the downfall of Hamlet due to his goal to kill Claudius rather than gaining honour revenge. Death‚ corruption and betrayal dominates the tragedy throughout the play and ultimately leads to the downfall of all the characters. Polonius was the advisor of the King and had no connection with the murder of his father‚ Old Hamlet. Hamlet disliked him only because he listened to the King and act accordingly. Although he was innocent‚ he was stabbed by Hamlet it was during his conversation with his mother
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to Shakespeare’s play Macbeth‚ “In spite of all the dramatic energy of Lady Macbeth’s character‚ which has made her part of one of the most famous and most effective actress’s roles in all the tragedies‚ she is‚ in comparison to the protagonist‚ not a very complex character. What makes her so fascinating to the audience is chiefly her fatal impact on Macbeth‚ not her own character problem or any tragic conflict within her.” Indeed I agree with Dieter Mehl that Lady Macbeth plays an important role
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is but what is not Macbeth is faced with the burden of choosing between acting on good or evil because of the witch’s prophecy to him. They claim it is in the prophecy for Macbeth to be king; this leaves Macbeth with the difficult decision of killing the current king‚ because for the prophecy to become true‚ Duncan must die. He thinks to himself that this supernatural soliciting cannot be good nor can it be evil. If what the witch’s said is evil‚ then how is he Thane of Cawdor? Macbeth comes to
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great tragedian Sophocles and won second prize at the Dionysia festival in 427‚ is a monumental one. It is even used by Aristotle as his model for tragedy in the Poetics and has always been considered to be one of the greatest tragedies(Feder 292). In the play‚ Oedipus‚ the king of Thebes‚ swears to find out the murderer of the former king Laius‚ in order to save his people from an terrible plague hanging on the Thebes. Astonishingly‚ the investigation shows that the murderer was Oedipus himself
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warned Oedipus of his inevitable fate as a murderer to his father and incest with his mother‚ in the end Oedipus ultimately dooms himself. To start with‚ one could argue that Oedipus brought his downfall upon himself by running away from Corinth after a drunken man tells him he is a bastard child and going to the Oracle to learn the truth. The Oracle tells him that he will kill his father and lay with his mother‚ so Oedipus‚ thinking that Polybus and Merobe are his real parents‚ flees
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Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth and the three witches are all to blame for the tragedy that is “Macbeth”‚ Lady Macbeth through convincing Macbeth‚ Macbeth for following his ambition more than his conscience and the three witches for putting the idea of being king in Macbeth’s head. Lady Macbeth is to blame for the downfall of Macbeth because she convinces and manipulates Macbeth into killing Duncan. She convinces and manipulates Macbeth into killing Duncan by insulting his manliness which Macbeth takes
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In the play ’Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ the character is said to descend into madness and throughout the play we can see certain characters that would be said to have been instrumental to his downfall. It could be argued that the witches are more responsible than Macbeth himself. Although Macbeth takes the action that leads to his downfall‚ he perhaps would not have done this if the witches had not told him that he would be king. In Act 1‚ Scene 3‚ the witches tell Macbeth that he is thane
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the tragedy Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the main character Macbeth suffers a tragic downfall. Macbeth begins as a brave and honorable war hero who everyone praised. He takes a dangerous turn when he meets the three ominous witches who prophesize that he will eventually become king of Scotland. Macbeth is seen as a tragic hero because all of his actions‚ after the encounter with the witches‚ is driven by his fatal flaw: ambition. While Macbeth is obsessed with becoming king‚ it is his wife‚ Lady
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overcome her and it is this which leads to her eventual tragic downfall. The past is important both structurally and psychologically throughout the play. Psychologically‚ the past has its main tragic and most destructive impact on Blanche who finds that her mind is lost in her luxurious past life (although as we see Blanche’s past affects all three of the other characters in different ways). She can’t seem to move on and the realisation of what she has lost and the consequences eventually catch up with
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Macbeth Questions Act 1 Scene 1 and 2 The quote “fair is foul” and “foul is fair” are paradoxical statements as they mean the same Act II Scene I+II 3) Macbeth sees a dagger floating above him in the air and its tip aiming towards Duncan. Macbeth tries to grasp the dagger but fails. He thinks it is a real dagger‚ which is a false creation. This is to show that Macbeth is ready to kill Duncan‚ but is afraid of the consequences and the guilt which comes along with it as a result‚ “Is this
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