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    lend 3000 ducats on Antonio’s bond. Shylock then offers a ‘fake’ bond‚ being a pound of Antonio’s flesh if the loan wasn’t repaid in 3months. Antonio agrees to this despite Bassanio’s wishes. This essay will look at whether shylock is a villain or a victim. A reason to argue that shylock is a villain is when he hears news of one of Antonio’s ships crash on the rocks. Shylock almost celebrates. Here shylock is illustrated as cheerful that Antonio will lose money‚ Shylock now has the feeling he will

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    3.4.2 Connection: Victims and sex offenders One emergent sub-theme to arise for all participants was the importance and significance of the connection between working with both victims and sex offenders‚ as they believed it provided a true representation and an overall interconnecting picture‚ “you get the balance‚ you get the full sort of picture or you get the full experience or impact from both parties so you don’t become too skewed in a way”. The work with victims enabled the participants to

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    Running Head: RAPE VICTIMS IN KOSOVO DURING WAR Rape Victims in Kosovo during War Manjola Cuka ENGL 135 Advanced Composition Catherine Davis April 20‚ 2009 DeVry University‚ We all are aware of the suffering that war brings in people’s lives. War means losing everything you hold dear. War means losing your childhood home‚ war means losing your husband‚ wife‚ child‚ brother‚ and sister. During the war in Kosovo there were a number of brutal actions performed towards the

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    in return. My resolution that I will be debating is “A Victims Deliberate Use of Deadly Force is a Just Response to Repeated Domestic Violence”. Domestic Violence is a pattern of behavior which involves the abuse by one partner against another in an intimate relationship such as marriage‚ cohabitation‚ dating or within the family. I value the life of both parties including the person who is committing the act of domestic violence. The victim of domestic violence isn’t justified in using deadly force

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    call for her insane actions‚ nor make her a victim. Emily knows that Homer will not marry her; therefore she turns to killing him so that she can be with him forever. She refuses to let him go‚ which makes her only a victim of herself‚ thus a villain. The murder was undoubtedly premeditated because she planned the death of Homer by going to the store to purchase arsenic. When the pharmacists asked her what it was for‚ she refused to tell. If she was a victim she would not have a problem explaining the

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    Amid the 1970s‚ rape victims were not considered significant‚ and it required some severe energy before a rape victim could be helped. The individuals who investigated rape cases went all around in investigating a rape case which would even influence the victims to abandon following up on their claims. Today‚ in any case‚ rape victims are afforded the essential aid‚ and rape or sexual assault is taken with a considerable measure of weight as with every other crime. In the 1970s‚ it was assumed that

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    Victim impact statements made their first appearance in the United States in the late 1970s. The main purpose of a victim impact statement is to portray to the people of the court the affects the crime committed had on you‚ whether it be emotionally or physically. Often times‚ the victim impact statements can have some effect on the sentence given to the offender. During today’s times‚ forty seven states allow some form of victim impact statement to be included in the evidence used during sentencing

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    Stress Disorder in Rape Victims “I have entered high school with the wrong hair‚ the wrong clothes‚ the wrong attitude. And I don’t have anyone to sit with. I am Outcast” (Anderson 4). In the novel Speak‚ the main character is raped at a party; this action continues today even though the book was written almost two decades ago. Rape victims have a higher chance of having post traumatic stress disorder in their lifetime than any other type of victim (Kilpatrick). Most rape victims suffer from post traumatic

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    Mary Mallon a victim or villain? Mary Mallon was a woman of Irish descent who came to the United States as an immigrant to start a new life in 1886. She worked as a cook in a house where wealthy families came to celebrate their vacation. She was a healthy carrier of typhoid and made the guests sick and they died because of her. Although science had not been developed enough yet and she was tried unfairly it did not make her only a victim. Mary Mallon transformed from victim to villain.

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    The victims of prejudice All around the world‚ discrimination of a certain race occurs. Harper Lees’ novel to kill a mockingbird shows the prejudice in Maycomb‚ which is revealed by the outsiders. Due to the differences of people in the community‚ victims are victimized. Also people who choose to be different are victimized from other people due to prejudice. Also‚ the victims of racial prejudice are treated differently than others. The reality is finally revealed when the Outsiders are judged due

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