... education and thriving business means when he meets with Hobson in Act 4 their roles will be reversed. In Act 4 Will is now confident and prosperous. Maggie takes great pride in him, "You"re the man I've made you and I"m proud." When she talks to her father, sisters or Doctor McFarland she refers to Will as, ... play and there is no longer any difference between him and the others. Now he is the one with the power to make decisions and he will not be told what to do. He is so confident when he looks around Hobson's shop he is almost arrogant. When examining the stock he says's things lik...

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... course of the play. Sophocles sets up Oedipus' tragic flaw as pride. The prologue that the audience already knows sets up a reason for Oedipus to be proud- he has solves the riddle of the Sphinx. This great feat has landed him the job of king of the city of Thebes, where he married ... kills his wife for infidelity. This tragic flaw of jealousy created Othello's downfall, similar to how pride was the tragic flaw that brought down Oedipus. Not only did each main character have their tragic flaw, but both acted irrationally and violent when they got upset. Oedipus showed several times th...

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