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- 6571: Crime and Punishment: Crimes, Who Solved Them, and Different Punishments
- ... Prostitution, Minor Larceny , and all other minor offenses. Probably the most famous criminal in the Victorian period was " Jack the Ripper ". Jack the Ripper was " the first modern sexual serial killer" ( Sugden, pg.2) Jack's trademark was the killing of female prostitutes. But not only did he kill them, he would surgically remove organs and intrails and place them near the dead body. "Jack the Ripper" wasn't his only nickname, he was also called " the Whitechaple murder " because the body's were found near the Whitechapel Road, and " The Leather Apron" because of a man that would come by and beat up the prostitutes for no reason. Jack the Ripper is credited for 9 killings, ...
- 6572: Evolution Of Heathcliff In Wut
- ... hard he tries, he will always be the interloper. Early in the novel, Heathcliff is picked on by Hindly and he assumes a assertive and threatening posture. You must exchange horses with me: I don t like mine: and if you won t I shall tell your father of the three thrashing you ve given me this week, and show him my arm, which is black to the shoulder. [Ch. 4 Pg. 34] Heathcliff knows that he is ... Hindly will leave him alone. Believing that the best defense is a good offense, Heathcliff expresses his intent to gain the affection of his adopted father by aggravating Hindly, the natural son. Heathcliff uses Hindly s bad disposition to his advantage. Despite Heathcliff s efforts to get along with everyone and be accepted by the family, he is continually put down and never truly excepted. He never resolves the fact ...
- 6573: Sir Gawain And The Green Knight: The Role Of Women
- ... both a support of the old feudal hierarchies and an implicit criticism of changes by recalling chivalry in its idealized state in the court of King Arthur. The women in the story are the poet's primary instruments in this critique and reinforcement of feudalism. The poet uses the contrast between the Virgin Mary with Lady Bertilak's wife to point out the conflict between courtly and spiritual love that he felt had weakened the religious values behind chivalry. The poem warns that a loss of the religious values behind chivalry would lead to its ultimate destruction. Although superficially Sir Gawain and the Green Knight appears to be a romantic celebration of chivalry, it contains wide-ranging serious criticism of the system. The poet is showing Gawain's reliance on chivalry's outside form and substance at the expense of the original values of the Christian religion from which it sprang. The first knights were monastic ones, vowing chastity, poverty and service ...
- 6574: Our Country And The Affect of Changes
- Our Country And The Affect of Changes Change, for the better, or for the worst. Generally, when I change it's for the better, yet the whole world doesn't think like me. In the American Heritage Dictionary, (which should be even more precise, since the subject at hand is U.S. History) it is stated that change is: to be or cause to be different, alter (p116). There are an endless number of examples in our nation's narrative that are directly associated with change ...
- 6575: Hamlet The Challenge Of Reveng
- ... and Fortainbras' revenge for their father, but all of them have different response or action for the revenge. there are three types of individual facing challenge: passive, enthusiasm and no self-opinion. Revenge for one's father is son's responsibity. Hamlet sees the revenge as an important thing to do. Full of intelligence to find out the truth and plan for the revenge. the mousetrap is a good example of his intelligence. His action has prove that he is a filial son, makes up his decision for revenge and plans it right away. His attitude is enghusiastic which would facing the challenge but not to evad. Hamlet's intelligence had help him a lot for the revenge and facing the challenge but his thoughts have destory his way to success. Hamlet concerns too much and would not accept Horatio's opinion fully ...
- 6576: Brave New World 8
- ... Utopia Novelist and essayist Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on July 26, 1894 in Godalming, in the county of Surrey, England which included his father , Leonard Huxley, a prominent literary man and his grandfather was T.H. Huxley , a biologist who led the battle on behalf of the Darwinian evolutionary hypothesis. He once almost quit school because of a eye disease but Aldous went and studied at Oxford, lived mainly in Italy in the 1920's, (where he met and befriended D.H. Lawrence) and moved to California in 1937 with is wife Maria Nys. His early writing included poetry, short stories, and literary journalism, but his reputation was made with ... poet William Blake, inspired rock singer Jim Morrison to name his group "The Doors." Then in 1963 Huxley with his wife by his side ingested a dose of mescaline while on his deathbed. Aldous Huxley s, Brave New World shows humanity, that an obsession with a utopia, as they world they live in, will come with great cost and is near impossible as he shows that the problem is knowledge ...
- 6577: Pride and Prejudice: What's Love Got to Do With It
- Pride and Prejudice: What's Love Got to Do With It In Pride and Prejudice life is not all fun and games. There are many pressures in life: mothers with high expectations for a good marriage and a girl's own expectation of what life and hopefully marriage will be like. Charlotte Lucas is the oldest daughter in a large family, she is not the most beautiful girl, and she is twenty-seven, well beyond the marrying age. Charlotte is Elizabeth Bennett's best friend and Mr. Collins, the man Charlotte finally marries, is Elizabeth's cousin. Charlotte Lucas will marry to solidify her life, not because she loves, for many people are unkind about her ability ...
- 6578: Walter Mitty's Pathetic Life
- Walter Mitty's Pathetic Life Walter Mitty was a pathetic character because he had no self confidence. He had to make up stuff to be what he wanted. He also let his wife order him around. His self confidence was so low that he was afraid to stand up for himself. He automaticly assumed everyone was putting him down. He didn't even try to do things for himself-parking his own car. He didn't have much confidence in himself. He daydreamed all the time about what he wanted to be because he didn't have a very exiteing life. He dreamed he was a doctor, pilot, convict, etc. ...
- 6579: The Connections Between Violen
- Violence, Corruption, and Wealth: The Connections Made in Today s Popular Culture Today s society is no stranger to violence and corruption. We see it in our streets, on our television and movie screens, and we hear it in music. However, as we move closer and closer to the ... main characters get caught in a tangled web of adulterous affairs coupled with underhanded schemes and mischief which as they become richer and further their personal social status. Music reflects the times. In the 60 s and 70 s, musicians preached peace and empathy towards the human race. In the 80 s music was a form of rebellion. Today, music has manifested itself into many different forms, one being "hip ...
- 6580: The American Hero
- The American Hero Every child has fantasy s of being a super hero and leaping tall buildings in a single bound or staring death in the face everyday and somehow finding a way to escape. All of these imaginative thoughts have been derived ... masses and is still a popular symbol of the classic hero. Just as Natty Bumppo was the popular hero of his time, Indiana Jones is still the favorite of millions today. Indiana has overshadowed Natty s success but still contains many of his attributes. The characteristics of the American hero are similar in both Indiana Jones and Natty Bumppo. An American novelist, travel writer, and social critic, James Fenimore Cooper is ... In this novel Natty has many close native companions to join him in his endeavors on the frontier. During the French and Indian Wars, The Legendary woodsman, Natty Bumppo, is know by another famous alias s, The Pathfinder. His companions in this story is his adoptive Indian father, Chingachgook and the beautiful, Mabel Dunham. They become involved in an attempt to rescue a besieged British fort where he faces danger ...
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