Is Pride to Blame in the Antigone tragedy? The fate of Creon is sealed by his decision to make an example of his niece‚ and quickly becomes tragic in Antigone. Creon shows us his lack of leadership skills by creating situations in which he loses the respect of his advisors‚ and the love of his family. The inability to overcome foolish pride is Creon’s greatest fault and the direct cause of his fall from grace. Initially‚ the author uses foreshadowing to hint at the upcoming turn of events. Choragos
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The supernatural is frightening to some people‚ but to others a way of life. It just depends on the way people look at the supernatural. Some people may see it as the world afterlife or life after death. To the people that see it as evil might think of it as a way of controlling someone. Like the famous play by William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth‚ the protagonist Macbeth encounters three witches after fighting the thane of Hardwell. There the three witches’ plant a seed of madness inside Macbeth’s head
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decisions. The one person who I believe is most to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet is the one Romeo risked his life for‚ and she is none other than Juliet the Capulet. First of all‚ she is the most responsible for Romeo and her self’s death because she took the potion that Friar Lawrence gave when there were many other options. The next reason is that she put too much trust in Friar Lawrence’s plan to bring Romeo and Juliet together. The last reason I believe she was to blame was that she was the
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Truthfully‚ no one likes to take the blame for something they didn’t do‚ and John Proctor from “The Crucible” shows that people should be responsible for their actions‚ not someone else’s. “I speak my own sins: I cannot judge another”‚ this is what John says to Abigail‚ a girl in Salem who has an obsession with him. Not only that‚ but she was one of the main causes for the witch trials that occur in Salem at this time. What John is saying is that he will not blame others for his own actions; he will
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The tower will remove me from this lunacy. Can I really leave Macbeth behind? I love him but I don’t love him. Ah‚ why can’t I just go. He doesn’t love me anymore regardless. He is too caught up in his world of power and obliteration. But how can I blame him now from thriving on power and destruction. I must leave. I can’t wake up every day knowing my perpetrates I have committed. I am incapable in hiding my crimes anymore. This must end. I can’t cope with insomnia and creeping through the hallways
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unavoidable fate. Macbeth and his friend Banquo come upon three witches‚ or the wyrd sisters‚ who tell Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor‚ and one day he will become King. This is the small summary of Act 1 Scene 3 in Macbeth. Is Macbeth really the one to blame for becoming a power craving maniac? It could be Lady Macbeth‚ which is the person who started the fire in Macbeth’s heart. Or it could be the three witches who told Macbeth their prophecy about him. Telling him that he would become Thane of Cawdor
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respect for themselves and others. A student might become a bully by being bullied before. Bullies are worse than a bystander because bullies can be the blame for suicide‚ their friends and family stop trusting them‚ they have to live with abundant amounts of guilt‚ and they suffer terrible consequences. To being with‚ bullies can be the blame for suicide. According to "stopbullying.gov‚" if the bully was saying horrific things on social media‚ that could be part of the reason why the victim committed
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with a lot of controversy over the years. There are many theories about what cause the sinking and how it could have been avoided. One factor though‚ that should be focused on more than any other is: Who is to blame for the sinking of The Titanic? The answer is a simple one. White Star Line is to blame for this legendary sinking. White Star Line built what they called a “nearly unsinkable ship”. The Titanic was made primarily out of sub-par steel. The steel was not strong enough and on impact‚
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many countries and had planned for world domination. When people think about the Holocaust they think that Hitler and the Nazis were the only ones to blame‚ but Hitler could not have pulled off the Holocaust without the unwitting help of residents‚ Europeans‚ and leaders of other countries. The least responsible of these groups are the residents who denied the existence of the Holocaust or knew about it and did not do anything to help stop it. As Wiesel states‚ "But I wanted to come back to warn you
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Who Is To Blame? As humans in search of friendship‚ love‚ and care we sometimes change ourselves in order to fit in with the people around us. Have you ever caught yourself copying your friends just because you did not want to be made fun of? Humans do not want to feel alone so we follow others even if their actions are wrong. If a person is born and raised in a neighborhood full of criminals that are stealing and killing every day‚ that person will eventually accept these actions as a way of life
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