Culminating Essay Prompt

"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain," -- The Dark Knight (2008). 

First Draft: Not only in superhero movies do we see, all too often, someone driven into the ground by his/her own self. But what causes a positive personality trait to become a tragic flaw? Often this occurs because of selfish desires. In a well-written essay, either confirm, deny, or qualify this statement using your own experiences and the list of resources listed below.

Second Draft:
Not only in superhero movies do we see, all too often, someone driven into the ground by his/her own self. But what causes a positive personality trait to become a tragic flaw? And who decides whether the trait is positive or negative? This shift often occurs within a person when selfish desires overcome other motivations. In a well-written essay, confirm this statement using your own experiences and the list of resources listed below.

Third Draft:
Not only in superhero movies do we see, all too often, someone driven into the ground by his/her own self. But what causes a positive personality trait to become a tragic flaw? This shift often occurs within a person when selfish desires overcome other motivations. In a well-written essay, confirm this statement using your own experiences and the list of resources listed below.

Novels:
King Lear by Shakespeare
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Oedipus Rex by Sophecles
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Movies/TV Shows:
How I Met Your Mother
The Dark Knight
Frozen

Music:
End of May by Michael Buble