Three-tier education

It is revealed after the three witches predicted to Macbeth that the sons of Banquo would be kings.This frustrated Macbeth and in order to prevent from this happening he demanded murders to kill Banquo and his son Fleance. From killing Banquo, Macbeth's anxiety overcame him and…

fled the country because they feared Macbeth’s power. Like Lady Macbeth, Macbeth used his tongue to persuade others. He often used his words to convince his murders to kill others without saying that they received orders from him. For example, in act three, scene one, he convinces the murders to kill Banquo and Fleance by telling them that Banquo is the reason behind all their suffering. “...Know / that it was he, in the time past, which held you / So under fortune” (Shakespeare III, i, 79-81).…

characters are mad or confused for people that know him because he likes to lie a lot and doesn’t care who he hurts as long as he gets what he wants. The conclusion for the story is that the American dream was the ultimate downfall for Gatsby. The three reasons why was because: He was blinded by love or lust and he didn’t think about consequences and trouble he would get into. He thought because he was rich he was powerful and thought he could get away with anything or gets what he wants Gatsby…

In Shakespeare's Macbeth , in many quotes we can see that Macbeth wants to let us know that what it is being a man, as we se he killed the king duncan out of hunger for power and domination. Actually Macbeth was really want to be a man , in my opinion reason Macbeth killed the king to gain the power and showed us that he is a real man. But main reason is Macbeth and Lady Macbeth want to be king. As a matter of fact Scotland people think that Macbeth give them more than King Duncan…

Shakespeare wrote his tragedies with many characters that in modern day would be diagnosed with a mental illness. His tragedy Macbeth was written almost 350 years before the first mental illness was diagnosed. One of the most apparent mentally ill characters Shakespeare has written was Lady Macbeth. Any psychologist today, with the specific diagnostic criteria, would easily be able to diagnose Lady Macbeth with paranoid personality disorder. Paranoid personality disorder, or paranoia, is…

The Medieval Era was a time when a vast amount of questions outweighed accurate, rational answers. The advancement of knowledge was still a growing process, and the use of logic and reason was a foreign ideology to most people of the time. Instead of logic and reason, however, people of the Medieval Era looked towards the church for answers. With this system, anything unfamiliar or unorthodox was automatically determined to be evil or sinful. This toxic practice of presumption becomes a negative…

In dystopian worlds “The Lottery” and the “Tell-Tale Heart” the authors use their writing style to shock the reader. They use tricky tactics, rich writing style, and irony to keep the reader engrossed to the story. Both authors differ in their approaches to writing style, while using the similar techniques. In both stories the authors starts with an ironic title as “Tell-Tale-Heart” either “The Lottery” which tricks the reader to expect something different. In “The Tell-Tale Heart” the…

Whereas Macbeth believes that manhood derives from virtuous loyalty to one’s peers and leaders, Lady Macbeth argues that manhood requires bravado and fearlessness to attain fruition. For instance, throughout Act I, Macbeth vacillates in his willingness to kill Duncan because he questions whether or not the moral consequences of killing an honorable leader just to succeed as king outweigh all justification to do so in the first place. Moreover, his idea of manhood stems from honoring the…

Power can be defined as the ability to influence others (Power, n.d). Obtaining power is something sought out by many, however only few can succeed without becoming mad. The temptation of power is what causes two of the main characters, Macbeth and Claudius, to act in ways by which would violate their normal moral values. The ideology of obtaining power in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Hamlet influences both Macbeth and Claudius’ perceptions. In Macbeth, Macbeth himself can be seen as a prime…

The Hidden Meaning Behind Random Acts of Violence Shakespeare's Macbeth and Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner both contain scenes that are considered controversial, or "edgy". However, neither Shakespeare nor Hosseini intended for these scenes to be interpreted as pointless, random acts of violence. Both controversial scenes are thoughtfully developed and are vital to the theme and tone of their respective works. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Macbeth attempts to consolidate his power by…