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    Even when John denies his relations with Abigail‚ she continues to believe he still has feelings for her. Ultimately‚ Abigail wants John to herself and goes to extreme measures to try to eliminate John’s wife‚ Elizabeth‚ as a threat. Abigail should have been held accountable for the trails because she committed adultery with John Proctor‚ was found in the forest dancing and chanting‚ and accused Elizabeth of witchcraft. Prior to Abigail and John’s affair‚ Abigail had worked as the Proctor’s house

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    Macbeth’s persuasion that had influenced Macbeth to perform his actions which had lead onto other regretful actions including the murder of Banquo and MacDuff’s family. It was the witches who were accountable for Macbeth’s tragic downfall as their apparitions did not only confuse Macbeth but had caused him to misinterpret his future as predicted by the witches. Lady Macbeth and the witches were responsible‚ to a great extent‚ for Macbeth’s actions. During the first Act of the play‚ Macbeth and Banquo‚ who

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    In what circumstances are referendums held in the UK? Referendums are a popular vote where the people are asked to decide on an important or constitutional issue directly. The key features of a referendum are that they the questions usually asked are single questions and are put forward by the government. In a referendum the citizens make the decision and it is always a YES/NO answer. However the conclusive answer is not binding on Parliament. There are 4 main reasons why referendums are held

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    disciplining them for bad behavior. Some parents think that they should not be held responsible for their children’s action. Most children today are so free-willed and independent‚ that their parents cannot control them. If a parent has lack of control over their kids to an extent‚ I think parents should be criminally responsible for their actions. Many people think that parents are to blame for their children’s behavior and that they should be punished‚ but some disagree for different reasons. An American

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    During the many events that occur in the play ‘Macbeth’ people come to ask questions about whether the main character Macbeth’s actions were in any way influenced by a supernatural force. This force would have been implied by the three witches who appear throughout the book and maybe the scenes in which Hecate‚ leader of the witches‚ appears. An example of one of these ‘events’ was when Macbeth was spurred on to kill Duncan by seeing the image of a floating dagger. This could have been due to his

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    1Assessment Task 2: Case Study The death penalty is still in force in many of countries around the world and in today ’s modern society‚ it has become a highly controversial and debatable topic. Many either stand on the grounds that the death penalty is morally wrong and there are other means of achieving justice‚ or the opposing argument. These arguments arise from the notion of human dignity. Human dignity is a major factor as execution by the state contradicts the universally recognised fundamental rights

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    Companies Should not be Held Liable for Losses Sustained in a Successful Attack Made on Their AIS by Outside Sources. ACCT451 2013 I argue against the statement" Companies should not be held liable for losses sustained in a successful attack made on their AIS by outside sources." There are several reasons for my contention. The Accounting Information Systems has been used by businesses to improve their recording‚ processing‚ and reporting of accounting information. At the same time it is the

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    about universal moral truth‚ because a universal moral truth that murder is wrong does exist. Zein Isa can be morally judged based on the existence of universal truth shows that even if someone is unaware of the existence of the universal truth it does exist and they can be morally judged accordingly‚ the difference between killing and murder in the moral truth‚ and can be proven to exist by what determines justification in taking a life. The existence of some universal moral truths can be proven by the

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    We feel as if we should be responsible for our own actions because in the third paragraph Ms.Ackerman is saying people throw the word love around like it is nothing. People are saying the word love just to say it‚ In paragraph three the author states many different things to prove that love doesn’t get used with its full meaning and many people take love way to far. It states that in South American and European countries that murder is forgivable if it was "a crime of passion." Being in some countries

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    Ethical actions are not always as cut and dry as one would think. There are circumstances where we are responsible for our actions and then there are times when we cannot control the circumstances and cannot be held responsible. If you do something because you are forced to do it by threat‚ or you are not mentally capable to form the right choice about the action‚ then the choice of ethics does not matter. We are held responsible only for actions that we have a choice in. If an accused person claims

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