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    During his lifetime‚ Shakespeare had three jobs. He was a playwright‚ a businessman‚ and an actor. Shakespeare not only wrote plays‚ but also sonnets. His most famous sonnet would be “Sonnet 18”. Some of his greatest plays are The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare was known for stealing the ideas for his plays from other playwrights during his time. But‚ somehow he wrote magnificent plays and became the greatest playwright of all time. Shakespeare was also

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    almost instantaneous‚ and we have the means to our money from almost anywhere in the world. With this increase ease of availability‚ crime coordination and implementation has also become easier. Logistics for criminal enterprises has streamlined. Our modern conveniences have made the ability to enact crimes remotely greater than it has ever been before. Every day there is an increase in [globalization]‚ meaning that interactions and integrations amongst people‚ corporations and political systems from

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    In Friedrich Nietzsche’s “The birth of Tragedy” he claims that “Every artist must appear as an ‘imitator’‚ either as the Apollonian dream artist or the Dionysian ecstatic artist‚ or finally as a dream and ecstatic artist in one.” According to Nietzsche Greek art was very superficial before Dionysus. In this original art the observer was not truly united with the art‚ unable to immerse himself. Apollo was present to protect man from suffering and provided them with a certain level comfort. Dionysus

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    ’There are various degrees of recognition in tragedy. In Othello‚ recognition is minimal: the protagonist learns what he has done and what he has lost‚ but learns little or nothing about himself.’’ How far do you agree? – This is a quote that I have adapted into my thesis‚ taken from ‘’A Book of literary terms’’. Anagnorisis‚ a Greek word meaning ‘’recognition’’‚ is described by Aristotle as ‘’a change from ignorance to knowledge’’. I agree with this statement as‚ in the play Othello‚ Othello’s

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    Tragedy and Julius Caesar

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    Tragic Hero Essay In the play the Life and Death of Julius Caesar (just as in all of Shakespeare’s tragedies) there is much death‚ much tragedy‚ and of course‚ a tragic hero. However unlike most of Shakespeare’s plays this time the tragic hero is not particularly obvious. Throughout the play a few main characters present themselves as possibilities for being the tragic hero. But as being a tragic hero is not only having a tragic flaw but also entails much more‚ there really is only one person

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    Walkerton Water Tragedy

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    The Walkerton Water Crisis Crisis struck Walkerton in late spring of 2000 when the small town of 5000 was struck by an outbreak of E. coli. People of the town were being sickened from their own water source. As time carried on seven people died. The problem that was on hand was a matter of ethics rivaled with Ontario drinking water quality standards. In examination of the problem it can be determined that the undermining source of the outbreak was the budget cut in the

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    Analyze the three appearances of the ghost seen in the play. Where did he appear: To whom did he appear? How does the third appearance differ from the first two? What was the significance in this? The appearances of the ghost were both eerie and informing in the book “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare. The three appearances made by the ghost were to be seen and acknowledged‚ give hamlet his message of revenge‚ and to remind Hamlet of his duty. First the ghost appeared to be seen and acknowledged

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    Nico's Ghost Short Story

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    In 1987‚ Nico was murdered. Nobody noticed who murdered him. He left behind one of his pennies whitch was covered with blood. There’s a tale that says whoever carries his pennies will be possessed by Nico’s ghost. The day is long and the night is short. Joy’s family decided to visit her grandparent’s house in Great Falls‚ Montana and Giant Spring State Park. It took there about 19 hours to drive to her grandparent’s house. The next morning while her father was driving the car‚ Joy and her mom took

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    Savage Christmas Tragedy

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    According to a reenactment of this tragedy‚ “Savage Christmas” – The Valour and the Horror‚ the Canadians only arrived in Hong Kong a few weeks before the invasion. In such a short period of time‚ how are they supposed to get used to even the geography of Hong Kong‚ let alone not even knowing

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    Antigone‚ a tragedy Ernest Hemingway wrote that “So far‚ about morals‚ I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.” If something is moral but is breaking civil law should it be done? What if not doing this act was immorals? Would you let it happen? In the play Antigone‚ Sophocles portrays Antigone as one who focuses on moral law over civil law due to her self pride and love for her family; These actions lead to her tragic downfall

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