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    Bhopal Gas Tragedy

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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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    Sun and Unspoken Tragedy

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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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    Tragedy is one of the oldest types of drama although‚ is not willingly found in modern drama anymore. “In the Poetics Aristotle defined a tragedy as a serious work with a hero who is great and good but has a flaw that brings down destruction on himself or herself” (Hischak‚ Thomas S. “Chapter2/Types of Drama.” Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to Theatre Arts. N.p.: n.p.‚ n.d. 38 Print). Aristotle feels that regardless of being a king and having a whole kingdom look up at this noble rank the

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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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    Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare‚ which has been performed on stage for a wide range of different audiences since its creation in the sixteenth century. It depicts the endeavours of Lord Macbeth to become king through a series of murders‚ egged on by his wife‚ Lady Macbeth. The reason Macbeth can be called a tragedy is because the elements of tragedy are present throughout. Macbeth also adheres to Aristotle’s definition of tragedy. That is‚ that a tragedy describes the fatal error of

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    Aristotle ’s Rules For Tragedy Laid Down In Poetics As They Apply To Blood Relations By Sharon Pollock Aristotle could be considered the first popular literary critic. Unlike Plato‚ who all but condemned written verse‚ Aristotle breaks it down and analyses it so as to separate the good from the bad. He studies in great detail what components make a decent epic or tragedy. The main sections he comes up with are form‚ means and manner. For most drama and verse‚ Aristotle ’s rules are a fairly

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    Greek Tragedy Terms

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    Terms 1. Plot: The most important of the six components of the tragedy‚ the plot is the representation of human action. Plots can be simple or complex; Aristotle clearly indicates that complex plots are required for successful tragedies. The plot must be unified‚ clearly displaying a beginning‚ a middle‚ and an end‚ and must be of sufficient length to fully represent the course of actions but not so long that the audience loses attention and interest. 2. Action: Events happening between

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    American Tragedy Outline

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    An American Tragedy Introduction: Desired by many‚ yet achieved by a few‚ the American dream has played a prominent role in almost every person’s life. Driven by the idea of the American dream‚ most fail to realize the damage they create on their journey to achieve this goal. Thesis: Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy captures Clyde Griffith’s undertaking in pursuit of his ultimate American dream: to be a successful and wealthy man and to rise above his family’s cruel state of poverty‚ leading

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    case of depression can be made. The other two were from shame‚ grief‚ and anger. All the suicides are more than just random acts of violence in the plays/stories. They are recurring structures that help to exaggerate the motivations behind the “tragedies” that occur within the plot. They allow for the reader to understand the plot setting and the social order of ancient life. When one feels grief from a lost son and that is the only son‚ their lineage is done and therefore the exaggerating effect

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    Tragedy Affects Community

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    How does tragedy affect community? Tragedy is an event causing great suffering‚ which is what happened 15 years ago. On September 11th‚ 2001 terrorist hijacked planes and attacked important buildings. That day many lost their lives and many more were injured. Our community deals with tragedy by making memorials and showing pride in our country. One way we deal with tragedy is by showing pride in our country. For example‚ in the President’s speech he did with a bullhorn he was dressed as a

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