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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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    The Tragedy of Julius Caesar The Play The Tragedy of Julies Caesar by William Shakesphere is about a new king named Caesar‚ who is trying to come into power. But out of fear and envy one of his best friends Brutas stabs and kills him to death. One of his other friends Marc Antony gives a speech at his funeral. In his speech he uses rhetorical strategies to get through to the People of Rome. In Antony’s speech he begins by explaining his purpose for speaking at Caesar’s funeral

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    Tragedy in Oedipus Rex The Greek drama Oedipus Rex is clearly a tragedy. It definitely meets the five main criteria for a tragedy: a tragic hero of noble birth‚ a tragic flaw‚ a fall from grace‚ a moment of remorse‚ and catharsis. Oedipus Rex clearly meets the first of these five criteria. Oedipus is the son of Laius‚ who was king of Thebes. Even at the beginning of the story‚ when we are told that Oedipus is the son of Polybus‚ he is still of noble birth; Polybus is king of Corinth. The

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    Assignment on “Shakespeare as a Tragedy Writer” Prepared for: East West University Date of submission:11-08-14 Shakespearean tragedy is a form of writing that was written by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare is perhaps most famous for his tragedies. Most of his tragedies were written in a seven-year period between 1601 and 1608. His plays usually involve murders‚ deaths and a terrible ending for the central characters which turns the mode of the play as a tragic one. The

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    The Bottomless Pit of a Tragedy "Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction” (Erich Fromm). This quote is about the constant‚ overwhelming desire for more‚ which causes the endless tragic destruction of one’s self. This is illustrated in the film “Match Point”‚ written and directed by Woody Allen‚ whereby the main character undergoes a calamity‚ likewise‚ a true Shakespearean tragedy. One must first define a Shakespearean

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    The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play written by the well-known author‚ William Shakespeare. The setting of the play is the 1400’s in Verona‚ Italy. This is a play based on two families who have had an ancient grudge for many years‚ and their children who fall in love. What makes the story of Romeo and Juliet such a tragedy are the various decisions made by the characters of the play such as Romeo. Romeo made many decisions‚ some good‚ some bad; his decisions have a great effect towards other

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    1. Identify the ideology of kingship during China’s Shang dynasty. How did it compare with that of the Zhou Dynasty? - Early China’s cities‚ Shang and Zhou‚ have very distinctive features in the ideology of kingship. In the Shang dynasty‚ the king and his administration were the controllers‚ where the king was the intermediary between the people and the gods. However‚ in the Zhou dynasty‚ the ruler was chosen by gods to justify power‚ and if he/she misbehaved or acted inappropriately‚ they would

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    BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY By: Jessica Turakhia Roll No: 7 The Bhopal Gas Tragedy is considered the world’s worst‚ industrial catastrophe‚ and 28 years on‚ the nightmare still continues for its victims and survivors. 28 years on‚ they are still asking the same question they asked then – Will

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    Snowdrop Crater was Bear’s single glimmer of hope amongst a land of desolation‚ bleakness‚ and destruction. It was so named for the sudden blooming of the snowdrop flower‚ flora unknown to Bear’s land‚ inside one of the craters formed by the Unspoken Tragedy. They were exceptionally beautiful‚ milky-white in colour‚

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    intelligent philosophers in ancient Greece. In his work ‘poetics’ he defined the rules that need to be followed to write an impactful tragedy drama. He defined the characteristics that are required in a powerful drama. The six constituents needed to be present in a tragedy are Plot‚ Character‚ Thought‚ Spectacle‚ Song and Diction. Sophocles is a Greek dramatist who wrote tragedy plays. Sophocles’ play Oedipus the King is tale of a mythological character called Oedipus who is a king of high morals. He wronged

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