Task: To what extent is Macbeth responsible for his own downfall? The Tragedy of Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare between 1606-11 conveys the ambition of a man who lusts for power and his downfall from his position of greatness. Macbeth’s downfall is started when three witches‚ using their supernatural knowledge‚ stir trouble in Scotland. Macbeth believes in the prophecies that they offer him and strengthened by his own ambition and encouragement from his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ he discovers
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departs to England. When she dies‚ Gertrude reports her death to Claudius and Laertes. Gertrude‚ The Queen of Denmark‚ is responsible for Ophelia’s death. By looking at Gertrude’s over protective relationship with Hamlet‚ her lack of initiative on the situations around her in a time of tragedy‚ as well as her vivid account of Ophelia’s death‚ evidence that she is responsible for Ophelia’s death will be presented. Gertrude’s overprotective relationship with Hamlet serves as a motive to
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Macbeth is completely and solely responsible for his own downfall. He lead himself to defeat by falling to his fatal flaws. Manipulation‚ ambition‚ and power got the better of him creating great inner turmoil‚ and bringing him to an abrupt end. From the beginning Macbeth was able to choose his own fate. The moment when he eagerly listened to the witches and said to them “Stay‚ you imperfect speakers‚ tell me more” shows that he believed that what they are saying was of great importance to him
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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‚ his pride
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Oedipus is a king who suffers from hubris which leads to uncontrolled anger. Due to these two flaws‚ Oedipus kills his biological father and marries his biological mother‚ as the oracle had predicted. By the end of the play‚ Oedipus gouged out his own eyes and lost his position as king of Thebes. There is no way for him to avoid the Oracle. The Oracle only states what Fate had already decided; Oedipus was destined to commit these heinous acts. Oedipus is not completely responsible for what happened
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1‚ Mercutio dies. The Capulets and the Montagues are both responsible for his death because of the longstanding family feud‚ Mercutio being in the wrong place at the wrong time‚ and the relationship between Romeo and Juliet. {{Good job!}} The longstanding family feud between the Capulets and the Montagues caused a lot of fighting between the two families for years. Mercutio was not a Capulet or Montague‚ but a friend of Romeo who was a Montague. So by association‚ Mercutio is an enemy to
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believe this‚ because they needed a scapegoat for their problems. Hitler then began to take away the citizenship of Jews‚ followed by deporting them to ghettos‚ labor camps‚ and eventually death camps. The question still arises‚ though: who was actually responsible for the Holocaust? Many blame it on Hitler and the German government. After all‚ they ordered this to happen by creating the Nuremberg Laws‚ Jewish Ghettos‚ the "Final Solution"‚ and so forth. "The Jews were trapped in Hitler’s death net"
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began to reinvent the automobile. The 1949‚ 1950‚ 1951‚ 1953 and 1954 Chevrolets received only modest facelifts and were called dull but dependable. However‚ in 1955‚ 1956 and 1957 appearance and engineering was changed radically by Chevrolet. Who was responsible for the new Chevy’s? Chuck Jordon‚ Harley Earl and especially Edward Nicholas Cole‚ Chevrolet’s Chief Engineer. The process of car restoration
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true – the death of his father has made him Thane of Glamis. Although the witches have placed the idea of these three prophecies in Macbeths mind‚ it is himself who carries out the unexpected actions soon that would soon be revealed. The witches themselves do not force him to kill King Duncan or Macduff and his family; it is Macbeths own choice that he makes in order to carry out the
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for African economic retardation by draining African wealth and by making it impossible to develop more rapidly the resource of the continent. The Second one has to deal with who manipulate the system and those who are either agents or unwitting accomplices of the said system. The capitalist of Western Europe were the ones who actively extended their exploitation from inside Europe to cover the whole of Africa. In recent times‚ they were joined‚ and to some extent replaced‚ by capitalists from the
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