Tragedy Paper Argument The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth Laban is a novel that takes place at Irving High school. It follows a triangle of love with Tim‚ Vanessa‚ and Patrick who are three seniors from the previous year. This book is read by juniors at Four County Career Center. I believe this book should be part of the Four County Career Center junior English curriculum. One reason The Tragedy Paper should be read by juniors at Four County Career Center is because it is relatable to high school students
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The story of Othello is a traditional tragedy with a main character‚ whose tragic flaw lead’s us to his death. In Othello‚ it teaches us life lessons to avoid these tragedies. As the play develops‚ the situations worsen‚ and we are shown a story of a powerful man who falls from grace. Othello’s tragic flaws lie with his irritable character traits. Throughout the play‚ we get a sense of these traits in full mode. His most irritable trait is his pride. By being overly prideful‚ Othello often
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The responsibility of revenge on the perpetrator falls to Hamlet‚ since he believes his father was murdered. Hamlet learned the events that unfolded during his father’s murder in the garden from a ghost that claimed to be the spirit of King Hamlet. In both soliloquies‚ his desire and drive to kill Claudius is “prompted to [his] revenge by heaven and hell” (2.2.547). His thoughts of revenge derive from seeing his father’s thought to be spirit in purgatory. The ghost that visited Hamlet may be the
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#1Reflection on "My Last Duchess"The speaker is notably a snobbish‚ childish‚ and indifferent Duke. He does not seem to have any remorse for his murder of his "Duchess" and remains arrogantly steadfast to his justification that his murder was for the cause of her (the Duchess’s) "too soon made glad" by other men‚ and her smiles to everyone who passed. He describes her as if she was just another distant thing in the past‚ and disregards the painting of her as just another piece of artwork. The poem
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In an essay in 1833‚ William Forster Lloyd outlined a phenomenon called the “tragedy of the commons.” The tragedy of the commons can be defined as individuals acting only for their personal benefit‚ thus depleting a necessary group resource to the point that it cannot recover (“Tragedy”). This issue reared its head in the state of North Carolina recently due to the gas shortage caused by a damaged pipeline. On September 9th‚ Colonial Pipeline Company discovered it had a leak in its southern pipeline
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Charles Dickens‚ some characters want revenge but don’t get it and others get their revenge. In this story Gaspard gets his vengeance. Dr.Manette and Madame Defarge were two out of many that couldn’t get their revenge. In the novel A Tale of Two Cities‚ Gaspard gets revenge against the Marquis. For example the Marquis ran over and killed Gaspards’ child. Monsieur the Marquis could care less about what he had done to the poor little child. Gaspard needed to get revenge to the hurt he was caused by the
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Tragedy is a huge part not only in life but in literature. Tragedy in reality can be anything; death‚ natural disaster‚ suicide‚ and so on. Tragedy in literature is portrayed in a plays or religious ceremonies. Most of these tragedies are related to the disaster of heroes‚ legends‚ and religious myths. A tragedy in literature may have some similarities as tragedies in real life‚ but will need key aspects to be considered a tragedy. Tragedy is portrayed very differently in literature compared to
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novel “Frankenstein” revenge is a lonesome path for the characters. Victor Frankenstein and the creature choose the path of revenge after they have suffered a lot of misfortune throughout their lives. Revenge is a path of pain that a person chooses to walk in order to cause pain and suffering to the other person. The creature whose heart was the kindest whenever he met a new person‚ was turned into a heartless creature. The creature who is on a path of revenge‚ has sworn revenge on Victor. As the creature
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Please read the article‚ Tragedy of the Commons. It can be found on the web http://dieoff.org/page95.htm as well as other sources. In his work‚ Tragedy of the Commons‚ Garrett Hardin address a section termed Tragedy of Freedom in a Commons. 1. Please define the term ‘tragedy’ in the sense it is used in the article. 2. Please explain what the Tragedy of a Freedom in a Commons is. a. Do you concur with the position presented? i. Why or why not? 3. What is Hardin’s thesis idea? 4. Do you
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In “The Liar” by Tobias Wolff‚ the main character uses lies as a way of getting revenge on his mother‚ to make him feel better about his father’s death. James is trying to get revenge on his mother‚ because of her mistreatment and lack of presence throughout his childhood. The first time James realizes that his lies have had an effect on her is when he says‚ “She felt lonely in her confusion but didn’t call anyone because she also felt like a failure. My lying had that effect on her. She took it
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