4. Who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? Be sure to use the text to prove your point. Romeo and Juliet is a story of great tragedy‚ two young people‚ falling deeply in love‚ and at the end‚ not even spending a week together‚ but maybe in their own minds their love felt longer‚ like they loved a lifetime’s worth. They both tragically died‚ Romeo drinks poison because he thought Juliet had passed‚ and Juliet sheaths a dagger into herself when she saw Romeo had died. Could this tragedy
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and philosophers have wondered throughout the ages since his bloody death in the year 44 B.C. at the hands of some of his closest friends. This treachery would have most people in outrage; who would dare kill the soon to be Roman Emperor? Most would come to the assumption it was blood thirsty‚ heartless men who themselves wanted to seize power‚ but is that really the case? I believe this to be true in that the men were envious of Caesar’s obvious superiority to them in everyway. The men that killed
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ultimately it is sinners who sent Jesus to the cross to bear their sins‚ Jewish leaders sought to kill Jesus from the beginning of his ministry for several reasons. Jewish leaders felt threatened by Christ’s leadership when He challenged the temple‚ but they also made accusations that He worked on the Sabbath‚ and they felt that He was attempting to make himself equal to God by claiming that He is the son of God. Pastor David L. Brown writes‚ “…the Jewish leadership (the Scribes who interpreted the Law
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each play‚ “A Doll’s House” and “Oedipus the King”‚ the authors detach the characters by time or situation. Another way the authors do this is by adding a point where the readers begin to feel pity for the characters due to their personal dilemmas. Although separated by time‚ the plays share many similarities; both characters possess a flaw that creates a discouraging obstacle and at some point the audience began to pity them. Nora‚ a subservient house wife breaks free from her oppression by standing
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\\server05\productn\T\THE\26-1-2\THE1203.txt unknown Seq: 1 26-FEB-07 9:49 Fate and Destiny: Some Historical Distinctions between the Concepts Richard W. Bargdill Saint Francis University Abstract There has been a great deal of attention given to the “free will versus determinism” debate. However‚ little attention has been paid to the most common expressions from this controversy—people’s everyday experience of fate and destiny. In fact‚ fate and destiny are terms that are often used as synonyms as if there
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Creon and Oedipus Emely Maiden 4-21-14 Byrd Pd: 3rd Oedipus the King‚ the tragic hero is most certainly Oedipus. Oedipus‚ first of all‚ is a good man. When he declares‚ “My spirit grieves for the city” (l 75-76)‚ he shows a deep passion. His sympathy for his people and his desire to be their savior‚ he earns the respect and love of the people.The respect of the people is crucial in creating the tragic effect that comes with a tragic hero’s downfall‚ and Sophocles utilizes this by means of giving
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Macbeth starts to degenerate into a murderous tyrant. The factor that led to his degeneration of character was his ability to be easily influenced by others. This intensified his drive and ambition to become King of Scotland. This flaw led to his downfall and later‚ death. At the beginning of the play Macbeth is portrayed as a loyal‚ brave and loving man. Macbeth’s loyalty and bravery is shown when one of the Scottish nobles‚ Angus‚ is sent from Duncan to pronounce him Thane of Cawdor. "And for an
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Macbeth a prophecy that he will become Thane of Cawdor and one day the king. Macbeth takes his fate into his own hands and makes the prophecy happen by any means. This causes an unfortunate turn of events for Macbeth. Over the course of the play‚ Macbeth evolves from a passive‚ honorable‚ and innocent man‚ to a hated‚ ambitious‚ and cruel murderer. Macbeth’s ambition makes him a tragic hero and leads to his downfall. In the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth stays true to his morals‚ but he changes so he can
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Characters Protagonist: Oedipus Antagonist: Fate‚ the Truth Oedipus (ED ih pihs or EE dih pihs): King of Thebes. Jocasta: Wife of Oedipus. Creon: Jocasta’s brother. Teiresias (ti RE se uhs): Blind prophet. Antigone(an TIG uh ne): Daughter of Oedipus. Ismene (iz ME ne):Daughter of Oedipus. Messenger Shepherd Chorus of Theban Elders Setting Ancient Greece in the city of Thebes‚ northwest of Athens. Theme .......Fate punishes the proud and the insolent with ironic
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the citizens of Germany or the WORLD. So‚ was the Holocaust the responsibility of the citizens or government and let this go on? The four sources given determines the answer: in Source A‚ The Diary of Anne Frank is the diary of a young‚ Jewish girl who had to go into hiding once the Nazis took over and were capturing the Jewish people of Germany and soon spread to outside Germany. In Source B‚ The 8 Stages of Genocide‚ explains how the victims [mainly Jews] were discriminated from the other humans
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