Tragedy of the commons

Both the Greeks and the Romans have left behind important legacies that have shaped the modern society today, but the Greeks have made more impactful things to the modern world. The Greeks have influenced the way our government goes. They also impacted our engineering and technology. And also the way we write our literature and history. The Greeks have had a major lasting impact on today’s society. The Greeks have provided us with several important legacies in the area of democracy. In Greece…

once said, “You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” What Aristotle was trying to say was that honor is the most substantial attribute of the mind, this is also a common theme in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare. The quality of honor pervades through numerous characters in this famous shakespearean play, most specifically by Brutus and Portia. Brutus’ nobility to Rome and the people in it, paired with…

When there is a discussion of war, it usually involves the battles fought, strategies faced, and the leaders behind it. These topics are commonly spoken about so when there is another event rising, scholars and leaders can look back on this common history to make decisions. The true importance of war comes from what is unspoken. The unspoken aspects of war are the events that people want to forget, or the events they do not respect. The 2011 documentary, A People Uncounted, spoke of the…

masses. This is the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. This four hundred year old play has been adapted countless times, yet society has failed to understand this amazing literature. Modern culture has accepted the story of Romeo and Juliet as the perfect example of true love, but the truth is far from it. The play is in fact, a tragedy caused by lust and at most, immature hormonal driven love. The oddity would be Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet. Baz Luhrmann’s Interpretation of this tragedy syncs in…

later they were accepted which made Ibsen internationally recognized. A Doll’s House is considered as a landmark in the development of realism. It portrays life accurately. Ibsen employs the themes and structures of classical tragedy while writing in prose about common people. He established a new genre of modern drama. He placed themes and situations of contemporary life on stage. He began to gain international recognition and his works were produced across Europe. His works were translated…

answers.” Every environment or society needs to know that any problem can have a different approach and strategy in order be solved. The act of legislating a new law to combat bullying will not fix the situation overall. Laws are not the answer to every common difficulty. How are making laws going to prevent something that has already become such a huge crisis? Laws give people the power to do something about bullying, not the authority to grant children a one way ticket to prison. Bullying may…

Will mankind ever rid itself of those traits that so often lead to tragedy? William Shakespeare suggests not. In his Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare illustrates how love, whether it be love of self, love of others, or love of power, can corrupt. By analyzing the text with psychological criticism, one can understand the incentives for the characters’ actions and the resulting scenarios. The daunting task of discerning people’s intentions is often made even more challenging by one’s emotions…

The disaster of 9/11 has affected many citizens in the way they see the United States if it is a safe country to live in. The tragedy of 9/11 impacted Americans and Terrorist lives. Ever since 9/11 happened security has changed, especially in the airport because laws became strict on what you can take or not take on an airplane and racial profiling. Before the tragedy of 9/11, the airports were not open minded that something dreadful can happen. Before 9/11 the United States seemed like a very…

William Shakespeare plays all were or had parts of tragedies. From 2 kids from opposite sides of a rivalry falling in love and killing themselves to be together or to a ruler being murdered by his friends. In Julius Caesar the idea of it being a tragedy can be argued. Brutus betrayed his friend Caesar and should not have killed him for reasons of the future. No one could have predicted what would have happened in the future and because of others selfish belief they know everything he was never…

impressionability, and confidence make him a tragic hero of this story. A tragic hero is one of noble beginnings whose flaws become their weaknesses and are the downfall of their story. Shakespeare used this theme to compare human imperfections to Macbeth’s tragedy. Macbeth blindly accepted all of the witches prophecies. After hearing the witches prophecies Macbeth, unlike Banquo, decided to act upon his destiny. Macbeth was overconfident in himself that lead to his death. Macbeth was not a…