Gertrude’s Suicide? In the Shakespearean tragedy "Hamlet‚" Prince Hamlet’s mother Gertrude encounters many misfortunes‚ which she feels that she is to blame for. Gertrude was brought into the middle of everybody’s dilemmas and thus felt responsible for the occurrences that happened to all of the significant characters throughout the play. She allows her emotions to build up in an unhealthy manner and this leads to her eventual death. The question that surrounds her death is whether
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Who is to blame for the Cold War? The Cold War starting in 1945 was an escalation between two super powers that were threatened by each other and determined to prove their power. It was political conflict‚ hostile tensions and a series of miscommunications between the Communist World‚ the USSR and the capitalists‚ the United States that made the Cold War a reality. Although the Cold War was caused due to certain circumstances and miscommunications between the powers‚ the United States is largely
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After reading Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ there were many climatic conflicts that kept readers on the edge of their seat. But who caused all of this drama? Fate! Many of the problems that Oedipus and others faced was non-controllable. Oedipus had a struggle throughout the whole story of man versus fate and had a hard time escaping it. He just happened to be ruler during the curse on his town. Also he was even told that his fate was to end up being poor‚ old‚ blinded‚ and alone. These are just
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lovers. The two lovers death may have left people questioning who is to blame? So‚ who is to blame? Many characters could be at fault for the deaths but the following are highlighted: Lord Capulet‚ Lady Capulet‚ and Fate. “To go with Paris to Saint Peters Church‚ or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither. Out‚ you green-sickness carrion! Out‚ you baggage! “ (DBQ: project‚ 2013) IN act three of scene five‚ Capulet says these words to Juliet. They basically mean‚ marry who I wish you to (Paris) and
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interrupt one another‚ making it fairly difficult to place blame on one person. So‚ we should take a look at the instigators of each event to determine who is to blame. The initial events are the fight caused by Sampson‚ Gregory‚ Abraham‚ and BAlthasar which reignite the family feud‚ Romeo falling in love and marrying Juliet‚ and Lord Capulet arranging Paris’ and Juliet’s marriage. With this list of people we can determine who is to blame. The first event was the fight between the servants of both
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Romeo and Juliet is a love story between two fighting families‚ and in the end both of them die‚ but who is to blame on their deaths? I believe that both of their parents are to blame for Romeo’s and Juliet’s deaths. I believe this because both their parents didn’t have a good relationship with them. For Juliet‚ the Nurse was basically her mother‚ and she really didn’t talk to her real mother. For Romeo‚ it wasn’t the same case‚ as his mother and father wanted a relationship‚ but could never find
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this tragedy. The truth is the adults in the situation are ultimately to blame for the deaths of their love struck teens. This essay will explain why Friar Laurence‚ Nurse and to a lesser extent Mercutio‚ caused the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence is at fault for causing this catastrophe. Friar Laurence is one of many who should have guided Romeo and Juliet’s love into a more stable situation. It was the Friar who married these two young adults after they had only known each other for
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Willy may be the blame for some of his misfortunes‚ his wife certainly did not help him to matters better for him. There will always be someone to blame for one’s social and cultural environment. I do not think Willy is completely responsible for what became of him and his keeping-up with the Joneses obsession. The time frame when the story was written was during a hardship for America (Kirszner and Mandell‚ 2012). As stated by Kirszner and Mandell (2012)‚ “At the time of Death of a Salesman was
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Birling and Eric‚ all played a part in Eva’s death and the inspector wants them to realise this and accept responsibility. Mr Birling holds the big responsibility of starting the whole thing‚ and he was the first to turn Eva away. Eva Smith was working at “the Works” which Mr Birling owned. She had been working in one of the “machine shops” for over year and she was a “good worker”. She was about to be promoted to a “leading operator” which was a person who was the “head” of a small group of girls
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The Feud That Determined Their Fate Six deaths in less than a week. There were many tragedies in the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In the story‚ the main characters Romeo and Juliet take their lives as ‘star-crossed lovers’‚ along with many other deaths such as Mercuttio‚ Tybalt‚ Lady Montague‚ and Paris. The story begins in Verona Italy with the feud between Montagues and Capulets. The story then goes into detail about the feud and introduces Juliet to Romeo. As
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