Type of Work . The Great Gatsby is a novel of tragedy. In ancient Greek literature‚ a tragedy involved the downfall of a noble character with a tragic flaw (called hamartia). The Great Gatsby records the downfall of two characters with at least some noble characteristics: Gatsby and American society. Their tragic flaws are naive idealism and corrupt behavior. The Great Gatsby was Fitzgerald’s third novel. Previously‚ he had published This Side of Paradise (1920) and The Beautiful and the Damned
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In the fictional novel “Ghost” by Jason Reynolds‚ all that Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever done was basketball and running. But he never ran for track or cross country. He would run from his dark past. With his raw talent for running‚ he stumbles across a track where an Olympic medalist trainer notices his skill and convinces Ghost to join his team called the Defenders. As he runs with the Defenders‚ he gains a few friends and learns about good relationships. Although Ghost thrives at
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NT1110 Theory 10 The Pentium Flaw Back in June‚ 1994 the Pentium Flaw was noticed by Intel testers‚ who had discovered a division error on the Pentium chip. Intel managers didn’t see this as a major problem so they kept this from anyone outside their corporation. The nature of this issue was a mathematical problem in their Floating Point Unit (FPU)‚ or the math coprocessor. The Pentium chip was having glitches in calculating large divisions. It wasn’t until October 19th‚ when Dr. Thomas R. Nicely
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Tragic Flaw of Hamlet A tragic flaw is the excess of a particular weakness that affects how a character act and how he thinks‚ and eventually leads to his downfall. In ¡°Hamlet¡± by William Shakespeare‚ the young prince is not able confront Claudius because the he has not been able to conquer himself in his internal conflict. This recalls the clich¨¦‚ ¡°One¡¯s greatest enemy is no other than oneself.¡± Hamlet¡¯s angst becomes most evident when procrastinating. Procrastination is the inaction
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3. Depreciation percentage=$1‚640‚200/$15‚411‚620 = 10.64% New Fixed Assets=$15‚411‚620 + $30‚000‚000 = $45‚411‚620 $45‚411‚620*.1064 = $4‚831‚796 new depreciation Pro forma Income Statement Sales ($36‚599‚300*1.12) $40‚991‚216 Cost of Goods Sold ($26‚669‚496*1.12) 29‚869‚836 Other Expenses ($4‚641‚000*1.12) 5‚197‚920 Depreciation 4‚831‚796 EBIT 1‚091‚664 Interest 573‚200 Taxable Income 518‚464 Taxes
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The Image of Women and Feminity in Euripides’ Medea and Alcestis The tragedies from the Ancient Greek world often reflect how the Greeks perceived their environment and what was important to them. Many of those tragedies present images of women and the feminity; Medea and Alcestis are two of them. Medea tells the story of a barbarian woman who killed her brother and left her home country to marry Jason‚ a man who will later abandon her and their children to take a princess for spouse. Alcestis
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It is my pleasure to nominate Jason Ribeiro’s thesis‚ A Case Study on Technology Acquisition for 746‚000 Ontario Students‚ for consideration for the CASEA Margaret Haughey Master’s Award. Mr. Ribeiro’s exemplary thesis explores the intersection of educational leadership and educational technology. Unlike many in the educational administration field that attempted to merge these research areas by simply capturing educational leaders’ use of technology or documenting district leaders’ opinions related
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The 1950’s-60’s70’s-80’s Miranda Moultrie Nixon Back Again The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election‚ held on Tuesday‚ November 5‚ 1968. Moon Shot On July 21‚ 1969‚ President Nixon spoke from the Oval Office to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin at the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon‚ Americans Neil Armstrong and Woodstock A village in New York state
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Mengdi Huang Lujiao Shi Trenton Cummins 1.What position should Jason Sterling take on European sovereign debt? Why? What are the advantages/disadvantages of using credit default swaps to profit from this crisis? What are the potential risks? Are there any lessons for Jason that can be gleaned from previous crises? Jason Sterling want to find new information that can let him trade on before the close of trading for the week because the emerging sovereign debt crisis in Europe would be a primary topic
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Othello’s Tragic Flaw For every Shakespearean tragedy there is a grossly unfortunate sequence of events that eventually leads to a bloodbath. The reason for this bloodbath is the tragic flaw. The tragic flaw is the small character defect in the protagonist that‚ in most circumstances‚ wouldn’t have been a big problem if not for said events. People frequently mistake Othello’s tragic flaw. They jump to the seemingly obvious choice of jealousy or naivety. The actually tragic flaw will be revealed
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