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    Shakespeare‘s As You Like It is based on a work entitled Rosalynde written by Thomas Lodge (Verity 2000 : xiii) The play is often categorized as a pastoral comedy . The term .pastoral. refers to the life of the shepherds or rural folk and their ways of living‚ manners and customs. However‚ pastoral poetry does not reflect the realities of country life and that from its beginning it created an imaginary landscape which was actually a projection of the poct‘s feelings and ideas. Hence the word ’pastoral‘

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    Shakespeare’s comedy is based on cruelty and subversion discuss. Shakespeare created comedy in Much Ado through the characters behaviour‚ dialogue and prose but his comedy is often seen as cruel and subversive. Cruelty can be defined in many ways‚ one definition is behaviour which causes physical or mental harm to another‚ another is to inflict pain or suffering and enjoy the pain or distress of others. Plato said that ‘laughter is an emotion that overrides rational self-control’. From this definition

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    The main factors of this article called “Methanol--the fuel in Waiting” explains how Methanol could both have positive and negative effects in the environment and the economy. The article discusses how methanol could be another alternative to gasoline and it is a made from natural gas‚ which makes it easier to make and use. Methanol (see Figure 1) is that it is the simplest alcohol with a chain of one carbon atom with three hydrogen atoms attached. The characteristics of this simple alcohol are

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    live their lives as long as they didn’t infringe on the rights to others‚ to the idea that the resources of society should be distributed to all‚ including those most deserving first.” With this theme/ idea‚ Dante described this through his Divine Comedy. He meets many people throughout his journey through Hell all the way to end up in paradise who live their lives‚ yet some try to “infringe” their rights upon him. We all still have yet to live in a Just Society‚ even if we aren’t living in

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    Oedipus, a Tragic Hero?

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    Oedipus‚ a Tragic Hero? Elizabeth Howell English 102- B33 Professor Katie Robinson Liberty University October 12‚ 2012 Oedipus‚ a Tragic Hero? Thesis: Using Aristotle’s five different descriptions of a tragic hero‚ we will show that Oedipus in Oedipus the King is in fact a tragic hero and how his decisions led to his downfall. Outline: I. Introduction and Thesis Statement II. Is the character of noble birth? A. King of Thebes B. Real father was king III. Though the tragic hero is

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    Tragic Hero Essay

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    Tragic Hero In many‚ a tragedy do the tragic heroes have flaws that lead themselves to their own demise. The main character always acts exactly on his or her own emotions; thus aiding their tragic flaw and leading to their own demise without giving them the time to stop the repercussions of their emotion driven actions. In the play “Antigone” by Sophocles many of the characters are simply too headstrong and passionate about their beliefs to realize that they would greatly regret the decisions

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    Jay Milton 1/30/12 Humanities II Blood Diamond In the movie blood diamond we find two heroes on a journey of they own in Africa during the worst of times over the buying of diamonds for big jewelry companies. The movie uses donors or helpers for each other throughout the scenes. Solomon Vandy is one of the heroes who fill out half of the traits it takes to be called a hero in most situations. Solomon Vandy is a Mende fisherman who is captured by the Revolutionary United Front RUF rebels during

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    Arthur's Tragic Flaw

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    modern text‚ in many ways Arthur is a hero but in reality he is a tragic hero with flaws. Noble Stature is an important element of being a tragic hero‚ one must be remembered in order to be considered a hero‚ a tragic hero is not complete without a tragic flaw‚ most importantly a tragic hero must be excessively punished in order to learn an important lesson. Arthur’s father Uther Pendragon was a wonderful king‚ however he had a tragic flaw he was in love with Egraine which caused him

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    Waiting time There are some main problems that causes unnecessary waiting time. First of all the casting machine often breaks down and this kind of stop results in a lot of waiting time for the process and the workers. To repair a broken down machine takes at least 3 hours up to 12 hours. When the machine breaks down the production in the melting work centre is stopped which for example makes the level of inventory increase. Since the company only have one machine there are a lot of unnecessary

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    Creon The Tragic Hero

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    A tragic hero is defined in most cases as a literary character of great stature whose moral defect leads to tragedy but some self-awareness brings the character to make the right decision (World Literatures). That is why although Antigone portrays many characteristics of a tragic hero‚ the real tragic hero of this play is Creon. A tragic hero in the Greek world is very different from our perceptive of a hero in the modern world. When today’s society thinks of a hero they think of superpowers and

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