His sense of over-entitlement led him to be easily manipulated into killing his good friend and leader King Duncan. Duddy likely inherited his love of wealth from members of his family. He even shows movies he dislikes as a result of his desire for money, seen in the quote "Duddy didn't say a word all through the screening but afterwards he was sick to his stomach." (159) While his father does not place a large importance on wealth, his extremely wealthy uncle proves to have a lasting effect on his development as Duddy is instilled with a desire for wealth. Likewise, Macbeth is easily tempted into killing and manipulating many simply due to the desire for power and social praise.
Lantin are oblivious to their actions , “ The Rocking Horse Winner” Hester was unaware of Paul gambling. Paul's gambling addiction was triggered by a will to satisfy his mother who reminds him that she is living an unlucky life because they have no money, believing he has luck he thinks he can satisfy his mother while at the same time stop the voices in his house “ I started it for mother. She said she had no luck, because father is unlucky, so I thought if I was lucky, I might stop whispering” ( Lawrence, 83). Paul embraces his luck by betting on horses at the derby and wins big money on his bets and only bets if he is sure about the winning horse “ we're all right when we're sure” ( Lawrence,82). While M. Lantins wife's has a different type of addiction an addiction that seems very strange to M.Lantin, her addiction to imitation jewelery.
His sense of pride prevented him from admitting to the adultery. Thus, the town did not understand Abigail’s motivation as did Proctor. He could have also prevented his demise if he had chosen to sign the paper. However, he feels that his name is “not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang” and chooses death over humility. This play exhibits tragedy because, though Proctor had many opportunities to change his fate, he chooses his demise because his tragic flaw prohibits him from doing otherwise.
History 113 December 2, 2014 “The Killer Angles” Essay After reading the novel The Killer Angles, by Michael Shaara, I discovered that this book had something different then all other history book I’ve read. It had the ability to draw me in, every page found a way to keep me hooked. This novel brought to life the great battle of Gettysburg in such detail and gave a real sense of what took place in those few days. Many times people take our country’s history for granted, however, the truth is that this battle and war were part of many that shaped the nation into what it is today which is something that should never be forgotten. Without all of the dedicated soldiers willing to give up their lives,
Jolt Essay ‘If you leave him there you’re a killer too’. Marko Turner faces a tough decision in the novel ‘Jolt’ by Bernard Beckett. It is an important decision and is helpful in the novel because it reveals themes and messages. It is also relevant to me as a reader. As the plot develops we see events that lead up to this final decision when the main protagonist, Marko, decides to save ‘the doctor’ from death.
Why do we have to pay for other peoples mistakes? In the book “Flight” by Sherman Alexie Zits deals with many disappointments in life. One of his biggest disappointments is not having a father or someone that loves him like he wants to be love, “My father was a drunk, too more in love with beer and vodka than with my mother and me. He vanished like a cruel magician about two minutes after I was born” (Alexie4). This most of been hard for him to know that his dad didn’t care for him and that he only cared about his beer and vodka.
However he starts to have doubts about Jordan when he finds out that she had cheated at a golf tournament. Nick later becomes disgusted with Jordan and their relationship end after he finds out that she was dating another man. Nick now sees Jordan as being spoiled, dishonest, careless and wanting to win everything at the expense of honesty, and trust. Thus, love is once again seen as an unobtainable fantasy After reading the novel it is fair to say that relationships within The Great Gatsby seem to revolve around and are motivated by money, rather than true love, thus relationships are evidently to fail, making love an unobtainable fantasy. Tom Buchanan’s relationship with his secret lover, Myrtle is about sex, while Tom gives Myrtle the money which her own husband cannot provide.
Since Jerry had no idea what he was doing as a criminal mastermind, he couldn’t successfully put across some guidelines for the two hit men. His greed also just wanted it done for himself, while he just basically sits back and lets it happen. This mistake is what leads to the three innocent lives being lost in the car, and later Jerry’s wife ends up being killed after not cooperating properly with one of the hit men. All Jerry wanted was the easy way out of his financial slump, but he ended up getting himself into much more than he asked
Gatby's pitfall was considering that if he became a wealthy man, Daisey would really like him. Daisey did not ever really really like him because no issue how much prosperity he had, he was from a different public category. Tom disliked Gatsby both for adoring his spouse and for trying to be his public equivalent. He was able to get his vengeance on Gatsby by effective the infuriated Wilson that Gatsby had intentionally murdered Myrtle. In the end, it was Gatsby's failing to identify his position in their community that led to his
Andrew Bittmann English 102-b05 Weathers Unmainly Grief Claudius could hardly be considered to be a model of upright behavior, given that he seduces Gertrude while the grief over her husband’s death is still fresh. While he is obviously advancing his own motives, his speech to Hamlet about “Unmanly Grief” is oddly compelling. Claudius takes the view that all men die, all men lose their fathers. They enter a period of appropriate grief and then move on. Because hamlet is not conforming to this norm, Claudius suggests that Hamlet’s grief is not only unhealthy, but unmanly.