Poverty in America: Who is to Blame? You see them on the street corners. The poor‚ the seemingly hopeless‚ holding up their cardboard signs‚ and asking for help. Their eyes meet yours and you cannot help but look away in disgust. You work hard for your money. Why should you give it away to a stranger who looks perfectly capable of earning a living? If this is true‚ why do you feel a sense of shame when you pass them by? Who is to blame for poverty in America? The poor in America are seen
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their dream. In the book Macbeth‚ the main character is such that‚ he is a greedy and ambitious man that took the next step to become king. Macbeth murdered the king at the time named Duncan‚ to ensure his place as the next king. Throughout the play Macbeth starts to realize what his actions caused‚ and what may happen in the future so he takes another leap of faith‚ and assigns two men to go out and seek all of Duncan’s family and kill them. Many people argue about who is at fault for the murder
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Human nature has a tendency to search for a culprit after a disaster; one who has read The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare may use such behavior to understand the happenings in the play. Romeo and Juliet is a play centered around the quest of two lovers in the city of Verona on their adventure of finding love. Alas‚ the love Romeo and Juliet share is one that is forbidden‚ due to the feud between their two families: the Montagues and the Capulets. Through their rebellious determination
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There are many people and characters who can be considered tragic heroes. For example‚ in William Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ the main character shows many qualities of a tragic hero. A tragic hero is any character that seems heroic at first‚ but has a tragic flaw and makes a serious error in judgment‚ ultimately leading to their downfall. In this play‚ a valiant soldier named Macbeth receives a prophecy from three witches that he will become King of Scotland. He is spurred by his ambition to kill
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you’re a coward if you don’t kill him anyway. Power is in your reach. Is it morally right to seize it? Macbeth asks readers this very question. Macbeth is one of the most popular stories of all time on the subject of morality. When three witches tell the ambitious Macbeth of his future as a king‚ he and his wife assassinate King Duncan. They continue a life of murder to hold the throne. Macbeth kills two guards outside of Duncan’s room to prevent them from pointing fingers at him and his best friend
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But most of the battles he won where just territory ones. He never really fought major enemies of France and won. He could never truly defeat Great Britain or Prussia‚ and that lead to his downfall. The battle of Waterloo was one of the biggest defeats Napoleon faced. The British and the Prussians joined together to finally take down Napoleon‚ and they did. Due to his predictable fighting techniques that were used in other battles and some
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Many readers believe that fate is what causes Oedipus’s downfall; however‚ it is his free actions that create his tragedy. It can be claimed by many readers that Oedipus’ actions were beyond his control and were actually being determined by a higher power. However‚ Oedipus is able to choose his course of action making him responsible for his ruin. Although many readers believe that fate is what causes Oedipus’s downfall‚ it is his free actions that create his tragedy. In “Chapter 5: A Hidden God:
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To what extent is Macbeth responsible for his own downfall? The Tragedy of Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare between 1606-11 conveys the ambition of a man who lusts for power and his downfall from his position of greatness. Macbeth’s downfall is started when three witches‚ using their supernatural knowledge‚ stir trouble in Scotland. Macbeth believes in the prophecies that they offer him and strengthened by his own ambition and encouragement from his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ he discovers the
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In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Macbeth should kill the King if he has any hopes of ever taking the throne for himself. He goes ahead to murder the groom so that they will be blamed for the King’s murder and will have no chance to defend themselves. But what motivates Macbeth into action? Various characters and factors have influenced Macbeth into action such as his own ambition‚ the three witches and Lady Macbeth (Jekels 75). They all play a huge role in his final action and decision. However‚ I strongly
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Chinua Achebe is about a tragic hero named Okonkwo living in the struggles of his changing Ibo culture. Okonkwo is a tragic hero with characteristics such as high social class‚ excessive pride‚ and most importantly‚ a tragic flaw. These characteristics described by Aristotle‚ a famous Greek philosopher‚ represents Okonkwo’s downfall that leads to his tragedy. Aristotle described that tragic heroes usually start off from a high position in society. This makes the hero’s downfall more dramatic. Even though
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