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    Macbeth is a Scottish general and the thane of Glamis who is led to wicked thoughts by the prophecies of the three witches. Macbeth is a brave soldier and a powerful man. Macbeth is easily tempted into to murder to fulfill his ambitions to the throne. Once Macbeth committed his first crime he was crowned king of Scotland. Macbeth doesn’t contain the ability to rule without being to controlling . Good yet evil‚ loyal yet treacherous‚ strong yet vulnerable. These opposites show

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    Tragedy of War

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    All wars result in many tragedies‚ some are known by the whole world‚ but no one knows the stories of all the men who fought. Whenever someone went off to war‚ the families were always affected. If a soldier came back alive‚ they would often be wounded‚ which would change their whole life. Without a doubt‚ the greatest tragedy of war is death of the innocent. The film “All Quiet on the Western Front” demonstrates some of these tragedies. War did not only have an effect on troops lives‚ the families

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    Sophocles was one of the three great Greek tragic plays rights who wrote during the “golden age” (Pg126-127). A Greek tragedy was used as part of a religious festival every year in Athens. A literary character who makes a judgement error that inevitably leads to his/her own destructor. Creon error in judgement leads to his downfall by being dumped from start of being kings‚ and bears no respond sibitity for his flaws. Sophocles uses Creon action to show an effect of his fate. The people say Creon

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    Macbeth

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    Supernatural creatures exist only in our conscious mind. In the play "Macbeth‚" there are many interesting events which could be reviewed to show how supernatural events affect someone’s thoughts. First‚ in the play‚ Macbeth make his way to the witches and they give him three apparitions. The first apparition says "Macbeth!‚ Macbeth!‚ Macbeth!‚ beware of Macduff; beware thane of Fife. Dismiss me: enough." (IV.1.71-73). Here it gives Macbeth the idea that he should fear Macduff because he’s a threat to Macbeth’s

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    does not exist outside the mind‚ caused by various physical and mental disorders. In the tragedy Macbeth‚ there are many hallucinations and visions that affect the characters and change the play. Macbeth was written in 1606 by William Shakespeare. It’s about a man named Macbeth who is the tragic hero of the play. Macbeth and Banquo are walking and they are stopped by some witches who reveal a prophecy that Macbeth will one day be thane of Cawdor and king‚ and that Banquo’s son will one day be a king

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    What Macbeth has taught me? After reading Shakespeare’s Macbeth I have learnt quite a lot of things. It has taught me how greed is bad. As Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were greedy they lost their lives. Due to her greed‚ Lady Macbeth had nightmares and she started sleepwalking. This is how Shakespeare tells us how greed will change our live. If Macbeth wasn’t greedy for the throne‚ he wouldn’t have lost his life. We can be greedy for several things but Macbeth has taught me that it can change anyone’s

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    Julius Caesar's Downfall

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    A common component in Shakespeare’s tragedies is the occurrence of a tragic hero‚ a character who is usually from a noble family‚ an respectable man with a fatal flaw that leads to his downfall. The title character in Julius Caesar is the tragic hero. Caesar is an honorable man‚ loved by a majority of the citizens whose dreadful pride leads to his destruction. Shakespeare wants his audience to know that Caesar was a man of honor loved by most people. In the beginning of the play‚ the working

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    The implications on the environment due to 3D printing can have a very positive effect. Some of the areas that 3D printing can positively affect the environment are; transportation costs‚ lack of unsold products‚ less wasted materials‚ extending the lifetime of a product‚ and recycling is easier due to 3D printing products coming from one raw material also making it cost effective. 3D printing overall will have a positive effect both in its industry and beyond‚ but like with many forms of new phase

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    Cooperation and Implication Harditya Perdana 2008410082 A great part of our communicative behavior takes place between the explicitly expressed words: It happens implicitly. What we mean is hardly ever exhausted by what we explicitly say. Normally we don’t have any difficulties in grasping what the speaker is trying to communicate implicitly. How can we explain this fact? Paul Grice gave the following answer: We grasp the implicit meaning by assuming cooperation on the part of the speaker (especially

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    Macbeth: How is control and power shown in the play Macbeth? I have been looking at the play Macbeth and how power and control are shown in it. I will be analysing ways in which Shakespeare shows this throughput the play and what effect this has on the audience. Firstly‚ I will be looking at Act 1 Scene 1‚ which is the first appearance of the witches and helps sets the tone for the rest of the play. Throughout the play Shakespeare portrays the witches as being evil. One of the main quotes

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