In by reading the Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee‚ I gained a perspective of the people and culture of China. This book showed the analysis of Chinese saw and the background of Chinese history. Judge Dee‚ during the Tang Dynasty‚ was a well-known statesman and a magistrate to a town called Chang-Ping. He was known to be a famous detective‚ in which he could solve all crimes. In the Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee‚ he is faced with three murders‚ which develop throughout the book. First of the
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The Confucian Ideal Person Religions around the world have what they believe followers should become. In Christianity‚ people strive to become more like Jesus. Buddhists try to be more like the Buddha. The qualities Jesus and the Buddha possess are what followers strive to be like. These followers want to become the ideal person. Confucian followers are no different. Confucian followers have characteristics they strive to achieve to become the ideal person. To achieve these characteristics‚ the
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Methodology Paper Using Narrative Criticism to Interpret the Book of Judges The Book of Judges as a Narrative Generations of scholars have admired and studied the “high degree of artistic composition” in the Hebrew Bible (Polzin 11). These have been made possible by the narrator’s in-depth writing styles present in the brief nature of their respective works. Though there is no dispute on the admiration of Hebrew Bible’s artistry‚ many scholars disagree on the methodology that should be
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Aristotelian and Confucian virtue ethics can be discussed in terms with each other and are not exclusionary of the ideas or concepts‚ nor the internal workings‚ of the other. With this‚ then‚ two very different cultural and historical contexts are shown to be able to give rise to ethical systems which are in no way mutually unintelligible despite not having all the same
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Maggie and Dee are very different‚ yet they still have some things in common. Their appearances are completely different‚ as well as their attitude‚ but they both have a strong love for their mother and heritage. When you compare the sisters you will find the strong love that each of them share for their mother‚ and heritage as well. They both truly love their mother‚ and would do anything for her. Maggie stays home with her mother‚ and learns more about where she is from‚ while Dee‚ the older sister
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Mathilde Vs. Dee In “The Necklace”‚ Mathilde is seen as a poor woman who had low self-esteem and was married to a clerk. In this story‚ she was invited to a ball and borrowed a friend’s necklace. After the ball‚ Mathilde discovers that the necklace was lost. As a result‚ she had to search for a similar necklace and had to take out loans to make a purchase. She was forced to work for ten years to pay off the debt until one day when she saw her friend. Little did Mathilde know that the necklace
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1. Why do black-capped chickadees produce longer “chick-a-dee” alarm call for more threatening predators? Do more intense D notes signaling caught more attention from the predators? How can this be explained by natural selection (Templeton‚ Greene‚ & Davis‚ 2005)? Evidently‚ chickadees produce more intense “chick-a-dee” alarm call for smaller predators than larger predators. We could explore why natural selection favor this signaling behavior because producing longer D notes tend to caught more attention
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This was followed in Knuller v DPP [1973] AC 435 (Case summary). In order for the doctrine of judicial precedent to work‚ it is necessary to be able to determine what a point of law is. In the course of delivering a judgment‚ the judge will set out their reasons for reaching a decision. The reasons which are necessary for them to reach their decision amount to the ratio decidendi of the case. The ratio decidendi forms the legal principle which is a binding precedent meaning it must
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The judge is always right. What court system is better: adversarial or inquisitorial? It is‚ indeed‚ a very good question. Most of the countries in the world use inquisitorial court system; Others‚ USA for example‚ use adversarial system. Both are great but personally I think that inquisitorial court system is better. It over goes the adversarial court system because it actually relies on true facts and witnesses rather than victims words and lawyers. As stated above the court system in the
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Although there are several characters in the story‚ Everyday Use‚ only one appears to play important role in this story. In this story‚ Dee‚ the main character‚ appears to alienate herself from her family through pride and sense of self-importance. In the beginning of the story‚ Dee is portrayed as someone who is overwhelmed with prejudice‚ pride‚ and a sense of self- importance‚ which is display toward her sister‚Maggie‚ and mother. As evidenced‚ the way she behaved when their house burned down
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