Azzedine 3 Stefa Azzedine Mrs. Barr March 25‚ 2010 Essay: Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen introduces the theme of marriage in the opening sentence‚ “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” (1). Austen admonished this reasoning and believed that one should only marry for love. She believed that marriage should not occur on the grounds of superficial feelings‚ pressures to marry‚ or wealth and social
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How does Shakespeare present the flaws in Macbeth and in The Laboratory and The Last Duchess? Shakespeare shows in Macbeth how the character of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth has big ambitions to complete and they take on pride. Likewise in the Labotory‚ the speaker who is the women takes on the leadership in this theme as the flaws within her character is similar to Lady Macbeth. Browning presents the duke in my last duchess to be manipulative as you are trying to figure out if he was the one to kill
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A tragic hero‚ according to Aristotle‚ is someone who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his or her own destruction. In reading “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe‚ Okwonkwo is a tragic hero. Okwonkwo is the main protagonist in this book and is a leader and dedicated member of the Igbo Community of Umuofa whose tragic flaw is his vast fear of weakness and failure. These flaws eventually distract Okwonkwo from succeeding as a important member of the village and make him a tragic hero
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mad‚ or have a loved one taken away from him. However‚ one Greek hero existed whose story did not end with tragedy: Odysseus. Homer’s The Odyssey is unique among all other Greek myths in that it is the only story in which the hero does not meet a tragic end; why is this so? From his words to his actions and from his companions to the way he handles certain situations‚ Odysseus is vastly different from all other mythical Greek heroes‚ a uniquity which leads to his story’s eventual cheerful ending
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see things for what they really are. Such is the case of Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The audience generally views her as a Machiavellian villain. They do not see past the few corrupt incidents that she is involved in‚ to realize that she is not a heartless criminal‚ and instead a tragic hero. The personal qualities she possesses that indicate she is a tragic hero compensate for her villain-like traits. Lady Macbeth uses her extreme intelligence to plot shady plans to obtain power
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to his downfall. Vaulting Ambition is Macbeth’s only flaw; it disables him to achieve his utmost goals and forces him to face his fate. Without this ambition‚ though‚ Macbeth never would have been able to achieve his power as King of Scotland or have been able to carry out his evil deeds. In these instances‚ ambition helped Macbeth do what he wanted to do. But‚ consequently‚ Macbeth’s ambition has another face and is what leads him to his tragic downfall. Had he not been so enveloped with becoming
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An Individual Flaw Because of the nature of literature‚ books are imperfect. Readers travel to a convenient‚ simplified world that appears to clarify human experience‚ but ends up muddling story with the author’s prejudice and bias. People have a limited capacity to understand a lived experience that is not their own. Since books are a form of simplified‚ convenient reality‚ it is important to recognize all-encompassing structures‚ like literature‚ that synthesize the human experience and expose
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Lady Macbeth and Macbeth‚ both share a responsibility for the murder of King Duncan. Although Macbeths stabbing of Duncan may seem to overshadow Lady Macbeths responsibility she is still no less to blame for the tragic bloody murder of King Duncan. Her share of responsibility is shown to us through her manipulative and provoking nature which she pursues as a character in Shakespeare ‘s play. Lady Macbeth’s character in the play is hidden to many however to the audience her identity is uncovered
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Tragic Endings A Shakespearean tragedy calls for a tragic ending. Shakespeare ends Hamlet most appropriately through the use of character development and a cathartic burst of violence. Shakespeare’s ending to Hamlet is satisfying in that Shakespeare succeeds in his goal and purpose of creating an effective tragedy. Through his technique in dramatizing Hamlet‚ Shakespeare communicates that procrastination leads to nothing but the suffering of man. As the play nears its end‚ Shakespeare uses development
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Progress toward specified goals is fundamental to planned accomplishment. Measuring that progress is essential since it provides intermediate feedback for continued or corrective actions and can help ascertain actual accomplishment. Beyond the simple assessment of accomplishment is the evaluation of what that accomplishment truly means. Through proper evaluation‚ an accomplishment ’s true worth can be determined. Then‚ decisions about future actions can be made. Care must be taken‚ however‚ to avoid
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