“Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more,” was Brutus’ reasoning behind why he felt killing Caesar was the right thing to do. Brutus being the tragic hero, he had brought suffering and death to the leader of Rome, thinking that it would make everything better for the county and the people. He later realizes that this was not the best choice he could have made, which results in it being the major cause of his downfall. Another flaw Brutus
There is no god to welcome one into a celestial paradise, no devil to torment one in a fiery underworld. There is no negative interpretation of the cliché expression, “Live life to the fullest.” Harris expresses what seems to be an ignorance of the true mindset of Christians. In addition, the tone of this excerpt from Letter to a Christian Nation implies atheists’ superiority over “stupid” Christians, but is it even possible for one ideology to have preeminence over others? Proof. A lack of such is the ambition in religious disputes.
He would do anything to keep his name. However, at the end, he finally realized his happiness was less important than the truth. He realizes that he had made a mistake cheating on his wife. Proctor tries to act like a good man, but “he is not as good as Rebecca, his waivers before commuting himself to a course of action” (Hill, Phillip). Pride is powerful.
Even though the fictional judicial system of France and current readers view Meursault as completely absurd, Camus illustrates the innocence in Meursault’s existentialist lifestyle and, because of this, its meaning as well. Society considers Meursault emotionless and therefore immoral. People even despise Meursault because of his disability to manifest his feelings. Steven Poser analyzes Meursault’s psyche in his article “The Unconscious Motivation to Become a Murderer in Camus’ The Stranger:” “Meursault does not lie-- he simply does not feel. For that reason he disturbs people, enrages them, makes them question his humanity.
Everything that he did was for the benefit of someone else. Even though he killed Antony's best friend, Antony still recognized Brutus as "the noblest Roman of them all. "(5.5.68-70) He does this in Act 5, Scene 5, after Brutus' death because of Brutus, the only conspirator that actually killed Caesar because "not that I lov'd Caesar less but that I lov'd Rome more. (3.2.22) He cared more about others than he did himself. For instance, in the process of killing Caesar, he could have easily backed out because he knew he might have been punished, but he knew in the long run, that it would help the plebeians most.
Famous American Trials 1) Salem Witchcraft Trials a) Defendants: Betty Paris, Ann Putnam, Mercy Lewis, Mary Walcott, and many other citizens b) Charges: Supernatural activity in the Salem, Mass. Area. c) Results: “From June through September of 1692, nineteen men and women, all having been convicted of witchcraft, were carted to Gallows Hill, a barren slope near Salem Village, for hanging. Another man of over eighty years was pressed to death under heavy stones for refusing to submit to a trial on witchcraft Charges. Hundreds of others faced accusations of witchcraft.
Arrogance in pride has the potential to ruin a man’s integrity, destroy his life, and even drive a settlement to insanity. Salem experiences all of the previous and more because of the arrogance of those involved in the Salem Witch Trials. Nathan Hale is one of the few men involved in the trials who had potential to prevent its tragedies from ever occurring. When Reverend Hale was summoned to Salem, he was quick to let his “extensive” dealing with witchcraft be known. Though he is more a man of God than Parris, he is not without his faults, and his faults will prove fatal.
Historically witchcraft has been thought of as violent horrible things. They tortured and killed many innocent people, although the exact opposite is what happened at the Salem Witchcraft Trials. Nineteen women and five men were hung on Salem’s gallows hill. They were all accused witches, who were all also innocent. How did the witch-hunt in 1692 begin, and why there?
However, the factors that show that Brutus is a good man is his noble personality, ability to trust others blindly, and his caring nature toward others. The main reason that Brutus deserves the title of a tragic hero is because of his noble personality. Throughout the play Brutus never deceives anyone. Even though he killed Julius Caesar, for what he believed was for the good of Rome, not to betray Caesar. After Caesars death Brutus expresses himself in his speech “as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my country to need my death.”(III, ii, 43-46).
The Devil’s in the Details Cellissa Hernandez Portfolio Assignment 2.2: Read Transcripts and Newspaper Article 17751276 Rumor Has It…. In the city of Salem, many have been found guilty of witch craft. They have not all admitted to it but are known to be witches. The accused have been hanged, there is one man who refused to speak and was therefore pressed to death. There is no tan accurate count of how many have been killed but it has been said that at least thirteen witches have been executed.