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In the play Macbeth, William Shakespeare uses the Aristotelian definition of a tragic hero as a guideline for the characters and their tragedies. Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero is someone of nobility who has a tragic, fatal flaw. He believed that there are three characteristics of a tragic hero: Hamartia, hubris, and peripeteia. Hamartia is a tragic flaw that causes the downfall of a hero; hubris is excessive pride and disrespect for the natural order of things; peripeteia is the…

 William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is best known for his tragedies. 1601-1608 is the third period that belong to Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies and somber or bitter comedies. This is the peak period characterized by the highest development of his thought and expression. He is more concerned with the darker side of the human experience and its destructive passions. This period produces many great tragedies like Hamlet, Othello, All’s well that Ends well, and the most famous is Macbeth.…

Seamus Heaney’s translation of Beowulf opens with a passage that invites the readers into a world of the Danes, and explains the importance of Shield Sheafson, who was an exceptional king. Shield Sheafson founded the royal line of the Danes after being abandoned by his parents at a young age, but was able to rise to power and become a well-known ruler. The loss of Shield was mourned by everyone, but soon his son was born and became king. The opening passage of the text helps the speaker…

On the 29th of August 1903 William Duguid was born in Glasgow that is in Scotland. When he was 25 on October 1927 he traveled on a boat and ended up in Wellington that is in New Zealand. In Levin he fell in love with Francis and they got married. When he came to NZ he became a linesman and when he got depressed and then he became a cow milker for his neighbors. He died in October 1967. This report is going to tell you the push and pull factors of William Duguid leaving Scotland and coming to New…

According to Norse Mythology, Heimdall was the watchman of the gods. Also known as the shining god, or the white skinned of all gods. Heimdall lived at the entry of Asgard, where he protected the “Rainbow Bridge. It is also known as “Bifrost”. In his hand, he is carrying a device that looks like ringing horn. That “Ringing Horn” is actually called a “Gjallahorn” The gjallahorn was used to to inform his people, that the giants are near Asgard and they are in danger. The family starts with…

The Norse Greenland civilization began in 986 C.E. and lasted until the early 1500s. It was founded by Erik the Red, who first explored it in 982 C.E. after getting kicked out of Norway and Iceland for manslaughter. He was the person that led to first settlers of Greenland there, where they established three settlements; the largest being the eastern settlement, the second greatest was the western settlement, and the smallest was the middle settlement. The eastern settlement was by far the…

the history of Legos! Have you ever wondered where legos came from or, how they got like they are today? also another few good questions is what does the word lego mean or, where did that word come from or what is the lego history.When asking questions about legos, it is important to answer these questions and to discuss about their history and design. The history of legos In the 1930s a man by the name of Ole Kirk Christiansen began making wooden toys. These toys would later become…

As seen in Modern-day Vikings: A Practical Guide to Interacting with the Swedes, Modern Sweden keeps its Viking heritage alive by maintaining the same sense of solidarity within their community that the Vikings created. This started when the Swedes revolted against their Danish king, Christian II. After the king’s brutal rebuttal to the beginning of an uprising resulted in over eighty opposing noblemen murdered at a feast known as the “Stockholm Bloodbath,” the people of Sweden agreed to join…

"Life is full of tough choices innit." This statement made by Ursula, the sea witch in Disney's Little Mermaid, sums up the plot in both the original book by Hans Christian Andersen and Disney's animated version. Both revolve around the choices of a young girl seeking love. The stories are similar, but have striking differences. Desire, cost and sacrifice are at the heart of both accounts of a young mermaid becoming a woman, but while one story shows growth and responsibility, the other…

“The Little Mermaid” was originally a fairy tale written in 1837 by Hans Christian Andersen that portrayed a young mermaid that faces the tribulations that comes with growing up and showcased her struggle to obtain what she wants most in life. Since then, Andersen’s story has inspired several movie adaptations, once of which being “The Little Mermaid” produced by Disney in 1989. In both the movie and book, similar archetypes between characters can be examined, however the mermaid’s ultimate fate…