might argue that Oedipus somehow offended the Gods‚ and this was their “payback” on him. This leads to the ongoing argument about Oedipus living a life of fate‚ or in due course dooming himself. Even though the Oracle 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
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photographic images. It was responsible to have invented the very first handheld camera‚ introducing the common masses of America to the culture of capturing images and moments coined as the very famous “Kodak moments!” Little was it known in 1880‚ that a small company that sold dry plates started by a high school dropout George Eastman would go on to become an iconic company known for its photographic images used in various scientific‚ medical‚ commercial and technical applications. It was Eastman’s goal
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Discussion 1. What might have led to Ophelia’s downfall was that she intentionally killed herself to maybe save herself from any further shame that would fall upon her because she has been dishonored by Hamlet and she might be possibly “with child” and also to the loss of her father. In Act 1 Scene 3 pg.45‚ Ophelia tells her father that Hamlet has proclaimed his love to her‚ and then in Act 2 Scene 1 pg.79‚ she tells him that Hamlet has gone crazy and was acting as such when he entered her room all
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Macbeth: A Tragic Hero The character I chose is Macbeth. Macbeth is a very interesting character. The list of adjectives to describe him could go on forever‚ but I’ve selected the vital few. He displayed the following traits: ambitious‚ deceitful‚ submissive‚ relentless‚ and sadistic. When Macbeth told his wife what the witches had predicted she instantly knew what had to be done. Macbeth didn’t want to kill the King‚ but once his wife questioned his manhood and manipulated his judgment‚ he
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say‚ without any ambiguity‚ that it is Macbeth himself. He lifts up the knife and plunges it into Duncan‚ and he does it because he wants to be king. There are other factors that might have something to do with his motivation‚ which I’ll go into below. But ultimately‚ he does the deed. He actually does the murder. If you were putting him on trial‚ there would be no question of blaming anyone else primarily. The witches do have something to do with it. Macbeth has no plans to kill the king or wishes
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Montague and Capulet could be deemed responsible for the deaths of their children as their feud is the original cause of the hostility. Romeo and Juliet themselves could be considered responsible for their own deaths. After all‚ they both died at their own hands. These characters are all responsible‚ but the person most responsible for the untimely deaths of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Laurence. Throughout the course of the play‚ Friar Laurence ignores his own moral principles time and time again
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eventually lead to their downfall. Shakespeare has created Macbeth as a tragic hero. Macbeth’s movement from a hero to a villain is achieved through various language and dramatic techniques which through acts 1‚ 2 and 3 leads to his eventual downfall. Within Act 1 Macbeth was was acknowledged for fighting to King Duncan‚ and even praised as an honourable man. Banquo says in Act 1 scene 3 “Worthy Macbeth‚ we stay upon your leisure". The irony of this quote as Macbeth at the time was thinking of murder
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People tend to seem good and righteous but may actually be tainted or evil‚ and vice versa. Macbeth a bold “Thane of Cawdor” whose loyalty was to Duncan‚ became as evil and corrupted as the witches he talked to. They told him that he would become the future king and as these thoughts pondered in his head it consumed him by which he made the descion to kill the king in order to obtain the throne. In the play “Macbeth” by Shakespeare the theme “virtue versus evil” is developed through situational irony‚
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NOKIA’S DOWNFALL Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi‚ Espoo‚ a city neighboring Finland’s capital Helsinki. Nokia is engaged in the manufacturing of mobile devices and in converging Internet and communications industries. It is a public limited liability company listed on the Helsinki‚ Frankfurt‚ and New York stock exchanges. It plays a very large role in the economy of Finland; it is by far the largest Finnish company‚ accounting
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Ambition of Macbeth Macbeth is known for his significant amount of bravery and loyalty as a character in the play The Tragedy of Macbeth. Even though Macbeth has all the significant qualities of an average known hero‚ he also inherits bad ambitions throughout the story from three ornery witches that influence mischief upon his character. The witches reconstruct Macbeth’s ambitions from good to evil with the promise of power and riches. The evil witches help construct the storyline of Macbeth‚ and without
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