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Color Purple And Macbeth
1,165 wordsWhat is a perfect human? Human perfection may be measured by physical ability or intellectual achievement; however, it may also be measured by strength of character, and in this realm humans may often fall short. Weakness of character, shown through various character flaws, causes most of the hardships in life. Literature such as Shakespeare's Macbeth and Alison Walker's The Color Purple contain three levels of characters: setting characters, secondary characters and the main character. Combined...
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Proper Burial Character Flaws
728 wordsThere are many critical mistakes that one can make that have the potential to ruin your life, or possibly take your life. Both William Shakespeare and Sophocles both portray their protagonists character flaws through the critical mistakes they make in their plays Othello and Antigone. In Shakespeare's play, Othello is a noble general who is well-respected by everyone around him. He is happily married to Desdemona. In Sophocles play, Creon is also in a position of nobility, being the king of Theb...
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King Creon Choices In The Play Antigone
977 wordsPeople of power such as kings are often forced to chose between family and law. In the play Antigone by Sophocles, King Creon has to make such a decision. He issues the edict to outlaw the burial of his traitor nephew, Poleneices. In reaction, his niece Antigone disobeys the law and bury's her brother out of loyalty to her family. Creon is now faced with the decision to uphold the law or pardon his family. Despite Creon's right decision to uphold the law, his family perishes at their own hand. C...
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Outlook On Life Character Flaws
241 wordsCarver? s Changing Protagonist Mar. 5, 2000 Carver? s baker undergoes a dynamic change in his life from an indifference to others to a fellowship with others. The baker is indifferent to other people. Ann wanted some type of connection with him but, his indifference would not allow it. The baker? s indifference leads to character flaws harming Ann and Howard as well as himself. Ultimately, both parties have been hurt by the baker? s indifference. The harm done causes the baker deep remorse bring...
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Lady Macbeth Shakespeare Macbeth
1,160 wordsWhat is a perfect human? Human perfection may be measured by physical ability or intellectual achievement; however, it may also be measured by strength of character, and in this realm humans may often fall short. Weakness of character, shown through various character flaws, causes most of the hardships in life. Literature such as Shakespeare's Macbeth and Alison Walkers The Color Purple contain three levels of characters: setting characters, secondary characters and the main character. Combined,...
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Ethan Frome Jerry Springer
311 wordsEthan Frome My Cousin Is Cheating On Me with My Maid is something that you would expect to see at the beginning of The Jerry Springer Show, not in early American literature. But as I have seen in the movie Ethan Frome, it is possible for this situation to occur in colonial America. The main characters, Ethan, Zena, and Mattie, each have major character flaws, but in this essay, I will focus on Ethan. Ethan returns to his hometown to spend time with his dying mother. He sends for his distant cous...
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Tragic Hero Shakespearean Tragedy
2,190 wordsOthello as a Tragic Hero William Shakespeare's famous tragedy " Othello, the Moor of Venice" (c. 1604, as reprinted in Laurence Perrine and Thomas R. Arp, Literature: Structure Sound and Sense, 6 th ed. [Fort Worth: Harcourt, 1993 ] 1060 - 1148) is arguably one of the finest, if not the finest, tragedies in the literary history of Western civilization. This paper discusses Othello as a " tragic hero" and compares him to the great Aristotle's concept of what a " tragic he...
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Plato And Aristotle Oedipus The King
1,158 wordsAn Introspective Look on Fate and Initiation Concerning the Tragedies of Ancient Greece Is man free to mold his own destiny, or is he a mere thread on the spool of life the Fates, the three female deities of Greek Mythology, cut and control? Can, in fact, man determine his life and destiny based on his own free will through successful initiation or is he subject to the web of fate that is woven for him? The force, which controls the path of man, whether from fate or through successful transcendi...
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Married His Mother Theme Of The Story
987 wordsThe story of Oedipus Rex is a classic example of a tragic hero. Oedipus is a hero who actively plays a large role in his own demise. This paper will take a look at how Oedipus Rex starred in his own demise, and what character flaws caused him to do so. It will also look at how the theme of the story (the battle of free will versus faith) may have been the biggest reason for Oedipus? s self-destruction. And finally, it will examine the possibility that Oedipus was not all responsible for the outc...
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F Scott Fitzgerald First Person Narrative
1,922 wordsA VIEW OF CHANGE: THE ROLE OF NICK CARRAWAY IN THE GREAT GATSBDaniel Dwyre Mr. Pape Eng OA 1 Monday, December 14, 199 How do we perceive a novel? What influences our impressions of certain characters? Many literary critics would agree that choosing the correct point of view is critical in developing the plot and character of any piece of writing. Quite simply, point of view can be described as the role of the narrator in the story; is the person telling the story as a detached observer, or is he...
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Tragic Hero Fatal Flaw
1,330 wordsA tragic figure, according to the classic definition, is a person of noble birth whose character is flawed by a weakness that causes his downfall. Othello, while not a prince or a king, is descended from royalty, and proves himself worthy as a powerful soldier and a gentle, poetic man. While some people feel that his fatal flaw is his jealous nature, others feel Othello proves that he is not prone to jealousy. I tend to favor the notion that Othello's flaw is a jealous passion that he cannot con...
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