THE MODERN PROMETHEUS IMPORTANT REFERENCES Paradise Lost Did I request thee‚ Maker‚ from my clay To mould me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me? Lines from John Milton ’s Paradise Lost From the title page of Frankenstein; or‚ The Modern Prometheuse‚ 1818 In Frankenstein‚ the intelligent and sensitive monster created by Victor Frankenstein reads a copy of Milton ’s Paradise Lost‚ which profoundly stirs his emotions. The monster compares his situation to that of Adam
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet’s death were tragic‚ but in the end it was really their faults. They were much too young to be as “in love” as they were. Neither of them knew what they truly wanted yet. The events in the play all branched off of Romeo and Juliet rushing into things they weren’t ready for that their age. Later on‚ when they were older‚ they could have continued their relationship. It was all established much too quickly. For one‚ Romeo was in and out of love
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The video‚ “Ghosts of Abu Gharib”‚ told the tale of inhumane treatment of Iraqi prisoners by United States military personnel in the early 2000’s. After the events that took place on September 11th‚ 2001 many individuals felt it was their need to join the army‚ fight for their country‚ and aid the war against terror. This was a very unique war because the rules of combat were not clearly stated because there was no straightforward law about treatment of individuals who were part of terror group.
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Tragedy‚ defined as “a lamentable‚ dreadful‚ or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster‚” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tragedy) was prominent between 1939 and 1945. An alternate definition‚ “a disastrous event‚ especially one involving distressing loss or injury to life‚” was also prominent during these 6 long years‚ due to the Holocaust’s estimated death toll being that of 9 to 11 million. The Holocaust‚ (Holocaust derived from the Greek word “holos‚” meaning completely‚ and “kaustos
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BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY At 11.00 PM on December 2 1984‚ while most of the one million residents of Bhopal slept‚ an operator at the plant noticed a small leak of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and increasing pressure inside a storage tank. The vent-gas scrubber‚ a safety device designer to neutralize toxic discharge from the MIC system‚ had been turned off three weeks prior . Apparently a faulty valve had allowed one ton of water for cleaning internal pipes to mix with forty tons of MIC. A 30 ton refrigeration
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Lord Capulet is partially at fault because he told Juliet to take her time and find someone she loves to get married. As well as Friar Laurence because he made hasty decisions about marrying behind the backs of their parents. Romeo and Juliet because they went behind everyone’s back at such a young age to marry one another. In the tragic love story Romeo and Juliet‚ written by Shakespeare‚ Friar Laurence‚ Romeo‚ Juliet‚ and Lord Capulet are all at fault for Romeo
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He Touches A Ghost There are good guys and bad guys in the world. People love to stay with a kind person since kind people are sincere and care about others. But people are not willing to be close to bad guys because they always bully others. Similarly‚ there are good ghosts and bad ghosts. People don’t hate good ghosts because they don’t hurt people. They are willing to know and stay with good ghosts. On the contrary‚ evil ghosts are scary. Those vile ghosts’ presence always means misfortune since
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leading noblemen‚ old age pretending to be young‚ day overtaking night. The Nurse speaks of Juliet falling as a child when she relates a story to Lady Capulet. This story indirectly pertains to the rise and fall of the characters. Since this is a tragedy‚ the influence of wheel’s fortune cannot be overlooked. Indeed‚ Juliet’s role in the play does parallel the wheel of fortune‚ with her rise to the balcony and her fall to the vault. The Nurse also foreshadows‚ "An I might live to see thee married
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In the play "Hamlet" written by William Shakespeare‚ is a play that revolves around tragedy and revenge and this revenge leads to Hamlets death and people that were close to him. Hamlet’s pursuit to revenge his father’s death blinded his morals and intelligence and lead to his untimely death. It can be argued that Hamlet is the most complex character Shakespeare has ever written‚ there has been many debates revolving around his insanity (real or fake). The progression of Hamlet is quite astonishing
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This book is a study of the Armenian tragedy‚ and offers analysis by presenting it as a case study of genocide and by seeing it as a historical process in which a domestic conflict escalated and was consumed by a global war. It also establishes a link between genocide and nationality conflicts in the Balkan Peninsula and the Turko-American areas. The author examines the genocide through official WWI documents from Turkey‚ Imperial Germany‚ and Imperial Austria. The main premise of his study is
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