Humanity today struggles with many situations and stumbling blocks. Similar to today, mankind in previous years has had hiccups. Humans for decades have seemed too stumbled on issues in responsibility, fate versus free will, peer pressure, stress, and ambition. Three main complications they have occurred for hundreds of years are responsibility, peer pressure, and ambition. Multiple characters in the books Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Frankenstein by Mary Shelly have multiple misfortunes with these traits that are shown in today’s society.
Everyone wants power in life, whether as a leader of being exceptionally great at a task. Ambition is pursuing something with everything one has, wanting to achieve something with great pride. Many …show more content…
Usually tragic flaws are the most devastating ones and show up most often. Since Macbeth’s tragic flaw is ambition, there are many quotes of him struggling with this issue. Macbeth thinks about the king, “My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man. That function is smother'd in surmise, and nothing is but what is not” (Shakespeare 1.3.52-55). Here in this quote, two ladies are speaking of the king, and they think someone else is going to reign soon. Macbeth’s first instinct without hesitating is to kill the king. He immediately jumps to conclusions without thinking through them first. Macbeth not only has ambition once in the story, but numerous times. When Macbeth is about to kill Duncan, he realizes there is no good reason to kill him but only because he wants the power to himself: “I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, And falls on the other” (1.7.25-28). After this quote, he still kills the king because he is full of ambition and lust. This proves even if one knows they have ambition, it will still overcome them. Ambition is a malicious trait that we cannot …show more content…
Responsibility may be watching a neighbor’s house while they are gone, chores, school work, or managing money and a job. Responsibility is our duty to fulfill whatever we need to do, no one can help you, and that is why it is a dangerous trait. Companies have proven, "Whilst profit may be the end goal for any business, responsible businesses have managed to attract more investors, reduced their risks and addressed stakeholder concerns" (Rob Fenn). In the real world, responsibility can greatly increase or decrease your profits, skill, or trust of others. Here, this business is responsible with all they do, and it is shown they have superior stats and investors. Responsibility hasn’t changed much from the day mankind was made. It may have changed context, but it has remained the same. Books from the past can show responsibility within characters so the reader can relate to
Everyone wants power in life, whether as a leader of being exceptionally great at a task. Ambition is pursuing something with everything one has, wanting to achieve something with great pride. Many …show more content…
Usually tragic flaws are the most devastating ones and show up most often. Since Macbeth’s tragic flaw is ambition, there are many quotes of him struggling with this issue. Macbeth thinks about the king, “My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man. That function is smother'd in surmise, and nothing is but what is not” (Shakespeare 1.3.52-55). Here in this quote, two ladies are speaking of the king, and they think someone else is going to reign soon. Macbeth’s first instinct without hesitating is to kill the king. He immediately jumps to conclusions without thinking through them first. Macbeth not only has ambition once in the story, but numerous times. When Macbeth is about to kill Duncan, he realizes there is no good reason to kill him but only because he wants the power to himself: “I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, And falls on the other” (1.7.25-28). After this quote, he still kills the king because he is full of ambition and lust. This proves even if one knows they have ambition, it will still overcome them. Ambition is a malicious trait that we cannot …show more content…
Responsibility may be watching a neighbor’s house while they are gone, chores, school work, or managing money and a job. Responsibility is our duty to fulfill whatever we need to do, no one can help you, and that is why it is a dangerous trait. Companies have proven, "Whilst profit may be the end goal for any business, responsible businesses have managed to attract more investors, reduced their risks and addressed stakeholder concerns" (Rob Fenn). In the real world, responsibility can greatly increase or decrease your profits, skill, or trust of others. Here, this business is responsible with all they do, and it is shown they have superior stats and investors. Responsibility hasn’t changed much from the day mankind was made. It may have changed context, but it has remained the same. Books from the past can show responsibility within characters so the reader can relate to