3. People often want to blame someone when "things go wrong." People spend hours in court trying to find the guilty person. So‚ how would you explain the death of Curley’s wife? Who was irresponsible? In our time people like Lennie are put to death similar acts. Argue who is responsible and explain how events took such a tragic turn. "As you would blame others‚ blame yourself; as you would forgive yourself‚ forgive others." - Chinese Proverb. This quote accurately depicts an ideal situation
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the 1900’s‚ the overall death rate of the population in Britain has decreased. For males‚ the death rate has dropped from 25829 in 1901 to a mere 8477 in 2000. The rate fell from 21705 to 5679 within the same period of time for females. It was noted that death rates increased during flu epidemics as well as in cold and hot weather. For example‚ about 200 000 people died in the year 1918 due to the influenza epidemic. Nowadays‚ more people die after the age of 65 while in the early 1900’s‚ only 20%
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Who you think was responsible for the assassination of Kennedy? The assassination of John F. Kennedy is one of the biggest cases built up on theories and endless misplacements. Kennedy was assassinated on Friday 22nd November 1963‚ in Dallas‚ Texas. This mystery has not yet been solved; people have different opinions and blame different people or groups. I think that Kennedy was assassinated by the American intelligence plot. Again everyone has their own opinions‚ but I will explain during this
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John Edgar Wideman’s biography about his brother Robby Our Time can also be seen as a story about accepting responsibility. There were many things throughout the story that could have been blamed for Robby’s robbery and murder conviction. One excuse could have been that Robby seemed to be born under a black cloud. He was born on December 29 which seemed a foreshadowing of his whole life for two reasons. First‚ his birthday‚ the most important day for a young boy‚ was associated with tragedy‚ because
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Shakespeare’s plays Othello and Macbeth the audience is presented with two great heroes who both poses a certain character flaw that inevitably leads to their downfall. This is the idea behind a tragic hero; a person of great importance comes to a tragic end because of a serious flaw in his character. Both Othello and Macbeth find themselves on top of the world one moment and being crushed beneath it the next. The next logical comparison to make between two of Shakespeare’s tragic heroes is who is more tragic
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of the main character‚ Iago‚ toys with the mind of Othello‚ generally leading Othello into having the jealous thoughts towards his peers and an hateful heart towards his wife‚ Desdemona. At the beginning of the story‚ Othello makes it apparent to the other men in the story that he is okay with Desdemona’s independence‚ and is actually proud of that in her and makes it apparent that‚ her independance is a feature that attracted Othello to Desdemona. “ But to be free and bounteous to her mind; And heaven
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As the titular word “foretold” suggests‚ Santiago Nasar’s death initially appears to be a matter of predetermined fate. However‚ through a class discussion‚ it became evident fate was not the sole motivator of events. Its cousin‚ free will‚ is frequently observed in the actions of characters whose participation‚ or lack thereof‚ in events ultimately allowed the murder to take place. Chronicle is thus presenting a world of events where elements of both fate and free will are present‚ despite how we
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Mysterious Death of Tupac Shakur Tupac‚ or 2Pac was an African-American rapper who had sold more than 75 million records worldwide‚ and was considered a hip-hop legend throughout his career. He was born on June 13th‚ 1971 and died a very tragic death on September 13th‚ 1996 . His death caused much sparkness to occur as of who it was that killed him‚ not of how he died. A lot of factors played in during his death‚ and considering the complexity of the murder‚ it was hard to tell if the death had been
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impressionable personality would lead him to a fatal outcome‚ suicide. There were many different causes and factors that led to his death‚ along with the death of the other central characters. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar resulted in multiple tragedies‚ due to the actions and decisions made by Brutus and the other conspirators. Realistically‚ Brutus’ own decisions led to his death. The decision that Brutus made to join the conspirators in killing Caesar was his first‚ and most significant‚ mistake. If
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Who was responsible for Thomas a’Becketts death? Henry II was ultimately responsible although four knights did the deed. Henry had been having arguments with the church for many years‚ and decided to install Thomas a’Beckett‚ formerly Lord Chancellor and a close and trusted friend as archbishop of Canterbury. He thought having his friend‚ as the most senior clergyman would bring the church onside. However this didn’t workout as Henry planned and as Archbishop a’Beckett favoured the church
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