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  • Death Penalty Is Wrong

    Death Penalty Is Wrong

    For most crimes committed in the United States a fine, sentence of time in jail or execution is the punishment. The death penalty is the punishment used in 38 states, and many other countries, as a way of disposing the people in society who are mentally or emotionally disturbed, love their families very much, have a bad temper, or just plain made a mistake. These reasons account for many homicides that take place each year.

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    Essay Length: 496 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: David
  • Scope Monkey Trial

    Scope Monkey Trial

    In a tiny courtroom in the county of Dayton Tennessee, the jury settled into their seats, ready to return the verdict in the most controversial case of the 1920’s, the scopes “monkey” trial. Up to this point, the trial itself had been a media spectacle; the lawyers, the witnesses, even the defendant had become media icons in the commercialism of the twenties. The trial itself was set up to be a media demonstration to challenge

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    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Is Dimmesdales Death Reasonable

    Is Dimmesdales Death Reasonable

    Arthur Dimmesdale, from The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was a minister. He gave powerful and touching sermons; he was the overall image of a perfect minister. However, he had a grave secret that ate at him from within. He had committed adultery with one of his worshippers and fathered a child. Hawthorne uses Dimmesdale to make a point that guilt for unpunished sin will erode a person until they die. The reason for which

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    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Vika
  • Emily Dickinson "i Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died" "because I Could Stop for Death"

    Emily Dickinson "i Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died" "because I Could Stop for Death"

    Death in Emily Dickinson Poems Death has always been one of man kinds biggest questions. Where do you go after death, what happens after death, and what do you see after death. Are questions that no one has answers to, but is something many people think about and therefore make death a scary thought. Emily Dickinson, is a poet who also has an interest in death and the after life. She writes two poems

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    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Fatih
  • In the Wake of the Plague - Black Death

    In the Wake of the Plague - Black Death

    Norman F. Cantor, In the Wake of the Plague (New York: Harper Collins First Perennial edition, 2001) examines how the bubonic plague, or Black Death, affected Europe in the fourteenth century. Cantor recounts specific events in the time leading up to the plague, during the plague, and in the aftermath of the plague. He wrote the book to relate the experiences of victims and survivors and to illustrate the impact that the plague had on

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    Submitted: February 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Black Death

    The Black Death

    The Black Death The Black Death is one of the most lethal disease out breaks in history. The Black Death's widespread terror accounted for nearly one third of the deaths in Europe. The plague brought about a great depression that was felt throughout Europe. The Great Plague brought out the worst in people during these struggling times. There were severe shortages of labor created from the Black Death. Rioting spread throughout the Europe during these

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    Submitted: February 26, 2010 By: July
  • Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman

    Arthur Miller wrote Death of a Salesman in 1949 and established himself as a respected modern American author. He was born in 1915 in New York City. He began writing plays when he was a student at the University of Michigan; even though, his family suffered financial problems with the depression and had to work to get his college education. His play Death of a Salesman won a Pulitzer prize and was made into

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    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Janna
  • The Death Penalty

    The Death Penalty

    When the death penalty is brought up for debate, some people see it to be unfair or an inhuman way of punishment. Others might say that the punishment fits the crime. I believe that the death penalties also known as capital punishment should be used in our county’s justice system as a form of punishment for horrendous crimes. Capital punishment was legal until 1972, after the Supreme Court declared it to be unconstitutional in Furman

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    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Death Penalty

    Death Penalty

    Death Penalty Society has always used punishment to discourage would-be criminals from unlawful action. Since society has the highest interest in preventing murder, it should use the strongest punishment available to deter murder, and that is the death penalty. If murderers are sentenced to death and executed, potential murderers will think twice before killing for fear of losing their own life. For years, criminologists analyzed murder rates to see if they fluctuated with the likelihood

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    Essay Length: 445 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Sacco and Vanzetti Trials

    Sacco and Vanzetti Trials

    SACCO & VANZETTI The Sacco and Vanzetti Case was an extremely controversial murder trial held in Massachusetts from 1921-1927. The two defendants were Nicola Sacco who was a shoemaker, and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, a self-employed fish-peddler. While both men did want to earn a living, neither of them seem to have been overly preoccupied with achieving wealth. They were generous, and just wanted, as Vanzetti said, "a little land to grow, a roof, some books." Neither

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    Essay Length: 330 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Steve
  • The Death Penalty, Right or Wrong?

    The Death Penalty, Right or Wrong?

    The Death Penalty, Right or Wrong? Fear of death discourages people from committing crimes. If capital punishment were carried out more it would prove to be the crime preventative it was partly intended to be. Most criminals would think twice before committing murder if they knew their own lives were at stake. As it turns out though very few people are executed and so the death penalty is not a satisfactory deterrent. Use of the

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    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman

    Like many other novels and plays, Death of a Salesman, written by Arthur Miller, was made into a movie. Directors try to portray the book exactly how it is written, but this can sometimes make the movie too long. When actors and actresses are hired that differ from characters in the story, changes need to be made. When Death of a Salesman was being filmed, Dustin Hoffman was casted to play the part of Willy

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    Essay Length: 428 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Steve
  • Abolish the Death Penalty

    Abolish the Death Penalty

    It was November 2 of 1998 and I woke up that morning and to my surprise the television was on. I see my mother sitting there watching CNN and saying how wrong the death penalty was as she was watching John Stevinson be put to death. She said how cruel these people were for doing such a thing. I remember feeling that I didn't know what was wrong with these people and now I realize

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Fatih
  • The Black Death

    The Black Death

    The Black Death came in three forms, the bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic. Each different form of plague killed people in a vicious way. All forms were caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis. The bubonic plague was the most commonly seen form of the Black Death. The mortality rate was 30-%. The symptoms were enlarged and inflamed lymph nodes (around arm pits, neck and groin). The term 'bubonic' refers to the characteristic bubo or enlarged

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Death Andying

    Death Andying

    Death Death has been sterilized, institutionalized and dehumanized in attempt to increase individualism due to our idea that hospitals provide a good death (Somerville). Death has disappeared from community life and relocated as an individual experience occurring within the power of medical experts. Death has also changed from an everyday occurrence to a feared, mysterious and meaningless experience (Clarke & Seymour). This decrease in social death has caused the dying and their loved ones to

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Janna
  • Death of a Salesman & M Butterfly Comparison

    Death of a Salesman & M Butterfly Comparison

    The Dilution of Men Literature has always provided readers with adventurous tales of acts of valor & heroic deeds, but it is the stories that demonstrate the human flaws and the weakness’ of men that truly allow readers to make a personal connection with what they are reading. In the plays Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly, the two leading men find themselves caught up in unsettling situations

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Bred
  • Ambition and Death - the Story of the Renaissance in Macbeth

    Ambition and Death - the Story of the Renaissance in Macbeth

    Ambition and death - the story of the Renaissance in Macbeth In the tragic drama Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare in 1606 during the English Renaissance, the hero, Macbeth, constantly declines in his level of morality until his death at the end of the play. Because of his change of character from good to evil, Macbeth's attitude towards other characters, specifically Duncan, Banquo, Lady Macbeth, and the witches, is significantly affected." In a larger sense,

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Yan
  • Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman The purpose of this brief essay is to examine Arthur Miller's play, Death of a Salesman, with respect to its reflection of the impact of American values and mores as to what constitutes "success" upon individual lives. George Perkins has stated that this play has been described as "possibly the best play ever written by an American (Perkins, p. 710)." The play marks a brilliant fusion of the ideas and

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Brothers Til Death

    Brothers Til Death

    Brothers �til Death written by Richard M. Trimble is about two Irish immigrants who moved to New Jersey during the American Civil War. The two brothers, William and Thomas Jones, served in the 48th New York State Volunteers from 1861-1865. They wrote a collection of letters containing over a hundred messages back and forth to their sister Maggie, who was a school teacher living in West Farms, New Jersey. Also included are letters from friends

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Death Penalty

    Death Penalty

    CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION REVIEW 1. Who was president during the Civil War? Abraham Lincoln was president during the Civil War. 2. Define secede. Secede means to leave or withdraw. 3. Which state was first to secede from the Union? South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union. 4. Who was elected president of the Confederate States of America? Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America. 5. When

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Mike
  • Life, Death, and the Political Issues Surrounding Abortion

    Life, Death, and the Political Issues Surrounding Abortion

    Life, Death, and the Political issues surrounding Abortion Few issues have embodied such controversy as abortion has. The various people involved in the abortion debate not only have strong beliefs, but each group has a self appeal that clearly reflects what they believe to be the essential issues. The abortion supporters see individual choice as central to the debate: If a woman cannot choose to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, a condition which affects her

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Mikki
  • The Inheritance of Death

    The Inheritance of Death

    I don’t have a lot to remember my grandma by. She and I had a very rocky relationship towards the end of her life. I know I have a picture of Mickey Mouse painting Walt Disney somewhere from her that I will receive after college. However, this painting will always remind me of my dad. He has the same painting in his office and has had it hanging there since I can remember. I

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Tasha
  • The Language of Seamus Heaney's Death of a Naturalist Successfully Evokes the Texture of Rural Life. Discuss.

    The Language of Seamus Heaney's Death of a Naturalist Successfully Evokes the Texture of Rural Life. Discuss.

    There are many themes in “Death of a Naturalist” and these are often played out against imagery, situations, descriptions and a background that constantly evoke the texture of Irish rural life. Often the focus is on the act of writing itself. Heaney's ploughmen, thatcher, diviners and diggers are all figures of the poet at work. Interestingly enough these role models are all men. Heaney's childhood world, true to life on an Irish farm in the

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    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: Monika
  • Artistic License in Soyinkaў¦s Death and the Kings Horseman

    Artistic License in Soyinkaў¦s Death and the Kings Horseman

    Natasha Z. Johnson English 210 Professor Despres 1 April 2007 Artistic License in SoyinkaЎ¦s Death and the KingЎ¦s Horseman The author of Death and the KingЎ¦s Horseman, Wole Soyinka, has vehemently insisted that his play is one of metaphysics rather than one of politics. The insistence of postcolonial readers and critics that art cannot transcend history has led to Soyinka having to defend and explain his work in addition to trying to control the reception

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Victor
  • Death of Woman Wang Paper

    Death of Woman Wang Paper

    The Death of Woman Wang, by Jonathan Spence is a historical novel pertaining to average people living in northeastern China. Spence’s book is unlike the “typical” social Confucian society China was thought to resemble during the seventeenth century. In this book, ideas of a Confucian family are challenged and can be seen as alternative but non-the-less, Confucian throughout human interaction and specifically in individual behavior. The Confucian ideas of filial piety, suicide, and being subservient

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Mike