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    Fatal Femininity Summary

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    The title of our zine is Fatal Femininity‚ which brings artistic awareness through poetry‚ comics‚ beautiful song lyrics‚ artwork‚ and empowering words from famous women. What we want our readers to know about our zine is that it strongly focus on the empowerment of women and brings up the issues dealing with the conformity of women (i.e‚ how society tells us how we are supposed to act and dress). Our zine shows images‚ and artwork of how women do not need to conform to society‚ but instead be whoever

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    Eckles's Fatal Mistakes

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    series of mistakes by being mentally unprepared. “Eckels swayed on the padded seat‚ his face pale‚ his jaw stiff. He felt the trembling in his arm and he looked down and found his hands tight on the new rifle”. Bradbury continues t display Eckels’s flaw by writing‚ “can these guns get a dinosaur cold? Eckels felt his mouth saying”. if Eckels is swaying‚ fading color‚ stiffening jaw‚ trembling‚ unknowingly holding a rifle‚ and feeling his mouth speaking‚ he cannot be prepared. A man paying thousands

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    goes an old saying‚ “All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.” Well‚ it seems that some people work with almost too much pride. In order to consider the extent to which pride applies to Sophocles’ Oedipus The King and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ consider the following: Oedipus and Willy both take extreme pride in their professions‚ their pride blinds them from seeing the truth of their situations‚ and their pride ultimately leads to their own demise/downfall‚ all of these invoking

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    Brutus Flaws

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    A tragic hero is a central character. This character is good and noble but has flaws‚ which lead to his downfall and death. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ Brutus is a tragic hero. In his attempt to go good he makes errors in judgment. Brutus attempting to do what is right‚ yet doing what is wrong‚ fits the definition of a tragic hero. A tragic hero is characterized as a good and noble character. Brutus‚ fitting the good and noble aspect of a tragic hero‚ kills Caesar for what he believes

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    Creon And Oedipus

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    Creon and Oedipus Emely Maiden 4-21-14 Byrd Pd: 3rd Oedipus the King‚ the tragic hero is most certainly Oedipus. Oedipus‚ first of all‚ is a good man. When he declares‚ “My spirit grieves for the city” (l 75-76)‚ he shows a deep passion. His sympathy for his people and his desire to be their savior‚ he earns the respect and love of the people.The respect of the people is crucial in creating the tragic effect that comes with a tragic hero’s downfall‚ and Sophocles utilizes this by means of giving

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    Hamlet's Tragic Flaw

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    Hamlet’s distress understandable? Why does he fail to act until too late? Is his inaction due to a tragic flaw? Until relatively recently‚ critics tended to assume that the causes of tragic misfortune resided in some moral defect of the protagonist. Aristotle’s term hamartia (derived from “fault‚” “failure‚” guilt” but literally meaning to “miss the mark”) was often translated as “tragic flaw‚” leading critics to seek the chink in the hero’s armour (such as pride or ambition) which leads to his

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    Oedipus Arrogance

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    his fate‚ and fear because anyone could have the hero’s fate. Consequently‚ in Sophocles’s Oedipus The King‚ Aristotle’s definition of tragedy applies to Oedipus. Oedipus’s hamartia is arrogance. Fisler states‚ “Hubris is his flaw; his actions are the result of his excessive pride” (Fisler 1006). Oedipus possesses a tremendous amount of pride. When Oedipus solved the riddle‚ 20 years prior to becoming king‚ he gained

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    Tragic Flaws

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    a more relative saying concerning the tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ is impulsiveness kills the protagonists‚ Romeo and Juliet . The main characters of Shakespeare’s tragedy are constantly swayed on emotional feelings which are their personal tragic flaw. Juliet‚ Romeo‚ and Lord Capulet make hasty actions that result in the upcoming tragedy of the play. To begin with‚ there is no doubt that Juliet portrays strong characteristics of impulsiveness. Juliet finds herself deeply love-struck by Romeo after

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    Oedipus Personality

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    Oedipus’ hot temper was a major factor in his undoing. On many occasions‚ his quick bursts of fury backfired on him. For instance‚ when Tiresias keeps refusing to reveal the identity of the killer to OedipusOedipus becomes aggravated. “‘You won’t talk? Nothing moves you? Out with it once and for all!’” (Fagles 276). The king’s prodding got under Tiresias’ skin‚ and Tiresias releases the truth. Oedipus is quick to deny the prophecy‚ but if not for Oedipus’ hasty temper the awful truth wouldn’t have

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    Oedipus Essay

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    character that makes an error of judgment or has a total flaw‚ that combined with fate and external forces‚ brings on a tragedy. This pertains to Oedipus‚ as his brash decisions and unwillingness to accept the truth‚ along with his doomed fate‚ leads to his demise. The first thing that makes Oedipus a tragic hero is that he makes some large errors of judgment. This occurs when he decides to announce the punishment for the murderer of the late King Laius in front of all of Thebes. Although he made this

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