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    Mary Surratt was innocent!! Mary Surratt should not have been executed. I will now tell you why I think that. She only knew about the kidnap plot‚ but she didn’t know about the murder plot. Based on what I read it says that‚ it is possible that she knew about the kidnap plot‚ but that would have determined a less harsh punishment than death. This proves that‚ she knew about the kidnap plot‚ which means she was guilty‚ but she wasn’t guilty by death.( Article 2) According to the text it says that

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    “God’s existence can be proved a priori” Discuss Trying to prove that God exists is a difficult argument and many people have tried many different ways. The Ontological argument is one argument; at the centre of the argument is the concept of existence. The Ontological argument has been argued from a group of philosophers for the existence of God. "Ontological" means talking about being and so that being is the existence of God. The ontological argument differs from other arguments in favour

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    Why Is Hamlet Guilty

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    I‚ Claudius‚ am not guilty. To begin‚ the state has improperly failed to disclose that the ghost Hamlet has been seeing is the reason Hamlet is accusing me of such horrors. This apparition is truly a bad omen. It’s wicked requests it asks Hamlet to fulfill are similar to the desires of Satan. Not only this‚ but Hamlet has used his conversations with the apparition as a way to cope with the death of his own father. Therefore‚ it is clear that the ghost is Hamlet’s pitiful attempt to grasp onto anything

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    Abigail Williams Guilty

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    Have you ever met someone that has been responsible for the crimes in the city? Well Abigail Williams is one of the many in the village in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Abigail is a mean and vindictive person who always wanted to get her way. Others may argue that Abigail was not responsible for the crimes in Salem‚ but they have been mistaken. Abigail Williams has been committed‚ of lying and the affair that she has had in the village. “Abby‚ I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut

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    give we must first receive. However‚ in the novel “Until They Bring the Streetcars Back‚” by Stanley Gordon West‚ Cal Gant demonstrates this principle of giving time and time again. If love is not something you say‚ but something you do‚ then how many acts of loving go unnoticed throughout a day? It seems that the simplest actions‚ such as waving hello to an elderly couple on the street‚ can be the most sentimental. This theme plays out in Until They Bring the Streetcars Back‚ through Cal’s kindness

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    who fulfills all of their desires. In my opinion‚ men and women usually project their guilt in ornate behaviors that lead to a breakdown in trust. For example‚ many people who are unfaithful often accuse their partner of cheating due to their own guilty conscience. Also‚ we can project our insecurities on our relationships; we do this unconsciously when we feel that we are not good enough or unable to fulfill our partner ’s expectations in the relationship‚ and do this in many different ways. I

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    middle-class and wealthy sometimes believe the society’s beliefs and attitudes toward them‚ and which result into the middle-class people to wanting to use the same remarks that they get from rich people to the poor people. Depending on what class a person is in decides what privileges and advantages they get. The advantages that rich working

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    Who is guilty? When any misfortune punishes‚ who is guilty? This thought is not so easily eased‚ especially when lives of loved ones are lost in the situation. In the moments when awful events happen‚ the finer is always pointed at one person or another. At times‚ even the person least expected. Romeo and Juliet‚ a famous play by William Shakespeare‚ approves this thought and provides a clear reminder that many characters could be possible suspects to Romeo and Juliet’s death. With what has already

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    Why Mr. Baumer Is Guilty

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    Mr. Baumer is Guilty Argument I would like to thank the jury and other members involved in finding who is guilty for being here today to listen to my reasoning of why Mr. Baumer shall be convicted of murdering Slade. Mr. Baumer knew he was going to murder Slade‚ Baumer knew Slade could not read except for familiar words‚ he made sure the room was unoccupied before Slade came to freight the alcohol‚ Baumer bought an immense and unneeded amount of wood alcohol‚ which is a lethal poison‚ he ignored

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    How should guilty people be punished? Thousands of crimes are committed throughout the year; robbery‚ fraud‚ rape etc… The people who commit these crimes and are caught are sent to jail. The only thing is‚ Every person who committed a crime had a different reason for doing it. That is why the Court exists‚ to judge each case differently. There should be an individual punishment for every case‚ because every case is different‚ and the "criminals" have different motives

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