hundreds of major literary works‚ historical events‚ and modern affairs. Three significant individuals that prominently exemplify the notion that an excess of pride can lead to downfall are Sophocles’ tragic hero in “Oedipus the King”‚ Napoleon Bonaparte‚ and Kanye West. Set in ancient Greece‚ Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King” supports the notion that arrogance can lead to negative consequences when Oedipus unknowingly kills his father and when he pursues the murderer of Laius. Oedipus’ pride causes all of
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Theme – Lack of Self-Awareness Definition of the theme and its development through the play: * In Othello‚ characters not only deceive others‚ but deceive themselves. They lack self-awareness in that they fail to see or acknowledge their own flaws and weaknesses‚ and they never see themselves as completely as others perceive them. The truth is likely to destroy either their contentment or their perceptions of themselves * This theme is mainly developed through the major characters
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There have been many downfalls throughout the history of America such as both of the World Wars‚ the many unnecessary deaths of several Americans throughout these wars‚ and much more‚ but this downfall overtakes them all. The Great Depression began on Black Tuesday‚ October 29‚ 1929. The stock market crashed creating a terrible life for all Americans and others across the globe. Herbert Hoover‚ president at the time‚ could not stop the fall. Not just the stock market crashed‚ but as did many humans
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Macbeth’s tragic downfall. Macbeth represents a true tragic hero who’s downfall is caused by his internal tragic flaw of ambition. Our initial impression of Macbeth is a brave and capable warrior. However‚ The external forces that influence Macbeth internally are the Witches and Lady Macbeth. Shakespeare uses language techniques to evoke the influence of the forces on his tragic downfall. An external force that impacts Macbeth internally is the Witches‚ which leads to his tragic downfall. Shakespeare
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How far was the Provisional Government responsible for its own downfall? In the light of this question‚ it is somewhat plausible to put forward the thesis that the Provisional Government ‚ quite extensively‚ was responsible for its own downfall due to its internal failings with the party and incompetence that hold it solely to blame. However‚ one could counter argue this argument this by saying that it was the Bolsheviks strengths‚ strategies to manipulate events to their advantage and heightened
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court was weakened when he led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1601 where he rebelled against Elizabeth and the court faction - led by Robert Cecil - to gain further influence and control at court. These sources suggests the Earl of Essex caused his own downfall. Source 10 suggests that Elizabeth had a decent relationship with Essex as she gave him "£4‚000 to clear" his "debt". This questions how he came into debt. She understands why Essex was acting like a child; he didn’t want to grow up. She says
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para In the play Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus has many negative qualities. The first flaw is stubbornness. Oedipus shows stubbornness‚ when he doesn’t listen to the truth. Oedipus shows it by not listening to Tiresias: "Enough I won’t listen to this sort of talk from you‚ Damn you! Get out of here‚ quickly(29)." Oedipus requested Tiresias for the truth‚ instead of taking advice from him he took everything in wrong way. He didn’t listen to his advice‚ at all and decided to go with his own decision. Another
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that they feel the need to hurt someone. Often‚ the person who was bullied is left with low self esteem and he feels the need to put others down to make himself look better. People bully other people because they think that if they turn the attention to someone else‚ people won’t hurt or talk about them. They think that it will make them be more popular‚ but actually it just ruins their reputation. God talks about bullying in Luke 6:29 “If someone strikes you on one cheek‚ turn to him the other
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How did Nelson Mandela aid the downfall of Apartheid? Nelson Mandela was born in 1918 in South Africa to a Thembu chief. Thirty years later he would start one of the most famous movements of our time‚ the anti-apartheid movement. Apartheid was an official policy of forced segregation of the races and was implemented in 1948 by the National Party when it came to power in South Africa. Under apartheid‚ all black citizens were forced to carry passbooks stating all of their information. Two laws‚
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How far was the Provisional Government responsible for its own downfall? To a large extent I believe that the provisional government was responsible for its own downfall due to the fact that they had to share power with the soviets and their perilous decision to continue fighting in the First World War. Their decision to carry on fighting in the war was the most important due to lost support from the Russian people and more importantly‚ from the armed forces who they relied on to defend them. There
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