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Examples Of Human Spirit In Macbeth

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In my essay, I will discuss carrying the spirit of our humanity, and how it relates to the book Macbeth by William Shakespeare and the speech Mandela gave called the fire of our human spirit. What does it mean to carry the flame or fire of our humanity, and how does this affect the world and relate to these topics? Despite the tyranny, oppression, and dread that the people in the various resources we have studied faced, the majority of them are able to leave behind in their works a significant legacy of love, hope, and optimism about the survival of the human spirit. the author's (Nelson Mandela) ultimate outlook for humanity, hopeful or pessimistic in each instance, and how do their outlooks differ and contrast with one another? Guilt is one …show more content…

Because of the number of people required to become king, he kills the king and those in line to become king, and in order to do this, Macbeth needed to know what was going on, so he became involved with these witches, but he finally realizes, after killing a family and losing his wife, that he has done something very bad and feels awful and doesn't know how to fix it. Macbeth no longer wanted to slaughter the Innocence; he had spilled too much blood. With everything that Macbeth has done to this kingdom and the people, he desired to die with honor, and the only way he could do so was to die with good morals, but Macbeth had already lost his good morals after killing Duncan the king and also Macbeth murders the servants, Banquo, and Macduff's entire family in cold blood. These actions are not from a good man. In the beginning, Macbeth was a fine man, but as the witches began to feed him prophecies and things he didn't know he wanted, it got to him and turned him into a treacherous, lying liar. I can apply this to the modern world because there are a lot of people who are similar to them—perhaps not to the same extent, but there are still things that people in this day and age have done that have had a negative impact on the earth. With the human spirit in Macbeth and how Macbeth relates to the world today are the nature of evil …show more content…

Martin Luther King Jr. is still educating us on critical life skills more than 50 plus years after his death. King spoke in favor of making constructive change in the world through peaceful means. Dr. King had the fundamental notion that all forms of violence, both internal and external, must be eradicated. Martin Luther King is all about love and hope and about survival of the human spirit. When MLK gave his speech There were so many components in it that were just so meaningful and powerful and one I really liked is “ we must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.” The reason I like this line is because it's Making a goal and he made a goal and it's the ultimate success of achieving that goal. Martin Luther King accomplished a lot and spoke to the world in a powerful way, changing it for the

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