In most societies‚ there is one question that can provide clarity to people when a situation goes awry; guilty or innocent? When reading the play‚ Oedipus the King‚ written by the playwright Sophocles‚ there were many instances that could be used to declare Oedipus guilty or innocent. Oedipus is very much guilty because he should not have thought he had higher authority than the gods and he should not have insisted on continuing to look for the answers to all his questions. Sophocles did a fantastic
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the public’s misunderstanding of exactly what happens when someone is found “not guilty by reason of insanity”. It is because of cases like John Hinckley and Andrea Yates where the defendants are found not guilty by reason of insanity coupled with the public’s misunderstanding that causes the public to become so outraged with the insanity defense. The public has this common misconception that someone found not guilty by reason of insanity is just let go and is not punished for his or
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In recent discussions of Sacco and Vanzetti‚ a controversial issue has been whether or not the two men are innocent or guilty. On the one hand‚ some argue that they are innocent. From this perspective‚ there was little evidence to support the verdict. On the other hand‚ however‚ others argue that they were guilty. From this perspective‚ there are letters that were recently released that link them to the crime. In the words of Bartolomeo Vanzetti‚ “I am convinced that the human history has yet
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The Diary of Anne Frank is based on a true story where her and her family had to go into hiding for 2 full years before the Green Police caught them in a warm summer. The Frank family started to go into hiding in early July‚ 1942‚ it wasn’t until a week later the Van Danns showed up to the secret Annex. Sure enough it wasn’t until a couple months they had to let another person in the secret Annex it was Mr. Dussel‚ a local dentist in Amsterdam. Later in those years all 8 of them were caught by the
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The Diary of Anne Frank The story Diary of Anne Frank was a very interesting book which showed the ways a group of Jewish people during the 1940’s went about trying to conceal their identity and themselves. This story was a true story taken from a diary of a young girl during the incident. This was made into a play during 1955. This was praised as Frances Goodrich’s and her husband Albert Hackett’s most famous work as it was performed. The play was started in November of 1945. As Mr. Frank
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In 399 B.C.E‚ a jury of 501 Athenians sentenced Socrates to death for being found guilty of corrupting the youth and for not believing in Athens gods. In the trial‚ Socrates entertained and addressed two sets of accusations: the old accusations and the new accusations. In the old accusations‚ Socrates was accused of “investigating the things under the earth and the heavenly things‚ and by making the weaker speech the stronger‚ and by teaching others these same things” (19b). In the new accusations
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There’s a great difference between being guilty and non guilty‚ but would you want to be in a trial where the verdict will most likely always be guilty no matter what the crime is? In John Grisham’s novel‚ A Time to Kill‚ two white men rape‚ abuse and leave Carl Lee Hailey’s ten year old daughter‚ Tonya Hailey‚ close to death. Carl Lee Hailey took the law into his own hands and murdered the men that did something so brutal to his little girl. Throughout most of the novel‚ two most intelligent lawyers
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Anne Hutchinson was the spirited daughter of a clergyman. She was born in England‚ but moved to Boston in 1634. The main reason she moved was to follow Reverend John Cotton‚ whom she greatly admired. Once in Boston‚ Cotton helped to get Anne accepted into the church. She was very spiritual and would have gatherings at her house in which those there could discuss the sermon of the week. This started out as a godly activity‚ but soon began to be a place where people could complain about and criticize
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Anne Sexton‚ who is considered one of the Great American Author‚ wrote during the Contemporary period. Anne’s most particular poem collection is titled “All My Pretty Ones(1962) and Live Or Die(1966)”. In each of these poem collections they show us evidence of Characteristics‚ themes‚ and style identified with the Contemporary movement which was extant in American letters between 1945 and 1974. Anne Sexton was one of the best well known Poets in the Contemporary Movement thus‚ still remains one of
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The Diary of a Young Girl written by Anne Frank is an inspirational diary written to teach the reader that difficult situations lead to maturity. Anne’s diary shows the maturity of her character over a few years. Anne had to face many challenges in her difficult situations while she and her family were hiding in a confined Annexe because they were targeted victims during the Holocaust. These situations led her to a new level of maturity. The diary also teaches the reader that life is worth appreciating
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