When Prophecy Fails

Roger’s unforgiving violence confirms when given freedom, people naturally react negatively. Macbeth’s immediate destruction that occurs proves how naturally people act evil when given too much power. Jack’s abandonment from his group and reliance on violence validates naturally, only evil will follow when jealous. Lastly, Macbeth’s impetuous decision to kill someone ratifies how distressing fear, only results in evil. When put in certain situations, it is likely evil will come to…

while forming the perfect plot against him. Clytemnestra shows an impact in the play when she kills her husband, the powerful king of Argos. The queen boasts that “my aim was so exact – I won’t deny it – that he could not outrun death, or fend it off” (93; sec. 1573-1574). Lastly, Cassandra exhibits her power when she is able to predict the death of Agamemnon. Unfortunately, no one can understand or believe her prophecies. Clearly, Aeschylus presented a lot of strong female roles in his play.…

revenge ultimately transforms Rome into a state teeming with political turmoil and excessive violence, causing his dismal prediction to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Antony’s intense desire for conflict causes Rome to fall into a state of havoc. During his…

breaking point and snapped, because she could no longer contain her guilt. Her hunger for power was her downfall. Lady Macbeth exhibited a truly evil and self-serving personality full of negative traits. The only time that she showed her human side was when she couldn’t bring herself to kill Duncan, because he resembled her father. Other than this one show of conscience, Lady Macbeth showed no sensitivity or sympathy until her guilt could…

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…

book is about tragedy and betrayal against your kingdom, friends, and family. Macbeth is a courageous and loyal Scottish noble who receives a prophecy from three witches that predict his future regarding his position in royalty. Throughout the story, he becomes consumed by ambition and overwhelming pressure by his wife, Lady Macbeth to act upon the prophecy. Various secondary characters have played a part in the story’s conflicts, such as Duncan and Lady Macbeth. Duncan is the King and ruler of…

Luther’s tone is consistent with his tirades against the Pope, or as Luther calls him, the Antichrist. Additionally, Luther wanted the Jews to convert to Christianity, so in the beginning, when he thought it possible for many Jews to convert, he spoke to them and about them in a very amiable and inclusive way. Luther’s writing to Charles V in a very similar tone to try to make Charles V join the Protestant side parallels Luther wanting the…

characters are entangled into sleep. The stories are about a king and a queen desperately in need of a child. After a long wait, a magical frog predicts the birth of a baby girl. After the fulfillment of the prophecy, the king and…

Repression is when a thought is removed from the conscious mind and put into the unconscious mind. The conscious mind is not capable of dealing with these thoughts as they are harmful to itself and to society; they are then placed into the unconscious. The process of repression is therefore largely beneficial as it takes away harmful material. Repression is a largely beneficial method for dealing with these desires. The problem with repression arises when the unconscious material still…

there to help you share their kindness. Is it important to stick with your beliefs even when the actions of others can be changed by what you believe in. In the Excerpt given Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow Talk about an…