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    REVISITING THE ”TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS” University Sciences Po Paris Semester: Fall 2011/2012 Student: Sönke-Timo Kisker Student – ID: 100033186 Course: Thinking and Acting the Environment Course-ID: 23811 Course Coordinaton: Florence Faucher-King; Thomas Léon Assignment: Mid-term paper Word-count: 2746 Date: 18.10.2011 | Agenda

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    The Gender Injustice of Arthur Miller An Analysis of The Crucible Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible takes place in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ and is based on the historical event that took place there known as the Salem witch trials. The play centers around John Proctor‚ a farmer hiding a past affair with a girl several years his junior; Abigail Williams‚ a seventeen-year-old girl who is both John Proctor’s mistake and the catalyst for the tragic events that unfold in Salem‚ taking the lives of

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    Symbolism and Themes in The Crucible In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ The Salem Witch Trials of 1690 brings the town of Salem to a state of hysteria‚ a state of total confusion. Miller’s use of hysteria allows the build up of his many themes. The Crucible contains three major themes: light versus dark‚ weight‚ and name. The theme of light versus dark foretells the upcoming events. Darkness in The Crucible brings a presence of evil to the play. Miller uses darkness to convey evil. The first use

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    Please read the article‚ Tragedy of the Commons. It can be found on the web http://dieoff.org/page95.htm as well as other sources. In his work‚ Tragedy of the Commons‚ Garrett Hardin address a section termed Tragedy of Freedom in a Commons. 1. Please define the term ‘tragedy’ in the sense it is used in the article. 2. Please explain what the Tragedy of a Freedom in a Commons is. a. Do you concur with the position presented? i. Why or why not? 3. What is Hardin’s thesis idea? 4. Do you

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    Garrett Hardin’s famous‚ “The Tragedy of the Commons‚” has been effective till date. His modest but commanding explanation of herdsmen sharing a common pasture has created a debate in a wide range of topics as to how resources are being over used. The essence of Hardin’s story of tragedy is that herdsmen sharing a common pasture are led to think that by adding up more sheep due to unlimited grass would optimize them individually but‚ they ultimately ended up overstocking their herds and destroy their

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    the hope that there was a life that was filled with happiness and joy. James Truslow Adams defined the term as‚ “ a better‚ richer‚ and happier life for all of our citizens of every rank.” (Majid Salem). In the play‚ The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ audiences and readers‚ are introduced to the protagonist‚ Willy Loman and his own denotation of the American

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    Arthur Miller’s statement is correct. Paranoia at times may be exaggerated‚ but paranoia does breed paranoia. Paranoia branches out and causes the person to produce ideas and thoughts that cause the situation to be extra believable to them. As Miller said‚ those self-created thoughts and ideas “…conceal its existence.” Reasons to agree with Arthur Miller are: paranoia affects many people in the world and is a serious condition‚ it leads to one thing after another and creates a chain originated from

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    pieces of literature in the 20th century. Written in 1948 by Arthur Miller‚ it still holds relevance today‚ more than 50 years later with themes of work and family issues. This is true because it is a story that people can relate to and understand. But this was not a story entirely fabricated by the genius mind of Arthur Miller; in fact‚ it was a story he was all too familiar with. Miller was born in 1915 to an immigrant Jewish family (Miller‚ Timebends 3). He grew up in an affluent home in New York

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    Wood 1A English Honors 3 November 30‚ 2017 The Crucible     “Arthur Miller.” Biography.com‚ A&E Networks Television‚ 22 Mar. 2017 www.biogrophy.com/people/Arthur-Miller-9408335     The author of this article‚ Arthur Miller who was born in Harlem‚ New York. During the year 1915‚ Arthur attended the University of Michigan. Arthur Miller moved back east to write plays such as “Death Of A Salesman” and “The Crucible”. In 1949 Arthur Miller won the Pulitzer prize and a few Tony awards. He married the

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    Happiness or Duty? Arthur Miller’s‚ An Enemy of the People‚ depicts an intriguing playwright in which the differences of opinions between two brothers leads to a town revolution and the expulsion of one brother from the community. One brother‚ Dr. Stockmann‚ believed the contamination of the water in the town’s health spa was sufficient reasoning to be shut down. The other brother‚ Peter Stockmann‚ took an opposing stance believing that the health spa was the towns only means to economic salvation

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