1Final negotiations began on 1 May‚ when an agreement was almost reached. However‚ one million miners were locked out‚ it being impossible to get them back to work without firm assurances concerning their wages. Last-minute negotiations failed to achieve this‚ leading to announcement by the TUC that a general strike "in defence of miners’ wages and hours" was to begin on 3 May‚[7] a Monday‚ at one minute to midnight.[8] The leaders of the Labour Party were terrified by the revolutionary elements
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In Gilgamesh by Herbert Mason‚ Gilgamesh went on a journey to achieve a supernatural power. He traveled from place to place talking to people about how to achieve the power of immortality. Like a true hero‚ Gilgamesh went on a journey to achieve something and ended up where he started. However‚ he failed. Gilgamesh’s chance to gather the power of eternal life had been lost. Gilgamesh returned home to Uruk along with his achievement of grief‚ sadness‚ and failure. Gilgamesh came to the realization
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Oedipus Oedipus is an epic hero in that he suffers from a flaw‚ later falls from the flaw‚ and is of noble rank. Oedipus is a king who suffers from hubris which leads to uncontrolled anger. Due to these two flaws‚ Oedipus kills his biological father and marries his biological mother‚ as the oracle had predicted. By the end of the play‚ Oedipus gouged out his own eyes and lost his position as king of Thebes. There is no way for him to avoid the Oracle. The Oracle only states what Fate had already
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Aud The Downfall of the Tragic Hero The “ Downfall of the Tragic Hero” is basically talking about the tragic heroes in plays and how Oedipus is as well a tragic hero along with a lot more. So it talks about several plays with tragic heroes. Explains why the tragic hero always ends up falling in the end. Details why an hero is a individual‚ and how the tragic heroes face many dilemmas of an ordinary man. Tragic flaws like in play of Oedipus‚ he had a tragic
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escalation in terms of economy‚ citizen rights‚ military strength‚ etc. Caesar’s leadership brought Rome many fortunes; some historians credit his success to the fact that he was ambitious. However‚ becoming overly ambitious has often been the cause of downfall for the leaders of the past‚ and Ceasar’s case was no different. While ambition gives an individual a goal and proper motivation towards it‚ sometimes the culprit can become obsessed with his own legacy‚ and forego rationality to in an attempt to
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March 2‚ 2014 Things Fall Apart Essay _Things Fall Apart: The Downfall of Okonkwo_ In _Things Fall Apart_ by Chinua Achebe‚ Okonkwo has always feared the fate that plagued his father. Luckily for Okonkwo‚ he has the determination and will to overcome the foreseeable future that his father has laid before him. This novel tells the story of a character that is intertwined with intrinsic uncertainties which ultimately leads to the downfall of a once beloved clansman�. Okonkwo has asserted himself in
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The Island of Dr. Moreau The Island of Dr. Moreau is a story that questions the ability of men playing God. The balance of nature is put to the ultimate test as a man by the name of Charles Edward Prendick stumbles across an out-of-control experiment that fuses man with animal. At first glance‚ this tropical paradise seems idyllic. But deep in the jungles lies a terrifying secret. Moreau and Montgomery have been preforming scientific research on human beings and the experiment goes terribly
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Dr. King was born on January 15‚ 1929 to Alberta Williams and michael Luther King sir. Dr. King’s mother was a teacher and his father was a minister and activist. Martin was the second of three children and grew up in a large Victorian house on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta‚ Georgia. In 1934‚ after visiting Europe‚ michael king sr. changed his and his sons names in honor of the sixteenth- century German church reformer Martin Luther. Kingś house was about a block from Ebenezer Baptist Church.His maternal
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With military manufacturing and increased imports‚ one could certainly feel that Australia would have had either an economic or industrial downfall since the world was just recovering from the Great depression when the Second World War began in rapid succession. However‚ to all doubters and criticizers of the World‚ Australia flourished in military expansion. It enhanced its industrialist capabilities on a national level‚ prompting the construction of several industries in several fields one after
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war and reintegrating the Southern states into the Union. However‚ the potential of Reconstruction was short-lived‚ as it was plagued by political conflicts‚ racial violence‚ and conflicting interests. The debate over who was responsible for the downfall of Reconstruction remains contentious‚ with arguments implicating both the North and the South. By examining the intricate dynamics between these regions‚ we can better understand the various factors that led to the collapse of Reconstruction. The
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