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    Helen who was his favorite person in the whole world and many other devastating experiences which affected his life. Firstly‚ one of the tragic elements portrayed in the novel is catastrophe. Catastrophe is something terrible that has happened which has changed the persons whole life around. One scenario of catastrophe in this novel occurs when Charlie’s best friend Michael Committed suicide right before high school was starting which left Charlie very miserable and impacted his social life negatively

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    makes a bad one. Is the deciding factor intelligence‚ bravery‚ or something completely different? Similar and unique leadership qualities can exist in historically great leaders such as Suleiman the Magnificent‚ Nelson Mandela‚ and Queen Elizabeth I. Sultan Suleiman‚ also known as “Suleiman the Magnificent” by the Europeans‚ of the Ottoman Empire is considered one of the greatest rulers in history and rightly so. He was a wonderful head of the military. He always rode at the head of his army troops

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    (2007‚ June 14). Flood Insurance Program doesn’t know if payments covered wind damage. Retrieved June 19‚ 2007 from http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2007/06/14/80800.htm Reilly‚ S. (2007‚ May 15). Press-Register: Study pushes insurance catastrophe fund plan. Retrieved June 19‚ 2007 from http://www.al.com/hurricane/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/117922088791020.xml&coll=3#continue U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). (2005‚ October 18). Statement of William O. Jenkins‚ Jr.‚ Director

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    easy to compare the extremes of the society in The Chrysalids to what our society today has overcome. The comparisons are elaborated on below‚ discussing nuclear war‚ climate change and prejudice. NUCLEAR WAR Nuclear war could cause a global catastrophe similar to what the characters are living in the aftermath of. Nuclear fallout would explain the uninhabitable regions described in the book‚ and it also explains the mutations in the surrounding plants and animals (58‚ Wyndham). The early descriptions

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    the ideals‚ majestic‚ graceful and powerful to mind. The eagle is literal‚ but can also be representative of something or someone else. 2. Tone: The speaker is observing the Eagle from afar. His/Her tone is that of astonishment‚ and awe at the magnificent beauty of the creature 3. Theme: This poem conveys the theme of man versus nature‚ and of his struggles. Man is high and mighty‚ and fights with all his might‚ but as all‚ must have a fall. 4. Rhetorical Devices: There is Alliteration at

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    1940 era. One of the most magnificent scenes in the novel deals with a naked white woman with an American flag tattooed significantly right below her navel. This is a depiciton of an unforbidden fruit for the black men. The nameless woman danced for the entertainment of the white wealthy men and the cruelty of the nine black men. The significancy of the naked swaying woman testifies towards the struggling black men and what they endured. Ellison reveals with this magnificent scene of the white woman

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    the artist Domenico Ghirlandaio. After a year of work with Ghirlandaio‚ Michelangelo went to study at the sculpture school in the Medici Gardens. Shortly after starting at the school‚ he was invited into the household of Lorenzo de’ Medici‚ the Magnificent. It is certain that during Michelangelo’s training that his skill was excellent or he wouldn’t have been asked to live with the Medici

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    bigger quantity you need to pay‚ this also affected the economics of the Weimar Republic and also social affects for the people living in Germany during this period therefore make it a big threat. The Munich (beer hall) Putsch was the final major catastrophe that affects the Weimar Republic dramatically as it was when Hitler tried to take over power from the Republic to Nationalist/Nazis‚ which affected the Weimar Republic on all aspects but without it we wouldn’t have the life we have now‚ however

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    3. Hamartia (errors of judgement): The tragic figure suffers from a tragic flaw in character. As a result of this flaw s/he makes errors of judgement that are later directly responsible for the hero/ine’s tragic downfall‚ leading to the catastrophe of the play. At this point the protagonist still seems in control of his/her fate. 4. Crisis: This is the turning point in the fortunes of the tragic protagonist‚ the consequence(s) of “hamartia” serving to compound the tragic situation. After

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    mistake because of some sort of ignorance and he doesn’t belief that what he doing is wrong. Thus‚ the hero downfall must be caused by himself not by any other person. Then we come at what Aristotle calls catastrophe or reversal of fortune (form high status to low status). After the catastrophe occurs‚ there is a stage of anagnorisis‚ which involves the tragic hero understanding what has happened and he submits to his fate. If the play has happened as it should‚ then the audience should experience

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