Tragic Flaw Essay

King Lear is a story of the consequences caused by the foolish decisions of the main character. His other flaw, arrogance, contributes to his ignorance. He is carelessness in making decisions causes him to make ignorant choices. The king believes only what appeals to him and nothing less. When his daughter tells him how she feels, he quickly begins to make choices that are full of mistakes. Kent states, Reserve thy state,/And in thy best consideration check/This hideous rashness. Answer my…

Manipulation, tragic flaws, two things that go hand in hand with each other. If you find your enemy’s weakness, use it to your advantage to bring them down. In the play Othello by William Shakespeare, the main character Iago, did just that. However, he took it to new extremes. When he wanted to exploit someone he used the same tactic each time. He went after their weakness or tragic flaw. By manipulating each character and their flaws Iago systematically got each character, Othello, Roderigo,…

Jamel Torrence Faustus fails to understand that human knowledge is flawed and this lack of understanding fuels his desire for omniscience. Faustus abandons the academic disciplines of logic, medicine, law, and divinity. Not only does he lose faith in academic discipline sequentially he studies magic, then sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for knowledge and power. Faustus’ pride becomes an obstacle that blinds him from his mistakes while trying to obtain unlimited knowledge. Faustus…

In the play “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller the protagonist Willy Loman has a tragic flaw that leads to his demise. Willy’s obsession with material wealth and popularity prevent him from achieving happiness in his life. This obsession prevents him from successfully having a career and being able to retire at an old age. Throughout the play Willy makes many mistakes with raising his sons Biff and Happy and mistakes at his work. These mistakes come directly from his philosophy on life.…

Sometimes in the United States legal system there are flaws that are glossed over in favor of convenience. This system has been supported by the fact that the legal system is recognized for quantity of cases that it solves rather than the quality of the cases. The average American citizen is actually the main cause for these flaws due to their lack of understanding of the legal system as a whole. Unless a case is particularly devastating the average citizen won’t even hear about it, but will…

“Democracy” by Langston Hughes, and “Telling Americans to Vote or Else” by William Gatson, each author conveys their perspective throughout their writing. Throughout the three texts, each author explains a flaw in democracy, Although they are similar, each author feels there is a different flaw in democracy. Even though there are differences between the authors, there are some similarities that the authors share in their perspectives about democracy. For example, all three of the authors feel…

Shakespeare’s 17th century tragedy ‘Othello’ explores universally recognized themes dealing with the self and a social environment such as jealousy, manipulation and how they can accentuate human flaws. These issues are encountered by Iago in his soliloquy and great insight is given through many techniques and developed characteristics; giving insight on Shakespeare’s overall intentions. This soliloquy enhances and shapes the audiences understanding of the play through language techniques,…

words heard when handling Chromebooks. Schools should not have Chromebooks for numerous reasons. Chromebooks have many physical flaws, help get children in trouble, cost an abundance of money, and are less organized than paper pencil work and books or textbooks. Many of the students at my school have problems with the physical flaws of their Chromebooks. The first flaw of the Chromebook is the screen. The screen cracks very easily and one of the numerous ways that this can occur is by…

phoniness as the flaws in the world shown by the usage of phony by Holden to express his criticism of his surroundings. In the Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield uses the word phony multiple times to express his criticism of his surroundings. The first mention of phony in the book is the moment Holden conveys…

In Act 2 Scene 3 of William Shakespeare’s play Othello, we hear a soliloquy of Iago. Soliloquies are essential in a play as it is the only time the actor is able to explain their thought process to the audience. In typical soliloquies, the character is not acting for someone else. The character, in essence, is able to portray his/her true self. Through Iago’s soliloquy, the audience is able to hear his malicious intentions. The audience is introduced to his evil mind though his appalling tone,…