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    Hamlet: Tragedy of Failure William Shakespeare’s‚ Hamlet is a tragedy of failure‚ the failure of a man placed in circumstances and faced to deal with them successfully. In some ways‚ Hamlet reminds us of Brutus in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Hamlet and Brutus are both good men who live in trying times; both are intellectual‚ even philosophical; both men want to do the right thing; both men intellectualize over what the right thing is; neither

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    Overview The Bhopal disaster‚ also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy‚ was a gas leak incident in India‚ considered the world’s worst industrial disaster.It occurred on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh. Over 500‚000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals. The toxic substance made its way in and around the shantytowns located near the plant.Estimates vary on the death toll. The official

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    AP English Literature and Composition Synthesis Essay Othello is a story of tragedy; a failed marriage between a Moor and the white daughter of a political figure. Through jealousy and deception‚ Othello and Desdemona’s‚ his wife‚ marriage goes from a love story to two tragic and preventable deaths. Othello is a highly respected general in the defense forces of Venice; his charismatic and intelligent demeanor allows him to gain power and status in a majority white atmosphere. Desdemona is the daughter

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    Common Pool Resources Common Pool Resources are defined as non-excludable‚ but rival in consumption. Excludability is a property of a good where a person can be prevented from using it. Rivalry is a property of a good where one person’s use diminishes another person’s use. Externalities: costs/benefits that others face due to individuals’ actions. Externalities arise when those who use an asset (sink/source) but do not pay the full cost of maintaining the asset. The costs are transferred to common

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    HEALTH THE BHOPAL DISASTER Ashay Chitre‚ a film maker living in Bhopal’s prestigious Bharat Bhawan‚ built by the state government to attract artists to this central Indian city‚ heard a commotion outside his window early in the morning at about 3 a m. It was a chill December and all the windows of Chitre’s house were closed. As Chitre and his wife Rohini‚ seven months pregnant‚ opened the window‚ they got a whiff of gas. They immediately felt breathless and their eyes and noses began to

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    In an Aristotelian Tragedy‚ most characters error that causes his or her own downfall. Like in Antigone by Sophocles whose character‚ Antigone‚ is trying to bury her deceased brother. Her uncle‚ Creon‚ who is now the new ruler of Thebes has made a new law stating that traitors shall not be buried and he considers Polyneices‚ Antigone’s brother a traitor. Antigone then decides to bury him anyway but is caught and sent away to die‚ despite warnings from people. Antigone‚ Haimon who is Creon’s son

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    Bhopal Gas Tragedy Product - Brand name Sevin (Union Carbide) - Third most used insecticide in US - Not fatal to people Carbaryl - Does not cause cancer Chemistry TLV = 0.02 ppm Methyl isocyanate Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) Clear‚ colourless‚ b.p. 39oC‚ odour threshold 2.1 ppm Effects of 0.4 ppm - Coughing - Chest pain - Breathing pain (dyspnea) - Asthma - Eye irritation - Nose‚ throat‚ skin damage Effects of 21 ppm - Lung oedema - Emphysema (damage of lung tissue) - hemorrhaging - bronchial

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    Thalia Socarras Mrs. Constance M. Pinckney English 1 Period 7 8 April 2013 The dramatic comedy about love‚ hatred‚ bloodshed‚ and death‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ masterfully conveys the power of boundless love‚ and bitter abhorrence. In the setting of Verona‚ Italy‚ two disputing families fight over a long-forgotten disagreement. Within the walls of each opposing family’s home‚ live two teens‚ whose fates are grim‚ but love is unbinding. They happen to meet‚ and in the short

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    Is the common good common? Something is wrong with the way we live today. For countless years we have made a benefit out of the chase of self-interest‚ this now constitutes what remains of our sense of purpose. We know what things cost but have no idea what they are worth (Judt‚ 2016). The principles of catholic social thought (CST) is separated into nine major principles. These principles deliver a thorough understanding of relationships between individuals and the way in which society operates

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    References: 1-. Peterson.M.J‚ “Bhopal Plant Disaster – Situation Summary‚” Science‚ Technology & Society Initiative‚. University of Massachusetts Amherst‚ 2009. 14 2- Basha.O‚ Alajmy.J ‚ Newaz.T.The Bhopal gas Tragedy: A safety case study http://repository.qatar.tamu.edu/bitstream/handle/1969.2/256/CHEN 455 Bhopal 2009 presentation.pdf?sequence=1 3-Lectures of the (Chemical Process safety course) in UWO CBE 9173L 001 GS13 4- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster

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