departs to England. When she dies‚ Gertrude reports her death to Claudius and Laertes. Gertrude‚ The Queen of Denmark‚ is responsible for Ophelia’s death. By looking at Gertrude’s over protective relationship with Hamlet‚ her lack of initiative on the situations around her in a time of tragedy‚ as well as her vivid account of Ophelia’s death‚ evidence that she is responsible for Ophelia’s death will be presented. Gertrude’s overprotective relationship with Hamlet serves as a motive to
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According to 100 Unsinkable Facts about the Titanic‚ William Edward Minahan was a doctor from Fond du Lac‚ Wisconsin. Before he sailed on the maiden voyage of the Titanic‚ he had his fortune read. The fortune teller told him he would die aboard the ship‚ but he did not listen‚ and went on the voyage. She was right‚ and he died in the tragic accident (1). The Titanic is one of the most well known disasters in history. The RMS Titanic was the most luxurious ship of its time. It was said to be unsinkable
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Death of a Salesman is a tragic play written by Arthur Miller‚ the play is about an aging and struggling salesman‚ Willy Loman‚ and his family’s misguided perception of success. Willy Loman is responsible for his own downfall. He tries to become a very successful businessman‚ in reality he is not a good salesman he is good with his hands‚ not people. Willys complex mind often makes up stories or changes the stories he knows because he cannot face the truth of his life that he has not accomplished
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William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth is an unfortunate one. Although Macbeth does take the actions that lead to his downfall‚ he is not fully responsible for his behavior. After encountering three witches who foretell the future for him‚ he desperately wants to believe what they say since everything they told him is good on his part. It is said that the witches were just figments of his imagination. In either case‚ the prophecies told act as a vehicle to plant ambition in him which then leads him
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you a big brother? Do you have a big brother? If so then I know you will agree with me. He is not responsible for doodles death. Because he loved him. He pulled him around in a cart everywhere he went. He taught him to walk. He played with him. He cried when he died and didn’t want him to die. That is why he is not responsible for his death. Many of you may wonder why I Don’t think he’s responsible for doodles death. Well here’s why. “At first i just paraded him around the pizza‚”pg 386. Why would
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I believe that Tom is responsible for Gatsby’s death. He didn’t like Gatsby from the very beginning. He knew that Gatsby has done some crimes in the past. He knew that his wife‚ Daisy is having an affair with Gatsby. In the text‚ he states‚ “‘What kind of a row are you trying to cause in my house anyhow?’” (Fitzgerald 136). This matters because Tom never liked Gatsby‚ basically he didn’t want to see him around. Tom never stayed loyal to Daisy‚ but when he found out that Myrtle is going away from
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began to reinvent the automobile. The 1949‚ 1950‚ 1951‚ 1953 and 1954 Chevrolets received only modest facelifts and were called dull but dependable. However‚ in 1955‚ 1956 and 1957 appearance and engineering was changed radically by Chevrolet. Who was responsible for the new Chevy’s? Chuck Jordon‚ Harley Earl and especially Edward Nicholas Cole‚ Chevrolet’s Chief Engineer. The process of car restoration
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The Federal Reserve failed to prevent the Great Depression but it was primarily responsible for its length and severity. As Murray Rothbard explains in America’s Great Depression‚ the Federal Reserve creates boom and bust cycles that destabilize the economy. The Federal Reserve created an unsustainable boom in the 1920s by lowering interest rates. Rothbard estimated that the money supply had increased by 61.8 percent between 1921 and 1929. The inevitable stock market crash was a symptom of the inflationary
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believes that the witches’ prophecies will become true because the first of the prophecies’ is true – the death of his father has made him Thane of Glamis. Although the witches have placed the idea of these three prophecies in Macbeths mind‚ it is himself who carries out the unexpected actions soon that would soon be revealed. The witches themselves do not force him to kill King Duncan or Macduff and his family; it is Macbeths own choice that he makes in order to carry out the
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not all‚ have had their share in downfall. Accomplishments have to be made first in order to fall. An individual can accomplish so much‚ and then lose it all in a heartbeat. In the novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ there is a character by the name of Okonkwo who had accomplished many things in his life. What happens when things turn bad? Does an individual contribute to things going wrong? As mentioned‚ Okonkwo has many accomplishments. He is considered a hero in his village‚ Umuofia. “Umuofia was feared
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