In a sense‚ Hamlet’s own character traits and his personality are the tragic flaws in Hamlet. Hamlet portrays obsessive behavior throughout the book‚ and this trait assisted in his destruction by causing his blindness to all other reality. Hamlet also is unableto control his fierce emotions‚ which leads to his misperception of people. Although at times Hamlet behaves rashly and impulsively‚ it is his philosophical and contemplative thoughts that ultimately destroy him. In numerous
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Things Fall Apart is about the tragic flaw about Okonkwo and his Igbo traditions. Okonkwo wants to be known as a powerful man and not have any failures like his father. A tragic flaw is a secret weakness that brings out a downfall of the character or hero. The tragic flaw of Okonkwo is desiring to be masculine because he does not want to show weakness due to killing his adopted son‚ abusing his wife‚ and not being a coward like his father. Okonkwo is afraid of showing weakness to killing Ikemefuna
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Othello a Tragic Hero Othello is one of the most famous plays by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare develops the characters into fully realized human beings‚ with their own names‚ personalities‚ and ways of looking at the world. Othello is the protagonist of the play. He is a combination of greatness and weakness‚ in his own words "an honourable murderer". He is a general in the Venetian defense forces. Although he is a foreigner from Africa‚ he has been promoted this position by excellence
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Hamlet tragic flaw is him trying to get revenge for his father after his uncle murdered him. Hamlet see’s his father ghost and he tells hamlet to kill his unlce and leave his mother alone‚ hamlet father ghost goes to hell at night but leaves it in the morning. After Hamlet see’s the goes the tragic starts to happen. Hamlet stress’s ideas of how to kills is uncle and when to kill him. At this point Hamlet starts to go crazy but now physco yet. Although he goes love crazy and Ophelia notice that
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w w w e tr .X m eP UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and GCE Advanced Level e ap .c rs om MARK SCHEME for the June 2004 question papers 9700 BIOLOGY 9700/01 9700/02 9700/03 9700/04 9700/05 9700/06 Paper 1 (Multiple Choice)‚ maximum raw mark 40 Paper 2 (Theory 1)‚ maximum raw mark 60 Paper 3 (Practical 1)‚ maximum raw mark 25 Paper 4 (Theory 2 (A2 Core))‚ maximum raw mark 60 Paper 5 (Practical 2 (A2))‚ maximum raw mark 30 Paper 6 (Options
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Othello‚ much like any other human being‚ is in charge of his own destiny. Despite the fact that his fatal flaw‚ which is his incapability to resist accusations or statements which are not in his favour‚ that of which leads to the Moor’s downfall‚ Othello‚ much like any other human being‚ has a choice - he‚ unfortunately chooses to believe anything and everything Iago places before him. Desdemona is nothing short of loyal to the Moor. She‚ even though is wrongly accused‚ is nothing less than a
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On 3rd August 2009‚ Monday‚ the swine flu death of Riya Sheikh‚ a fourteen year old school student from Pune’s Camp area shocked Pune and the entire country. It was the first case of swine flu death in India. Till now we were casual about swine flu epidemic spreading in Western countries. Even occassional detection of swine flu in India did not panic us. Ria’s death only made us aware that swine flu virus can be contacted locally and is fatal. After her death panic gripped not only Pune but the
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The tragic fall of Oedipus in Sophocles play "Oedipus Rex" is both self-inflicted and result of events drawn from his own destiny. First off early on in Oedipus ’ life his first deadly mistake towards succeeding his self-inflicted downfall was the murder of his father the former king. In a blind rage without any motive‚ he kills Liaus and his men at a rode crossing. Fate may have had led him to that point but it was his own rage that resulted in his biggest mistake. Further evidence of his self-inflicted
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fear and pity are the qualities that make Othello a tragedy. Othello’s position of eminence accentuates his eventual downfall‚ and his tragic flaw is essential in both the circumstances created and in the resulting catharsis. Shakespeare creates an accumulation of fear and pity‚ through the harsh deception of Othello‚ and catharsis occurs when Othello is released from this situation through his death. Through Othello’s position of eminence‚ his tragic flaw and tragic circumstance‚ and finally the catharsis
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar “I am constant as the North Star” were some of Julius Caesar last words. Just as he was describing he was always a proud and prominent leader! Even in death he empowered Rome to rebel against the conspirators and take back Rome for Octavius Caesar‚ Julius’ cousin. As you are reading you uncover the unfortunate truth about Marcus Brutus and his flaws that make him a tragic hero. Although Julius was only in a very small portion of the play you also still begin to sympathize
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