prevention of war the League of Nations should have introduced collective security to deal with the German aggression instead of appeasement. The philosophies behind the appeasement as the solution to peace were littered with faults which Germany capitalized on. In the wake of World War One the great powers established the Rhineland demilitarized zone‚ as part of the Treaty of Versailles. The demilitarized zone worked as a collective security as a buffer between Germany and France to lessen the
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JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA SEMINAR PAPER‚ 2013. TOPIC- CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN (OBSCENITY‚ OUTRAGING THE MODESTY OF A WOMAN‚ CRUELTY‚ DOWRY DEATH AND RAPE) SUBMITTED TO – Prof. Rose Varghese SUBMITTED BY – FARHEEN KHAN LL.M. (1ST SEMESTER) 1 ACKNOWLEDEMENT I am highly delighted to work on the topic “CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN” under the guidance of our SEMINAR PAPER Law Faculty Prof. ROSE VARGHESE. I am very grateful to her for her exemplary guidance. It won’t be fair if I don’t acknowledge
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sightless prophet Teiresias all but paints the entire tragic story of Sophocles’ Oedipus the King‚ one of the most prominent pieces of Greek literary heritage. Greeks knew and loved the story of Oedipus from childhood‚ just as children today cherish the story of Cinderella. In his version of the beloved tale‚ Sophocles concentrates his attention on the events directly leading to Oedipus’ destruction‚ portraying Oedipus as a helpless pawn of fate. The most prominent literary device is dramatic irony
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not impossible to understand our unconscious motivations simply because it cannot be observed or confirmed by scientific research but we can learn about our unconscious motives by bridging the gap between what we think we want verse what we actually want with the help of self and others analysis. The reason why it is so problematic to understand is because as humans‚ we can’t directly communicate with our minds. Our minds may think we want something but our unconscious thinks differently. For example
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literate‚ “Oedipus the King” written by ‘Sophocles’ is one of the oldest and the most prominent tragedies written to date. It is the story of the king‚ who is left to die by his own parents‚ luckily survived‚ unknowingly killed his own father and married his mother. Although this story was written 2000 years ago‚ it still has a great significance in the modern world. Of the most powerful tragedies of the time‚ “Oedipus the king” discloses such values and situations as child abandonment‚
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Oedipus’ Gratification Famous author C.S. Lewis once said: “A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and of course‚ as long as you’re looking down‚ you can’t see something that is above you.” This quote correctly authenticates Oedipus’ tragic flaw in the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Beyond other factors‚ Oedipus’ pride through out the story blinds him from seeing many things that eventually lead us to believe his prevalent tragic flaw of all was his pride. First‚ Oedipus
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Oedipus Rex is one of the tragedies of Sophocles. Oedipus is a king and has the strength and the power of a king. For that reason Oedipus suffers from a tragic flaw which is his excessive pride. This pride makes him fall from status. Also‚ Oedipus is responsible for his downfall. We can see his tragic flaw in the exposition‚ with the announcement that makes to his people‚ his discussions with Kreon‚ Teiresias and Iokaste. Moreover‚ the priest who provides the background‚ the exposition‚ that Oedipus
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Carl Jung had a theory that is known as collective unconsciousness which explains how our increased knowledge comes from human experience ("Benet’s Reader’s Encyclopedia" 542543). Plato believed there were two worlds in which we live to experience known as the “Intelligible world” and the “Invisible World” (Chaffee 241). Aristotle did not agree completely with Plato’s theory of two worlds but instead believed in two categories of things known as “Matter” and “Form” (Chaffee 251). Carl Jung‚ Plato
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The Role Media Played on the Conviction of the “Central Park Five”. In the spring of 1989‚ a 28 year old white woman named Trisha Meili‚ who was out jogging in Central Park‚ was raped‚ brutally beaten‚ and left for dead. On that same night‚ a large group of young people from Harlem had also been in the park with the intent of causing mayhem‚ or “wilding”. In a city where urban crime had reached its maximum and where violence had become commonplace‚ “wilding” was defined as a new trend among teenagers
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"Oedipus the King" by Sophocles has been considered one of the greatest Greek tragedies. It is a Greek myth that may have been inspired by real events and people. With that thought in mind this play has indeed‚ help us get a better understanding of Aristotle’s‚ a philosopher‚ thoughts of a Tragic Hero and Sigmund Freud’s‚ a psychoanalytic theorist‚ thoughts on the affects of the same on our lives (especially male children and their psychological development). Both Aristotle and Sigmund Freud also
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