https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx Hecho con swagger en-us 2017-09-12 01:23:44 UTC 2023-01-24 19:19:06 UTC hello@padlet.com rsandino https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186609496 2017-09-12 01:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186609496 rsandino https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186612593 2017-09-12 01:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186612593 rsandino https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186612968 2017-09-12 01:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186612968 rsandino https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186613658 The Media coverage for the event has been different depending on the sources while some claim that he is a hero for standing up for the rights of the people the majority argue that he put lives in danger and violated the law when he decided to leak the documents.]]> 2017-09-12 01:54:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186613658 rsandino https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186614016 The tragedy came after Snowden, a NSA intelligence service worker decided to dessert the united states secret agency and leak documents detailing the way that the agency surveyed and watched many actions in the lives of private citizens. He thought this was a violation of human rights and thus his morals forced him to leak the documents and expose the abuse of the agency. After doing this he was forced into exile and many of the people whom he risked his life for now call him a traitor and demand that he is trialed as a criminal.]]> 2017-09-12 01:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186614016 rsandino https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186615801 Throught history an inumerable amount of men with heroic qualities have fallen from grace due to their flaws in judgement and character. A modern example of this type of men is Edward Snowden whose life most accurately follows the definition of a Hegelian Tragedy.  Edward Snowden is a tragic hero because of the way that he had all the potential in his position as he was reknowned for his programing skills and how he risked it all for his sense of civil justice. Snowden is a hero due to how he risked it all by challenging the sovereignity of the United States government in their practice of surveillance of the population. By doing this he was following his moral compass characteristic of a hegelian tragedy. He expected to be canonized and to be treated as a hallow however, all he got was  censure from the media as well as the besmirching of his reputation. It is easy to see following all this arguments that Snowden is in fact a tragic hero because of how he performed actions that by his judgement were heroic while to others were concidered prodigal and rash.]]> 2017-09-12 02:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186615801 rsandino https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186618489 1. Snowden had a great potential in his position due to his advanced skills 
2. Snowden was presented with a hard choice between two rights where either course of action would have had repercusions
3. Snowden sacrificed his carreer and his old life for the justice of the American people however some people fail to recognize this.]]> 2017-09-12 02:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186618489 rsandino https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186619056 2017-09-12 02:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/186619056 rsandino https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/196413773 1. Soverigrenity 
2.Hallowed
3. Canonize
4. Besmirch 
5.Censure
6.Prodigal

]]> 2017-10-12 13:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/196413773 rsandino https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/196430135 2017-10-12 14:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/196430135 rsandino https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/197194684 Edward Snowden is a person who sadly risked everything and has, to an extent, now been forgotten by the worldwide audience. Many people nowadays have forgotten how at the time, CIA employee Edward Snowden threw his career down the drain by leaking NSA and CIA documents that detailed the illegal government monitoring of the lives of American citizens for their “own good”. He gave up a prosperous career as a contractor and programmer to follow his sense of morality and justice. This sense of justice can be comparable to the feeling of justice and revenge felt by Hamlet after the death of his father. He was willing to give up his position as prince and a member of royalty to avenge the death of his father and was willing to act insane to accomplish his goals harming his reputation. This willingness to put everything aside for his moral motivations and sense of justice is what makes them similar and the conditions they faced as repercusion makes them both tragic heroes. This similarity in tragedies carries along the theme of tragedy in the media and the purpose behind why the popular media seems to be so interconnected with tragic events and characters.

]]> 2017-10-16 01:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/197194684 rsandino https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/197195953 Just like Prince Hamlet Edward Snowden made a choice of following his moral compass when he decided to leak confidential information about the secret NSA programs that were putting American citizens and foreign leaders under surveillance which he deemed unconstitutional.  This decision akin to Prince Hamlet shows that he places a high value in justice that might be seen as a positive trait however under the right circumstances it spelled his downfall as it served as his hamartia or tragic flaw.He made a patriotic sacrifice of his previous life, his economic success and his reputation in order to do what he thought was right and what he thought was best for his country. He defends his actions by saying that “Being a patriot doesn't mean prioritizing service to government above all else.Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen, from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don't have to be foreign countries”(NBC Interview,2016). Here he says that his actions were not in fact wrong and that he is not a traitor but a true lover of his country and what is stands for, he fought and gave up everything for the privacy of citizens and he was rewarded with hate from the same people he tried to protect. He condemns the abuse of power that the NSA and the US government were carrying out arguing that the people and the values of the country are the most important things and that they should not be violated for the “better good” of its people.

]]> 2017-10-16 02:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/197195953 rsandino https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/197197347 Edward Snowden experienced a tragic fall from grace due to his strong moral compass influencing his decisions, in response to his actions he was forced into exile in Russia in order to escape US government officials who recognize him as a traitor. His fall from grace came very harshly to him as he was a young man in a very high government position with a very bright future in computer programming. He was very skilled as was demonstrated by his rapid rise through the ranks in the intelligence and computer industry which makes his loss of this prospect very sad indeed. His situation after his decision was very harsh and he was hunted down and persecuted by the same people he was trying to protect. Many Americans especially those who favor the government's involvement in their daily lives condemn his actions and label him traitor and an anti patriot for his actions even though he gave it all to protect them. These attitudes are exemplified by NSA director Keith Alexander words about his actions "[Snowden] betrayed the trust and confidence we had in him. This was an individual with top secret clearance whose duty it was to administer these networks. He betrayed that confidence and stole some of our secrets”(Ventured Interview,2016). Here he argues what many Americans believe as well in how they think that being in a position of power and leaking the documents no matter for what purpose is wrong and that he should face the consequences for his actions and serve time in prison for the traitor he is. This catastrophic end to the career of such a prospective individual with great potential for growth in his field is obviously a tragedy that meets many of the well known greek tragic elements. Among them one can clearly see a Peripeteia and Hamartia where one can see how his tragic flaw in his strong moral compass leads to his downfall in how he leaked confidential information for what he felt was the good of the people of his country. This had a contrast to his intended effect of being glorified as hero for his risky decision and instead led to his exile and loss of his previous life.  All's not lost for Snowden as thankfully many support groups have sprang up in his defense among them  is standwithsnowden.com a very vocal group that in 2016 started petition to pardon Snowden for his crime as many US citizens believe that his decision though criminal was morally correct and should not be punished.

]]> 2017-10-16 02:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/197197347 rsandino https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/197197549 In the case of literary media tragedy, you can trace it back to classic Greek dramas of the same name use memesis in how tragic endings assimilate the relative tragedy of real life and to captivate its audience further. A perfect example can be seen in Shakespeare’s Hamlet where tragedy is used as a theme to portray a realism to an otherwise completely fictional tale based in the kingdom of Denmark.Tragedy has played a large part in Hamlet, the main character of the play of the same name is an almost perfect example of a story of a tragic hero who falls from grace due to a characteristic tragic flaw. In Hamlet’s case he is presented with a situation where his father the prince of Denmark is murdered by his uncle Claudius and his mother marries him shortly after to his disapproval. What finally spurred his desire for revenge was the appearance of the ghost of his father who told him all about his murder and inspired him to seek vengeance against Claudius by murdering him. We can see in one specific instance where Hamlet’s desire for justice for the murder of his father beats all rationality in him and leads to rash actions from his part. This instance appears when he first meets the ghost of his father where emotions seem to take control of him when he states “Haste me to know't, that I, with wings as swift as meditation or the thoughts of love,May sweep to my revenge.”(Act 1 Scene 5). Here we can see that the author uses specific technique through his word choice where hs uses words like “haste” and“swift” when combined with verbs like “sweep” create an image of speed and hastiness that surrounds Hamlets decision making. It is easy to see the foreshadowing in this statement where it tells us that Hamlet will continue to take more and more rash decisions as he follows the path of revenge. We can make the connection that this lack of rationality and justice stems from his tragic flaw of a strong moral compass that just cannot let him forgive his uncle for his supposed crime and make him risk everything in a far fetched assassination plot that eventually costs him his life and destroys the kingdom of Denmark.

]]> 2017-10-16 02:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/197197549 rsandino https://padlet.com/rsandino/dck5wsyu59yx/wish/197197577 In conclusion it is clear to see why the media tends to portray tragedies and how it is due to the appeal that they pose to the public and to readers that they are commonly used. As is commonly referenced death sells more than regular stories and this has been a pattern that can be traced back to the earliest forms of literary expression. The reason behind tragedy and its widespread use in media is that it catches the attention of the reader and opens them up to the message or ulterior motive that the author wants to transmit. This is seen in Shakespeare where a murder and betrayal leads a man on a revenge plot that ultimately costs him his life and his kingdom for his moral belief that justice must be served and evils must be punished. This assimilate the modern example of Edward Snowden's tragic downfall due to his decision to pursue justice for the American people in actions that put his life and liberty and jeopardy. This willingness to risk everything for the greater good or for what they believe is morally right is what makes both of this character’s heroes and the repercussions that they faced gives them their tragic aspects. 

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