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    The Three Great Crimes of Macbeth The play ‘Macbeth’ is a portrait of one man‚ an ambitious‚ ruthless‚ disturbing individual. The play shows how he evolves as a person. Although we are presented with his declination from good to evil‚ we can see his human side throughout the play‚ which makes it a tragedy. The themes of ‘Macbeth’ are ambition‚ effects of evil‚ and violence. Once Macbeth’s ambition has ‘set the ball rolling’‚ events happen quickly in the play as it gathers momentum. The themes

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    The American Tragedy In ​The Great Gatsby‚ ​ the story seems to follow the lifestyle of the rich. Through parties and good times supervised by James Gatz.​ ​ Until Nick Carraway‚ the narrator‚ decides to show his empathetic attitude towards Gatsby and devise a story on his real life and not his rumors. Nick’s speech‚ thoughts‚ and actions begin to portray his attitude towards Gatsby. Gatsby was a very secluded man however throwing such elaborate parties he still seemed to stay hidden. Everyone

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    In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ the author tries to show the true nature of man by using the play ’s main character‚ Macbeth‚ as an example. He is overly ambitious‚ courageous‚ and self-doubting. Throughout the play‚ Shakespeare displays these characteristics to the audience through Macbeth to show the true nature of man. At the end of the play‚ these characteristics ultimately lead to Macbeth ’s downfall. In the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth is described as being "valiant".

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    November 2012 Tragedy Strikes New York The 1920s came as a time for music‚ art and literature inspiration. In 1925‚ The Great Gatsby was published and was considered to be an American master-piece. The novel revolves around a main character’s hope and dream. Some critics believed the novel to be a comic‚ while others considered the book a tragedy. With deaths‚ dying dreams and broken hearts‚ The Great Gatsby is none other than a work of complex tragedy. The overall focus of The Great Gatsby is the

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    To what extent is Macbeth responsible for his own downfall? In Shakespeare’s tragedyMacbeth‚ he depicts the rise and downfall of the eponymous protagonist‚ Macbeth. The text illustrates that there is no sole person to blame for Macbeth’s downfall but numerous reasons for Macbeth’s downfall. Macbeth is only partially responsible for his own downfall for his eventual downfall at the hands of Macduff. Macbeth is driven by the prophecies given by the witches and this is perpetuated with the manipulation

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    In Shakespeare’s plays Othello and Macbeth the audience is presented with two great heroes who both poses a certain character flaw that inevitably leads to their downfall. This is the idea behind a tragic hero; a person of great importance comes to a tragic end because of a serious flaw in his character. Both Othello and Macbeth find themselves on top of the world one moment and being crushed beneath it the next. The next logical comparison to make between two of Shakespeare’s tragic heroes is who

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    be a good man in this day and age is to just take care of your responsibility’s and lead by a good example of those looking up to you. Learn how to walk away from certain things and not let everything get you upset. Age does not make you a man there are plenty of 18 year old who claim to be men but don’t have the mental attributes altogether in order to be considered a man. In the play Macbeth . Macbeth was a brave and fierce soldier. But that itself did not necessarily make him a good man ‚ However

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    The Great Man Theory This term paper explains the leadership style of “The Great Man Theory”‚ by Thomas Carlyle‚ a historian of nineteenth century. The idea of the theory is leader and leadership. The basic idea of the theory is that leaders are born and not made. Thomas Carlyle‚ a historian in nineteenth century presented his ideas on leadership‚ named “The Great Man Theory.” Carlyle focused on the influence great men had on historical events. Like great people such as Mohammad‚ Shakespeare

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    are many situations in Macbeth where supernatural beings or ideas are used to further the plot‚ explain something‚ or represent a theme or mood of the story. We see this with the three witches in the beginning of the story and through various other parts. There was also the ghosts and apparitions that appeared throughout the story. We also have the idea of prophecies being told‚ this idea is mainly thought to be supernatural. Finally we have the floating dagger that Macbeth sees right before he goes

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    Tragedy and the Common Man by Arthur Miller In this age few tragedies are written. It has often been held that the lack is due to a paucity of heroes among us‚ or else that modern man has had the blood drawn out of his organs of belief by the skepticism of science‚ and the heroic attack on life cannot feed on an attitude of reserve and circumspection. For one reason or another‚ we are often held to be below tragedy-or tragedy above us. The inevitable conclusion is‚ of course‚ that the tragic mode

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