Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean near South America‚ suffered the Tragedy of the Commons‚ which caused the natives of Easter Island to go extinct. The tragedy of the commons is what happens when people don’t communicate and are not conservative of their resources. The islanders cut down all of their trees‚ resulting in the loss of many resources. According to Ralph Faggotter‚ when the people arrived‚ there were large forests and palm trees‚ along with many species of birds and seals.
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History 10th Grade Week 5 Day 3 September 4‚ 2013 868 Words Topic: Was Antigone a tragedy? In the late 440’s B.C. the philosopher Sophocles wrote the tragic drama‚ Antigone. The play begins with the lead‚ Antigone distraught because the ruler‚ Creon‚ declared that all who fought the war against him and died did not deserve a proper ceremonial burial. Antigone’s brother fought against Creon and died. She decided she would bury her brother because an unburied soul would wearily wander earth forever
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Chapter 5 Discussion Questions 1. Such analysis allows the firm to determine at what level of operations it will break even and to explore the relationship between volume‚ costs‚ and profits. 2. A utility is in a stable‚ predictable industry and therefore can afford to use more financial leverage than an automobile company‚ which is generally subject to the influences of the business cycle. An automobile manufacturer may not be able to service a large amount of debt when there is
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REVISITING THE ”TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS” University Sciences Po Paris Semester: Fall 2011/2012 Student: Sönke-Timo Kisker Student – ID: 100033186 Course: Thinking and Acting the Environment Course-ID: 23811 Course Coordinaton: Florence Faucher-King; Thomas Léon Assignment: Mid-term paper Word-count: 2746 Date: 18.10.2011 | Agenda
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playwrights that have ever lived. He has written dozens and dozens of brilliant plays‚ most of those plays have been made into movies. One such play that has been made into a movie is “Othello.” The play “Othello” is one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. It is about a black general in the Italian army‚ Othello‚ and what happened between him and his wife‚ Desdemona. The main villain in this play is Iago; who is a soldier under Othello’s command. Iago tells Othello numerous lies about Desdemona and
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Tekstens tema: "Om at være udenfor." Håbløs er skrevet i 1996 af Østkyst Hustlers. Det er en lyrisk rapsang‚ som udtrykker "hovedpersonens" tanker og følelser. "Hovedpersonen" fortæller med sin indre monolog‚ om hvordan han har det‚ når andre sviner ham til‚ fordi han er "anderledes". Når jeg læser Håbløs‚ kommer jeg til at tænker på‚ hvor vigtigt det er for andre at man tilpasser sig. Det er "vigtigt"‚ at gå i det "rigtige" tøj‚ og være lige så cool som dem. Men det fortæller jo også‚ hvor nemt
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Many believe that the title of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is inappropriate since Julius Caesar was not the tragic hero of the play. Several feel that the true tragic hero of the play was Caesar’s right hand man‚ Marcus Brutus. For centuries this debate on whether who should possess the title of the tragedy is still unknown. However‚ I think that the play should be entitled The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus‚ because Brutus contains more qualities of a tragic hero than Caesar does
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How appropriate do you think it is to describe The Great Gatsby as a tragedy? ‘The Great Gatsby’ may be seen as a tragic love story due to the love affair between Daisy and Gatsby which ultimately leads to his death. It could also be appropriate to describe ‘The Great Gatsby’ as a tragedy due to Nick’s attitude towards Gatsby that is almost tragic as he can’t see any fault in him. However‚ I think that ‘The Great Gatsby‚’ rather than being a tragic novel‚ is rather a Modernist‚ romantic fiction
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Macbeth is a tragedy in which the main character‚ Macbeth‚ is told by three witches that he will become king of Scotland. He then made the decision to kill the current king. Macbeth becomes king but has to kill more people so that he can keep his power. Eventually everyone‚ including his own army‚ turns on Macbeth. He is forced to meet his fate. It can be argued that Macbeth’s ambitious behavior is what causes his thirst for power and that the witches only play a collateral role in his inevitable
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Oversimplify Tragedy? Everyone knows or has experienced a tragedy in their life. Tragedies happen all around the world and each person may experience the same type of tragedy‚ for example‚ hurricanes‚ tornadoes‚ tsunamis‚ car accidents‚ the 9/11 attack‚ or even death. Deepak Chopra tells his opinions about reactions to a tragic event in his article “After tragedy‚ brain needs to heal”. He lets the readers know his thoughts and feelings about how there are only two reactions to a tragedy. I disagree
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