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Pride And Prejudice Jane Austen
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Salem Witch Trials Elizabeth Proctor
1,036 wordsThe Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is based on the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts. The Crucible deals with a community, which everybody lived in a normal society and everybody attended church. However, one night, a group of girls were caught dancing in the woods. Some people accuse them for doing witchcraft. Therefore, they lied to protect not just themselves but the reputation of their families. They claimed that the devil took them over and influenced them to dance. One of the main g...
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Great Birnam Wood Influence On Macbeth
1,147 wordsIn the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth was an ambitious Scottish noble who was transformed into a treacherous tyrant through the influence of three main sources. The first and most important influence on Macbeth, were the witches. They equivocated with him to damn his soul. Another important influence was Lady Macbeth. She was able to control him by questioning his manliness. The final thing that influenced Macbeth was his ambition. His desire to be king overcame all his virtues an...
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Law Enforcement Officers Search And Seizure
1,489 words... ive the officers the right to follow him and pull him over in order to search him. The plain-view doctrine allows law enforcement officers to investigate and search someone they feel may be hiding something illegal. The officers give comments within the case and proceedings that they clearly felt something was hidden within the respondents clothing, this shows that they had the legal right to remove the item. While it may seem that the respondent was somehow robbed of his Fourth Amendment ri...
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Border Patrol Fourth Amendment
864 wordsWhen police set up traffic checkpoints looking for signs of drug use, walking a narcotics detecting dog around the car, and examining drivers licenses and registration does that practice violate the Constitutions protection against unreasonable searches? From August to November of 1998, police in Indianapolis set up six traffic checkpoints to look for signs of illegal drugs transported on city streets. Officers stopped cars, checked each drivers license and registration, looked for signs of drug...
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Status Of Women In Islam
1,931 wordsThe Status of Woman in Islam The status of woman in Islam constitutes no problem. The attitude of the Qur " an and the early Muslims bear witness to the fact that woman is, at least, as vital to life as man himself, and that she is not inferior to him nor is she one of the lower species. Had it not been for the impact of foreign cultures and alien influences, this question would have never arisen among the Muslims. The status of woman was taken for granted to be equal to that of man. It was a ma...
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Act I Scene Ii Play Hamlet
963 words(I was 16 when i wrote this essay and i'd like to see any stupid american bastard to better) Shortly after seeing his fathers ghost Hamlet says that hereafter he will put an antic disposition on. To what extent is the madness he exhibits in the rest of the play feigned? Is he really mad? To discuss whether or nor a person is mad it is first necessary to define exactly what you mean by madness. In its everyday sense it refers to recklessly frantic or passionate behaviour. However, by madness I am...
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Plato Apology Death Penalty
1,440 words... phones; he is mentioned explicitly shortly after this. While it may seem Aristophanes was maliciously attacking Socrates, credible evidence points to the contrary. The Clouds was an attack on the Sophists, and its plot required somebody to represent the typical Sophist. While Socrates differed in many regards to the Sophists, the public did not make the distinction, and it was they who Aristophanes was writing for. To anybody who knew Socrates personally the portrayal was, as was it was inte...
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Act 3 Scene 3 Scene 3 Line
1,318 wordsBecause Othello is a tragic hero, his problem involves both his character traits and the situation that he finds himself in. There are many problems with Othello's character. He is overly loyal, even to the extent of being gullible. He may also, to some extent, have insecurities about being black. These insecurities show themselves in the way he never truly thinks he was good enough for Desdemona, and is subsequently easily manipulated by Iago. He also lacks the talent for eloquent speech that i...
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Falls In Love Melting Pot
1,104 wordsTwenty-one years ago, a spectacular film was made by an incredible director of the highly acclaimed film, "Badlands." The movie, "Days of Heaven" directed by Terrence Malick is a movie that shows the confusion of one woman, trying to figure out whom she loves. The movie stars Richard Gere as Bill and Sam Shepard as a rich, handsome, Texan farmer, the two men Brooke Adams as Abby falls in love with. Linda Many plays Linda, Bill's sister and the narrator, in the story. Terrence Malick was born in ...
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Macbeth Characters In The First Three Acts
1,088 wordster> Compare and contrast the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the first three Acts of Macbeth. Macbeth, the tragedy, is a penetrating, concentrated, and harrowing study of ambition. The play itself tells the story of a man, urged by his wife and foretold by prophecy, who commits regicide in order to gain power. His ostentatious appetite for domination only leads to his triumphal downfall deeming he and his wife naught but the, dead butcher and his fiend like queen. However, t...
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Kill Cassio Iii Iii
1,108 wordster> An analysis of Shakespeare's unrecognized dogma through the play Othello People are merely products of their circumstances. Hopelessly bound to the conditions surrounding their existence, their only true personal characteristic is in their ability to resist influence. William Shakespeare's Othello demonstrates that even this ability can give way and the noblest characters can end up falling into a downward spiral of deceit and suspicion. Iago, and his unwitting observation of othe...
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Television And Movies Politically Correct
1,204 wordsWhen I lived in Japan and talked with my friends about Americans, I had a strong impression that my friends think the average American is white. Of course they realize that there are many other ethnic groups in the U. S. but they do not realize the true extent of racial diversity in America. In their minds, an average American has white skin, a tall nose, long legs, wide eyes, and a muscular body. So I wondered what could have led them to this image of the average American. Then I realized that ...
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Express His Anger Claudius Is Guilty Hamlet
681 wordsWhile Hamlet was being in his antic disposition stage it allowed him to do several things that he otherwise would not be able to do if everyone thought he was in a normal state. The purpose of Hamlet feigning madness is in order to be undercover and see for certain if what has been told to him by the ghost is true. By not revealing the fact that he is not insane, he is able to get more information about the death of his father. Did his uncle kill his father and how can he get his mother away fro...
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Violent Crimes Family Ties
816 wordsPeople Accused Of Violent Crimes Should Not People Accused Of Violent Crimes Should Not Be To Post Bail People accused of violent crimes should not be allowed to post bail and remain out of jail while their trial is pending. There are many reasons to why I strongly agree with this statement. Many factors are unknown to the public without conducting some sort of extensive research. Whether it is simply reading in the paper about pending trials, or as complicated as researching previous trials. Ba...
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Pride And Prejudice Jane Austen
1,577 wordsSense of Humor It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. What we read is just the opposite; a single woman must be in want of a man with a good fortune. In this first line of Jane Austen s Pride and Prejudice we are at once introduced to language rich with satire. The comic tendencies displayed in the novel s language introduce a theme very important to the novel the character s laughter and their attitudes towards laught...
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Horror Man Priest
431 wordsA horrorRasomon The Horror A horror more terrible then fires wars epidemics or bandits, this overwhelming horror is the weak character of man, the distrust and selfishness feeding each characters continual suspicion of his fellow man, always expecting the worst of them. The priest describes this horrific human trait and the world it creates with but a few lines; It s horrible. If men do not tell the truth, do not trust one another, then the earth becomes hell indeed. This lack of honesty toward ...
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Oedipus The King Sophocles Oedipus
1,156 wordsSophocles Oedipus the King and Homer s Odyssey both deal on the topic of truth. In both works the character Tiresias, a blind prophet, participates in the different journeys by revealing various truths to the main characters. While the main importance of Tiresias in The Odyssey is to show that truth can be helpful, his importance in Oedipus the King is to attempt to discourage Oedipus on his journey to find the truth because he knows the truth can be negative as well. The first thing that should...
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Characters In The Play Shakespearean Tragedy
1,329 wordsA SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY Shrewd and devious behaviour, especially for his own benefit is perpetuated by the manipulative and evil Iago throughout the Shakespearean tragedy Othello. Iago tampers with the truth and falsifies events in an attempt to secure power and seek revenge. In his quest for power no one is safe from his devious deeds. His lies and manipulative tales ultimately prove destructive to the other characters in the play. Iago appears to be without conscience, continuing to fabricate ...
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Salem Witch Trials Arthur Miller
627 wordsSuperstition in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller Grade Level: 10 th Date Created: September 18, 1995 Grade Received: B Written by: Erica HankinsoSuperstition and witchcraft resulted in many being hanged or in prison. In the seventeenth century, a belief in witches and witchcraft was almost universal. In Salem Massachusetts where the witch trials take place many people who are suspicious is accused of witchcraft and hanged. Arthur Miller wrote a play called The Crucible. It is based on the ...
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