‘Gloucester is no less a tragic figure than his king’. By considering the role and dramatic presentation of Gloucester in ‘King Lear’‚ evaluate this view. (30 Marks) King Lear and Gloucester are similar to an extent of being tragic heroes‚ because they both experience the traditional features of a classic tragedy. Both characters go through the features of hubris‚ hamartia and culminates with anagnorisis. Shakespeare employs the double plot in ‘King Lear’‚ the only Shakespearean tragedy to employ
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has made children less creative than they were in the past Society has been changing considerably since the advent of advanced development of technology that never grows as strong as it does nowadays. Thanks to a huge amount of knowledge‚ people invent lots of modern technology that come in handy in life. However‚ technology makes life faster and easier rather better‚ which is the most indispensable factor in development. Consequently‚ technology makes children less creative than they used to be in
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perfect competition‚ and whether a monopoly is necessarily less efficient than perfect competition. Using diagrams and equations reflecting the optimal choice of output‚ marginal revenue and marginal cost for monopolies‚ I will explain how efficiency is affected by low levels of production. At the same time monopolies can increase efficiency due to their ability in price discrimination‚ they price people differently and therefore people pay what they truly believe the good is worth. There needs to
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A mundane product or service costing less than $5. Ms. Swathi calls for Maggi noodles almost every time someone returns from India or when she goes home. As she lives is a shared accommodation she turns to instant noodles whenever she and her friends want to have something quick which wouldn’t force them to do a lot of cleaning afterwards. All of them generally decide on Maggi‚ as they all have grown up eating Maggi. They do not remember since when‚ but all are accustomed to the taste and they
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Robin Williams once said‚ “No matter what people tell you‚ words and ideas can change the world.” Numerous people today would disagree with the statement words hold more power than weapons. However‚ Nelson Mandela‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ and Decius from The Tragedy of Julius Caesar are all examples throughout history that clearly reveal that words can entice the most influential people. I completely agree; words hold more power than weapons. There is an abundant amount of power held in a single
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Hanging‚ Lethal Injection‚ Electrocution‚ Gas Chamber‚ and Firing Squad are the five methods of execution that were used in the United States. The most commonly used method today in the United States is lethal injection. Only 36 states in the US are authorized to carry out executions (Ecenbarger‚ 2010). Hanging was the primary method of execution used in the United States until the 1890s. Delaware and Washington have carried out a total of 3 executions by this method since it was re-introduced in
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Lethal Gift of Livestock This is the brief summary about chapter eleven of Diamond’s book which its name if Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel. This chapter talk about diseases that they transform from animals to human body. Before I started with my summary‚ I want to say that I personally agree with Diamond’s speech because he support his argument by showing many strong evidence. From the beginning‚ germs are the major things that make living things sick‚ such as human‚ animals‚ and plants. There are many
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Young people today are less dependent on their parents than in the past. whether young people today depend more on their parents then in the past has generated considerable discussion among educator‚ futurists and parents. In my opinion‚ nowadays young people are more depends on their parents for their life on working‚ and financial aid. There are two examples. First‚ since young people have more and more pressure on their way of finding a good career‚ they can not easily to find a job as
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the military leaders of the era were also at odds with the new gunpowder weaponry. As gunpowder weaponry continued to develop it eventually progressed to the point of being very effective‚ and nobles‚ the knightly class‚ began to recognize that firearms represented a threat to their dominance. Unlike traditional medieval warfare which respected social status‚ “...gunpowder weapons had no such respect for class‚ and nobles risked death as much from gunshot as did non-noble soldiers”. Nobles feared
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Weapons: There were different kinds of weapons used in WW1. Firstly‚ there was the rifle and it was a bolt-action rifle. It was the most used gun by the soldiers in the trenches. 15 rounds altogether could be fired in a minute and a person that was standing 1400-1500 metres away could possibly be killed by it so this shows how powerful it was. Also‚ another weapon that was frequently used was machine guns. A disadvantage to them was that they needed 4-6 men to use them so this could be
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