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- 10021: OJ Simpson
- ... 9:42 p.m., she called the Mezzaluna (restaurant in Beverly Hills) to confirm that Ron Goldman was on his way to her house to return her sunglasses. This phone call was to be Nicoles last. Sometime between this 9:42 p.m. phone call and Nicoles Akita being found at 10:55 p.m., Nicole and Ron took their last breaths (Freed 100). The only suspect, Nicoles former husband, Orenthal James Simpson. Yes, football legend, O.J. Simpson. After the lengthy trial process, O.J. Simpson was acquitted on the two counts of murder in the first degree. This verdict rocked ...
- 10022: Revenge Vs Justice(macbath)
- ... tooth for tooth , is not intelligent way to pursue justice. This is the same case in the play Hamlet written by Shakespeare, in the 16--------th century. In the play the two of the character s fathers are brutishly murdered. The first murder character is the king Hamlet who is supposed to be revenged by his son prince Hamlet to king Claudius. The second murder of Lord Polonius supposes to be ... entire Royal family. Also Fortinbras, King of Norway, was killed by King Hamlet; slain by sword during the duel. So Prince of Norway, son of King Fortinbras seeks for revenge on Denmark of his father s death. Also revenge is improper and wrong way to punish someone for his fault. Their acts of emotion lead to the downfall of two, and the rise to power of one. After the death of King Hamlet, King Claudius married late Hamlet s wife, Queen Gertrude. Prince Hamlet, son of King Hamlet has a meeting with the ghost of his death father king Hamlet. Ghost conveys to his son that his own brother Claudius has murdered him. ...
- 10023: William Faulkner's Absalom
- William Faulkner's Absalom William Faulkner came from an old, proud, and distinguished Mississippi family, which included a governor, a colonel in the Confederate army, and notable business pioneers. He grew up in Oxford, Mississippi which he later renamed Jefferson, Mississippi in his novels. Although Faulkner is a contemporary American, he is already considered one of the world's greatest novelists. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949. Through his experiences from growing up in the old South, Faulkner has been able to express the values of the South through his characters. William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom offers a strong condemnation of the mores and morals of the South. Faulkner's strong condemnation of the values of the South emanates from the actual story of the Sutpen family whose ...
- 10024: A Comparison and Contrast of Love in Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" and C. Day Lewis's "Song"
- A Comparison and Contrast of Love in Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" and C. Day Lewis's "Song" In the poems "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" by Christopher Marlowe and "Song" by C. Day Lewis, the speakers display their individual views of what can be expected with their love. Both speakers ... attempt to gain the will of his love. In contrast, the poem "Song" is set in what is indicative of a twentieth century depression, with an urban backdrop that is characteristically unromantic. The speaker "handle(s) dainties on the docks" (5) , showing that his work likely consists of moving crates as a dock worker. He extends his affection through the emphasis of his love and how it has endured and ...
- 10025: Abortion Should Be Kept Out of The Criminal Code
- ... century. During that century, first the English Parliament and then American state legislatures prohibited induced abortion to protect women from surgical procedures that were at the time unsafe, commonly stipulating a threat to the woman's life as the sole (therapeutic) exception to the prohibition. Occasionally the exception was enlarged to include danger to the mother's health as well. Legislative action in the 20th century has been aimed at permitting the termination of unwanted pregnancies for medical, social, or private reasons. Abortions at the woman's request were first allowed by the Soviet Union in 1920, followed by Japan and several East European nations after World War II. In the late 1960s liberalized abortion regulations became widespread. The impetus for ...
- 10026: King Lear: Illusion
- King Lear: Illusion "In King Lear Shakespeare's subject is illusion, and in Lear himself it is shown as an incurable condition" Discuss King Lear deals with the theme illusion in most of the characters, very few of the characters are true, even ... His stated intention is to prevent future conflict. This is stupid since it actually invites war between the heirs, as we see, they are all ready power crazy, and do turn on each other. Shakespeare's audience (having just been spared a civil war following the death of Elizabeth) would have realised this. The one affected by illusion the most is undoubtedly Lear. Lear's high position in society meant he should be able to distinguish the good from the bad; his lack of sight prevented him to do so. Lear's first act of blindness comes at the ...
- 10027: The Life of Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
- ... before he could talk. Gauss began elementary school at the age of seven, and his potential was noticed immediately. He so impressed his teacher Buttner, and his assistant, Martin Bartels, that they both convinced Gauss's father that his son should be permitted to study with a view toward entering a university. Gauss's extraordinary achievement which caused this impression occurred when he demonstrated his ability to sum the integers from 1 to 100 by spotting that the sum was 50 pairs of numbers each pair summing 101. In ... was presented to the duke of Brunswick - Wolfenbuttel, at court where he was permitted to exhibit his computing skill. His abilities impressed the duke so much that the duke generously supported Gauss until the duke's death in 1806. Gauss conceived almost all of his fundamental mathematical discoveries between the ages of 14 and 17. In 1791 he began to do totally new and innovative work in mathematics. With the ...
- 10028: ... and basic; it was a Garden of Eden, that is, until man arrived. Upon the boys' arrival (a plane crash), a scar was left on the island. It was a plane, an offspring of man's creation, that disturbed nature's beauty. Golding continuously showed how the setting was terrorized by man. Man was not even there for one week and they have already destroyed half of an island that nature took years to create, and ... entire world during the course of history. Lands have been raped, forests destroyed, and air condemned unbreathable. It is pure evil. Golding, however, did not only use the setting and its destruction to demonstrate society's faults, he also used the characters in Lord of the Flies as a representation of the character and the evil behavior within society. Golding suggests that there are different types of people in society: ...
- 10029: 1984 Thematic Statements
- The thematic statements chosen from the novel 1984 have a lot to do with the policies and way of life in the George Orwell novel. They reflect the story's bleak image of life and the type of world that Winston lives in. Three of the thematic statements chosen are the names of chapters in The Book, and are the main phrases of the Party ... and it never will be peace. War is never portrayed as peace in television, movies or books. Orwell makes the society of Oceania seem even more cold by using this as one of the Party's main phrases. This must have been Orwell's goal when he wrote such a phrase. The second thematic statement and Party phrase is "Ignorance is Strength." (Pg. 165) This applies to the novel because it promotes the thought that all people should ...
- 10030: An Increasing Problem On High
- ... all the things that were blamed. In addition to what was blamed for this tragedy, characteristics of the boys were also mysteriously attributed to them without any proof. The boys were accused of being Nazi's, they were accused of hating christians, they were accused of being racist, and they were accuse of being biased towards athletes. The christian churches were some of the strongest accusers compared to all the organizations contibuting their opinions. Within a day of the assault, Colorado Gov. Bill Owens was declaring that the murderers didn't, "have the same moral background as the rest of us." Bill Davenport, a Baptist pastor in San Clemente, confidently asserted that the killers didn't value life, "because they haven't been taught about God." Jerry Falwell suggested that the killers were gay, a cry taken up in a press release from Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church: "Two filthy ...
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