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What Makes Children Turn To Violence
624 wordsWhat Makes Children Turn to Violence? School violence is a tremendous problem facing todays youth. There are many factors that can contribute to violent actions in schools. Some are child abuse, violence in the home, poverty, easy access to guns, violence in television, and drug and alcohol abuse. The major cause of violence is none of the above, but harassment from others. Many people feel as if they need to result to violence as a result of these negative influences they have received from oth...
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John Stuart Mill Euthanasia Is Morally
1,533 wordsThe third night that I roomed with Jack in our tiny double room, in the solid-tumor ward of the cancer clinic of the National Institute of Health in Maryland, a terrible thought occurred to me. Jack had a melanoma in his belly, a malignant solid tumor that the doctors guessed was the size of a softball. The doctors planned to remove the tumor, but they knew Jack would soon die. The cancer had now spread out of control. Jack, about 28, was in constant pain, and his doctor had prescribed an intrav...
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Crime And Punishment Jesus Christ
1,220 wordsWhile reading Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the notion that it is a novel about Christianity seems absurd at first. Its central story focuses on revenge, murder and punishment ideals contrary to Christian beliefs. Although the book may appear to be non-Christian, there were many instances where faith, suffering and redemption were present. These occasions show that the underlying theme of Crime and Punishment is one of Christianity. The references to icons, Lazarus, New Jerusalem a...
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Ivan The Terrible Evil Deeds
1,274 wordsIt is said that Russian rulers occurred in two contrasting types. They tended to be either extremely meek, or extremely self-assertive. In the case of Ivan IV, he was extremely self-assertive. At first this was a good thing he used it to his and the countries advantage via reforms etc However, Ivan experiences a turning point after which that self-assertion transforms into insanity, and completely destroyed all the positive things he built up. Ivan was a madman without genius, the quality ideas ...
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Mother Nature Individual Teenagers
300 wordsDeclaration of independance from puberty We the teenagers, of the people, of this world submit this list of injustices and wrong doings that mother nature has laid upon us. We protest against acne, a cruel and horrifying thing that occurs to some selected teenagers. This punishment is cruel and undeserving. At times an individual with this dilemma may experience young children questioning if chickenpox are on the ill-fated person. Also the individual has quite a hard time finding a companion to ...
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Hester And Pearl Nathaniel Hawthorne
893 wordsChanges of Reverend Dimmesdale's Character Throughout The Scarlet Letter Life is hard, but accepting that fact makes it easier. this common phrase has been proven true in many peoples lives, but is also a harsh fact that Bostons Rev. Dimmesdale, a key character in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, had to face. In this story of deception and adultery set in the Puritan era, Hawthorne introduces Dimmesdale as a weak and cowardly man who refuses to take responsibility for his actions. Yet, ...
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Hester And Pearl Dimmesdale
965 wordsDimmesdale s Humble Mortality Life is hard, but accepting that fact makes it easier. In this twisted story of deception and adultery set in the Puritan era, Hawthorne introduces Dimmesdale as a weak and cowardly man who refuses to take responsibility for his actions. By the end of the novel he has been transformed into a person who accepts his sins and the consequences, before it is too late; ultimately proving that love surpasses all boundaries, and that one can only be human. At the beginning ...
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Gimpel The Fool Doesnt Make
877 wordsA deeper look at Gimpel the Fool At one time or another, everyone, in their life, has looked down upon someone because that someone isnt as rich, attractive, or even as intelligent as most people. People do this without any regard to the peoples feeling, and without ever imagining what it is like to be in that persons shoes. In Isaac Bashevis Singers Gimpel the Fool, a man named Gimpel was harassed and teased because of the fact he was gullible, or so the people believed. The townspeople looked ...
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Hester Prynne Arthur Dimmesdale
1,271 wordsAlthough Nathaniel Hawthorne s The Scarlet Letter is primarily the story of an adulteress atoning for her sin and conquering the insignia which brings torment to her spirit, the quest of the partner in her sin, Arthur Dimmesdale, is no less important and even more painful. His quest, simply phrased, is to glorify God through his priesthood and expiate his sin of adultery to save his soul while protecting his reputation. To do so, he tries to continue day by day to do the work of the Lord which h...
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Wuthering Heights Anti Hero
870 wordsMarch 20, 1996 Study of Literature Heathcliff: Understanding Man s Duality In Emily Bronte s novel, Wuthering Heights, the simple question, Who and what is Heathcliff? lingers in the reader s mind throughout the story due to its complex answers. There are two opposing interpretations of Heathcliff that stem and then branch from a single root. One branch concerns Bronte s unique method of narration which involves the narrator within a narrator technique. Though there is one outside narrator, Bron...
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Lived Happily Genetic Variation
1,028 wordsLizards to Snakes Many millions of years the planet was dominated by lizards great and small. It was a place ruled by the laws of natural selection where the only way to survive was to be able to defend yourself with what you had. It was a constant struggle for food, shelter, and supremacy. It was about survival of the fittest, because only if you were best suited to your environment would you have a chance at living to reproduce. Sometimes adapting to ones environment could create a whole new s...
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Scarlet Letter Puritan Society
1,322 wordsAmong many morals which press upon us from the poor minister s miserable experience, we put only this into a sentence: Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred! (Ch. 24: 236) Hawthorne expresses the purpose of writing this novel in that short sentence. He creates characters who have sin and disguise these sins for their own salvation. Slowly these sins evolve the characters, it strengthens Hester, humanizes Dimmesdal...
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Father Couldn T
1,938 wordsThe rain beat down on that cold October morning as my feet scurried toward the courthouse. The smell of hotdogs, onions, Tabasco Sauce, and pollution filled the air. The town looked to be in a panic as people were running around aimlessly trying to get to their respective places of employment on time. I, on the other hand, was in no hurry. I dreaded the day ahead of me. Today was the sentencing of my father who had pled guilty to six counts of sexual battery a month prior. He originally had six ...
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Act 3 Sc Regan And Goneril
1,605 wordsKing Lears Speeches in Act 3 Lear finally recognises the enormity of his predicament in a series of dramatic soliloquies in the course of Act 3. He has rejected and been rejected, had everything and lost everything: in short, he has turned Nature on its head and it is beginning to catch up with him. Shakespeare's portrayal of Lears conversion is credible, dramatic (in terms of style rather than pace) and effective. It could be said that he uses madness as a medium in which Lear can rediscover hi...
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Lady Macbeth Macbeth
960 wordsTo Master Ralph Holinshead, Thank you for notifying me of the? misuse? of your chronicles. I have, however, needed to change your chronicles for the better development of dramatic tension, visual drama and to enable the exploration of Macbeth's mind, to show the way in which he turns from good to evil. First and foremost I have changed the chronicles for dramatic effect. I have used three witches instead of one to create a more mystical and magical atmosphere. It sets a sense of evil and mystery...
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Woman Red Hair
839 wordsEduard Munch and His Works Eduard Munch (1863 - 1944) was a Norwegian painter, engraver, and printer. He is often reputed to have been a loner and a misogynist. Many of his works revolve around a motif concerning women and their obscene vulgarity. The two works that will be described here are Vampire (1893) and Jealousy (1896). These two depict women as creatures of temptation, petty provokers of pain, and selfish enslaver's of vulnerable men. To just marginally understand Munch? s hatred of wom...
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Ive Killed Doesnt Matter
740 wordsMommy, My Scar My Scar Mommy, Ive killed God. You wanted a scar; there it is, plain as day (no two-level, deep meanings attached). My scar isnt external, nor, do I suppose, is it internal. Heck, I dont know what it is but all my life I know its been my scar, my burden. I have a problem with Christianity. But I dont show disrespect to those who choose to follow it (unless they try to impose their beliefs on me), and I dont force my thoughts on anyone (you are choosing to read this). You want sex,...
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Roger Chillingworth Human Heart
1,211 wordsMichael Stavropoulos Doctor Torrance English III 2 December 1997 The Deterioration of Roger Chillingworth Roger Prynne is an old and lonely scholar in England dehumanized by a life of abstruse studying. He makes the mistake of marrying a young wife. He sends his wife to America, to the Puritan colony of Massachusetts, with instructions to live quietly until he arrives. Due to grievous mishaps by sea and land, and over a years captivity by Indians, his intended arrival was delayed. He finally arr...
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Act Iii Scene Act Iv Scene
1,847 wordsMany people are villainous in the way they behave. Their villainous acts may be attributed to their desire to destroy others and in turn elevate themselves to a higher financial or social level. However, the root cause of their villainy may be a response to the treatment they have endured at the hands of others. In short, they have been taught villainy, rather than it being an integral part of their personality. In such instances, revenge can be a key motivator in inspiring them to act in a vill...
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Made The Decision Susan Smith
762 wordsWhen Susan Smith Susan Smith When turning on the television, radio, or simply opening the local newspaper, one is mess with news of arrests, murders, homicides, serial killers, and other such tragedies. 1994 must be a great year to be alive if you are a criminal! Nobody takes liability for his or her own actions anymore. Someone commits a heinous crime, and everything but the criminal is blame, it was a cruel childhood, abusive parents, in my mind, if you commit a crime, and then you are a crimi...
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