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    response. These responses are so deeply rooted in our culture that the story becomes “real.” Common issues like murder‚ incest‚ rape‚ suicide‚ etc. all flood mythology. Scholars try to analyze and interpret each meaning‚ but modern cultural bias has taught us otherwise. For example‚ when Medea kills her own children‚ society has taught us to react with disgust and to shy away from her character. However‚ without cultural

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    The Smog Tragedy of Donora‚ PA October‚ 27th - 28th 1948 On Wednesday October 27th 1948 through Thursday the 28th an environmental tragedy occurred in Donora‚ PA. By Friday there was a notable increase in illness and the first death occurred early on Saturday‚ and by late that night 17 persons were dead. Two more died on Sunday and another a week later. Rain came on the Sunday afternoon‚ and cleared away the smog‚ but hundreds of people were still ill. 20 people died and thousands became ill.

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    Miller’s 1949 essay‚ "Tragedy and the Common Man‚" Miller began by saying‚ "In this age few tragedies are written." This particular essay was published in the New York Times‚ was also the preface that was prepared for "Death of a Salesman" in 1949. Before Miller’s "Death of a Salesman‚" there was only one type of tragedy—that which fit Aristotle’s definition. For Aristotle‚ plays of tragedy had to revolve around kings‚ gods‚ or people of high class. In these classic tragedies‚ the diction must be

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    The Jews were not the only group of people who were used as scapegoats to further the cause of ruthless people. Throughout history‚ a myriad of people have been wrongly persecuted for belonging to a specific social group. One example of scapegoating is seen in the infamous "Sacco and Vanzetti" trail in which Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were arrested outside Boston in 1920 and charged with robbing and killing a shoe factory paymaster and his guard. After WW1‚ America suffered

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    Antigone Tragedy

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    شرح الرواية مقدم من منتدى روضة التحليه http://www.roodah.com/vb/ وللحصول على ترجمة الروايه باللغه العربيه وتلخيصها من هنا http://www.roodah.com/vb/t4893.html وللحصول على Symbols Themes‚ Motifs & Symbols بشرح آخر والكثير من هنا http://www.roodah.com/vb/f61.html وللمزيد زورونا فنشر العلم ومساعدة الآخرين هدفنا Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe SETTING When the story begins‚ the setting is England. Some of the action thereafter takes place at sea in various ships. Once

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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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    Boeing Tragedy

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    2.0 Do you believe U.S. military contracts with Boeing amount to subsidies? Have these types of payments provided with unfair advantages? Justify your answer. First and foremost‚ we do believe that U.S. military contracts with Boeing are amount to subsidies. News stated that Boeing received at least $5.3 billion in its improper subsidies in order to develop the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and other jet models. The funding of $5.3 billion came from the U.S. Department of Defense according to the New York

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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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    Responsible? In William Shakespeare’s play about two star-crossed lovers who eventually took their life‚ many important questions have been by the poetic community. One question in particular has baffled the minds of many‚ who is responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? To put the blame of their deaths on themselves‚ would be inaccurate. There were many characters that could share the same‚ if not more‚ of the blame to which led to the devastating demise of the two beloveds. One such character

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    When tragedy strikes‚ it is not uncommon for a well revered figure to respond to such an event as common people look up to them for guidance. Robert F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton are no exceptions‚ while the initial is addressing the sudden assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the latter concerning towards The 1995 Oklahoma Bombing‚ both are responding towards tragic loss and the aftermath that should follow. In their speeches‚ “A Eulogy For Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.” and “Oklahoma Bombing

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