Essays on Luck

The tradition of celebrating Halloween dates back from the ancient legends and folklore across the world. In Catholic countries, November 1 is the All Saints Day, which marks a special celebration of the saints’ good deeds here on earth. November 2 is considered as the All Hallows Eve, a day said to believe that spirits of the dead return to the land to visit their loved ones. Originally, the tradition of Halloween dates back since the Middle Ages, based on the ancient pagan festivity in Ireland. This celebration is called ‘Samhain,’ (pronounced as sow-een) which means ‘the end of ...

Moral luck emerges when one is treated well or praised regardless of the fact that the outcome of what has led him or her to be praised is dependent on other factors that are beyond his or her control. (Thomas, N. 1979) & (Williams B. 1993) Thomas Nagel in his article of “Moral Luck” (1979) noted that in our day to day activities, moral blame and moral praise are influenced to a greater extent intuitively. He gave an example of two reckless drivers where one causes an accident and the other does not. The fact the driver who has caused ...

Jay Gatsby, the protagonist of “The Great Gatsby” is the archetype and represents the tragic hero. This archetype is the one the audience sympathizes with and whose luck changes throughout the story from best to worst. In most cases the tragic hero dies and it happens because there is a flaw in his character. Jay Gatsby is fortunate at the beginning of the film when he meets Daisy and falls in love with her. However, his poverty prevents him from marrying her, so he goes away and returns as a wealthy man, but only to see the love of ...

The book “The Alchemist” written by Paulo Coelho has drastically changed my attitude to the things around me and to my life as well. The history of the boy who obeyed his destiny and followed his dreams made me totally rethink the way I see my future and helped me to establish my dreams and goals. The event of Santiago’s life that had the greatest effect on me is the luck that he had brought to the merchant’s shop. From the very beginning of his work in the shop all his ideas resulted in a great success ...

This fairy tale has a lot of versions, authored by different people. One of the most well-known and popular versions was the one written by Charles Perrault (1697), which will be discussed first followed by the other versions. There is a general agreement in all the versions that Cinderella was mistreated by her stepmother and her two daughters, and that by a stroke of luck, or through magic, she gets the Princes’ attention and they eventually get married and live happily ever after.

Charles Perrault’s version

In this version, Cinderella gets her big break when the Prince invites all the young ladies ...

The story deals with the life of Ivan Iiych leading onto his last days. The story initially gives an insight of his early life. He is an individual with background affiliation in Law and legal studies. He goes on to achieve social standing and recognition. In between he often gets way too absorbed in his work speaking for his dedication, which in turn enables him gaining expertise. However the unusual deprivation of success brings about resentment in his behavior towards the professional career yet he continues struggling in a different way. He decides to try his luck in new ...

Philosophy

The Traditional Analysis of Knowledge (TAK) maintains that the propositional knowledge is justified, true belief. The TAK defined knowledge in the following structure. If person A believes that S is true, it follows that A believes that S, implying that A knows S. The definition of knowledge presents some problems of epistemology (Lemos 102). Traditionally, people use the term knowledge to refer to various abilities or skills, such as displayed while performing a given task (Lemos 102). For example, if a person knows how to drive a car, that knowledge might be referred to as ability knowledge. Another knowledge ...

What key things do you think a person can do to increase their chances of being successful?

Success can be obtained in corporate entrepreneurship by identification of talent and enhancing or fostering talents. It is important to note that talents within any industry vary among different people. It is necessary to identify the elite performers and carry an assessment of the talents they have to determine the necessary improvements that may be required. Allocation of appropriate funds and other resources is required to promote the individuals maximizing their talents. This results in extraordinary performance. An entrepreneur not only needs to understand the external environment but also must have the ability to navigate through the large and ...

Critique Essay on the First Section of the ‘Joy Luck Club’ – Presentation of the first four chapters in terms of their context, plot and writing technique– Reflections drawn on the reading of these four chapters [The author’s name]

Abstract

This paper will present you with the critique essay on the First Four Chapters of the ‘Joy Luck Club’. The essay will present you with an overview of the plot of ‘The Joy Luck Club’ and will emphasize on the plot, narrative technique and characters of the first four chapters. Each chapter is a different story which is combined to ...

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Analysis of Slumdog Millionaire as an Adaptation of Q&A

Uncommon to popular belief, the hit movie Slumdog Millionaire finds formidable basis from a book entitled Q&A, a novel roughly resembling the overall plot of the movie. Certainly, remarkable differences delineate the resemblance of Slumdog Millionaire to Q&A, although both received remarkable attention due to the central theme of the common plot – that of a young man from the slums winning a popular quiz game show. This analysis proves to explore Slumdog Millionaire in relation to the fact that it is a film adaptation of Q&A. Did the movie fare well as an ...

Introduction

After all the enlightenment and modernization that has actually taken place in the modern world, the superstitious beliefs still exist in our societies. Each individual to some extent believe in these absurd superstitious beliefs. Cultural superstition is therefore a belief in the supernatural causality (Owens-Meyerson 17). Thus, one event contributes to the cause of another event without any physical process that links the two particular events. These events include; omens, witchcraft, astrology among others and which contradicts the natural science. For that reason, superstitious belief is the notion that an activity or a ritual can have a negative or ...

Blues music often tells us much more about the attitude of a singer - it can tell us the attitude of the place where the song is set as well. Blues often captures the feel of the American locales that inspire their artists, or helps to solidify the problems that these people have with where they are. Blues singers use setting to infuse that blues identity into their songs, and likewise infuse those places with the blues identity by singing about them. Robert Johnson's "Sweet Home Chicago", The Paul Butterfield Blues Band's "Born in Chicago," Albert King's "Born Under ...

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This essay will discuss how Mark Twain uses superstition to develop the plot of his novel while also satirizing religious belief in the America of the 1800’s. I will discuss how the author uses his characters to reflect his own views and uncertainty in this subject while also discussing how these superstitions relate to real-life.

Superstition runs though Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and is infused into the ...

1.0 Introduction For an act to be deemed as criminal attempt, the perpetrator must express the intent to commit an act whose result would constitute a crime and take considerable steps towards attaining his goal. For as far back as the 14th century, historians have scattered evidence that there was punishment for attempted felony if there was serious harm incurred in the course of the perpetration of crime. Attempt cases involving coin money, dueling and threats were punished by the Court of Star Chambers in England in the 16th century. It took years for the law to come up ...

Amy Tan’s exquisite novel The Joy Luck Club, is the unforgettable tale of four immigrant Chinese families residing in San Francisco. The novel is narrated through a uniquely feminist perspective. The Chinese mothers with their essential parochial background coupled with the bitter childhood experiences, growing-up in China during the hard times of the Chairman Mao’s cultural indoctrination and the subsequent political purge, think circumspectly and while-away their time playing Mah jong. On the contrary, the confident American born and raised daughters have a completely different approach towards life. The generation-gap and cultural differences between the mothers and ...

In 2008, Asian Americans make up 5% of the population in the United States. Despite a manageable number, the Asian American community is largely misunderstood (Le). In an attempt to comprehend them, we would look into a material that portrays what their culture is about. With this, the movie that would be discussed in this paper is The Joy Luck Club. The movie is based on the novel of the same name written by Amy Tan. She is an Asian American. The movie portrayed the significant American Dreams of the Chinese Americans and their descendants. This indicated the culture ...

The film, The Joy Luck Club, based on Amy Tan’s novel, portrays the story of four women and their daughters who eventually migrate from China to America. The story goes on to delve deep into how they are dissociated from their origins. These women live in a culture and time that is vastly different from the one in which they were themselves brought up. The four older ladies meet once a week to play mahjong and they name their group as the ‘Joy Luck Club’. During the meeting they talk about stories of their respective families and grandchildren. ...

Movie1: ASHES

Director: Ajay Naidu Country/Year: US, 2010 Running Time: 77 mins Language: In English Format: Digital Movie 2 Movie 2: "Better Luck Tomorrow" by Justin Lin, 99 min, narrative, 2002 My thesis is that Asian Americans are depicted as the bad guys in several films and this is the stereotype which emerges from these films albeit with a positive stance. The first film focuses on ashes (which is short for Ashish) who is a small time New York City pot dealer. Apart from also being a caregiver for his mentally ill brother he also dabbles heavily in further drug dealing ...

Introduction

Inequality in education is cruel and unjust it persists and cuts deep along individual and community memories. In many occasions, it is not an issue of the past, lingers not only in Australia but the entire parts of the world (Ramsay, 2001). Modern education standards are critical in fulfilling this gap and providing equal opportunity for all learners in life. Education plays a crucial role in modeling the learners from different backgrounds in order to create tomorrow’s socially just society. The current generations of the learners are the society leaders of the future. Therefore, it is important for ...

Literature as a Way to Express Immigration and Ethnicity

When exploring the varying attributes of immigration and its connection to ethnicity and national identity, one of the best ways to examine these issues is through literature. While literature does not provide the objectivity of facts and figures, narrative fiction in literature provides endless avenues for subjective, thematic discussion about the broader emotional and human issues surrounding topics like immigration. A number of fantastic works tackling themes of immigration help to reach the core of the issues that immigrants must face in their new country, particularly as they relate to generation gaps and cultural acclimation. Social sciences and objective ...

In O’Connor’s “A Good Man is hard to find” and Lawrence’s “The Rocking Horse Winner,” both writers look at the destructive nature of the family. Although the setting and conflict is different in both stories, the writers choose to show that all families have disagreements with each other. These disagreements often lead to negative reactions to the members of the family. In “The Rocking Horse Winner,” the story centers on a young boy’s need to experience a positive relationship with his mother. He tries to win her love, but fails in his attempts. Similarly, the ...

Two Kinds is a story found in the book ‘The Joy Luck Club’, written by Amy Tan. The short story is about the conflict between a mother and her daughter who are clearly separated by things such as age, culture and perception. Jing-Mei Woo is the main character, and it is clear from the beginning that the high expectations her mother has over her affect her way of life. Through the unfolding events that the author gives, we get to understand the course that events took. In essence, whereas Woo saw Jing-Mei as a prodigy in piano playing, Jing-Mei ...

History

George Washington, without a doubt, is one of the main symbols of the American nation and the national hero of the United States. George Washington was the first and most revered U.S. President, and he is considered to be the father of the nation. Washington name has always been associated with the U.S. capital, which was built in his honor, and the power of the American empire. Nonetheless, in real life, beyond the symbol and idol stands quite an ordinary man, who had his own characteristics and preferences. Before stating the main reasons of his success (skills, abilities, strength ...

Introduction

The play, Death of a salesman is one of the plays authored by Miller. It gives a concept that is gathered from the exploration of the world as from the America after the war. It tries to assess the result of this war to the American new found prosperity on men. Ideally, men in the 1950s commence having a feeling of pressure that resulted from their family responsibilities. Besides the pressure to provide basic necessities but also to deliver the members of one’s family with luxurious items that are believed to be essential to the families. The idea ...

Tradition and culture is an important theme in immigrant literature, especially between generations. There is a certain anxiety that develops in the relationship between parents and children of immigrant cultures; the younger generation is eager to shuck the exotic, alienating traditions of their parent’s host nation in order to fit in, while the older generation fears the ending of the traditions that helped define who they are and their culture. Meanwhile, these children of immigrants maintain a certain longing for their culture’s traditions, creating a metaphysical tug-of-war that occurs within these divided family dynamics. These tensions and ...

Essay Prompt

Ho Chi Minh Many credit Ho Chi Minh for his significant role in the independence movement and rise to power as the first president of North Vietnam. He saw people within Vietnamese society as one that is undergoing a transition towards French influence, from which he sought to liberate them. Ho became a kitchen boy by educating himself, which became the key for him to travel around the world. His travels in Europe and the United States (US) greatly influenced his political thinking, having acquired several books that mostly leaned towards Communist ideologies. Books by Karl Marx and Leo ...

Introduction

The Great Moderation is a period characterized by a decreasing trend in aggregate volatility of the economy experienced in the U.S. since the mid 1980s. At the beginning of the Great Moderation, the variability of quarterly real GDP decreased by half (from 5.4 percent in 1980 to 2.1 in 1986). At the same time, the variability of the quarterly inflation reduced by two thirds measured in standard deviation. For the past 25 years the U.S. has enjoyed less instability of the economy than the prior years. However, this was interrupted by the 1990-91 and 2001 recessions. Although it has ...

The Joy Luck Club (1993) was based on Amy Tan’s 1989 novel and deals with issues of culture, assimilation and generation conflicts between a group of four Chinese mothers and their Americanized daughters. All four women in the club had emigrated from China to the U.S. after World War II, and met after church to play Chinese mahjong every week. In reality, they had little joy or luck, and no expectations, only the hope that their children would have better lives than theirs. By the Confucian standards which the mothers learned from childhood, there were very definite differences ...

Fooled by Randomness is Taleb’s first non-technical book published in 2001. This book discusses the underestimation of the role or randomness and chance in day-to-day life experiences. One of the core concepts of this book is the idea of hopefulness for the best average consequence across all possible outcomes and the unpredictable ranges of possibilities as opposed to a fixed foreseeable outcome. This book looks at randomness at a broader context and even though it focuses more on market and trading, it stills spans to other spheres of life and general philosophy. Precisely stated, this book is about ...

The National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league in North America (Yong-zhen 10). It is widely agreed that, in the world, the NBA league is the premier men’s professional league. NBA has thirty member clubs, of which twenty-nine are from the United States and one from Canada. Over the time, NBA has been an active member of the USA basketball (USAB), and is well recognized by the International Basketball Federation. FIBA recognizes the USA Basketball as basketball’s governing body in United States of America. Statistics show that players participating in NBA are the best paid sportsmen ...

Introduction

The filmmaker of this film used the story of Emir to bring out the various energy agents and analysts involved in the oil business and petroleum politics. The energy analyst attended a party with the rich operators of the oil business. The aspects relating to high shareholders of oil in this film are well brought out in the party that Emir attended. The filmmaker used the death of Woodman helps to bring out the impact of the business meeting and the amount of money they own in the oil company. The economic advisors in relation to the oil companies ...

Malcolm Gladwell in the book Outliers: The Story of Success, talks about successful people and their success stories. He tries to isolate explanatory factors and narrows them down to instances where these successful people are exposed to these factors that have greatly contributed to their greatness. Gladwell propels the idea that success does not come because one is talented in doing things that bring it. Also, success does not rely on merit or hard work, and luck and circumstances play a critical role. Outliers make it in life because of very many factors that comes as a package. Apart ...

Introduction

Since the beginning of time, people have always had one goal and that goal is to be happy. For some people, happiness is easy to obtain and for others, it is a work in progress. It can be argued that in order for the average person to be happy they must make the American dream of a cushy job/job security, a lot of money, a huge savings account with thousands of dollars, a trophy wife or husband, a big house with a 2 or 3 car garage and 2 or 3 well behaved children a reality. Ironically, there are ...

The Native American history and culture as we know it is rich and vibrant. Often mistaken for savages who had nothing better to do than scalp intruders and run naked through the woods, Native Americans were more civilized than first documented . Each tribe, large or small, was a society unto itself. They had forms of counsel, or government, and different tools they would use to maintain order and assign jobs. They planted crops, hunted, and continued their survival based on what the land was willing to give. When not concerned with survival, however, the Native Americans began to cultivate ...

Lessons from the Success Berkshire Hathaway

Warren Buffet is without a doubt one of the most successful investors of the current generation. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, has managed to attain an annual growth rate of about 20% for the last five decades, “convincingly outperforming the US stock market by a wide margin” (Picerno, 2014). As a result, the story of the success of Warren Buffet is incomplete without Berkshire Hathaway, and the converse is also true. It would be unfair for any financial commentator to attribute the success of Berkshire to sheer luck. For the last 47 years, Berkshire has managed to attain a respectable ...

Introduction

Special events become complex when the number of stakeholders attending such meetings increases. In addition, the total number of attendance is in direct relation to the level of complexity and preparedness required of event organizers. From the case study, Doug’s firm is in charge of running the launch of a new chocolate brand named “bubbles”, and needs professional advice on the legal framework of an upcoming event. According to David (2004), it is undeniable that despite excellent and objective event planning and management, certain things can still go wrong. Despite the level of professionalism employed by an event ...

Introduction

Change in culture brings in the element of choice about the way people live and matters that affect the family in ways they did not expect. It means that change comes into the family relationship, which is blended with the culture that was not there before. Like in the story, A Pair Of Tickets, when Jing-mei came to China with her father to see her relatives, the emotional and the essence of belonging in the family is seen when she first arrived and when she saw her relatives (Pew Research Center, 57). However, despite Jing-mei and her father not ...

Introduction

Feng Shui is the Westernized term for the word ‘Fung Soy’, which is the correct pronunciation in Cantonese (Si, 2011). In other Chinese dialects the pronunciation of feng shui is quite different as it was originally, ‘Fung Shway’ (Levitt, 2000 p.1). Although there are varied pronunciations for feng shui, the characters remain the same in all dialects. Feng Shui means ‘wind’ and ‘water’ (Levitt, 2000 p.1; Feng, 2014). The field of feng shui was considered the ancient art and science of locating a sacred place on earth (Levitt, 2000 p.1). Originally, feng shui was used by the Chinese emperors ...

Introduction

This literary comparative essay gives an insight of differences and similarities that are revealed in “The Rocking Horse Winner” and the “Hamlet”. “The Rocking Horse winner” is a story that is based on the social status and desire for money as the main themes. The story is authored by D.H. Lawrence who focuses on the story of the young boy, Paul, who thinks that by winning his mother love, he has to search wealth though gambling His mother thinks that they would be rich if Paul would be lucky. Paul asks his mother why they are happy and the ...

High culture has been extolled as having the ability of changing or elevating the fortunes of the poor, the working people and the immigrants in the United States. Several elite efforts have been employed and urged in this quest to help the poor and the immigrants get incorporated into the social unit. This essay examines how Levine’s elite efforts to use high culture to aid the cause of the poor and the immigrants plays out in the novel Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger. We begin from the position that the city of New York in the 19th century ...

Reggae music was born on the island of Jamaica in the late 1960s. It is a fairly recent music genre that has roots in mento, R&B and Ska music that were contemporary musical movements. Recorded music was relatively late in coming to Jamaica with the first recording studio opening in 1951 and recording “mento” music which was a fusion of European and African folk dance music. American R&B music also became widely available around that time. The genre of Reggae may have langered in obscurity and never achieved international status and recognition had it not been for it’s ...

What is most surprising about Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Outliers” is that it overturns what at least for me was the traditional narrative of how success operates. The Amercian Dream story of success has to do with hard word. Others consider it luck. Others see intelligence and natural inborn ability as necessary for success. Gladwell essentially is saying that it is all three of these things. It takes the hard work of putting in the necessary time to become a “master” of a craft, but also luck, such as with hockey players, of when someone is born plays a ...

The future of the economy can only be created, astonished, terrified, shocked, confounded, and stunned but nobody can predict what it holds at stake. For instance, taking a reflection of the past economic events of an individual clearly justifies the argument that it cannot be defined nor can it be predicted, because he or she has encounter losses rather than profits as expected “life is uncertain, and the future is unknown.” It thus calls for a person to be conversant and to master his or her own fate. There are many and diverse negative influences and challenges that befalls ...

Introduction

Since the sinking of one of White Stars Line’s most famous luxury ship, 100 years ago, there have been many films, books, speculations and myths about the Titanic’s tragic maiden voyage which cost the lives of over 1,500 people including women and children. The reasons of why the infamous ship sank is varies, some being factual accurate, others hypothesis that made sense and some that are just plain stories that have no place in history or science. These stories are what this paper will look at; claims that cannot be supported by scientific evidence, myths propagated ...

Peter Singer first addresses his class with this moral example of witnessing a child drowning in a pond in passing on your way to a class. He first establishes the perspective of a university student who is a witness to a child drowning on their way to university. The actual route to saving the child is not difficult but doing so will result in you becoming soaked and muddy and missing your first class, because by the time you’ve gone home and gotten changed the class will already be over. So although the course of action that results ...

In Short-Story Characters

Loneliness is a human condition that people almost universally wrestle with, at least during some point in their lives, which is why it is such a compelling subject for writers to depict with their characters. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “lonely” is defined as “being without company, cut off from others, not frequented by human beings, sad from being alone, and producing a feeling of bleakness or desolation” (n.d.). A person may feel lonely when all his friends are going away to college but he is still in his hometown working at the same job he has had through ...

The Worn Path short story is a captivating short story, in which Eudora Welty narrates about the journey the old woman Phoenix Jackson to the doctor, for her ill grandchild’s medication. While the short story might be linked to Welty’s personal life, the story generally uses symbolism and other literal terms to portray the troubles and challenges that guardians go through and sacrifices they have to take so that their loved ones can live comfortably. The initial parts of the story describe Phoenix Jackson’s physical appearance and the environment that surrounds her as she walks along ...

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Introduction to the Chinese New Year

The Chinese New Year has been known as the Spring Festival since the 20th century. Each Chinese year is given the characteristic of one of the 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs. 2011 is the year of the Rabbit. New Year festivities begin on the first day of the first month and continue through to the 15th Day. The last day of the New Year festivities is marked by the Lantern Festival. The Chinese Calendar is lunar based unlike the sun based Gregorian calendar that is commonly followed around the globe. ...

The American Dream is an interesting enigma, a phenomenon that helps to explain American exceptionalism and yet showcases the failings of America as a country.

Mark Twain wrote about America as a great frontier, a place where anything can happen, yet his works are extremely satirical – humorous and light, yet filled with social commentary. Bret Harte, on the other hand, has a much more pessimistic view of the American Dream as a place where people can reach for the starts only to fall to their deaths. In “The Luck of Roaring Camp,” his views are summed up fairly well ...

- Levels of Measurement

Three levels of measurement will be used in this study. The nominal scale will be used to not only classify the sampled children into various demographic sets such as black and white; Latino and White; boys and girls; teenagers and kids; mothers and fathers; breadwinners and non-breadwinners among other categories (Mitchell & Jolley, 2012). This level of measurement requires that broad and homogenous categories van be established, which are then subsequently used to describe multiple variables in the study. While the nominal scale can only offer simple classifications, it is especially suitable for children since they ...

The Asian neighbors of China and India are both similar and different in various aspects. In terms of similarities, both India and China have a very huge population, which together constitutes over one-third of the world population. Both the countries have abundant resources and a large land mass, which help the countries expand their internal markets. In terms of differences, when compared to India, the industrialization of China took place at a rapid rate, which is evident from the Chinese cities. Within a span of dew years, the semi-urban areas of China have transformed into cities with world-class infrastructure, ...

The Republic of Ireland, more commonly referred to as Ireland occupies five-sixths of the island of Ireland, the second largest island of the British Isles. Its demography, history, geography and culture are unique (see Appendix 1 for scale map).

Ireland, which is to the far west of Europe, is also west of the island of Great Britain. The Republic covers 70,280 of the island’s total area of 84,431 square kilometres. The climate is temperate maritime, modified by the North Atlantic Current which contributes to its mildwinters and cool summers. Because of the high precipitation, the climate ...

Indonesia is a country with variety of culture, ethnicity, tradition and language. Many people are not aware of Indonesia. It consists of more than 17,000 islands. It is the fourth most populated country in the world. It gives importance to family and traditional values. The national language is Bahasa Indonesia. I am from Jakarta, the biggest metropolitan city in Indonesia. The purpose of this essay is to discover and understand more about my family culture, especially the Indonesian culture. I was born in Jakarta, the busiest city and the financial center of Indonesia. Both my parents were born ...

“12 O’clock high” is a classic movie of the Hollywood Golden Era. This movie is shown as an example of leadership, courage and a real male friendship. It focuses exclusively on the principle of command and leadership and could be used as a tool for commanders. In the beginning of the movie we see the problem of lack of discipline in the so-called “hard luck” bomber group that raids over Nazi Germany. Colonel Keith Davenport show us that his leadership style is aimed to save his men’s lives, but on the other hand, he is no capable ...

Abstract

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is one of the most fascinating and well-known poems by the famed English poet, becoming one of the bastions of British Romantic literature through its immense lyricism and use of metaphor. The poem deals with themes of the violation of nature, the encroaching threat of the Orient and its strangeness on European culture, as well as the stifling nature of guilt, all contributing to a multi-faceted and pluralistic tale that deals with the breadth of human experience.

Proposal

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is one ...

Thesis: Based on Aristotle’s definition of not only a tragic hero but also of tragedy, Shakespeare’s Othello, the Moor of Venice could rightly be described as a tragedy due to the main character’s lack of knowledge as well as due to the play’s depiction of a community and adherence to tragic guidelines. - Othello as a Tragic Hero - Noble and Admirable Characteristics - Common, Human Elements - The Issue of Race in Separating Othello from Other Characters - Othello’s Tragic Flaw or Mistake - Adherence to Greek Tradition - Presence of the Masses ...

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The world is full of symbols and images that, in one way or another, impact our visual experience. However, most of these images and symbols are not original creation but rather a reflection of past cultures that have influenced contemporary art. The ancient Egyptians, for example, are well known for their pyramids. These pyramids primarily serve as a graveyard as well as a grave monument for pharaohs and their families. Ancient Egyptians believe that after death, their pharaohs would traverse the underworld. For the same reason, the pyramids were built because of the belief that the deceased ...

Introduction

This paper is going to describe one of the most popular games in the world – “Monopoly”. The game was founded in United Stated, created by Parker Brothers. It gained its popularity in 20th century, and became one of the most played games in the world. The major idea behind this game is to build a monopoly (to become the only owner of the businesses) and become the most successful and powerful businessman in the game. Moreover, the main task of the player is to lead other players to the bankruptcy. However, the most fascinating merit of this game is ...