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Mercy Killing

In June of 1990, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a 63-year-old retired pathologist, was charged with first-degree murder after he helped an Oregon woman with Alzheimer's disease commit suicide in June 1990. The charge was dismissed in December 1990. (Michigan has no law against suicide.) In October of 1991, ...

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What Is Morality

Morality. It has been questioned by people, honored by people and revered since the beginning of time. Yet even today not one person can say what is morally right. It is a matter of opinion. It was Dr.Victor Frankenstein's opinion that it was alright to create a "monster". Frankenstein's creation ...

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The Jungle

Amanda Allen Mr. Matt History 106 February 22, 2011 Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle was written in 1906, the turn of the early twentieth century and was mainly in the stockyards of Chicago. When writing this book, Sinclair’s goals were to show the world how the labor was for low income families ...

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Creon

In Sophocles' play Antigone, one of the main themes is obedience. To the ancient Greeks, obeying the laws of the gods was very important. They believed that if one did not obey the laws; they would bring a curse upon their family. Zeus is the king of gods, therefore he is almighty. This picture ...

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A psychological look into serial killers

Serial Killers are notoriously known as being predominantly male. The fact of the matter is there is a small percentage that is female. Female serial killers are rare and are hardly spoken of in society unless a woman is accused or convicted of heinous acts like murder. This is a very interesting ...

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The presence of solitude in substantial female characters of Úrsula Iguarán from One Hundred Years of Solitude and Clara from The House of Spirits.

Solitude is the state of being alone or the absence of human activity. Through the characters of Úrsula Iguarán from One Hundred Years of Solitude and Clara from The House of Spirits, solitude is illustrated in its emotional, mental, and physical perspectives. Ursula and Clara are two domineering ...

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Staying in the Moment with Life

A Rose for Emily is a very complex story. Many people hate to let things go. People find security and comfort in their possessions and the company they keep. If all this is ripped away from a person, it can have a very negative effect on that person’s life. In Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for ...

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The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner The setting in the story takes place in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States from 1975 until the present day. The main character and protagonist in the story is Amir. Amir tells us about the unique relationship he has with Hassan, a Hazara boy. In The Kite Runner, ...

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Cats Cradle

84% of the world practices some type of religion. Many have various opinions and different understandings considering the subject. With religion it all comes down on what you believe, in many cases, this could be harmful. In the novel Cat’s Cradle, the author Kurt Vonnegut, writes of a man who ...

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Back Seat Romances

Back Seat Romances Today’s society is different from that of fifty years ago. One reason for this change is when our parents were entering adolescence, they were taught to respect family values. For example, the stigma that an unwed, pregnant teen carried then would be disastrous for both the ...

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Suicide: When Will It Stop?

General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience why suicide is a major health problem. Introduction I. Elizabeth Shin attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Elizabeth set herself on fire in her dorm room on April 14, 2000. Nearly 1,100 suicides will occur on ...

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Condoleezza Rice

When choosing an influential woman in United States societal history a strong few come to mind. Out of the strong few there is one that I take pride in conversing about. Condoleezza Rice is her name. She is world renowned, known as a National Security Advisor during the Bush presidential ...

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Obesity In America

Obesity In America Over the last twenty-five years, obesity rates have continued to climb in America, and it is now anticipated that two of every three Americans are overweight or obese. Fast food chains are now considered the easiest and most convenient source of food, and one of every four ...

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A Fantasy Theme Criticism of Popular Music

An Understanding of the Effect of Pop Music: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Popular Music Courtney Mullen St. Edwards University Abstract Humanity has long used music as an expressional art form to find beauty, attain a higher level of meaning, and better understand culture. The Beatle's, a ...

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Women in Captivity

Women in Captivity Mary Rowlandson's “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration,” and Harriet Jacob's “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” are the vehicles of a variety of parallels and dissimilarities. They both had strong Christian values which are expressed through the biographies ...

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Gatsby The Great

Dreams can medicate people to do amazing things. They push and drive you to your limits allowing you to achieve the thing you once thought was unachievable. Dreams inspire others. They are contagious and have the power to touch the lives of the people around you. Dreams can make or break you. In ...

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The Spectator

I have observed, that a Reader seldom peruses a Book with Pleasure 'till he knows whether the Writer of it be a black or a fair Man, of a mild or cholerick Disposition, Married or a Batchelor, with other Particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right Understanding of an Author. ...

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Roman Polanski's Macbeth

Most modern directors adapting William Shakespeare's plays for today's cinema audience skip or drastically alter vast portions of text in order to make the story more accessible. However, Roman Polanski's 1971 version of Macbeth clarifies and emphasizes certain aspects of the story while rarely ...

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Politics in the Plays of Sophocles

What is the definition of a man? This is the question asked by the chorus in one of Sophocles’ most famous plays, Antigone, possibly the most famous Greek tragedy of all time. Sophocles was an extraordinary leader and an extremely talented playwright for ancient Greece. According to Clifton ...

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Should We End Marijuana Prohibition

Should We End Marijuana Prohibition? Paula J. Telisczak March 4, 2012 Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Safiyyah- Al Amin The subject of legalizing marijuana or keeping illegal has been an ongoing debate for some 40 years. America is getting closer to having the ban on the ...

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