Essays Tagged: "Downfall"

Basketball's Greatest Players

y in New York hewas heavely recruited and signed with UNLV despite never graduating H.S.His biggest downfall was his addiction to drugs since he was twelve yearsold. Despite having anything he wanted ...

(1 pages) 68 2 3.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Blindness in King Lear and Oedipus

ebsters New Collegiate Dictionary as: 1) a medieval narrative poem or tale typically describing the downfall of a great man, 2) a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist ...

(3 pages) 55 0 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Agony of a Sensitive Man

d the torment of Hamlet. In Shakespeare's masterpiece Hamlet, Hamlet is overcome by a physiological downfall. Hamlet was a sensitive man who was destroyed by a corrupt environment. Hamlet's dead fathe ... let. The various deaths that occurred in the duration play most definitely attributed to the downfall of Hamlet. First, the death of Hamlet's father starts Hamlet down the road of mental corrup ...

(4 pages) 74 0 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

King Lear

s one can almost immediately see that Learbegins to make mistakes that will eventually result in hisdownfall. The very first words that he speaks in the play are :-'...Give me the map there. Know that ...

(7 pages) 77 0 2.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

King Lear

s one can almost immediately see that Learbegins to make mistakes that will eventually result in hisdownfall. The very first words that he speaks in the play are :-'...Give me the map there. Know that ...

(7 pages) 96 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Speech Analysis on Henry IV, Part One - Act 3, Scene 2

ichard would still be Kingof England. In fact, he blames Richard's poor choices of advisors for his downfall. By flatteringRichard for their own ends, instead of letting him know the true state of aff ... seen' (3.2.46), but they do this in different ways. Henry cites this as another reason for Richard'sdownfall, claiming that his overexposure to the public forced them to become, 'glutted, gorged,and f ...

(6 pages) 73 0 5.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Tragedy

. A tragic play is a play in which one or more characters is has a moral flaw that leads to his/her downfall. A comedic play has at least one humorous character, and a successful or happy ending. Comp ...

(4 pages) 92 1 4.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > A Midsummer Night's Dream

Romeo and Juliet as a Tragedy

. The hero opposes some conflicting force. The hero has a tragicflaw and this flaw will lead to his downfall and the downfall of others. Good is alwayswasted driving out evil. Indeed, Shakespeare's Ro ... tendency to be melancholy.This flaw of Romeo's, which is his utterly immense sadness, leads to his downfall andthe downfall of others. At the tomb, Montague states that lady Montague "is dead to-nigh ...

(3 pages) 60 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

Chaos and Macbeth. A Tale of Two Theories

e working against Macbeth, which therefore makes him responsible for his own actions and inevitable downfall. It must be remembered that Macbethis a literary work of art, and as a peice of art is open ...

(3 pages) 56 0 5.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

King Lear

does not only mean death or calamity, but in fact, it refers to a series of steps which leadsto the downfall of the tragic hero and eventually to his tragic death. Lear, the maincharacter in King Lear ... ives up his thrown, divides the kingdom and banishes hisloyalist servant and loveliest daughter.The downfall of Lear is not just the suffering of him alone but the suffering ofeveryone down the chain ...

(6 pages) 105 0 4.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

King Lear

s one can almost immediately see that Learbegins to make mistakes that will eventually result in hisdownfall. The very first words that he speaks in the play are :-'...Give me the map there. Know that ...

(3 pages) 65 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

The Downfall of Lady Macbeth

The Downfall of Lady Macbeth Macbeth is a play full of magic, mystery, and murder. The variety of ... r own opinions of first-degree murder, and finally watching her try to cope with obvious guilt. Her downfall is complete when she kills herself, appearing to be a case of severe mental anguish. Her tr ...

(2 pages) 49 0 2.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Characteristics and proof of Macbeth

tting murder, Macbeth chose the crown over is honor.Moreover, I believe that Macbeth caused his own downfall. There were peoplelike the witches and his wife who influenced him, but it was his choice t ...

(2 pages) 31 0 4.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Who is Most to Blame For Macbeth's Downfall?

Who Is Most To Blame For Macbeth's Downfall?I have chosen to write my essay about the cause of Macbeth's downfall.I believe Macbeth had ... ssion with the witches prophecies, soin turn, the witches could be partly responsible for Macbeth's downfall.Lady Macbeth can also be held accountable for Macbeth's decline ofsanity and power. Althoug ... th's turmoil, but it also lead herself to becomemad.The character most guilty of Macbeth's physical downfall would have tobe Macduff. He was the one that actually removed Macbeth's head from hisspine. ...

(2 pages) 70 2 4.2 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Lady Macbeths Suicide Note

hat pleased you too. But I'm afraid that my ambition to act on the witches prophecies was to be our downfall. The prospect of you being king was so great that I lost touch with reason. When the idea o ...

(2 pages) 34 0 4.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Ambition is the Root of All Evil

said that ambition is the key to success. In the case of Shakespeare's Macbeth, it is thekey to his downfall. He is presented with the ambition by the supernatural power of the witches.Lady Macbeth, h ... Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other -He knows this will be his downfall. His actions are only pursued by the persuasiveness of hiswife, Lady Macbeth, who is even m ...

(2 pages) 56 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Elements of a Shakespearian Tragedy

ro is of high social position. The tragic hero has a destructiveflaw which in turn brings about his downfall. There is much argument over who the tragic hero isin The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Some sc ... us Caesar had two tragic flaws. Caesar was said by Brutus to beambitious, which led directly to his downfall - " But as he was ambitious, I slew him." (Act 3.Scene 2. Line 28) Caesar was also arrogant ...

(2 pages) 51 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Macbeth

, possessed, put Macbeth's mind in another direction. This direction was the beginning of his moral downfall and the destruction of his destiny. The weird sisters warned Macbeth of this in the three a ... tches, and that his life was over.The weird sisters' evil forces and power affected Macbeth's moral downfall by giving him reason to kill, which eventually killed him. The sisters knew about the three ...

(3 pages) 42 0 4.1 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Macbeth

Uncontrolled ambition brings about the downfall of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.The play Macbeth can give many different views of itself. The o ... for Macbeth, he has to make sure that the throne stays in his family. This act is the start of his downfall. Killing Banquo gets to Macbeth because he starts to hallucinate, seeing Banquo's Ghost.Lad ... ecause how would he be killed from a man not born of a woman. This was the final stage of Macbeth's downfall.At the end of the play Macbeth came to his last battle with Macduff, who was not born of a ...

(3 pages) 47 0 4.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

The Downfall of Macbeth

The Downfall of MacbethMacbeth, written by William Shakespeare, is the tragic tale of Macbeth, a virtuou ... e working against Macbeth, which therefore makes him responsible for his own actions and inevitable downfall. Macbeth is indeed responsible for his own actions which are provoked by Lady Macbeth, the ...

(4 pages) 119 0 3.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth