Gertrude’s Suicide? In the Shakespearean tragedy "Hamlet‚" Prince Hamlet’s mother Gertrude encounters many misfortunes‚ which she feels that she is to blame for. Gertrude was brought into the middle of everybody’s dilemmas and thus felt responsible for the occurrences that happened to all of the significant characters throughout the play. She allows her emotions to build up in an unhealthy manner and this leads to her eventual death. The question that surrounds her death
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War never truly has one person or side at fault; each front brings something to the table. Nevertheless‚ the American Revolution is a conflict that raises major debate over who to blame. The American colonies were at a standstill. How could a new nation grow with such a controlling mother country always on its back? As a result of the French Indian War‚ the British had to pay for their colonies war debts. For England to pay for these debts‚ Parliament imposed multiple harsh taxes and acts on
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Laius’ death was never avenged. Due to Oedipus’ desperation to restore order to Thebes‚ he proclaims that anyone who has information regarding Laius’ death will be rewarded and the killer will be exiled. At this time in the play‚ Oedipus is clueless about who his true parents are. Oedipus lack patience is demonstrated again when Teiresias goes to see Oedipus. Oedipus begs him to reveal who Laius’ murderer is‚ but Teiresias replies that he knows the truth‚ but he would not reveal it to Oedipus. Oedipus
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starting to slip away from us” In this scene‚ as usual‚ Ruth and Walter Lee are bickering but I now see where the root of the problem lies. It is like they have become accustomed to the life they live but do not want to accept; Ruth and Walter placed blame where they saw fit. They fault one another for letting the other down; all their aspirations in life were nothing but pipe dreams now.
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Who is to Blame for the Death of Eva Smith? Introduction This coursework focuses on how each character contributes to the suicide of a poor girl Eva Smith/Daisy Renton. Part 1 Gerald Croft is a young business man. He has a good steady job‚ a fiancée‚ a promising future and is financially stable. In ’An Inspector Calls’ Gerald is described as "an attractive chap‚ about thirty". His father owns a company called ’Crofts Limited’ who are friendly rivals of the Arthur Birling’s business
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Judge Lawrence Wargrave on the stand for the mass murder on Soldier Island. How shall you plea “ Guilty of the murder of ten people”. Now to say the people on the island were guilty themselves. He knew he had done wrong and therefore killed himself as well. Knowing all those people died for no other reason but someone else’s enjoyment is wrong and Wargrave is guilty. Ever since Judge Lawrence Wargrave was a child he had a thing for seeing and causing death. He had a tormented mind. He himself could
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While there were many factors‚ which led to Neil’s death Keating played a major role. He was Neil’s inspiration and role model. It was predominantly Keating’s actions that led to Neil’s death. Keating held very Romantic ideals which clashed with the schools teachings and set the Dead Poet society members against the school and authority figures like Neil’s father. Keating led Neil to believe he could have the support of his parents and an acting career. Throughout the movie Keating encourages the
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very high up in society that someone would cover for him or he wouldn’t even be trialed. It’s just like how we could be caught with drugs and be thrown in prison for quite a while but if beyonce was caught with drugs‚ she would get praised for it. Who you are effects how much trouble you can get in. Now for Lady Macbeth she would get charged for hiding Macbeth and helping with planning for the murder. She could say that her mind was not at the right state and she would end up in a mental hospital
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Many authors use themes in order to develop the key concepts in their literature. Arthur Miller uses character motivation in developing the plot of his play‚ The Crucible. Abigail Williams is one of the key characters in this play. She is a dramatic‚ greedy young girl who claims innocence during the time of the Salem Witch Trials in Miller’s play. She is driven by her hunger for power‚ her love for John Proctor and her hatred of Elizabeth Proctor‚ John’s wife. Her motivations and her actions caused
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Romeo and Juliet Story In the real world‚ teenage love is not like the ones in fairy tales. There much more complicated than people make them out to be. Each relationship faces difficulties. So each one should overcome it. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet love story is not perfect. Their love story takes a twisted turn. And in the real world‚ love stories don’t always have a happily ever after. And Shakespeare taught that by showing that Romeo and Juliet’s love life was complicated
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