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…that they might suffer a disaster themselves. Likewise, the playwright had to hold his audience's attention by creating suspense throught the play. One of the greatest tradegians of all time, Sophocles wrote the play Oedipus the King in which Oedipus is prophesied…

…affirmations, as well as denials, about the cosmos and the man’s relation to it; the nature of the individual and his relation to himself; the individual in society;” (Sewall 166). Cosmos is the theory of the universe and humanity’s relationship to it. Writers…

…to entertain them in their spare time too. Perhaps it's in the human nature to want to watch something when it's a matter of life and death, and with planes it certainly can be. Airplanes also have many drawbacks too. Like most other technological developments…

…that, people like to see others' misfortunes - such as crime, missing people or natural disasters affecting large communities. These events capture and retain the audience. Jack Fuller claims that the bias of the community causes different news companies to have…

…No one was exempt as it swept in off the shores and into the countryside laying its burden of death and pestilence. Europe had prospered readily for about 300 years prior to the beginning of the 1300’s but a series of natural disasters occurred. Poor…

…that are global in nature. And it does an increasingly bad job of trying to do both. Over time, we may see the nation fade in its importance until it's just a shadow of its former self. Some fear that such a scenario would inevitably tend toward a riot…

…of the madness that the invisible man accentuated at the end of the novel. Since the invisible man was somewhat of a freak of nature or science the people just wanted it to be gone with. They did not want an explanation. They wanted the invisible man dead. After…

…) It is not a choice for him, rather an expectation. For Gerald, it is a natural part of life. Self-reliance is something so inevitable, it is almost foolish to try to delay or thwart the process. In all three book it is clearly evident that the characters must be self…

…on Hektor and the Trojans. He did not even consider accusing Apollo, who never came into question, although he was primarily responsible for the kill. Apollo's part in the matter was merely accepted as a natural disaster or illness would be today…

…containment of communism they should have closed the doors at that point in time. At the time of the Cold War, that was to be expected. Most of the countries in Latin America have established governments in place and have nothing to fear except a possible natural…