The Death Penalty Just Or Inju
.... their own lives was at stake. That if attached to certain crimes, the penalty of death exerts a positive moral influence by placing a stigma on certain crimes like manslaughter, resulting in attitudes of disgust and horror to such acts. (McCuen, 1985, 11)
Studies of the deterrent effect of the death penalty have been conducted for several years, with varying results. Most of these studies have failed to produce evidence that the death penalty deterred murders more effectively then the threat of imp .....
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The Demon Lover
.... the lover by Kathleen is unclear. It may have been too upsetting for Kathleen to think about or even remember at that time. Like her lover’s face, the promise may have been forgotten. She may have gone to the house the day she had promised to meet him subconsciously. She was suppose to wait for her lover’s return, yet she got married to another man. There is an impulse to think that no matter what she belongs to the cold-hearted lover of hers. Whatever the promise was it must have been bleak fo .....
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The Devil In Disguise
.... been stuffed with something so that he would seem taller" (596-7). The fact that Friend is short could mean he is an elf or dwarf-like creature, or it could merely mean that he is trying to be something he definitely is not.
Besides physical characteristics, the devilish nature of Friend is depicted through his subtle ability to manipulate Connie. When they first meet, Connie is apprehensive of Arnold. Through manipulation, charm, and possibly a spell, Arnold is skillful in influencing Conn .....
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The Divine Comedy
.... description is meant to scare people from sin. The inscription on the gate to hell read “Abandon every hope, you who enter here. (Alighieri, 5)” This inscription does not apply to Dante in the poem because he is still alive, but it does imply horrific despair for some. The inscription implies that anyone who enters this Inferno must abandon all hope of ever escaping. Inferno is for those who consciously choose an evil way of life.
Most people believe that if you sin you go to hell, and if .....
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The Elders Of Things Fall Apar
.... looking out for Okonkwo's best interest. During his time of exile, he brought him the sacks of cowries that the yams of his prior farm produced as well as for the seeds that were sold to sharecroppers. He was also a man who could reflect deeply, as described in the following paragraph:
Obierika was a man who thought about things. When the will of the goddess had been done, he sat down in his obi and mourned his friend's calamity. Why should a man suffer so grieveosly for an offense he had committed .....
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The Evolution Of British Poetr
.... Elizabethan style of poetry, we see a serious side to British poetry.
The serious side to the Elizabethan era gave birth to an entirely new way of writing poetry. The Neoclassical era was a time of reason and though. It was more formal than the love induced poetry of the Elizabethan era. Neoclassical poets loved the classic form of literature with its strict regimen and form. The change between these two forms could be defined as a rebellion of sorts.
Neoclassical poets rebelled against .....
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The Final Soliloquy Of Richard
.... Despite having surrendered the crown to his cousin early in Act IV, the unmasking of Richard is not complete until he has been imprisoned for a considerable length of time with nothing to do but think about the past. Despite whatever emotional or spiritual epiphanies Richard may have experienced, it is clear that he regrets his imprisonment. He explicitly states that he wishes he could dig his way out, or "tear a passage through… my ragged prison walls" (RII, V.v.20-21). However, with is newfoun .....
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The Flaws Of Hamlet
.... King, and the Queen? What was his delay? Could it be that Hamlet was not so much afraid of killing the king, but hurting his mother, mentally, emotionally, after the death of her King and her abrupt marriage to Claudius. Was Hamlet afraid, that maybe the ghost of his father wasn’t really his father’s ghost at all, in that it was a trick of the devil?
Hamlet’s over analysis is what turns out to be the reason for so many deaths, including his own. His procrastination kills not only him .....
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The Garden Party
.... something she is used to do. She hasn’t been in touch with people in poverty before. What will they think? A well dressed upper class girl, coming to their house and thinks that a basket of sandwiches will replace a dead husband? But she continues her walk to the house. She meets with the young widow, and her dead husband. Laura looks at the young man and understands that he didn’t care about the garden party or the load music that it caused. It looks as if the man lying in the bed is .....
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The Gilded Six Bits Critique
.... some of de mens, and Ah come on back and went scrubbin’ de floor, and he passed and tipped his hat whilst Ah was scouring the steps. Ah thought Ah never seen him befo’.”
Hurston skips scenes, and allows the characters to tell stories of their experiences to reveal the oral tradition that simultaneously complements and complicates the characters. Hurston furthers this by including folk expressions in the narrative, such as, “way after awhile”, “make his market .....
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The Glass Menagerie 3
.... on the fire
escape. This also shows that Laura's fears and emotions greatly affect her
physical condition, more so than normal people.
Another symbol presented deals more with Tom than any of the other
characters: Tom's habit of going to the movies shows us his longing to
leave the apartment and head out into the world of reality. A place where
one can find adventure. And Tom, being a poet, can understand the needs of
man to long for adventure and romance. But he is kept from entering
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The Godfather
.... As you may be able to tell Michael Corleone's wedding is one of the most influential points of the entire novel. It allows he reader to meet Michael Corleone, it invites the reader to experience an Italian Mafia family wedding, and it displays for the reader the amount of respect the head of an Italian Mafia family commands over his community. In short, Michael Corleone's wedding is the reader's first glimpse of a Mafia family's culture, tradition and way of life.
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The Grandmother 2
.... influence on her grandchildren as well. When the family is on the road and the grandmother starts talking about the old plantation she used to visit when she was young, she decides, this time, to prey on the curiosity of her grandchildren. In order to do that, she lies to them. " 'There was a secret panel in this house,' she said craftily, not telling the truth..." (358). The grandmother's obvious manipulations are her way of getting what she wants and of controlling other people to do what she wants. An .....
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The Great Gatsby 16
.... the novel the reader can also see that Nick is probably the only one who has good moral values. It seems that Fitzgerald uses Nick’s character for contrast. The goodness of Nick’s character emphasizes the negative qualities of others. Jordan Baker’s character is shaped not so much around money, but the issue of social standing. Since Jordan was not born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she makes her living by playing golf. It would be fair to say that money is important to Jordan, .....
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The Great Gatsby 2
.... has a responsibility to guide the reader through each situation. It is therefor necessary for the reader to rely on the narrator, who in this case is Nick. Also a reason for Nick being the narrator and not Gatsby is because the story is just as much about Nick as it is about Gatsby. Although the title is focused on Gatsby as the protagonist Nick was chosen by Fitzgerald to present the occurrences to the reader. One of the novel's main themes is the development of Nick as a character. Therefore he repres .....
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