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    accountable for his downfall. Throughout the play‚ Macbeth‚ Macbeth is a tragic hero who abolishes himself by his own wicked and selfish determinations. At the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth is portrayed as a brave‚ noble hero of Scotland who has fearlessly won the war. As the story progresses‚ Macbeth soon becomes a tyrant king who is willing to kill anyone who becomes a danger to his kingdom. Although Macbeth is influenced by a number of things‚ his deep desire and character persuades his ambition.

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    victim of circumstance‚ or is he responsible for his own destruction. In the early pages of the book‚ Victor already tells Walton and the reader that he is enticed by world and won’t give up on his dream of being successful in science‚ “The world was to me a secret‚ which I desired to discover” (Volume 1 Chapter 1 pg.20). Victor explains to Walton how he enjoyed the recollections of his childhood before hardship had soiled his mentality; he altered his future because of his obsession with Natural Philosophy

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    Willy Loman‚ and his family’s misguided perception of success. Willy Loman is responsible for his own downfall. He tries to become a very successful businessman‚ in reality he is not a good salesman he is good with his hands‚ not people. Willys complex mind often makes up stories or changes the stories he knows because he cannot face the truth of his life that he has not accomplished as much as he has planned. Therefore Willy’s downfall is his own doing which is brought about by his unrealistic dreams

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    Macbeth’s ruin. One of them being more to blame: The influential character of Lady Macbeth displaying temptation towards Macbeth‚ or Macbeth’s own ambitious and insecure nature. There are questions whether Macbeth’s downfall might have displayed more for his own blame. In closer examination‚ it will be come apparent that Macbeth is more to blame for his downfall. By first examining the influential acts of Lady Macbeth that made Macbeth commit the murder to kill Duncan‚ and contrasting these with the

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    Macbeth responsible for his own downfall? The tragic downfall of Shakespeare’s Macbeth can be attributed to his forceful ambition which leads him to commit terrible deeds‚ selfish greed and weakness that allows him to be easily manipulated. These influencing factors are nourished and encouraged by the three witches and the deceitful Lady Macbeth. Macbeth’s actions of murdering innocent children and women and his damning act of genocide show that he is primarily responsible for his own demise.

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    The February Revolution 1917 The February Revolution in 1917 marked the end of the Tsardom and long-ruling Romanov dynasty. There are many long-term and short-term causes which led to the overthrow of monarchy in Russia. Long-term causes can include weaknesses of the Russian monarchy‚ failure of having strong armed forces‚ agricultural backwardness and late industrialization. First World War‚ Tsar Nicholas II mistakes‚ growing peasants unrest‚ bad harvest‚ food shortages‚ famine and growing political

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    Was Charles I the architect of his own downfall? Charles I became King of England‚ Scotland and Ireland since 1425 until 1449 where a civil war took place because of Charles wrong decisions he kept making. A civil war is regions within the same country‚ this civil war begun because of religion‚ money‚ and power. He didn’t care about these‚ which sadly leaded him to his own execution. First of all‚ Charles made his subjects and Parliament turn to his new religion‚ which was blindly Catholic‚ however

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    How far was the Nazis popularity responsible for Hitler’s appointment as chancellor? In January 1933‚ following several failed attempts‚ Hitler was finally appointed as chancellor of Germany. There were many reasons to why Hitler was appointed as chancellor. For example‚ the Great Depression of 1929‚ electoral success and weakness of the Weimar republic. In this essay‚ I wish to go through each notable reason and come to a final conclusion. The Depression was a definite reason to Hitler’s appointment

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    How far was over-speculation responsible for the Wall Street Crash? There were many underlying problems and factors which connected together and lead to the Wall Street Crash in 1929‚ causing the depression which in turn caused many problems for America and sent waves across the rest of the world. Over-speculation was one of the main factors which lead to the Wall Street Crash. During the 1920s more Americans invested and bought more shares. As they did so‚ prices kept rising which meant

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    To what extent was Tsar Nicholas II responsible for the outbreak of the Russian Revolution in 1917 It was the political naivete and extreme obstinance of Tsar Nicholas II that led to the outbreak of the Russian Revolution . Some aspects of the Tsar’s behaviour definitely contributed to the fall of Russia ‚ however lots of these qualities were not weaknesses in his character‚ but rather poor leadership qualities . Some of the causes included Tsar Nicholas II’s autocratic rulership‚ the socio-economic

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