3. People often want to blame someone when "things go wrong." People spend hours in court trying to find the guilty person. So‚ how would you explain the death of Curley’s wife? Who was irresponsible? In our time people like Lennie are put to death similar acts. Argue who is responsible and explain how events took such a tragic turn. "As you would blame others‚ blame yourself; as you would forgive yourself‚ forgive others." - Chinese Proverb. This quote accurately depicts an ideal situation
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Following World War II‚ tensions rose between the Soviet Union and the Western Allies. These tensions soon lapsed into a Cold War. Nikita Khrushchev emerged as leader of the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War following Joseph Stalin’s death in 1953. On occasion‚ the new leader threatened to make this cold war a hot one and was even close to instigating a nuclear war. Due to Khrushchev’s unpredictable nature‚ he was responsible for escalating the Cold War. In 1956‚ Khrushchev delivered
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Hamlet’s sad and disappointing life made him want revenge for his father’s death that was caused by a member of his family‚ his uncle. In ‘Hamlet’‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the main character is Hamlet. Throughout this play Hamlet begins to act like if he was to be crazy to get answers from people but he starts believing it himself that he’s crazy. Once he start believing his own lie things within his family and loved ones start changing and turning into major conflicts which causes verbal damage
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In William Shakespeare’s exciting novel Romeo and Juliet Mercutio is a character who shows negative point of view on love. Mercutio is a friend of Romeo‚ who is the protagonist of the story. Mercutio mock Romeo for being in love with Rosaline. He is not happy for being in love with Rosaline. In “act scene 4” Romeo and Mercutio are talking about love. Mercutio says something negative about love. He mocks love because Romeo is depressed and he want to make Romero happy. Act I‚ scene 4 “ If love is
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and heroine‚ the voluble and witty Mercutio is as memorable a character as is found in all of Shakespeare’s plays. He acts as a significant character in terms of plot advancement; but more importantly‚ Mercutio himself is a fascinating man in many aspects. Mercutio is not part of the Montague family‚ he is however a friend of Romeo’s and related to the Prince of Verona. One would think this puts him relatively outside the family feud‚ but we learn that Mercutio is only all to willing to play along
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man’s downfall. Jay Gatsby was a fashionable man‚ one who you can say was higher up in society‚ one who strongly pursued the American dream. However‚ corruption and greed runs in most individuals and after being gunned down by the antagonist‚ George Wilson‚ who can you really say was responsible for Gatsby’s death? A expeditious judge would be the man who murdered Gatsby‚ right? I mean he pulled the trigger so ultimately he has all the blame‚ right? Upon the many shady characters throughout The Great
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Sophocles a playwright is praised for not only introducing the third character in Greek theatre but is also known for his famous play Oedipus.Rex which depicts Oedipus‚ the king of Thebes in Ancient Greece‚ must find and punish the old king’s killer. But tragically brings on his downfall while uncovering the killer and lunges himself right into the prophecy‚ where he is going to kill his father and lay with his mother‚ that he tried to avoid. Plays such as this one contributed to Greek society by
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in which witchcraft‚ chivalry‚ pride and honor were prominent traits‚ it was easy to succumb to any influence that compromised your pride and act inhumanely upon it. From the onset of the play‚ Macbeth is introduced as a strong and noble character‚ who has great power in society. His pride and glory in battle and leadership define him as a person. As the play progresses‚ several factors effect his behaviors and turn him barbaric‚ ranging from the witches to his own wife and even himself. Shakespeare
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The Cause of the Tragic Death of Romeo and Juliet There is many to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet‚ but some people have a more immense impact than others. The author William Shakespeare wrote the Play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet during 1591 and 1596‚ which impacted the language of play due to how people spoke during that time. Some of the main characters that Shakespeare decide included in his play are Romeo‚ Juliet‚ Mercutio‚ and the Friar. The play takes place in Verona‚ Italy where
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really have a choice and didn’t even want to leave. He was commanded to go by the almighty gods (4.247-297). So if anyone in that argument held the blame it would need to be the gods‚ since Venus and Juno manipulated Dido and Jupiter caused Aeneas to leave Carthage. To be fair Aeneas did try to sneak out of Carthage (4.345-366)‚ but can you really blame him? Dido behaved in a very irrational manner when she confronted Aeneas and he said that he was going to continue his journey to Italy (4.452-487)
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