apply himself in school; soon you see sloth in him and his grades suffer because of that. Holden wrote about his life‚ school‚ and how he failed most of his classes. He even said‚ “I was flunking four subjects and not applying myself and all. They gave me frequent warning to start applying myself… but I didn’t do it” (Salinger 4). Holden only passed english‚ but he did not care about school so he did not work hard to learn new ideas and thoughts. His laziness resulted for him to fail subjects in school
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The last example that Macbeth is a tragic hero is that his downfall Is only partly his own fault. Due to his tragic flaw‚ he is only focused on him gaining power‚ that he does not realise that other people are manipulating him and taking advantage of him. The first example of this trait happens during the second prophecies of the witches to Macbeth. The witches explain the prophecies in a way that seem unrealistic which catches Macbeth off guard because they are unlikely to happen. Macbeth’s ambition
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Grade 10.2 English home language Miss O’Donovan 22 May 2018 Shakespearean mini-essay Topic 2 In William Shakespeare’s tragic play Othello‚ one can argue that Othello is not solely to blame for the tragic outcomes in the play. In fact it is his intelligence and strong-willed personality that make it harder for Iago to manipulate him and eventually lead to his downfall. Furthermore one can argue that it is Iago who is to blame for this treacherous tragedy. Iago is able to deceive or manipulate most
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All this administration of agriculture required much more careful planning‚ since each farmer had to produce a far greater excess of produce than he would actually consume. And all the bureaucratic record keeping demanded some kind of efficient system of measuring long periods of time. So the Sumerians invented calendars‚ which they divided into twelve months based on the cycle of the moon. Since a year consisting of twelve lunar months is considerably shorter than a solar year‚ the Sumerians added
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the characters through their experiences. Three characters whose weaknesses lead to their downfalls are‚ Polonius‚ Hamlet and Claudius. Polonius ’ weakness is his need for control and to know everything about the people around him. He is so dedicated towards Claudius that he even spies on the people he cares about most. Hamlets weakness is his act of madness. His hate for his uncle and the grief of losing his father drives him for revenge. In doing so‚ Hamlet puts on a persona of being mad. Claudius
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these characteristics to be one ambitious‚ courageous and many more‚ it also shows that how Macbeth has a many downfalls‚ he has many ups and downs throughout the play‚ his downs made him stronger but his ups made him weaker that’s where he had his downfall. Macbeth had gone through a lot to become a hero but he had gotten to confidence and that’s where he hit a wall and his downfalls began and where he started doing immature things like killing people and killing people’s family to get a certain
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Macbeth meets a tragic end that was inevitable given the actions of the influential characters within the play. The downfall of Macbeth can be equally accredited to the actions of The Witches‚ Lady Macbeth‚ and Macbeth himself. A large influence of the downfall of Macbeth is due to the Witches prophesying Macbeth’s future as a Thane and King. The Witches Greet him soon after he exits the battlefield by proclaiming “First Witch: All hail‚ Macbeth! Hail to thee‚ Thane of Glamis! /Second Witch: All
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ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S PLAY OTHELLO FAJRI KURNIAWAN 1010733020 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF HUMANITY ANDALAS UNIVERSITY PADANG 2013 Background of the author William Shakespeare is the most famous writer of plays in the English language. He was born in 1564‚ in Stratford upon-Avon and died on the 23rd of April‚ 1616. He wrote thirty-nine plays and hundreds of poems. His father William was a successful local businessman and his mother Mary was the daughter of a landowner
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Write Up On Othello: Othello as an Outsider Shakespeare’s Othello‚ written in approximately 1603‚ is a tragic play that centralises around the role of Othello‚ the Moor of Venice. Throughout the play‚ a notion that is consistently evident is that of “the outsider”. In Othello‚ many characters are in some way outsiders. Each character devises their own unique way to rid themselves of this “outsider” status‚ whether it be by marriage‚ gaining strength or through means of manipulation. As persistently
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Othello Othello is a Shakespearean play and a morality tale‚ which is set in Venice‚ Italy and represents the themes of race‚ death and at its very heart is the ‘green-eyed monster’: Jealousy. The character of Othello is insecure and naïve. His race‚ a major theme in the play‚ shows how Othello perceives himself as a rough outsider‚ though he is nothing of the sort and his skills are nevertheless powerful‚ his power being personified by the fact that he is always surrounded by people. In Act 1
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