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    to for a innocent person to enter the guilty plea‚ is that there is a possibility that when entering guilty plea they could possible get charged with a lesser crime. It is known that if someone was to go in front of a jury and get charged with a crime it will be a much larger sentencing time than if the defendant would of taken a plea bargain in the first place. So in this day and time it could be easier for someone to see the outside world again to just take a plea bargain and plea guilty to something

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    Contrast Between Good and Evil in Billy Bud Since the beginning of time‚ there has always been a tenacious struggle between good and evil. In a particular famous book‚ The Bible‚ the continuous clash between good and evil remains evident throughout the work. In Herman Melville’s novel‚ Billy Budd‚ symbolism‚ characterization‚ and irony are put to use to develop the dramatic contrast between good and evil. Symbolism is used

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    As showcased in Typee and Billy Budd‚ the protagonist and antagonist feel uncontrollable homosexual desires. Their desires are only subtly shown since they made their best efforts to suppress it. A desire concerning feelings or emotions can’t‚ however‚ be easily suppressed. Even with the characters’ wish to completely hide it‚ the desires will surely unconsciously appear. Actions and reactions to situations are the messenger to the minds of the characters. It is the reader’s entrance to the deep

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    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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    Marshal Law in Billy Budd The story “Billy Budd” by Herman Melville takes place in 1797 on a British navel warship. A man named Billy Budd was recruited into the ranks as a naval sailor for the British ranks. Britain was at war with France during the time so on the warships marshal law was used. Billy Budd is a young sailor newly recruited into the ranks‚ he is liked by many of his crew. Munity on a lot of British warships has occurred and many officers are scared of their crew turning on them

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    Everyone agrees that Billy Budd killed Claggart‚ but some believe Billy should be charged with murder and others believe he should not be charged with murder. Billy Budd should not be charged with murder for three reasons: Billy couldn’t take up for himself‚ he didn’t mean to kill Claggart‚ and the crew would regret killing Billy. The first reason Billy Budd should not have been charged with murder is because he couldn’t take up for himself. Claggart threatened him with mutiny‚ Billy had a speech impediment

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    laws at different times‚ in several countries‚ and even in separate states of the United States emphasize the point that there is no single standard of judgement and no trustworthy norm either for Humbert or for us to be guided by. Is Humber guilty or innocent?” This statement simply means

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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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    Major Works Data Sheet Billy Budd 1. Title: Billy Budd 2. Author: Herman Melville 3. Date of Publication: 1924 (posthumously) 4. Historical Information: As divulged to the reader‚ Billy Budd takes place in 1797 in the midst of the French Revolution. Throughout the mid- 1790s‚ Britain enacted new quota requirements to enlist 45‚000 men in the Royal Navy‚ which was filled by means of volunteers‚ the Quota Acts‚ and most popularly‚ the impressing of men from merchant ships‚ as Melville

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    Herman Melville wrote the novel “Billy Budd” during the 19th century. Melville had several experiences at sea taking part in whaling voyages and also joined a crew while trying to get back home. On this voyage home‚ he and the rest of the ship’s crew were accused of mutiny and thrown in jail for several months. Some of Melville’s personal experiences as a sailor described in the background makes his story more interesting to the reader. In the novel “Billy Budd”‚ Melville’s usage of foreshadowing

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