Desdemona: Strong and Relentless Gurmehar Sodhi Mansoor‚ U ENG 3U0 March 29th‚ 2011 Words: 870 According to the general hierarchy when Shakespeare wrote his play‚ men were deemed to be more able than women. Instead in Othello‚ Shakespeare emphasizes the strength of Desdemona despite the stereotypical views about women. Desdemona is portrayed to be more able than the women and as able as the men in the Venetian society. Unlike other women in Othello‚ Desdemona proves to be very strong and
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JFK ESSAY During the past couple of weeks I have seen countless theories on JFK’s assassination that has made me rethink over and over again on who could possibly be the assassin. I made my opinion on the facts and the theories that I learned in class during notes and the movies. The first person who I think is responsible without a doubt is obviously Lee Harvey Oswald. But I don’t believe Oswald fired all the shots‚ or the fatal shot to JFK’s head. From watching the video‚ it pretty much
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Who is Ultimately Responsible for the Tragedy of Macbeth? Macbeth was always a loyal man to his King‚ but when he knew he had the chance to get the kingdom he always wanted‚ he knew that he had to do everything he could to get it. In this play‚ Macbeth shows how he was weak‚ and let people control his actions. His actions and his led to his death‚ which left the people who changed him ultimately held responsible for his death. The three people that were held responsible for the
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Romeo and juliet essay : who plays a tragedy Romeo and Juliet: Who is Responsible for the Tragedy? Does Fate play a role? Who is responsible? This question is always asked of any conflict‚ and usually no one wants to admit that it was his or her fault. It then must be determined what the conflict was‚ who is responsible‚ and to what extent. Shakespeare’s‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ is based on a conflict. In Romeo and Juliet the conflict turns into a tragedy. Now that we know what the conflict was‚ which
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As I am writing this essay‚ Newton’s first law of motion‚ “for an object to be set in motion‚ a force has to be applied to it”‚ comes to mind. Every object has potential energy to be kinetic‚ but another object must exert physical force to propel it forward. Macbeth has potential energy from his inner desire to be king‚ and his rapt reaction to eliminate foilers in his way proves that. However‚ Macbeth’s innocence and goodness makes it impossible for him to commit murders. Lady Macbeth’s relentless
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Who is ultimately responsible for the tragedy of Macbeth? It could be said that Macbeth´s strive for power affects every aspect of his life‚ and this motivation eventually leads to his demise. Many different factors play a pivotal role in deciding his ill-fated future. With his wife´s cajoling‚ and the three witches´ foretelling of his future‚ Macbeth‚ will stop at nothing to gain position as King of Scotland. It could be said that Lady Macbeth is responsible. She bullies him‚ emotionally blackmails
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there are two characters who are the most responsible for the this downfall. Those characters are‚Tybalt and Romeo. There are several reasons why these two characters are the most responsible for the demise of Romeo and Juliet. Some reasons are because Tybalt started the fight that resulted in romeo being banished. In my opinion I believe Romeo is responsible because he acted violently when he killed Tybalt‚ paris‚ and himself‚ and because when he heard about Juliet’s death he left mantua and acted
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Eating Disorders: Who is to be held responsible? Abstract Only a thin line separates “normal” dieting from an eating disorder. (Hesse-Biber‚ 1996) Unfortunately for young women in this day and age‚ social and economic factors pressure them to pursue the thinness ideal‚ even to the point of dangerous behavior. At one point in time‚ dieting would have been considered one of the ways to improve one’s health. Today’s society has been brainwashed to believe that in order to be healthy‚ one has to
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What does it mean to be a conspirator? Is it someone who is involved in the harmful or illegal activity‚ or is it one who plots the crime? In the tragedy Macbeth‚ written by Shakespeare‚ Macbeth‚ driven by greed and ambition‚ carries his wife along with him through his mischievous acts to expedite being crowned king. However‚ Lady Macbeth is not to be held accountable for the crimes committed because of her mental instability and lack of involvement. Lady Macbeth can not be held accountable for
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Romeo is banned from Verona by prince Escalus‚ Juliet tries to fake her death so she can be snuck out of Verona to be with Romeo. When Romeo finds Juliet asleep without knowledge of her plan he assumes she is dead and ends up killing himself by consuming a deadly potion. When Juliet wakes up to find Romeo dead‚ she stabs herself with Romeo’s dagger. Friar Laurence is most responsible for this tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’s death because he said “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance
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