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    Tragedy of Miriam

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    “The Tragedy of Mariam” was set in an ancient context‚ but Elizabeth Cary uses this portrayal to condemn and analyze the suppression of women in a historically and typically patriarchal society. The play highlights how Mariam is restricted from having private space in a public realm. She is denied any private interludes with her husband and basically has no personal or clandestine relationships with any other individual. Mariam struggles with the idea of what is expected of her from society and her

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    Tragedy in Savar

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    Extra Credit Essay The Tragedy in Savar shows in my opinion what these multinational corporations are all about‚ the bottom line! Multinationals should be held accountable‚ they have a responsibility to the people of Savar and other poor countries that they choose to produce their goods in. At the same time multinationals need to keep their investors happy‚ need to turn a profit quarter after quarter‚ need to win at all costs. So do I think what happened in Savar is the result of the free market

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    Kashmir Tragedy

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    HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Kashmir tragedy began when under the Treaty of Amritsar in 1846; the British sold the state of Jammu and Kashmir to Gulab Singh‚ a Hindu Dogra chieftain for the sum of 7.5 million rupees. Lord Lawrence who negotiated this treaty‚ termed this transaction as “iniquitous arrangement” The sale of such a vast area with a predominantly Muslim majority was justified by the Viceroy Lord Hardinge ‚ in his correspondence with Queen Victoria ‚to recover the losses in wars against

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    The Tragedy of Othello

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    The Tragedy of Othello‚ The Moor of Venice Act I 1. A noble Moor in the service of the Venetian state‚ a General. He is somewhat important to society. And he was slightly famous and well-known captain and general. To others that knew who Othello was didn’t really like him as a person but they liked him for the things that he had done for the country and the people. Also some of the people were jealous of Othello because of the fact that he was a moor and that Desdemona was in love with him

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    Titanic Tragedy

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    Who  was  responsible  for  the  loss  of  life  with  the  sinking  of  the  Titanic?   By  Rebecca  Gutteridge  Year  9     RMS  Titanic‚  so  called  the  ‘unsinkable  ship’‚  became  the  largest  maritime  disaster  in  history  when   she  hit  an  iceberg  on  her  maiden  voyage  through  the  North  Atlantic.  Much  indecision  surrounds

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    A Personal Tragedy

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    Elisabeth Stuart Phelps captures the essence of time when “ young ladies had not begun to have ‘opinions’ upon the doctrine of evolution‚ and before feminine friendships and estrangements were founded on the distinctions between protoplasm and bioplasm” (Phelps 8). She writes a kunstlerroman novel of young woman who has the ability to go far with her artistic talent and looses her inspiration after being married. Another author who tackles similar issues is Louisa May Alcott and her novel “Little

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    Boeing Tragedy

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    2.0 Do you believe U.S. military contracts with Boeing amount to subsidies? Have these types of payments provided with unfair advantages? Justify your answer. First and foremost‚ we do believe that U.S. military contracts with Boeing are amount to subsidies. News stated that Boeing received at least $5.3 billion in its improper subsidies in order to develop the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and other jet models. The funding of $5.3 billion came from the U.S. Department of Defense according to the New York

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    Jill Runnels Professor hall American Literature 9 April 2014 ‘The Scarlet Letter’ as a Tragedy The Scarlet Letter is a literature monument of the American Romantic era. The intensely tragic drama‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ has been analyzed by American literature analysts and critics alike. The aim of this paper is to specifically highlight the tragedy it narrates. Tragedy‚ considered to be the highest poetic element by Aristotle‚ has elements and characteristics portrayed in the text

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    have needed to challenge the existing‚ restrictive views of society‚ views which have been embedded in the culture and views many are unhappy to let go of. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and documentary The Scottsboro Trials - An American Tragedy directed by Barak Goodman and Daniel Anker both feature themes of Social Justice‚ overcoming prejudice and personal and moral courage. The concept of justice involves fair‚ just and equal treatment. These facets are found in a person’s personal

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    Tragedy in the Modern Age

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    Tragedy in the Modern Age: A Short Note Arpan Adhikary The genre of tragedy as a form of dramatic art developed in the ancient Greece out of the ritualistic performances in the honour of the pagan deity Dionysus. Aristotle formulated his theory of tragedy on basis of the plays composed by the then Greek tragedians like Aeschylus‚ Euripides and Sophocles‚ and he regarded these plays as the most comprehensive instances of this genre. Plays by Roman tragedian Seneca‚ and those by such Elizabethan

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