Antigone’s pride came from her respect for her family and honoring the gods and their divine law, while Creon’s pride was an arrogant trait. Tiresias, the blind prophet claims Creon will lose his family for the crimes of leaving Polyneices unburied. Creon later realizes his mistaken pride. For example, “Fate has brought all of my pride to a thought of dust (Creon, Exodus).” This quote reveals that Tiresias’ prophecy or fate had portrayed Creon’s downfall, yet still filled with pride, refused to admit to his wrong doing. After Creon’s family’s deaths, Creon’s pride crumbles as he realizes he was wrong in his actions.
Brutus declares that he never upset Caesar, and he cried for Caesar, was happy for his greatness, and that he honored him, but he had to kill him because of his ambition. He says that the reason for killing Caesar was his love for the people and of Rome. He justifies his actions by saying that he didn’t love Caesar, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more." For anyone that was insulted by his speech he wondered if, as Romans who love their freedom, they could be offended or reject
However, the truth of the matter is that Macbeth is solely responsible for his own demise. There is a fine line between ambition and greed; a line that Macbeth overstepped tremendously. After being prophesied by the three witches that he is to become the Thane of Cawdor and king, Macbeth, almost instantaneously, considered the possibility of killing King Duncan. Of course, like any human being, Macbeth weighed up the odds and realized he was in a good position already; after leading an army to victory, he was well respected by those around him. In addition to weighing up the odds, he also understands that it was not necessary for him to tamper with what is already destined to become his fate.
The audience is initially memorized by the Brutus they love, and are grateful for the ‘honorable acts’ he committed. This element of coercion helps him achieve his intentions of blindsiding the people to all aspects of the truth. But no worries, Brutus’ kind friend Antony will be sure uncover all and nothing but the truth for the commoners to second guesses Brutus’ words. 2nd Textual Quotation: “If, then, that friend demands to know why I rose up against Caesar, this is my answer: it’s not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?...Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman?
Macbeth compared to Porphyria's Lover Macbeth’s obsession is his thirst for power; you could say that Porphyria’s lover’s obsession is his desire to preserve the perfect moment in their relationship. The human flaw of lack of remorse is experienced by the speaker in ‘Porphyria’s Lover’. Shortly after his brutal murder, he says; ‘And strangled her. No pain felt she; I am quite sure she felt no pain.’ The repetition of the words ‘no pain’ show lack of remorse as despite committing this horrific crime, he shows no emotions and, typical of a 19th century man, shows the eponymous character thinks he is in control of the women and knows what she is feeling. The shocking offence of murder is juxtaposed with these words (‘no pain felt she’), which demonstrates this man’s madness due to the drastic contrast, showing his mind is all over the place.
Set, your brother, is an evil man, who hates you and will do you harm (Osiris and Isis, 205)”. This proves that Isis knows Set is an evil man and she convinces Osiris not to go but he did not listen. Secondly, in the myth it states “Osiris, having no guile or bitterness in his own heart, believed others to be as himself, and with the words of confidence and cheer he tried to cast out the fear that troubled his wife; then, putting on his most splendid robes, he went in all trust and friendship to his brother’s banquet (Osiris and Isis, 205)”. This proves that even after Isis warns him about how Set will do him harm, he still goes. He fails to see the real truth about him.
One thing that Antony said sarcastically that got the crow angry was “Let me not stir you up to sudden munity. They that have done this deed are honorable.” (3.2.200-202). What Antony was really trying to was, I want you plebeians to go avenge Caesar death because I cannot do this on my own. After Antony speech all the plebeians were fired up and helped to start a war. Antony persuasion was the most effective because all of the men sided with Antony until the end of the
And all these events lead to his death. He demonstrates the quality of honor many times The main reason that Marcus Brutus deserves the title of tragic hero is his noble personality. First of all, throughout the play, he never deceives anyone. Although he did murder Julius Caesar, it was for the good of Rome, not to deceive Caesar. Everything that he did was for the benefit of someone else.
He then starts to develop the more logical arguments for not murdering Duncan. He is aware of the responsibilities he has both as a kinsman and as a host. He should be taking care of his King as Duncan is the father of his country and protecting him from whichever the threat, not causing it. Furthermore, Macbeth is deeply troubled as the man he is to kill, is in fact a great and very beloved King which has never abused his faculties. Consequently, nobody will forget what has happened with Duncan, and public opinion along with what people might think will always disturb him.
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).