wills not exploit its power as opposed to corrupt leader who will pursue his self-interests by misusing his power. Such assumptions can be made with the ruthless and mass murderer dictator‚ Joseph Stalin and the cruel tyrant from Shakespeare play Macbeth. Joseph Stalin is known as the most merciless and murderous dictator in history. While ruling the soviet USSR for quarter of the century his regime caused many deaths of innocent people and prominent political members. From 1924 onwards‚ he executed
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The Tragedy of Macbeth Shakespeare is perhaps most noted for his tragic plays. He has written many great tragedies‚ one‚ which was written in 1606 and was titled Macbeth. A tragedy is the story of a great person whose character flaw eventually leads to his downfall. Macbeth’s flaw is his ambition‚ which he shares with his wife. There are also many incidents in the play that support the idea of the tragedy being the deterioration of its main character Macbeth. Macbeth is a tragedy in which human
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“It is neither the wickedness of the witches nor the urging of Lady Macbeth that finally ruins Macbeth. His basic weakness leads him astray.” In Shakespeare’s grand "tragedy of blood"‚ we are pitched into the time of a valiant warrior who has constantly been trustworthy to his king‚ until he hears of a prophecy that he will befall king. This is where the universe begins to acquire an unbalanced shift. This disturbance has occurred as a result of Macbeth’s various weaknesses. His sensitivity to
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his downfall. Creon was left at the end sorrowful and wishing death upon himself‚ because he had lost his son and wife‚ Crying out “Come‚ let it come!--that best of fates for me/ that brings the final day‚ best fate of all./ Oh quickly‚ now--/ so I never have to see another sunrise” (Exodos.1449-1452). Creon feels he has nothing to live for now that his family is gone. He now puts all the blame on himself and wants to die‚ to end his pain. Since it was his decision that led to his own downfall and
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http://www.enotes.com/macbeth-text http://nfs.sparknotes.com/macbeth Primogeniture Act III.i ▪ Preference given to the 1st born son in inheritance of titles and property is called primogeniture ▪ It is important to know that primogeniture was NOT in effect in Scotland in Macbeth’s time‚ and Duncan’s naming of Malcolm as his successor in Act I was actually illegal on two counts. ▪ Not only did a law exist that restricted the succession to those who had reached adulthood (which Malcolm
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Julius Caesar Brutus convinced himself that he had to kill Caesar for the good of Rome. He was an “honorable man” who thought Caesar’s downfall would bring peace and prosperity to Rome. Antony started a revolution to find and kill every conspirator who buried their blades into Caesar’s body. “A curse shall light upon the limbs of men; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy; Blood and destruction shall be so in use And dreadful objects so familiar That mothers shall
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Feminism is the Source of Tragedy in Macbeth Behind every successful man there is a ruthless woman pushing him along to gain her own personal successes. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth causes Macbeths downfall. With the faults and lies of Lady Macbeth‚ marriage is Macbeth’s big mistake. Lady Macbeth turns his courageous conquests on the fields of war into butchery. Mangled by the blood-spotted hands of his wife he becomes a traitor to himself‚ the people around him‚ and even her. In the
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“Don’t Blame the Eater” In David Zinczenko’s article “Don’t Blame the Eater” he focuses on the fast food industry and their role in the increasing health and obesity issues of our nation’s children‚ as well as these issues potentially becoming a serious problem that we will all have to deal with if we collectively don’t do something about it now. When it comes to the topic of fast food‚ most of us can agree that it is not the best source of nutrition. It is unhealthy and can be the cause of
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Sheakspeare’s "Macbeth‚" Lady Macbeth has proven that her imagination is stronger than her will. During the beginning of the play‚ Lady M had been the iron fist and authority icon for Macbeth. She was the voice of determination and hardness‚ yet deep down‚ she never carried such traits to begin with. She started this ordeal with a negative‚ bombastic rhetoric‚ preying on Macbeth’s weaknesses in order to egg him on. In no way did she make a positive contribution to Macbeth or to herself. However‚ Macbeth soon
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It is actually quite simple. Less the dollar in indian market‚ more will be its value and that means downfall of rupee because as of today you are paying 60 rupees for 1 dollar.Now‚ we should go into the reasons for the same- The most important thing that India imports is crude oil – we import crude oil from countries like Saudi Arabia‚ Iraq‚ Venezuela etc. and these countries don’t accept the Indian Rupee for payments‚ they want us to pay them in an internationally accepted currency like the
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