falls into a struggle between the responsibilities of supporting his family and trying to keep the family together. Because of his wrong actions towards his family and poor judgment throughout the play Troy becomes isolated and suffers a horrible downfall. “Maybe I came into the world backwards‚ I don’t know. But… you born with two strikes on you before you come to the plate...You can afford a call strike. If you going down… you going down swinging.”(Act Two Scene One). When Troy says this‚ he refers
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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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named Macbeth who receives a prophecy from three witches who says he’s going to be king. Consumed by the ambition and spurred to action by his wife‚ Macbeth kills the current king and takes the throne for himself. The rest of the story portrays his downfall as he is wracked with guilt and paranoia. Throughout the story Macduff‚ a Scottish nobleman‚ has portrayed himself to be ambitious‚ and righteous. He also shows traits of loyalty and honesty towards his friends and country and he is quite observant
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Downfall from Arrogance The Crucible is a peculiar name to put for a play. In literal meaning‚ a crucible is a special pot in which you put materials in. The pot then goes in the fire‚ and you end up melting the contents‚ but not the pot itself. The way Miller named his play as The Crucible is what literary experts call symbolism. Arthur Miller’s basic purpose of writing this play was to signify that people react to situations in many different ways. In that same way‚ he symbolizes the attributes
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kinsman to King Duncan. How can a man of this status become a tyrannical ruler and a ruthless killer? The answer to this simple question is ambition that is awakened by the witches’ prophecies. Lady Macbeth is also an essential part in Macbeth’s downfall. She pushes him to his mental breaking point‚ beyond the degree of insanity just for power. He begins the play with good intentions‚ but ends up deteriorating in front of the audience’s eyes. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Macbeth exemplifies
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Downfalls of Standardized Testing In January of 2002‚ President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law. This act required that each state develop standardized tests for basic skills and administer the tests to all students in order to receive federal funding for their school. Each state was required to set progress goals‚ and each school in the state must make adequate yearly progress‚ meaning that each year‚ the current students must perform better on the test than the
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Shakespeare is able to teach morals‚ which still pertain to modern times‚ about staying loyal to those around one’s self. When he first appears in the play‚ Macbeth is a loyal noble that has earned the king’s respect
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worried about the socio-economic substitutes as there is no silver lining for them. The rising unemployment is now compatible in the minds of every individual. In order to counter all these challenges the main objective of government should be to achieve self reliance and improve productivity. Problem areas that need urgent consideration are low industrial productivity‚ falling foreign investments‚ rising tariffs‚ electricity generation‚ and declining exports. For rapid development agriculture‚ small scale
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stamping out body parts. Engineers were involved in experiments that helped to speed up the time it took to change the dies in stamping equipment. The company moved away from traditional approach of making each person do one task. Instead they made people work in teams. This not only encouraged innovation but at
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his downfall. Creon was left at the end sorrowful and wishing death upon himself‚ because he had lost his son and wife‚ Crying out “Come‚ let it come!--that best of fates for me/ that brings the final day‚ best fate of all./ Oh quickly‚ now--/ so I never have to see another sunrise” (Exodos.1449-1452). Creon feels he has nothing to live for now that his family is gone. He now puts all the blame on himself and wants to die‚ to end his pain. Since it was his decision that led to his own downfall and
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