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    Sierra Davenport Mr. Gingery CP English 1 6 March 2013 Romeo and Juliet Tragedy of Fate or Tragedy of Character Romeo and Juliet is a story of a forbidden love‚ written by William Shakespeare. Some may say that it is a tragedy of fate. Fate is defined as forces outside of your control that makes things happen. An example of fate is when you miss your bus and meet the person who will turn out to be your spouse while you’re standing on the platform waiting on the next bus. I think Romeo

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    Valentine GT English 5 September 25‚ 2013 Literary Analysis on an Excerpt from A Summer Life When people are faced with the problematic decision between right and wrong‚ and have chosen the wrong decision‚ they often battle the guilt that eats away at them afterwards. In an excerpt from his autobiographical narrative‚ A Summer Life‚ Gary Soto looks back into his past when six year old self committed a theft. He achieves a humorous telling of the story due to the new perspective that he has

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    Hamlet’s tragedies comes from a number of things. Hamlet is already upset and angry over his father’s death. Not knowing who killed his father truly has him distraught. When the play starts you can tell Hamlet is in grief‚ to the point he wishes he was dead. Hamlet even thinks about suicide. “Oh‚ that this too‚ too sullied flesh would melt had not fixed his canon against self- slaughter” (Hamlet‚ 1.2‚ 132) The second cause of Hamlet’s tragedy would be his mother Gertrude. The fact that his mother

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    Jill Runnels Professor hall American Literature 9 April 2014 ‘The Scarlet Letter’ as a Tragedy The Scarlet Letter is a literature monument of the American Romantic era. The intensely tragic drama‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ has been analyzed by American literature analysts and critics alike. The aim of this paper is to specifically highlight the tragedy it narrates. Tragedy‚ considered to be the highest poetic element by Aristotle‚ has elements and characteristics portrayed in the text

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    This book is a study of the Armenian tragedy‚ and offers analysis by presenting it as a case study of genocide and by seeing it as a historical process in which a domestic conflict escalated and was consumed by a global war. It also establishes a link between genocide and nationality conflicts in the Balkan Peninsula and the Turko-American areas. The author examines the genocide through official WWI documents from Turkey‚ Imperial Germany‚ and Imperial Austria. The main premise of his study is

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    Notes on Poetics by Aristotle Part VI-Defining tragedy‚ it’s elements and Imitation Defines tragedy as an imitation that is serious‚ complete and with a certain magnitude. The success or failure of the tragedy aspect is dependent on action‚ and action consists of distinctive qualities through character and thought. Character is the association of virtues we give to the agent. Thought is fund everywhere‚ for everything must be justified. Therefore it is relevant for any statement or truth

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    In May 2000‚ The Walkerton Tragedy is a series of events where the contamination of water supply by E. coli bacteria where it had killed seven people and 2300+ were ill. By my reasoning‚ the well owners should be held accountable for such a situation. There are some facts and indications as to why the well owners would have caused the happenings: well owners took responsibility of the well‚ and if the wells were tended to‚ the contamination would have diminished. The wells were never plugged; they

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    dream for the wise‚ a game for the fool‚ a comedy for the rich‚ a tragedy for the poor” said by Sholom Aleichem. The quote implies that one can have a good life if one has power or if one is judicious. Also‚ it is a game for the illiterate‚ a joke for one that is rich and powerful‚ and misfortune for needy. In the book‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller has a character a that is a part of a huge calamity. It was labeled as the Salem Tragedy because in Salem‚ plebeians and uninvolved people were accused

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    Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean near South America‚ suffered the Tragedy of the Commons‚ which caused the natives of Easter Island to go extinct. The tragedy of the commons is what happens when people don’t communicate and are not conservative of their resources. The islanders cut down all of their trees‚ resulting in the loss of many resources. According to Ralph Faggotter‚ when the people arrived‚ there were large forests and palm trees‚ along with many species of birds and seals.

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