The extent to which William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is an exploration of betrayal is portrayed through the internal and external influences on his tragic downfall. Macbeth’s moral betrayal in the play would be non-existent if it weren’t for several external factors‚ including the supernatural witches‚ and his deceitful‚ manipulative wife Lady Macbeth. Macbeth’s betrayal of the king is due to internal factors‚ however comparably is a product of external influences. Ultimately‚ the notion of betrayal
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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 of events that took place in order for Macbeth’s downfall to occur. The tragedy of Macbeth is apparent in the high
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Many factors contributed to the downfall of Othello in William Shakespeare’s‚ Othello‚ the Moore of Venice. Everyone knew Othello as noble and full of pride‚ but when the jealously beast took hold of him the image was changed. His weakness’s came out and more then ever. Traits that were thought of as different and extraordinary were now qualities no one wanted. Othello slowly began to self-destruct when his pride was stripped‚ his insecurities were shown‚ and he believed his wife was a cheater.
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CAUSES OF THE DOWNFALL OF MUGHAL EMPIRE BACKGROUND The downfall of the mughal empire can be attributed to two major factors: 1) Weaknesses of the mughals 2) Strength of the East India Company. The Mughal Empire‚ which had reached its zenith during the rule of Shah Jahan and his son‚ began to decline after the rule of Aurangzeb. In fact‚ the decline began during the last days of Aurangzeb.The Mughal Empire reached its greatest extent in the time of Aurangzeb Alamgir‚ but it collapsed with
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Arthur Dimmesdale‚ Hester Prynne’s minister‚ suffers the greatest burden in the novel. Little does the congregation know that he had an affair with Hester. Instead of admitting his sinful act‚ he keeps it secret. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ this secretive sin brings Arthur Dimmesdale physical‚ emotional‚ and spiritual burdens. Arthur Dimmesdale inflicts a physical burden upon himself with self-loathing and torture. He takes Puritan fasting to an extreme by starving himself “
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There is one main over-arching purposes of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The purpose being that the “American dream” is unachievable. While Fitzgerald does not directly say the “American dream” cannot be real or cannot be accomplished‚ he uses different characters as well as the plot itself to represent his argument. The “American dream” also known as goals; are standards that people set for themselves to reach success or greatness. Fitzgerald is saying that the people who pursue the “American
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Role of Nationalism in the Downfall of Napoleon Nationalism is the devotion of people to the interests of its nation or the love of one’s country to stay independent. Nationalism played a major role in the downfall of Napoleon in that he wanted an empire and his opponents wanted independence. As Napoleon was conquering lands and creating a vast empire his troops stressed in the far lands that they conquered life‚ liberty and equality. Even though Napoleon did not realize it triggered
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Lady Macbeth was the main reason for the downfall of a born leader and courageous war hero. She was the instigator for Macbeth’s slow downfall from a hero to a murderer to a crazed man full of guilt for what he had done. Macbeth should have not stayed with Lady Macbeth for three reasons. She was power hungry and did not love him. She claimed that he is “too full of the milk of human kindness‚” what she is saying is that Macbeth is afraid to get his hands dirty and is rather feminine. She is contempt
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1.1 Aspects of Andersen’s culture that would be signals of a dysfunctional culture. Inability to question superior’s practices and incapability to suggest new ways of doing things in all areas of the firm. Andersen’s organization‚ culture and practices were derived from the old structure‚ which were still seen as the best practices even if outdated. At the organization‚ new trends of the market and new competitors were not going to change any of the company. "Don’t question it. That’s the
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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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