Bad for Your Health? In literature‚ the tragic heroes Oedipus and Othello allow the pride they have to cause their own demise by putting too much emphasis on the lives they have created for themselves. Oedipus‚ who blinds himself after finding out he has killed his birth father and married his birth mother‚ refuses to believe he has truly fulfilled his fate because he is so proud of what he has accomplished since he left Corinth. Othello demonstrates his pride by believing that the people closest
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otherwise when her mother claims that Antoinette was not doing anything useful at Versailles. We could easily tell that this was the nature of Antoinette’s character and personality. She only lacked the opportunity so to speak; thus be termed as a self-absorbed spendthrift. Marie Antoinette was lonely and heartbroken. She
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It is actually quite simple. Less the dollar in indian market‚ more will be its value and that means downfall of rupee because as of today you are paying 60 rupees for 1 dollar.Now‚ we should go into the reasons for the same- The most important thing that India imports is crude oil – we import crude oil from countries like Saudi Arabia‚ Iraq‚ Venezuela etc. and these countries don’t accept the Indian Rupee for payments‚ they want us to pay them in an internationally accepted currency like the
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he freaks out after and worries all the oceans won’t wash the blood of of his hands. The death of Duncan precipitates an abundance of situations that change who Macbeth is as a person. As Macbeth progresses further into his tragic hero stature‚ he works out every possible situation that could go wrong and tries to fix them. After all‚ doesn’t it make sense that the king could have been killed by his children that fled? By trying to fix his situation‚ the audience can relate to Macbeth. He saw a way
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love‚ but the world around them would not allow them to be together. The Capulets and Montagues could not look past their nonexistent differences and let their children find true love. The ridicule from their own parents and families caused for the downfall of the love-struck teenagers. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ the influence of the judgmental family is to blame for the death of the two characters. Although Romeo and Juliet were young‚ they were both more mature than their families. Neither
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naivety and love for the fair Desdemona. Iago’s pure hate for the Moor leads to the success of Othello’s downfall through Iago’s manipulative and conniving plotting. Perhaps without Iago’s clever plotting Othello might have had a chance to communicate with and learn to truly know Desdemona before his weaknesses were ignited. However the reality is that Iago did successfully plot Othello’s downfall and is simply unavoidable with the combination of both the scheming and Othello’s flaws. Othello’s love
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AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN AND THEIR DOWNFALL 5. Geo-Strategic Importance of Afghanistan. Afghanistan is Central Asia’s land locked country‚ spread over an area of 253‚ 861 miles. Bordered on the North by the Republics of Tajikistan‚ Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan‚ North-East by the Chinese province of Sinkiang‚ on the South-East by Pakistan‚ and on the West by Iran. Afghanistan’s geopolitical importance has been that of a buffer state first between the Tsarist Russian and the British Indian Empires and
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Gun Control: The Downfall of America It is to be believed that America’s public safety is being threatened by guns. There have been numerous events leading up to this accusation. Today‚ there is a rising debate whether gun control should be legalized or forbidden. There stand two sides of this dispute‚ one is for bearing arms and the other is against it. One could infer that one side remains superior over the other. In America majority vote rules‚ therefore the gun control laws remain not into effect
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Regardless of how powerful they were able to become‚ each mighty empire including Rome‚ would eventually have its downfall. There were many contributing factors to the ultimate demise of the Roman empire. One of the biggest reasons for the fall of Rome‚ was its rapid expansion. The Roman empire was expanding at a very high rate which led to troubles administrating law
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Downfalls of Distracted Driving No matter the age a person may be‚ his/her actions affect others; especially when they’re operating a vehicle capable of injuring or taking one’s life. Distracted driving poses great risks to the driver’s life and others on the road as it increases the probability of a tragic accident. Numerous lives are being lost each day due to distracted driving and not abiding by the laws. In today’s society‚ ignored warnings increase the possibility of death; influenced by both
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