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    Hamlet’s tragedies comes from a number of things. Hamlet is already upset and angry over his father’s death. Not knowing who killed his father truly has him distraught. When the play starts you can tell Hamlet is in grief‚ to the point he wishes he was dead. Hamlet even thinks about suicide. “Oh‚ that this too‚ too sullied flesh would melt had not fixed his canon against self- slaughter” (Hamlet‚ 1.2‚ 132) The second cause of Hamlet’s tragedy would be his mother Gertrude. The fact that his mother

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    Tragedies of Postpartum Psychosis : Ethical Decisions and Sentencing PHI 107 Philosophy of Human Conduct June 10‚ 2010 Brief Outline: Description of Topic Definition Sentencing Mental Hospital Prison Death Penalty Ethics behind Harsh Sentencing Kantian Ethics Cultural Relativism Ethics behind Sympathetic Sentencing Feminist/Care Ethics Intuitionists * Tragedies of Postpartum Psychosis: Ethical Decisions and Sentencing Postpartum depression affects approximately ten

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    Modern day technology is basically parallel to the world in 1984. The difference is society voluntarily inserts themselves into technological control. The advances we have had in technology such as smart tv’s‚ social media‚ and how the government controls society’s minds are examples of how we mirror Oceania’s totalitarian government. Modern life merely resemembles the life presented in George Orwell’s 1984. Oceania’s government’s goal was to brainwash its’ citizens into believing that the way they

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    Notes on Poetics by Aristotle Part VI-Defining tragedy‚ it’s elements and Imitation Defines tragedy as an imitation that is serious‚ complete and with a certain magnitude. The success or failure of the tragedy aspect is dependent on action‚ and action consists of distinctive qualities through character and thought. Character is the association of virtues we give to the agent. Thought is fund everywhere‚ for everything must be justified. Therefore it is relevant for any statement or truth

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    In May 2000‚ The Walkerton Tragedy is a series of events where the contamination of water supply by E. coli bacteria where it had killed seven people and 2300+ were ill. By my reasoning‚ the well owners should be held accountable for such a situation. There are some facts and indications as to why the well owners would have caused the happenings: well owners took responsibility of the well‚ and if the wells were tended to‚ the contamination would have diminished. The wells were never plugged; they

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    dream for the wise‚ a game for the fool‚ a comedy for the rich‚ a tragedy for the poor” said by Sholom Aleichem. The quote implies that one can have a good life if one has power or if one is judicious. Also‚ it is a game for the illiterate‚ a joke for one that is rich and powerful‚ and misfortune for needy. In the book‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller has a character a that is a part of a huge calamity. It was labeled as the Salem Tragedy because in Salem‚ plebeians and uninvolved people were accused

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    Easter Island Tragedy

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    Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean near South America‚ suffered the Tragedy of the Commons‚ which caused the natives of Easter Island to go extinct. The tragedy of the commons is what happens when people don’t communicate and are not conservative of their resources. The islanders cut down all of their trees‚ resulting in the loss of many resources. According to Ralph Faggotter‚ when the people arrived‚ there were large forests and palm trees‚ along with many species of birds and seals.

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    based on Article “Tragedy and the Common Man” In Arthur Miller’s essay “Tragedy and the Common Man‚” Miller mentions tragedy as man’s struggle to gain his “rightful” position in his society‚ and whoever that character may be—king or common man—that character is eventually brought down by his or her tragic flaws and that’s what makes that character a tragic hero. In the past‚ there have been many tragic heroes which can relate to Arthur Miller’s essay “Tragedy and the Common

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    History 10th Grade Week 5 Day 3 September 4‚ 2013 868 Words Topic: Was Antigone a tragedy? In the late 440’s B.C. the philosopher Sophocles wrote the tragic drama‚ Antigone. The play begins with the lead‚ Antigone distraught because the ruler‚ Creon‚ declared that all who fought the war against him and died did not deserve a proper ceremonial burial. Antigone’s brother fought against Creon and died. She decided she would bury her brother because an unburied soul would wearily wander earth forever

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    BLOOD WEDDING (BODAS DE SANGRE‚ 1933) By Federico García Lorca POETICE TRAGEDY‚ POETIC DRAMA OR RURAL TRAGEDY: Blood Wedding is the first and most enigmatic of Lorca’s trilogy of rural Andalusian tragedies and has been widely praised by the critics for the achievement of a tragic form. Its distinctive features include the fusion of lyric and dramatic impulses‚ the skillful integration of a musical pattern in the drama’s structural design‚ the thematic relevance of songs‚ stage effects

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