When tragedy strikes‚ it is not uncommon for a well revered figure to respond to such an event as common people look up to them for guidance. Robert F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton are no exceptions‚ while the initial is addressing the sudden assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the latter concerning towards The 1995 Oklahoma Bombing‚ both are responding towards tragic loss and the aftermath that should follow. In their speeches‚ “A Eulogy For Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.” and “Oklahoma Bombing
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The Tragedy of Madame Bovary Madame Bovary is both a product of and a commentary on life in 19th century France. Gustav Flaubert’s wrote the novel in a realistic style‚ which was then the major movement in art and literature. This technique‚ which allowed him to honestly portray the nature of provincial life‚ was the perfect medium to showcase his opinion of the bourgeoisie and their preoccupations. He used mostly his main character‚ Emma Bovary‚ to show that the corrupt values of the middle
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The Bottomless Pit of a Tragedy "Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction” (Erich Fromm). This quote is about the constant‚ overwhelming desire for more‚ which causes the endless tragic destruction of one’s self. This is illustrated in the film “Match Point”‚ written and directed by Woody Allen‚ whereby the main character undergoes a calamity‚ likewise‚ a true Shakespearean tragedy. One must first define a Shakespearean
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Garrett Hardin’s famous‚ “The Tragedy of the Commons‚” has been effective till date. His modest but commanding explanation of herdsmen sharing a common pasture has created a debate in a wide range of topics as to how resources are being over used. The essence of Hardin’s story of tragedy is that herdsmen sharing a common pasture are led to think that by adding up more sheep due to unlimited grass would optimize them individually but‚ they ultimately ended up overstocking their herds and destroy their
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BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY By: Jessica Turakhia Roll No: 7 The Bhopal Gas Tragedy is considered the world’s worst‚ industrial catastrophe‚ and 28 years on‚ the nightmare still continues for its victims and survivors. 28 years on‚ they are still asking the same question they asked then – Will
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Snowdrop Crater was Bear’s single glimmer of hope amongst a land of desolation‚ bleakness‚ and destruction. It was so named for the sudden blooming of the snowdrop flower‚ flora unknown to Bear’s land‚ inside one of the craters formed by the Unspoken Tragedy. They were exceptionally beautiful‚ milky-white in colour‚
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Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare‚ which has been performed on stage for a wide range of different audiences since its creation in the sixteenth century. It depicts the endeavours of Lord Macbeth to become king through a series of murders‚ egged on by his wife‚ Lady Macbeth. The reason Macbeth can be called a tragedy is because the elements of tragedy are present throughout. Macbeth also adheres to Aristotle’s definition of tragedy. That is‚ that a tragedy describes the fatal error of
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The forces that drive men to make decisions‚ and the results that follow‚ are complex aspects within human nature and must be constantly attended to so that the resulting consequences do not create circumstances and situations that are worse than the original. The dilemma is how to do this‚ and what does it take to make the right decisions. How does a man determine truth from rumor? How does he react to information that is against his moral standards? How does he remain fair and just in the face
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BLOOD WEDDING (BODAS DE SANGRE‚ 1933) By Federico García Lorca POETICE TRAGEDY‚ POETIC DRAMA OR RURAL TRAGEDY: Blood Wedding is the first and most enigmatic of Lorca’s trilogy of rural Andalusian tragedies and has been widely praised by the critics for the achievement of a tragic form. Its distinctive features include the fusion of lyric and dramatic impulses‚ the skillful integration of a musical pattern in the drama’s structural design‚ the thematic relevance of songs‚ stage effects
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An American Tragedy Introduction: Desired by many‚ yet achieved by a few‚ the American dream has played a prominent role in almost every person’s life. Driven by the idea of the American dream‚ most fail to realize the damage they create on their journey to achieve this goal. Thesis: Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy captures Clyde Griffith’s undertaking in pursuit of his ultimate American dream: to be a successful and wealthy man and to rise above his family’s cruel state of poverty‚ leading
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