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The Thrill of Transgression: “Frankenstein” and “Manfred”

is blasphemous. Also, and certainly unknown to himself, he is skittering along the knife edge between madness and sanity. He is a ...

Death in a Promised Land

At the same time, in the early 20s, "opportunities for young black men in Tulsa...were severely circumscribed, regardless of educa...

Linda in Death of a Salesman

not going to happen, and she wants her sons to be good sons, which they are not, at least in her eyes. Perhaps she knows that ther...

Constitutionality and Capital Punishment

During the 1970s, the case of Furman vs. Georgia pretty much wiped out the constitutionality of capital punishment when the Suprem...

Is the Death Penalty Administered Fairly?

same crime, although clearly the crimes and criminals were different. This is not necessarily fair. When one looks into the trut...

Victorian Reading Habits: The Thrill of Transgression

"a castle, ruined or intact, haunted or not"; sinister ruins "which arouse a pleasing melancholy"; dungeons, catacombs, crypts and...

African “AIDS Orphans”

2008). To make matters worse, the psychological problems experienced by AIDS orphans are exacerbated if they are separated from th...

Death in Emily Dickinson’s Poem ‘Because I Could Not Stop for Death (712)’ and Robert Frost’s ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’

turn brown; leaves drop from the trees in late autumn; butterflies soar for a short span of time; predatory animals kill their pre...

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, & the Advent of Gonzo Journalism

The journalist records events as they occur, but also incorporates those details of personal opinion, sensory impressions, and so...

Borealis String Quartet Concert Report

constantly surprising the listener with Beethovens powers of invention and resourcefulness (Steinberg, 1994). Interestingly, bef...

Software Development and Ethics

desire to increase revenue to allow further development and facilitate increased benefits to the users. The errors may not be as s...

Oregon's Death with Dignity Act and the American Government

request, but may not require, the patient to notify their next-of-kin of the prescription request. A patient can rescind a request...

Capital Punishment Should Remain in Place

and that is a problem. At the same time, for a host of reasons, the death penalty should stay. It is a punishment that is sorely n...

Comparing and Contrasting Foucault and Barthes

begins." In the end of his essay Barthes states, "We are now beginning to let ourselves be fooled no longer by the arrogant ant...

An Effective Closing Argument in a Death Penalty Case

one chosen for consumption. Bill was only 14 years old. Mike dies after rescue and Mark seems to have had a psychotic break. Mark ...

Three Film Classics and Social Issues

love, but have to ultimately abide by their previous obligations, as they are both happily married. Death of a Salesman (1985, pro...

20th Century and its 'Dismal State' Captured in Text

this once desirable state of affairs. Indeed, the twentieth century saw fights in terms of the legalization of drugs and alcohol, ...

Presentation of the First Page of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

and we are inside Lomans house. We read that as the light changes we are forced to see how this house looks somewhat pathetic in t...

Eight Questions on Health Status

disease, parents first must have access to health care services and then utilize such services. Marshall (2003) points to the im...

Adversity in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

on the socioeconomic totem pole. He has faced personal and professional adversity much of his life. He feels inferior to his old...

Fathers and Sons in “Fences” and “Death of a Salesman”

30). Cheated out of his greatest desire, Troy works now as a garbage man and in middle-age, is growing increasingly bitter (Bloom)...

The Death Penalty, Pro and Con

death penalty has a deterrent effect ("Does the Death Penalty Deter?"). Several studies argued in favor of the deterrent because ...

The Death Penalty, Public Policy and the Criminal Justice System

there will not be the endless appeals that follow the death sentence (Neumann, 2009). In addition, Wanzenreid notes that capital...

Taoist Teachings: Death and the Afterlife

light and dark, and sweet and sour. Some may see this phenomenon metaphorically as a dance. The point is that death is a part of l...

The Death Penalty

and Pojman quotes Kant at length in stating: "There is no similarity between life, however wretched it may be, and death, hence ...

Death/Injury in Poetry

narrator is perhaps confused, perhaps trying to share an image and what that image, or group of images, may mean. The characters w...

Immortality: Dostoevsky and Tolstoy

point that immortality may not exist at all. The only true thing is suffering and pain and that people may well convince themselve...

The Late President Lord Chiang (Chiang Kai-Shek)

path in life. His father had died when he was only five, in fact, and the Chinese military seemed to offer him the most immediate...

Virginia Woolf and E.B. White: Essays

a background. Woolfs imagery concentrates on light and dark, and various colors. She mentions "dark autumn nights," a "yellow-und...

Comparative Poetic Explication of Death in Emily Dickinson’s “The Bustle in a House (#1078)” and Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”

in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth,- The sweeping up the heart, And...