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    Romeo And Juliet Flaws

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    not just happen in a blink of an eye it takes time to love someone. Romeo and Juliet’s love story happened in just five days so was it really love? In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Romeo has a tragic flaw which is his impulsive nature. With this flaw Romeo affected a lot of characters in the play but his choices mostly impacted Juliet and also her choices that she has to make. When Romeo was faced with a problem he would not think of the consequences he would just go with the first solution

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    Flaws of human society Lord of the flies is a novel written by William Golding‚ which was later published in 1954. The novel the novel is about a group of boys that are stranded on a deserted island that for a society‚ with a very weak foundation‚ which later falls apart. By this Golding is trying to show the bigger picture of the society during his time and the war that is going on in the real world. Similarly in the poem The Second Coming the picture of chaos and anarchy is clearly painted by

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    Macbeth's Tragic Flaw

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    himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted (Matthew 23:12‚ The Bible)’. Pride is a natural flaw that most people do not realize. Some can control it‚ while others let their pride blind them from logic and truth. Naturally‚ Macbeth has this attribute and he demonstrates it throughout the play. Shakespeare purposely introduces Macbeth as a proud character. The witches’ prophecies give him his confidence. And as his confidence grows‚ so does his pride until it eventually consumes

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    Tragic Flaws In Hamlet

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    realizations and the hidden truths that trap many of the characters for their ineludible death. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Hamlet and Gertrude are perfectly capable of hearing and seeing‚ yet they are deaf and blind to the truth of their circumstances. Their lack of sense eventually leads to their own demise. Throughout the play‚ Shakespeare uses the senses‚ especially hearing and sight‚ to reveal the tragic flaws of both of these characters. Gertrude is oblivious to many facts and ideas that are presented

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    The Glass Menagerie Flaws

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    Have you ever wondered how life would be like as an introvert? In “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams‚ the main character‚ Laura’s tragic flaw forces her to drop out of Rubicam Business College leading to a life of isolation and despair. Many times people have told her to “be proud instead of shy and turning away”. Lara was a shy girl‚ who is interested in love‚ and who often turns to her glass animal collection to comfort her. “Well‚ if he doesn’t complain about it. He stays on a shelf

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    Okonkwo Tragic Flaw

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    Things Fall Apart is about the tragic flaw about Okonkwo and his Igbo traditions. Okonkwo wants to be known as a powerful man and not have any failures like his father. A tragic flaw is a secret weakness that brings out a downfall of the character or hero. The tragic flaw of Okonkwo is desiring to be masculine because he does not want to show weakness due to killing his adopted son‚ abusing his wife‚ and not being a coward like his father. Okonkwo is afraid of showing weakness to killing Ikemefuna

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    Antigone Fatal Flaw

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    In the play Antigone‚ written by Sophocles‚ the tragic protagonist is Antigone because she possesses a fatal flaw‚ or hamartia‚ that leads to her catastrophe‚ “the tragic protagonist’s ruin or downfall” (class handout). Antigone’s flaw is her hubris‚ “some kind of overweening pride or arrogant reliance on oneself” (class handout). Antigone believes that burying the body of her brother‚ Polynices‚ she is doing the will of the gods. When talking to Ismene about burying the body of Polynices‚ after

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    Pentium Micro Flaw

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    Jamai Wilson The Pentium microprocessor flaw was discovered in June‚ 1994. The Pentium microprocessor is the CPU for what was once possibly the widest-selling personal computer. Unlike previous CPUs that Intel put on the market‚ the 486DX and Pentium chips included a floating-point unit (FPU)‚ which is also known as a math coprocessor. Previous Intel CPUs performed arithmetic using integers; programs that used floating-point numbers (non-integers like 2.5 or 3.14) needed to tell the chip how

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    The Flaws of the Socratic Method In Plato’s Republic‚ as well as in most of his other works‚ the philosopher writes dialogues between the character of his mentor‚ Socrates‚ and various figures meant to illustrate contradictory positions. He carefully scripts the engagements in a form of discussion now called the Socratic Method‚ where Socrates critiques the positions of the other characters in order to find flaws in inaccurate arguments. Although this method is prevalent even today‚ I will make

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    Weixin Luo 01/01/13 AP Government‚ P5 Mr Mansfield The Flaw The documentary movie “The Flaw” identified income inequality as the flaw which caused the financial crisis in America. The movie argued that the widening gap between the rich and the poor contributed to the credit boom as wealth was accumulated in the top 1% of the American population. I agreed with the analysis in the movie and the explanation by the famous economists and distressing house owners. As a result of capitalism‚ the unequal

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