simply the unsuccessful pursuit of salvation of his own fate‚ One may believe that Oedipus has certainly effected his fate to some extent. By trying to escape his fate‚ he has somehow made himself the perfect victim of his own tragedy. However we can not completely blame Oedipus of this tragedy because this would contradict the Greeks beliefs. So the real source responsible for his fate may just as well be the gods‚ who the Greeks believed‚ are behind the fates that pilots every human being. The fate
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To What Extent is Lysistrata a feminist play In the play Lysistrata‚ women have absolutely no political rights. There is a war going on and one woman wants to put an end to it. It is my opinion the character Lysistrata can be viewed as a modern day feminist. She takes charge in the self-titled play and claims that war shall be the concern of Women! It is too important a matter to be left to men‚ for women are its real victims. Lysistrata wants to end the long war for it is taking a toll against
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murder of Desdemona was an honor killing. Othello thought that Desdemona brought him dishonor and gave him a bad reputation. While Othello was manipulated into murdering Desdemona‚ he was the one that had the physical choice. Iago constantly agreed with Othello‚ saying that Othello should kill Desdemona. This influenced Othello’s decision‚ but it was ultimately Othello that chose why he should or shouldn’t kill Desdemona. His choice was based off of his own reputation. He loved Desdemona‚ but
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GE1134 Movies and Psychology 2017-18 Semester A Story Book Name: Po Hok Lam SID: 54038529 Course: GE1134 – C01 The movie chose: Her Part1: Summary of the movie In a high-tech near future‚ Theodore who writes beautiful letters for ones with difficulties in expressing their thoughts‚ is walking through the last stage of his divorce. Introverted Theodore is in limbo after ending the relationship with his long-time love‚ Catherine. Theodore cannot get satisfied with fulfilling both
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makes many important decisions through the novel‚ but a few were when she took the blame for Ruth at the docks‚ saved Lady Seymour from the huge fire in New York‚ and took Curzon with her as she escaped from her evil mistress. To sum it up‚ everything she did was one step further toward getting back to Rhode Island and her dead Momma and Poppa with Ruth and maybe Curzon too. This is true because everything she did made Madam angry‚ which in the end of the book‚ turned out well because the motivation
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To what extent were the NAACP responsible for the successes of the civil rights campaign in the years 1945–57? The NAACP was an organization who were heavily involved in the civil rights movement. To a certain extent‚ the NAACP was entirely responsible for the successes of the civil rights campaign between the years 1945-1957. However‚ there were other factors such as federal government‚ peaceful protests‚ other black activist groups‚ the media and contextual factors that were involved in enhancing
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<center><b>A Success at Failure: The Tragic Anti-hero of Willy Loman</b></center> <br> <br>"A hundred years from now‚ it will not matter what type of car I drove‚ or what kind of house I lived in‚ or the amount of money I made‚ yet the world might be changed because I made a positive difference in the life of a child." This increasingly popular statement raises a question for those who might hear it: how does one impact a child ’s life for the better? A most obvious response would be to simply be
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TO WHAT EXTENT IS UTILITARIANISM COMPATIBLE WITH CHRISTIANITY The main idea of utilitarianism (U) is to create ‘the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people’. This is similar to Christianity and the golden rule ‘love your neighbour as yourself’. With situation ethics‚ in a dilemma you should always do the most loving and compassionate thing. However in contrast to the utilitarian idea that you should try and greatest happiness for the most people‚ Christian ethics would look at everyone
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Othello a Tragic Hero Othello is one of the most famous plays by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare develops the characters into fully realized human beings‚ with their own names‚ personalities‚ and ways of looking at the world. Othello is the protagonist of the play. He is a combination of greatness and weakness‚ in his own words "an honourable murderer". He is a general in the Venetian defense forces. Although he is a foreigner from Africa‚ he has been promoted this position by excellence
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Question: “To what extent was the U.S. justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?” The Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki dropped or not‚ were ones of the man-made disasters that occurred on August 6 1945‚ and August 9 1945 respectively. The launching of the atomic bomb has numerous opinions and aspects on whether United States of America should be justified for launching atomic bombs on those cities or not. The essay question for our class is‚ “To what extent was the United
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