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There are several potential incidents that could be identified as Macbeth’s tragic flaw. Such incidents include his belief in the Weird Sisters’ prophecy, his slaughter of Duncan and his misled judgement to listen to Lady Macbeth. However, I think Macbeth’s tragic flaw is not his simply being persuaded by Lady Macbeth to kill Duncan, but rather, his frail masculinity. While the prophecy had been the initial source igniting Macbeth’s ambition, the idea of becoming king through immoral means was…

Diane Ackerman, a writer intoxicated with the senses, writes about the sensory experience of smell in the first chapter of A Natural History of the Senses. She engages the reader with an aromatic story consisting of the evolution, cultural obsession, and science of the “mute sense”, smell. From early on Ackerman asserts that smell is the most direct of all of our senses. To help support her point, she describes the mechanics on smell. She informs the readers about receptor cells containing…

the case of The Bee Movie. Along with this, in Hop when EB has his realization of helping Fred, he asks David Hasselhoff for advice, at the end of which Hasselhoff says, “Go to him,” which is a line said in the climax of many romance movies. This spurs EB on to save Fred, and after the final conflict says he wants to share being Easter Bunny with him. In this scene, EB’s father stands between the two soon-to-be Easter bunnies, both of them touching the egg as he says the words “By the power…

the Houston Rockets due to the lack of help on the team. He was playing aside of Yao Ming who could not stay out of injury problems. So that forced Tracy to play harder. December 9, 2004 the Rockets were on their way to a loss versus the San Antonio Spurs. Tracy McGrady had the best comeback ever in history. He scored 13 points in only 33 seconds. Two years later Tracy McGrady had a huge drop in points because of injuries. He went from having 1700 points one year to have 500 points the next…

College is a colossal step towards an individual’s career. It develops a person intellectually and builds character. (Source F) It’s a pending topic discussed between graduates and high school graduates: the reoccurring nuisance of money. Not everyone can afford the astronomical price of college, but rest assured that college is worth every penny. Universities mold students to become successful in their field and earn more than others without degrees. The outstanding benefits of college are the…

- In 11th and 12th century squire were servants of lower social class but in the later years sons of noble families would become squires. -Boys of noble birth would were eligible to become a knight -If their parents want them to become a knight they would be sent to a nobleman’s household to be a page. -Here they learn how to behave and learn how to ride a horse -When they turn 14 they become an apprentice to a knight who they serve as a squire. -Here they are taught how to handle weapons and…

Religious themes in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Gods’ existence is highly debated and somewhat questionable, but seems to be a main theme in Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre is a realistic fiction for young adults set in the early 1800’s told by Jane herself in an autobiographical style. Throughout the story, Jane tries to find the right balance between the obligation to her religious duties and her quest for true love. Many religious symbols are present throughout the book including many different…

an animal that only has the purposes of eating and sleeping. He began to feel worthless in life if he couldn’t ever get himself to avenge the death of his father. Hamlet, in exasperation at himself says, “How all occasions do inform against me and spur my dull revenge. What is a man if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more” (203). He goes on…

The earth’s continents, mountains, valleys, and islands have been mapped out in great detail for years. The golden age of global exploration is over and has been for quite some time. In some people’s eyes this may equate to exploration being over, a dead art form so to speak. While the entirety of earth’s surface has been explored, to the extent of our current abilities at least, there are still vast areas that we know little about. Exploration of outer space has been a much more recent…

indicates that a OH stretch is present in the pure product. This means that the product is not completely, and the peak was from methanol, which was the solvent used to purify the crude product. The product was left to dry in an oven for several minutes to spur dehydration. Another IR spectrum was taken for the dried pure product (Figure 3). In this spectrum, there were no desired peaks, which indicates that the product is pure. The alcohol peak was gone and therefore, there was no methanol in…