Ignorance And Arrogance In Antigone

But he has no choice but to let Justine take the fall for the death of his brother because he fears being seen as a madman. Later when Victor is told by his monster that he would leave to South America if Victor makes a second creation, he agrees until he selfishly destroys the second creation. “You have destroyed the work which you began...Do you dare to break your promise?” (181). Victor knew the consequences. He failed his parental duty to take care of his child and his needs and as a result he got Elizabeth killed.

This lack of remorse is his shrill that pushes him to continue with his evil conspiracies. This conveys Macbeth’s character at the beginning to be a misrepresentation because for him to have killed Duncan who was his king and cousin as well as Banquo a friend and man who he fought alongside in the war is not the actions of a noble man. However, he first acts on his ambition in (2.1) when Macbeth makes his “is this dagger before me” speech; he acknowledges that what he sees is not real, but through this vaulting ambition he visualizes the dagger as sign that he should kill Duncan. After he kills Duncan it is apparent that his

Titus, in this scene, has started to lose his civility when he stabbed his own flesh and blood. Titus’ civility is diminishing because he showed no reason or thought into his careless action of killing his son, it was a senseless act. This act of murder was not civil because he murdered his own kin which is also seen as a barbaric act because barbarism is killing with no reasoning. Titus explicitly defines barbarism by not assessing the matter before stabbing his son for no other reason than for being in his way. Titus’ slow crawl into the realm of barbarism is shown in this scene as he is showing no logic in his actions and no forgiveness to his sons for betraying Rome.

When the Choragos tried to tell Creon that he made a mistake by telling that nobody can bury the body of Polyneices. Creon did not want to listen to the people of Thebes who tried to tell him that Antigone did the right thing, but of fear to Creon the could not really say anything. At the end of the play, Creon comes to realize his tragic flaw after he ultimately caused all of his family and Antigone deaths. Creon lost his will to live after this point, unwilling to forgive himself for the attroisty he caused. The same can be said for Antigone.

Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? I know not…” (Shelley, 16.1). His reasons were selfish, to defy nature, and in fear of his own work he left it to suffer, without guidance into a world that was so foreign to him. Then when given a chance to bring the monster what he believes his only chance of happiness, he destroys it. “‘Shall each man,’ cried he, ‘find a wife for his bosom, and each beast have his mate, and I be alone?

Regardless of the lack of trust from Othello, Desdemona did deceive her father prior to the situation. She went against her father’s will and chose to marry the Moor, Othello. The trust bond shared between Othello and Desdemona had been broken due to the lies that were being fed to him which ultimately led to the death of both their lives. In Shakespeare’s Othello, a wedding based on a lie,

He does indicate that his stand is of the traditionalist, but he is not forcing his choice over anyone. It is just a small hint, a slight nudge towards the direction he would want the Athenians to follow, but the ultimate decision is theirs and theirs only. The ultimate deception occurs in the character of Dionysus- his development from the timorous, almost despicable figure at the beginning of the play to serve as arbiter in a contest of the gravest consequences at its end. The journey that he makes into Hades to bring back Euripides is merely superficial, it is also his journey from illusions and self-deception to realisation and self-knowledge. From the start, one sees Dionysus, as anyone but Dionysus- he is the “son of Winejar”, disguised as Heracles, changing places with his servant Xanthias, but by the end of the play, he has not only regained his identity but also celebrated for the God that he is.

This not only demonstrates the overconfidence Macbeth shows by telling the thanes he doesn’t want or need them anyways, but also shows the complete change in character from Macbeth from the beginning to the end of the play. He now feels almost entitled to his throne, due to the prophecies, and therefore believes he can berate what used to be him. A second way he does this is the repetition of I. He says “The mind I sway and the heart I bear” (V, 3, 9). Macbeth repeats I in order to place greater emphasis on himself, underlying his belief that others don’t matter, as long as he is there with his prophecies.

Macbeth is an evil and selfish person. Macbeth’s wife pressures him into killing Duncan because he looked too much like her father for her to do it herself. Lady Macbeth mocks Macbeth’s manliness when he says to her that he does not want to kill Duncan. When he does, he hears the chamberlains awake and say their prayers before going back to sleep. “One cried God bless us!

Spring94, Vol. 52 Issue 3, p135. 3p.realize that. Brutus was so scared that he killed himself he would have never been in the situation that her was in if Cassius would have never put him up to the idea of killing and stabbing Julius Caesar. Mark Antony made Brutus and the others sound like they are horrible men but Brutus would not have any part of it if Cassius didn’t put him up to it and brainwash him that it was

Opposites Attract! 1. Page 241. “Self-ignorance is one of the principle enemies of autonomy, and self-knowledge requires being honest with oneself about who one is-owning up to and owing one’s identity”. My Thoughts: I found this quote to be extremely important and felt it connected back to Anaïs Nin’s section.

Still determined by what he feels he needs, he adheres to Willy 's witless dreams to the bitter end. Happy needs to discover better methods for managing circumstances other than lying his way through it. Happy’s own particular satisfaction precedes everybody else 's. He should concentrate on his beliefs, not steadily attempt to

Creon becomes arrogant to admit his own mistake to keep his reputation as a wise prince. However, Machiavelli suggest that “when Prince and Minister are upon this footing they can mutually trust one another; but when the contrary is the case, it will always fare ill with one or other of them” (Machiavelli 63). Due to his hypocrisy and stubbornness, the brave soldiers of the country of Thebes are afraid him to report to him, and his wise subjects refuse to advise him. Creon’s inflexible mind and behavior provoke a clash between him and his subjects which would ultimately lead to his