Macbeth: The Witches’ Responsibility for Macbeth’s Actions The three witches that are introduced at the beginning of the play are responsible for the introduction of the ideas that caused Duncan’s death and Macbeth’s destruction but not for Macbeth’s actions themselves. They recount to Macbeth three prophecies; that Macbeth will be: 1) Thane of Cawdor‚ 2) Thane of Glamis‚ and 3) King. Macbeth welcomes the ideas spawned from the witches’ prophecies‚ which is what triggered the spiral of events
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spirits to tear all human feeling from her ("...spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts..." [Act I‚ Scene V‚ Lines 41-42] "Stop up th’ accessand passage to remorse / That no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell purpose..."[Act I‚ Scene V‚ Lines 45-47]) and then she has to make Macbeth ignore his own conscience ("Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way" [Act I‚ Scene V‚ Lines 17-19]) Once she has seen her husband’s ambition has been
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Running for Redemption When one does something wrong that hurts someone else‚ one feels guilty. Guilt is a strong emotion that controls relationship all around . In the novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ Amir goes through a traumatic event that lead him to being controlled by guilt. Although guilt is a powerful pain that can drill away at a person‚ many will try to redeem themselves by putting forth the effort to make it right. Guilt has the power to turn anyone or any situation into
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Gatsby Essay Marriage‚ the sacred union of two people promising to become one. But what if marriage is not what it seems; what will happen then? Do people chose to work on it or do they give into lust and the temptation of someone new. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby‚ many characters continually give into lust and temptation thus committing adultery. Because of the lack of morality among various characters from all social classes‚ it has been proven that it is impossible to escape
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Sample Answer Sympathy in Macbeth For me‚ a fascinating aspect of the play ‘Macbeth’ is the way Shakespeare maintains the audience sympathy for Macbeth‚ a ‘tyrant whose name blisters our tongues‚’. By the end of the play Malcolm is justified when he says‚ ‘I think our country sinks beneath the yoke;/ It weeps‚ it bleeds‚ and each new day a gash/ Is added to her wounds.’ Yet‚ despite all of Macbeth’s tyrannous actions‚ somehow his tragic heroic status is intact at the end of the play. For me this
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power is known as imperfect competition The market power of the oligopoly will typically result in higher prices and lower production levels in the market than would be efficient However‚ the competition among firms‚ and particularly their incentives to cheat on each other‚ will dampen this effect relative to a monopoly. Oligopolies are a very difficult type of market structure to study‚ relative to either perfect competition or a monopoly. Herriges (ISU) Ch. 15 Oligopoly
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repress our own fears and emotions. If we do deny ourselves‚ these feelings will eventually catch up with us. We must face these things. In the “The Black Cat‚” and “The Tell Tale Heart‚” Poe tells us of the repercussions of repressed guilt and remorse. In “The Black Cat‚” confinement is used to represent the main character’s state of mind. When his life changes from good to bad‚ the physical space between the characters also shrink. This is a physical representation of the main character’s guilt
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The Emperor’s Club Q1. Do you think Professor William Hundert did the right thing? What are the ethical and moral dilemmas would he have experienced? Did his choice help or hinder Sedgewick? A. I believe Professor William Hundert did not do the right thing. Selecting Sedgewick Bell over Martin Blythe‚ not on the bases of merit‚ was not only unfair to Blythe but can also be perceived as favouritism. It is true that he wished to see Sedgewick Bell succeed and wished to motivate him to work harder
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assumed (Galeotti‚ 2009‚ p.1). London in the early-eighte century was a period in which Thief Takers‚ house-breakers and highwaymen flourished. Jonathan W (c.1682-1725) built one of Britain‟s first organised crime networks. An examination of the way th operated indicates that organised crime
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would revisit my mind only that I might afford them consolation and happiness. But that could not be. Remorse extinguished every hope. I had been the author of unalterable evils‚ and I lived in daily fear lest the monster who I had created should perpetrate some new wickedness.” (Shelley‚ 62) With Frankenstein’s malignant creation on the lose to do as her pleases‚ Victor can only grow in remorse‚ shame‚ repentance‚ and sullenness as the monster kills the people that he holds dear to his heart all
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