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    Who is responsible for the tragedy in the play? Othello the tragic hero is responsible for his own downfall due to his imprudent choices. It was the wrong choices that made Othello weak. Othello‚ the main character in this play is known for his moral nobility‚ highlighted by the fact that he is of a different race from those around him. Despite this‚ Iago manipulates Othello into believing that his wife‚ Desdemona had pursued a secret relationship and has been unfaithful to Othello. Othello is

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    deaths could have been avoided?the essay is about who to blame for the tragedy‚ romeo and juliet’s death..i chose romeo..because of his excessive love and rashness..this is my thesis statement: Romeo’s undue affection for Juliet brought out his impulsive side‚ triggering him to make decisions without weighing his aspects thoroughly and therefore‚ leading to the ultimate tragedy of the play‚ their untimely deaths. sounds good?!? well‚ i need to restate it for the first sentence of my conclusion

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    scientific genius‚ but someone who carved the path for the way we depict plays and furthermore‚ how we write them. Aristotle made it a mission to read the plays of his era‚ while doing so he discovered many similarities among them‚ creating a tragedy. A tragedy is a form of drama that is composed of three basic parts: values‚ characters‚ and a conclusion. A value is what will determine the fate of the tragic character in the play‚ usually the value is represented by a supernatural power. While the

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    After the Bhopal gas disaster in 1984‚ the Indian legislation governing safety and environment underwent significant changes.Specifically‚the factories Act was amended to assign the responsibility of the “occupier”‚who is legally responsible for the safety of the workplace and workers‚to the highest level of management in an organization. For a company this meant that one of the directors on the board had to be designated as “occupier”.The Environmental legislation also underwent changes ‚with the

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    Pride and Free Will Cause Tragedy Pride is one of the Seven Deadly Sins that most every human being struggles with at one point or another during the course of a lifetime. It is not always a negative trait‚ but if it is allowed to consume an individual’s life‚ it can have dire consequences; an overabundance of pride in one’s life can quickly turn a fairytale into a tragedy. Such disastrous consequences of pride are portrayed in many different pieces of literature‚ including the play Doctor Faustus

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    it is a tragedy of fate or a tragedy of characters. Tragedy of fate is the tragic fate of the story that the character can’t stop from happening. While tragedy of character is the tragic conflict‚ influence between characters. For example a sorcerer controls a knight him to do evil actions that is Tragedy of Character. An example for tragedy of fate is a hero is told that he is going to fall‚ and break his leg while fighting a dragon‚ and the hero does. So is Macbeth a tragedy of fate

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    What effect does the acceptance of tragedy have towards one’s view of life? by Polina Snitkova Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut combines the themes of loss and determinism to create a story of the power of tragedy. The characters and events experience the inevitability of tragedy and begin to accept the fate granted‚ affecting their view of their own lives. Billy Pilgrim is a numb and senseless character after his experiences in WWII; witnessing the bombing of Dresden triggered the concept

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    The Comedy of Class Structure in Arrested Development The class system of American society provides different citizens of the same country with vastly different obstacles and pathways through life. Some must work diligently from a young age and may never achieve their dreams‚ while others are handed everything on a silver platter and might never have to experience an honest day’s work in their entire lives. The television series Arrested Development is a mockumentary that showcases an

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    Oversimplify Tragedy? Everyone knows or has experienced a tragedy in their life. Tragedies happen all around the world and each person may experience the same type of tragedy‚ for example‚ hurricanes‚ tornadoes‚ tsunamis‚ car accidents‚ the 9/11 attack‚ or even death. Deepak Chopra tell his opinions about reactions to a tragic event in his article “After tragedy‚ brain needs to heal”. He lets the readers know his thoughts and feelings about how there are only two reactions to a tragedy. He sheds light

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    Consider the Aristotelian tragedy. It has yet to go the way of Eddie Bauer. In Things Fall Apart‚ Chinua Achebe devised a tragic African hero in Okonkwo‚ consistent with the classic stipulations of the figure. Thus‚ the novel--to its greatest practicable extent—inherently existed as a tragedy on all levels to accommodate Okonkwo. To illustrate this‚ I will dissect and analyze the many factors that make Things Fall Apart an exemplary model of Greek tragedy by Aristotle’s own towering ideals. First

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