A tragic flaw is a weakness that makes a hero susceptible to mistake, which brings on the fate of personal tragedy. Brutus‘s tragic flaw is his honor, which interferes with most of his decisions and blinds him thought out the play. During his speech, Brutus explains that he killed Caesar for the good of the people, to show to the people that he had more honor to the people and not Caesar, by saying, “It’s not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.”(III, 2 20-1) Brutus believed that his honor to Rome meant more
The first example is that Oedipus’ anger helps show how ignorant Oedipus is and how he even makes false accusations towards others. Oedipus sent Creon to find the city’s seer, Tiresias, and Oedipus then asked Tiresias who killed the previous king. Tiresias would not give Oedipus a valid answer and Oedipus grew angry. “Indeed, since I am so angry, I’ll pass over none/ of what I understand. Know that I think/ you, too, had your hand in this deed and did it,/ even though you did not kill with your own hands./ But if you could see, I would think the deed yours alone” (l. 364-368).
In his own hands is the guilt of; the death of his wife, his children being cast from their home, and the eventual blinding of himself. It is ultimately Oedipus's hubris that is his fatal flaw. Despite overwhelming evidence, Oedipus decided to make decisions that any rational thinking person would not have. This raises the question; namely, did Oedipus really never consider the possibility that Lauis was his father and Jocasta his mother?The play relies on the Greeks' knowledge of the myth of Oedipus. This is true because otherwise Sophocles' use of dramatic irony would be fruitless.
Achilles achieved honor on the battlefield as depicted in The Iliad, which fueled his pride. “I tried to dissuade you, but you gave in to your pride and dishonored a great man whom the immortals esteem” (Homer 115). However, his pride was not the only thing the Achilles of The Iliad depicts; his quest for glory is also his motivation to fight. The last lines of Book XX describe Achilles desire for this glory, “But the son of Peleus pressed on to win him glory, flecking with gore his irresistible hands." In the movie Troy Achilles is first motivated by honor and pride, but then passion overtakes him when Agamemnon takes Briseis.
Firstly, Iago is devastated by the fact that Othello promotes a younger, less experienced man by the name of Cassio even though he believes he is the rightful man for the post, ‘I know my price, I am worth no worse a place’, and from this point on he is hell bent to make Othello pay for this decision. The second reason Iago gives directly to the audience is that there is a rumour that Othello slept with his wife, 'twixt my sheets he has done my office’, and even though this accusation is not a sound one, Iago tells the audience that he seek revenge nevertheless: ‘I know not if't be true; But I... will do as if for surety’. This, in my opinion, is to fuel his anger and drive him on to destroy Othello. Iago’s reaction to both of these is completely out of proportion which suggests that Iago is, in fact, truly evil. This statement is backed up by his blatant lack of care about the fates of the innocent people who get dragged into his revenge plot.
Pia Brinkschulte February 20, 2012 ELA 30S Mr. Grynol Othello In Shakespeare’s Othello, the main antagonists Iago, starts off from being simply jealous, to turning revengeful and obsessive, making perversive decisions for his need of power and control. Critic A.C. Bradley suggests that this longing to satisfy power is Iago’s main motivation and driving force for his acts and behaviour throughout the play. The chief reason for Iago’s vindictiveness is that Othello chose Cassio over Iago to make him his Lieutenant. Iago feels rejected and despised, he is very bitter towards Othello who downgraded his service and experience in favour of the arithmetic skills that Cassio has. Because Iago’s career path is blocked by a mere lack of paper qualification he first begins to start developing feelings of revenge on Cassio who stole his job.
This contributed to why he kills Desdemona. Othello is also the murderer of Cassio’s reputation. Due to Othello demoting him, his reputation was destroyed. Othello does not mean to do this as we can see when he says “Cassio, I love
The conflict between Iago and Othello acts as a catalyst for destruction and only exists because Iago has been scorned when he is passed over for a position in the military and Iago is a racist. As a general in the Venetian military, Othello has proven his worth as a successful leader both on and off the battle field. As a general, Othello has the ability to name his own commanding officers. His first choice for promotion is his good friend Michael Cassio. Othello promotes Cassio to the rank of lieutenant over Iago.
Hamlet assumes these actions from the actor because these are the actions that Hamlet would use to express his feelings. Hamlet then feels that he is not courageous enough to bravely kill Claudius and all he can do is mope. He puts himself at the peak of frustration since he has not accomplished anything yet and begins to doubt his ability to for revenge and calls himself a coward. He says he should have killed Claudius a long time ago. He then comes up with a plan to have the actors put on a play that is similar to the Murder of King Hamlet.
This is the one time before Ophelia’s death that Hamlet reveals his true feelings. This could be due to the fact that, once Ophelia received the letter, she gave it to her father. Hamlet did not trust Polonius, and from that moment on, Hamlet knew he had to hide his love for Ophelia and act mad to protect her. Throughout the play, Hamlet continuously ridicules Ophelia. However, his attitude towards her can be somewhat vindicated.