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- 3131: Oedipus Rex
- The great poet and philosopher Aristotle was a highly intellectual man who loved to reason. One of his ideas was his structured analysis of the quintessential “tragic hero” of Greek drama. In his work Poetics he defines ... the Greek tragedy Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Oedipus, the protagonist in this Greek tragedy, is exemplary of Aristotle’s idea of a “tragic hero.” In Oedipus the King, Oedipus, the main character is a great man who saves the city of Thebes from the plague of the Sphinx by answering an extremely difficult riddle. Everything is going for him. He becomes the king and marries the widowed Queen of the ... plot unfolds, Oedipus begins to show the signs of being a “tragic hero” by Aristotle’s definition. Aristotle says that a tragic hero is a person, usually the main character, who starts out as a great and noble individual. Oedipus is not an evil man but a good, upright, man who suffers a downfall. Aristotle also says that this person begins to become fallible and eventually is doomed by their ...
- 3132: Vespasian
- ... months of 70. In about October 70 Vespasian returned to Rome from Alexandria. While in Egypt he had been concerned with raising money; and his exactions, coupled with sales of imperial estates to speculators, caused great discontent among the Egyptians. He now announced that about three times the revenue of the empire was needed to put the state to rights, and both before and after his return he promoted his financial ... rugged and uncompromising features that are familiar from his portrait busts, Vespasian cultivated a bluff and even coarse manner, characteristic of the humble origins he liked to recall. This was popular, as also were his great capacity for hard work and the simplicity of his daily life, which was taken as a model by the contemporary aristocracy. At the same time he was astute and ambitious; he built up a powerful party quickly at the outset, and many of his initial appointments were dictated by nepotism or the desire to reward past services. The policies of his reign, though sensible, reveal no great imaginativeness, compared with those of such later emperors as Trajan or Hadrian. Yet it was justly believed by contemporaries that Vespasian had prevented the dissolution of the empire by putting an end to civil ...
- 3133: Margaret Thatcher
- Margaret Hilda Thatcher is the first woman to have held the office of prime minister in Great Britain. She was born Margaret Hilda Roberts in Grantham, Lincolnshire and educated at the University of Oxford, where she earned degrees in chemistry. After graduation she worked as a research chemist from 1947 to 1951 ... Conservative party to victory in 1979. Thatcher is the only British prime minister in the twentieth century to serve three consecutive terms. In 1990, controversy over Thatcher's tax policy and her reluctance to commit Great Britain to full economic integration with Europe inspired a strong challenge to her leadership. Ms. Thatcher was ousted from leadership, and resigned in November 1990 and was succeeded as party leader and prime minister by ... married Margaret began law courses at a special tutorial college. Mrs. Thatcher's ambition was to become a barrister, which is the "gowned and wigged advocates who present all cases in court. The barristers in Great Britain are the more exclusive and the most highly regarded in the British legal system." (Mayer, 1979) Margaret continued her legal studies through 1952. It was at that time she wrote a newspaper article ...
- 3134: The New Land of New Ideas
- ... among the community. DeCrevecouer writes: He is arrived on a new continent; a modern society offers itself to his contemptation, different from what he had hitherto seen. It is not composed, as in Europe, of great lords who possess every thing and of a herd of people who have nothing. Here are no aristocratical families, no courts, no kings, no bishops, no ecclesiastical dominion, no invisible power giving to a few a very visible one; no great manufacturers employing thousands, no great refinements of luxury. The rich and the poor are not so far removed from each other as they are in Europe. In the old mother land, one could work all day and still not ...
- 3135: The Watergate Affair
- ... Franklin B. Smith, editorial-page editor of the Vermont Free Press predicted there would be a severe backlash against the sordid press McCarthyism and intellectual punksterism of those who mindlessly sought to tear down a great President, a great office, and a great nation....zealous communicators on the trail of Watergate ignore the principle that innocence must be presumed until guilt is proven.” (Defending Nixon, TIME Magazine, May 28, 1973, page 61) Much later in the investigation, ...
- 3136: Car Winterization
- ... there, yes, it is true that you can remove and "strain" it to get out the junk that's accumulated while saving the coolant. We've even heard that a loaf of Wonder Bread works great for this, although I have never actually tried it. 4.If you have leaks in the cooling system, get them taken care of now. While many people think of overheating as a summer problem, cars ... coolant--you have no heat! 5.Make sure your windshield wipers are in good shape. Winter wipers--with the rubber coverings that keep ice from collecting on the blade--have become very popular. They're great in the winter, but make sure you take them off in the spring. Winter wipers are heavy, and if you use them all summer, you'll eventually wear out the wiper motor. 6.Keep your ... the fall and spring a snap. By the way, lots of tire shops will offer to store your regular tires over the winter and then store your snow tires in the summer. This is a great deal. The only potential problem is that when they file a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, they'll have four of your tires in the basement. One question commonly asked is, "If I have a front- ...
- 3137: Legality Of Abortion
- ... advantages of abortion outweigh the disadvantages? Ft. John L. Grady, medical examiner for the Florida State Attorney's office, says, "I believe it can be stated with certainty that abortion causes more deep-seated guilt, depression, and mental illness then it ever cures" (38 Novak). Grady is drawing upon his years of experience as a medical examiner and concludes that when a woman aborts a fetus, she is causing more pain ... greater risk of becoming sterile than women who bear their child (157 Steinbock). Women realize these consequences, but they still believe that an abortion's advantages outweigh its disadvantages. These women may face years of depression, guilt, and physical damage, but they still freely choose to abort their pregnancy. Should abortion be legal? According to the Supreme Court's ruling in 1973 on the Roe v. Wade case, abortion must be ... physical effects of abortion are not very detrimental, the mental effects of abortion in women can be devastating. According to The Eagle and Cross, a pro-life organization which supports freedom, women often suffer extreme depression due to the guilt of having an abortion (4 The Eagle and Cross). Having a child may effect the rest of a woman's life, but aborting a child may also have an effect ...
- 3138: Chinese Economic Reform
- ... death of Mao Zedong in 1976, it became apparent to many of China's leaders that economic reform was necessary. During his tenure as China's premier, Mao had encouraged social movements such as the "Great Leap Forward" and the "Cultural Revolution" which had had as their bases ideas such as serving the people and maintaining the class struggle. By 1978 China’s leaders were searching for a solution to serious ... than Mao had done, their moral force. (Xu 247) This is not to say that the idea of economic reform was embraced enthusiastically by all members of the Chinese Communist Party in 1978. To a great extent, the issue of economic reform became politicized when the issue was used as a means by Deng Xiaoping to obtain the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. Hua Guofeng, had tried to prove himself ... vegetables, fish, meat, and eggs, were freed from government controls so they could respond to market demand. Most importantly a surge of private and collective industry and commerce in the countryside occurred. This allowed a great percentage of the populace to become involved in private enterprise and investment in family or group ventures. (Shirk 39-40) Another important aspect of Chinese economic reform was the decision of China to join ...
- 3139: Queen Elizabeth I
- ... seen in the period's architecture. The dramatic personality of Elizabeth became the subject of a voluminous literature (Elizabethan Age). However, the literature coming out of this period was also quite exceptional. Among the many great writers and poets were Edmund Spenser who wrote a very detailed piece about a feast for Elizabeth, Sir Walter Raleigh who wrote poems about Elizabeth, and William Shakesphere (Elizabethan Writers). The Gothic period preceding the ... had been the basis of England's economy throughout the previous years. As a result, prices fell to normal levels and confidence in English money was restored. Foreign trade, encouraged by the government, became a great capitalistic enterprise. The Royal Exchange of London was opened in 1566, and the company of merchants, that later became the English East India Company, was chartered in 1600 (25). Above all this activity stood the ... been going on since 1585" (49). He therefore sent a fleet to invade the country in 1588. The Spanish Armada, however, suffered an inglorious defeat, and England eventually took the place of Spain as the great colonizer of the New World and the reigning power on the seas (50). Elizabeth spent the last years of her life unhappy and alone, having outlived a glorious age, the beginning of the history ...
- 3140: Coca Cola
- ... 300. Candler achieves a lot during his time as owner of the company. On January 31, 1893, the famous Coca-Cola formula was patented. He also opened the first syrup manufacturing plant in 1884. His great achievement was the large scale bottling of Coca-Cola in 1899. In 1915, the Root Glass Company made the contour bottle for the Coca-Cola Company. Candler aggressively advertised Coca-Cola in newspapers and on ... would be secured only on the value of the trademarks of "Coca-Cola" and "Coke," the number-one soft drink worldwide. Pendergrast, M. (1993). For God, Country and Coca-Cola The Unauthorized History of the Great American Soft Drink and the company that makes it. Coca-Cola’s process is the magic of turning syrup into a finished beverage is the role of independent bottlers and canners. They bring together the ... 12). The New York Times p. A17. [Online]. Available FTP:www.thecoca-colacompany.com. Steinback-Palazzini, F. (1986). Coca-Cola Superstar Pendergrast, M. (1993). For God, Country and Coca-Cola The Unauthorized History of the Great American Soft Drink and the company that makes it.
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