In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth feels guilty after slaughtering King Duncan whereas Lady Macbeth is unfazed. To begin with, Macbeth feels that he is not honorable enough to have the title of Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth hears a voice cry “‘Glamis hath murder’d sleep’, and therefore Cawdor/Shall sleep no more” (2.2.46, 46). Here, Macbeth does not think that he deserves the title because he dishonoured the king who gave him the opportunity to succeed. It is quite ironic how the original Thane of Cawdor was a traitor and now Macbeth follows down the same path.
“There is no happiness where there is no wisdom” (Choragos, scene 4) This line, spoken by Choragus suggests at Creon’s experience up to the deaths of his wife, Haemon, and Antigone. Through unwise naive actions, Creon causes himself great sadness because the people who he felt the closest to died. The whole mess started when Creon made an ignorant law against burying Polyneices, Antigone's brother, because Polyneicesbetrayed the city. Creon wasn’t his using wisdom when he declares that Polyneices can’t have a proper burial; he acted against the gods and the other citizens of Thebes's beliefs. After Creon’s law came to pass, Antigone then went ahead and buried her brother, believing she should follow the gods laws instead of her own king’s.
His plan even comes to Clarence in a dream and he still cannot see that Richard is the one who is behind him being in prison and for his death that is coming very soon. He blames his self for the deaths of his father in law and brother and believes that the dream is the evidence of his sins. “Ah, keeper, keeper, I have done these things that now give evidence against my soul for Edward’s sake, and see how he requites me! O God! If my deep pray’rs cannot appease thee, but thou wilt be avenged on my misdeeds, yet execute thy wrath in me alone.
This is why he said: "And when he had lived long, and was borne to his grave...they carved no hopeful verse upon his tombstone, for his dying hour was gloom." In The Birthmark Hawthorne uses humans (specifically men) as transmitters of evil. In the story, Aylmer has his own flaws or imperfections which contribute to the flaws or imperfections of his wife Georgiana. Therefore it is not only the women that Hawthorne uses as a sign for evil. He possesses woman with flaws but as I just said, he also gives men the role of transmitters of evil.
and quit my sight...Which thou dost glare with!”, a quote that displays Macbeth running in an endless stream of self-doubt and conflict over the death of Banquo. Many believe this scene to be one that of the king’s last sense of morality, the feeling of pain and hallucination of fearing the loss of power that murdering a friend seems justifiable. The lack of honor Macbeth held for his subjects continued on, his interests never aligning with the responsibilities of the crown, but who to be rid of in order to maintain it. Not even in the last few moments of his life did Macbeth hold honor toward Scotland or the respect that is entailed by his majesty. “Then yield thee, coward,” Macduff began in the final fight scene.
Hurst uses foreshadowing in this story as well. “The doctor said that he mustn’t get too excited, too hot, too cold, or too tired and that he must always be treated gently. A long list of don’ts went with him, all of which I ignored once we got out of the house” (Hurst 345) Brother says himself that he ignores the information that Doodle is very fragile, and later Doodle dies because of his insolence and childish frustration. Another element
Again, Beatty tries to bring Montag down one last time, his dying words are quoted from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar: “There is no terror, Cassius, in your/ threats, for I am arm’d so strong in honesty that/ they pass me in an idle wind, which I respect not!” (Bradbury 119). Beatty mocks Montag as a “second-hand litterateur.” He underestimated Montag, and it cost him his life. That was what Beatty wanted though, to push Montag over the edge. He wanted to die because he was unhappy with his own life and saw he could not succeed in keeping Montag unhappy as
Creon's Pride In a play, a tragic character is someone who builds up misfortune due to destiny or to his/her own mistakes. In Sophocles' play Antigone, both Creon and Antigone are tragic characters. Creon is a tragic character because his stubborn pride leads to his demise. Creon's pride all begins when he makes his announcement to the people of Thebes. Creon states, “Polyneices, I say, is to have no burial: no man is to touch him or say the least prayer for him; he shall lie on the plain, unburied; and the birds and the scavenging dogs can do with him whatever they like”(I, l. 43-47).
Faulkner Paper Faulkner echoes a resounding sound of despair through his novel As I Lay Dying by providing fear-inspiring and depressing depictions of both human nature and life itself. Despite the mastery of his literary abilities, the events and aftermath of As I Lay Dying fail to provide the "Pillars to endure and prevail," which Faulkner himself claims to be essential for a true novel, and because of this failure William Faulkner is hypocritical in his Nobel Prize speech. To begin, Faulkner provides a disturbing depiction of human nature all throughout his novel, using each characters selfishness to iterate humanities separation from itself. To explain, in his speech Faulkner praises mankind for its capability of "compassion and
The outcome of the lives of Man is undecided by the end of the text. The author laments that all Earthly joy is fleeting – this coincides with the Pagan value of life – that pagan life is terrifying and violent, where successions of evil manifestations and supreme despair must reign. Within Beowulf, fate is a pagan concept of an unknown destiny coalesced with Heaney’s Christian conviction of eternal life after death. There is an extant battle between the concept of fate, abided by the fundamental composers of Beowulf and that of free will, a Christian credence which man can only determine through his actions. Fate is ongoing throughout Beowulf and injects itself into the main characters.