingly‚ Horatio’s concern for Hamlet does not stem from an acknowledgement of the protagonist’s dubious moral code‚ but rather from a fear of the ghost’s intentions. Horatio’s source of perturbation is confirmed when he begs the prince to consider “What if it tempt you toward the flood‚ my lord.” Horatio appears to worry that the ghost has a malevolent
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what extent is Macbeth responsible for his own downfall? The Tragedy of Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare between 1606-11 conveys the ambition of a man who lusts for power and his downfall from his position of greatness. Macbeth’s downfall is started when three witches‚ using their supernatural knowledge‚ stir trouble in Scotland. Macbeth believes in the prophecies that they offer him and strengthened by his own ambition and encouragement from his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ he discovers the guilt
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you consider is accountable for Macbeth’s death in “The Tragedy of Macbeth” by William Shakespeare? I believe that Macbeth is responsible for his own downfall because of his schemes‚ and because he eventually became a tyrant king. Macbeth was a tragic hero who demolished himself by his own narcissistic and evil ways. Macbeth’s schemes is a cause of his tragedy. “If chance will have me king‚ why‚ chance may crown me without my stir‚” (I.iii.144-146). This early in the play Macbeth is already
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Our world is on a downhill spiral to the bleak unknown‚ undoubtedly‚ the effect of man itself. Countless tragedies have occurred in every country‚ critically affecting the way we live our lives today. In Africa‚ the ethnic battle of the Hutu and Tutsi decimated over one million people. The Chinese are still dealing with the struggle of a gender imbalanced society which came from inflicting deaths on unwanted infant girls. Now‚ in America‚ the difficulty of getting an education gets increasingly arduous
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Horatio is an intelligent and insightful man‚ relentless‚ rational‚ placid‚ a messenger of truth‚ and Hamlet’s one true confidant. He plays a minor role in the play‚ nonetheless‚ he is of the utmost importance to Hamlet as well as being admired by many readers. He feels deeply for Hamlet and loves him with everything he is capable of‚ as he would never try to control or influence him like so many do. Hamlet has a deep friendship with Horatio and praises him for all the honorable qualities that he
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a young man‚ who is put in the dilemma of having to avenge the death of his father by killing his own uncle. The tragedy of Hamlet is the consequences of achieving the goal of avenging the death of King Hamlet. In the process of killing Claudius‚ his uncle‚ most of the people that played a major role in Hamlet’s life end up dying‚ even himself. Through this entire aspiration of killing Claudius and avenging the death of his father‚ Gertrude‚ Ophelia‚ Polonius‚ and Laertes all end up dead even before
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