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Gloucester Subplot In King Lear
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Discuss the significance of the Gloucester subplot
in King Lear. King Lear, hailed by critics as
Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, is a thematic play
which questions the natural chain of order and the
consequences of events which in turn disrupt this
chain. The play revolves around Lears division of
his kingdom amongst his daughters, one of whom
(Cordelia) he rejects after she fails to declare
her love publicly for him: Lear understands
Cordelia's lack of words to represent her lack of
feelings, b...
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Flaw In His Character King Of England
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Edward II plantagenet King of England, Whose
incompetence and distaste for government finally
led to His deposition and murder. The Elizabethan
drama, Christopher Marlowe's, Edward the Second
is, according to Aristotle's definition of the
word, a tragedy. That is to say it concerns the
fall of a great man because of a mistake he has
made or a flaw in his character. During this essay
I will demonstrate how this definition of tragedy
applies to Edward II. Edward II was king of
England, and reigned...
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Macbeth And Lady A Butcher Fiend
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This dead like butcher and his fiend like queen"
is this a fair description of Macbeth and Lady
Macbeth? Malcolm made the remark "This dead like
butcher and his fiend like queen, " when he was
crowned as the king of Scotland, after Macbeth's
reign of terror. It becomes questionable upon the
fairness of this justification, whether or not
Macbeth was really a "butcher" and whether or not
Lady Macbeth was a "fiend. " In some ways, Macbeth
would have fit the description of being a
"butcher, " after ...
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Macbeth Hero Or Villain
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Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare that
shows a protagonist going from bad to worse
throughout the play. Shakespeare wrote this play,
taking in mind current affairs at the time of 1603
- 1606. This is the time when a Scottish king,
James I was given the English crown. This king was
obsessed with witches, so Shakespeare brought this
theme strongly into the play. It also brings the
theme of treachery towards the King. This pleased
King James and also pleased him about showing the
line of Stu...
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Animalism Vs Marxism In Animal Farm
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Introduction Long before the invention of the
television or telephone, much less the computer,
people had to communicate by word of mouth or
written documents. It was not a peculiar happening
for a critic of religious, political, or
economical affairs to write his opinions in an
allegorical and sometimes satirical fashion.
Public awareness to many social wrongs has long
been fed by such writings. In 1944, even after the
modern means of communication had arrived, George
Orwell, an Englishman, exp...
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Fiend Like Queen Act 2 Scene 2
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H 2 >"this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen."
Is this a fair comment on the characters of the
Macbeth's? Malcolm said this. There
is bias. Macbeth kills his father Duncan. Malcolm
should be king instead of Macbeth. Macbeth seizes
power by force. Also, Macbeth brings chaos and
destruction to Scotland (his homeland). Therefore,
Malcolm makes a subjective comment on the
Macbeth's that they are "butcher" and "fiend-like
queen." However, it contains some truth in it.
Macbeth did mur...
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Customs And Beliefs Things Fall
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In the historical novel Things Fall Apart by China
Achebe we gain knowledge of the African societies
as they once were. Achebe shows us what happened
to this particular (fictional) community in the 19
th century, as the downfall of their village
occurred. The book begins by introducing us to the
main character, Okonkwo. Okonkwo is a strong
character who is a leader in his town of Umuofia.
This man has gone through many challenges in his
life. It was hard for him growing up with his
father Unoka ...
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Aztec Empire Spanish Conquest
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Victors and Vanquished The history of the Western
hemisphere is full of war and conquest. One of the
most significant and defining of those conquests
is the downfall of the Mexico/Aztec Empire. While
there are many other events to choose from, this
one stands out since it was one over one of the
largest empires in Central America. It is also
important to look at because of the immense
cultural impact it had. The story of this takeover
reads like a movie script, a small band of
Spaniards single h...
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Tragic Heroes Hamlet And The Great Gatsby
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Aristotle once defined a concept of tragic hero,
which should be a character with a flaw in
personality or judgment that will lead this
character to some actions resulting into disaster.
The tragic hero also must possess some sort of
flaw due to pride or his character and the
destruction of this character is due to this flaw.
The tragic hero must have a final moment of
potential self-awareness, be a man of godlike
prowess, and his goodness must come to be honored
as divinity in death. In the pla...
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Goneril And Regan Internal And External
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Family dynamics and dysfunction considering
Antigone, Medea, and King Lear Throughout history
novelists and playwrights have to created
dysfunctional families. These families lead tragic
lives. Within these families, there are both
internal and external battles to be dealt. In
William Shakespeare's King Lear the author reveals
truly dysfunctional families. In King Lear there
are two families that display dysfunctions, the
Lear family and the Gloucester family. Within the
two families, there are ...
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Othello And Desdemona Scene Iii
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William Shakespeare's Othello is a tragic play
consisting of five acts. Although each act is not
of equal importance, each serves a distinct role
that affects the quality of the play in its
entirety. Removing any act would therefore greatly
diminish the final product of this play;
consequently, reducing the plays appeal to the
audience. Since Act I satisfies several essential
purposes, removing it would be a mistake.
Ultimately, we would no longer be seeing Othello
the way Shakespeare had intend...
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Tragic Flaw Heroic Deeds
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A Comparison of Oedipus and Beowulf The characters
Oedipus and Beowulf represent two different types
of heroes. Oedipus is a tragic hero and
characterized by its standards. He was an
influential man of stature who had a tragic flaw.
While he contributed to his own downfall, Oedipus
was not entirely responsible for it. He also
learned a lesson from his mistakes which
ultimately creates a catharsis in the reading
audience. Beowulf, on the other hand, is
characterized by the standards of an epic he...
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Lady Macbeth Kill Banquo
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Is it the influence of the Supernatural Or Macbeth
s overriding ambition that Ultimately causes his
downfall? Macbeth was originally written for and
performed in front of King James I in 1606 The
King had an interest in witchcraft and believed
that witches and magicians were agents of the
devil, and that the devil was permitted by god to
work upon men as a punishment to the wicked and a
temptation to test the faith of the virtuous.
Thus, a man faced with Satan s temptation would be
faced with a ...
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King Of Thebes City Of Thebes
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Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus is a tragic play that
discusses the tragic discovery of Oedipus that he
has killed his father and married his mother. In
Greek mythology, oracles or gods are rarely wrong
in their predictions of the future. Yet Oedipus
still tries to fight the predictions. Is Oedipus
downfall due to an error in judgement or his lack
of control over his destiny? I believe that
Oedipus never really has any control over his
destiny. Oedipus is a shrewd man furnished with
wit and intellect...
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Eventually Led Original Sin
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He was only a man who had meant well, who had been
spurred along the course of thinking by an
eccentric necromancer with a weakness for
humanity. Justice had been his last attempt-to do
nothing which was not just. But it had ended in
failure (White, OAFK 634). The he in this passage
refers to King Arthur, the main character in T. H.
Whites The Once and Future King and Book of
Merlyn, who failed in his attempt to unite England
due to the mistakes made by him and those close to
him. Arthur, betray...
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Roman Empire Rome
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Knowledge is one of the most important factors in
maintaining a peaceful and free society. Knowledge
allows a society to plan for the future, while
learning from past mistakes. Many great nations
have fallen into war and chaos because they did
not utilize the wisdom gained from the past. Many
societies? problems were preventable, if people
had used the lessons at their disposal and placed
emphasis on solving their problems through the use
of their intellects, rather than their weapons. A
great e...
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Government And Society Lord Of The Flies
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The book Lord of the Flies, by William Golding can
be read in two ways. At first glance, it seems to
be just an adventure story about some kids on an
island. However, upon closer inspection, it is
found that the book contains much symbolism and
reference to people and how they unction. There is
also a distinct connection in the story that
relates it to our government. This theme of the
story is the application of morals to government
and society. This theme is that everyone is
inherently amoral,...
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Relationship With His Wife Flaw In His Character
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Macbeth: A Tragic Hero William Shakespeare s play
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare s greatest plays
ever written. Macbeth is a tragic hero. A tragic
hero is a man above the ordinary who, due to the
unusual circumstances and a flaw in his character,
suffers a downfall. This will be proven through
his words and actions and by what others say about
him. Macbeth is a man above the ordinary in many
obvious ways. Macbeth was socially above the
ordinary because he was the thane of Candor and
Games and bec...
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Act Iii Scene Act Iv Scene
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In the Shakespearean play, The Tragedy of Macbeth,
the character Macbeth serves as the tragic hero.
Macbeth fits the four characteristics that are
needed for one to be a tragic hero according to
Aristotle. First, Macbeth is a main character in
the play; secondly he was a person of importance,
being one of kings most loyal soldiers. Thirdly he
has tragic flaws that would lead to his downfall,
which in this case will be death. His tragic flaws
are paranoia and jealousy. These flaws in his
characte...
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Lady Macduff And Her Son Act 4 Scene 1
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Although Macbeth does take actions that lead to
his downfall, I believe that he is not totally
responsible for what happens. Although he takes
the action that leads to his downfall, he perhaps
would not have done this if the witches had not
told him that he would be king in Act 1 Scene 3. I
believe that it is the witches are more
responsible for Macbeth's downfall than he is. In
Act 1, Scene 3, the witches tell Macbeth that he
is thane of Glamis, thane of Cawdor and that he
" shalt be king ...
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