the term ‘tragedy’ can also be used to describe when the character has fallen into a lower state. It is better defined when there is a downfall of the main character in the story. In all the stories which are categorized under tragedy‚ has one thing in common. It is that those characters have a tragic flaw; that influences the character to their downfall. The tragic flaw for each character is different. It is influenced by many factors‚ such as family and the environment they are exposed to. These
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Misfortune‚ Madness‚ Magic‚ and Macbeth William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is undoubtedly a tragedy given the circumstances presented in the play. More specifically‚ Macbeth’s tragic downfall is presented through his high position in society‚ his similar persona to that of an aristotelian tragic hero‚ but also the circumstances that separate him from the typical hero. Though Macbeth is not the average typical hero‚ his story is nonetheless a tragedy. Macbeth is ultimately a tragedy due to the series
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explores the element of sleep in Macbeth‚ one of the darkest and most powerful tragedies written in the early 1600’s. In the play‚ Shakespeare tells the journey of Macbeth and Banquo’s encounter with the Three Witches who predict their futures. The Three Witches prophesy that Macbeth will someday claim his title as King of Scotland. This prophecy leads to his obsession with power‚ which causes his inability to sleep and guilt for his actions. William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth utilizes the motif of sleep
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Romeo And Juliet Essay In the story Romeo and Juliet there can be many people to blame such as Benvolio‚ Friar Laurence‚ Prince‚ Juliet‚ but I think the main person to blame would have to be Romeo. If Romeo was more mature and thought he would not have killed himself. The person to blame is Romeo because he let his emotions control his decisions which led to bad choices. Romeo wasn’t a bad person in the slightest‚ he was just very passionate about what he did and that made him vulnerable to stress
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The Soviet Union was to blame for the Cold War‚ how far do you agree with this statement? To an extent I do believe that the Soviet Union was to blame for to blame for the cold war‚ but this was through no fault of their own‚ as Stalin’s intentions was to demobilize and crush Nazi Germany‚ and build a buffer of communism around the Soviet Union‚ due to the threat of another invasion‚ as Germany had invaded twice with devastating consequences. The Soviet Union‚ controlled by Joseph Stalin in
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The Downfall of a Dictator Ferdinand Marcos‚ the man who would be President: his was a story of success. It was a long‚ arduous climb to the highest office in land. He worked hard to achieve it. It was not an easy road – there were frustrations‚ obstacles‚ and public scandals along the way. But he made it. Despite seemingly irreversible defeats‚ he fulfilled what he promised his mother: “For every tear you shed now‚ there will be victory.” (People Power: The Philippine Revolution of 1986) Ferdinand
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Strikes All “A tragic hero is a man in whom good and bad are mixed but in whom the good predominates and who‚ because of a tragic flaw‚ suffers a reversal of fortune.” As quoted by Aristotle. Both the stories of Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Oedipus by Sophocles portray two characters that encounter endless tragedy throughout their lives. Similarly‚ the role of Fate plays a major role is both novels‚ exemplifying that if there were no prophecies‚ there would be no story. In Macbeth‚ he receives
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excellence and disappointing moral failure. Although he was a brilliant and accomplished military strategist‚ Alcibiades’ lack of moral fortitude‚ and his provocation of the Athenians into reckless action led to his downfall‚ and that of Athens. Although Alcibiades was a man of prodigious gifts who could have led Athens to military dominance‚ he gave in to base self-interest and lack of self-control that caused him to alienate his friends‚ waste his military genius‚ and die alone in exile. Alcibiades was
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generation giving us a logical representation of how it’s not all on a single generation‚ the Millennials. But‚ all of us as a whole human race making these mistakes together. Though it would only be the intelligent thing to blame the parents of the “problem” right? But who can blame the Gen X parents this because‚ it’s a new concept of parenting and they don’t have much of an idea on how to go about it. Simon Sinek‚ creator of the Facebook and Youtube popular ‘Millennial Question’ goes into deep detail
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In the play ’Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ the character is said to descend into madness and throughout the play we can see certain characters that would be said to have been instrumental to his downfall. It could be argued that the witches are more responsible than Macbeth himself. Although Macbeth takes the action that leads to his downfall‚ he perhaps would not have done this if the witches had not told him that he would be king. In Act 1‚ Scene 3‚ the witches tell Macbeth that he is thane
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