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    happened in the play of MacBeth and what happen in real life. There will be differences and similarities. In Act 1‚ scene 1 of the play the witches meet to plan a meeting with MacBeth. They do not care if the weather is good or bad‚ as long as MacBeth is there. In scene 2‚ Duncan‚ who is king‚ is talking with the captain about the war that is going on. In their conversation MacBeth and Banquo are talked about how well they did in battle. Then Ross tells Duncan that MacBeth killed the leader of the

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    tragic play is the inevitable downfall of the tragic hero due to a flaw in judgement‚ known as hamartia. In William Shakespeare’s tragedy MacbethMacbeth suffers from hubris and excessive ambition‚ which subverts his rationality and triggers a series of events leading to his downfall. Despite the witches introducing Macbeth to the idea of being king and Lady Macbeth violently urging him to immorally gain his royal status‚ Macbeth is entirely responsible for his downfall because he is too easily manipulated

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    Macbeth: Blood I am going to prove that in the play Macbeth‚ a symbol of blood is portrayed often(and with different meanings)‚ and that it is a symbol that is developed until it is the dominating theme of the play towards the end of it. To begin with‚ I found the word "blood"‚ or different forms of it forty-two times (ironically‚ the word fear is used forty-two times)‚ with several other passages dealing with the symbol. Perhaps the best way to show how the symbol of blood changes

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    part in The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ there is another factor that plays a bigger role: choice. Throughout the play‚ Macbeth makes many interesting decisions that ultimately lead to his downfall. While there are a lot of outside influences on his decisions‚ in the end the decisions and moments of intuition that he ends up relying on are entirely his own. In the beginning‚ Macbeth is a good man. He fights for his king and his country‚ and he is honored for his good deeds and is made

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    To what extent is Ethical Language meaningful? We often hear of people being told how they should behave and they should live their lives; sometimes through advice and sometimes via the governments of countries. However‚ we can never truly know what ‘good’ and ‘bad’ is‚ there is nothing that confirms or denies what each of these mean‚ there is only your opinion. Looking at the meaningfulness and usefulness of ethical language is known as Meta ethics. It also sets out to understand terms used in

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    To what extent is there a democratic deficit in the UK? The most telling indicator of there being a democratic deficit in the UK today is the continuing decline of voter turnout at all elections for the past 60 years. There is a growing level of general apathy towards political issues in the UK which is not just damaging to the health of a democracy but fatal. The government requires a mandate to govern‚ if they do not achieve popular consent then how are they representative of the people? The

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    William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth tells the story of how the main character starts out as a noble lord but becomes a ruthless killing machine. As the play progresses Macbeth starts to kill lots of his peers because he is very focused on becoming king. What caused this was that Macbeth went to see the three witches to see what his future is going to look like when he becomes king. When he first met the witches . For Macbeth and Lady Macbeth blood represents Lady Macbeth’s and Macbeth’s to escape

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    The most prominent theme in this novel would be envy and murder‚ through Macbeth’s murder’s and his thirst for the crown. erhaps O.J. loved his children so much that he could not bear to loose them.  O.J. killed for his own needs and desires.  He may of had ambitions and goals for his children which were being taken away from him.  O.J.’s ambition to not loose his children‚ and probably half of his money led him to selfishness‚ greed‚ and hopelessness‚ leading to the death of innocent people.

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    stories of Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Oedipus by Sophocles portray two characters that encounter endless tragedy throughout their lives. Similarly‚ the role of Fate plays a major role is both novels‚ exemplifying that if there were no prophecies‚ there would be no story. In Macbeth‚ he receives prophecies that lead him to the conclusion that he must kill in order to accomplish his goal of ultimately becoming king. In Oedipus‚ he receives a startling prophecy that he will kill his father and

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    that Louis XVI deserved‚ the situation was quite out of his control. There were many other reasons that lead to this revolution and every single problem was connected with each other. The most important short term factors were the bankrupting of government and the Famine. As for the most important long term factors were the heavy taxes and the enlightenments. Though Louis XVI was partially responsible for the French Revolution‚ it wasnt his entire fault‚ he just happened to be the scapegoat of some

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