Restorative Justice is the concept that is described as focusing on the needs of the victims‚ offenders‚ and community to obtain restitution and restore workable relations. We were able to see restorative justice in action through the film “As We Forgive”. Prior to the watching the film‚ I had an understand of what this term meant. The offender has to take the responsibility of asking for forgiveness from those he has hurt. The victim then must being willing to allow the offender the opportunity to
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EDCA is a two-sided coin with its disadvantages outweighing its benefits. Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement or EDCA is a bilateral pact that serves as an advancement of the Mutual Defense Treaty and the Visiting Forces Agreement between the Philippines and the United States. This became effective on April 28‚ 2014 and is classified as an Executive Agreement by both Philippines and US government. (Thayer‚ 2014) According to Foreign Affairs Secretary‚ Albert del Rosario‚ EDCA was originally titled
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Guilt in The Scarlet Letter Undoubtedly‚ Hester‚ Dimmesdale‚ and Chillingworth had all committed sin in one form or another‚ but Chillingworth’s sin lies on a much larger scale because while Hester and Dimmesdale repent for their sin Chillingworth fails to even recognize his own. Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ the author illustrates Chillingworth’s transformation towards a devilish personality. This transformation is fueled by what becomes Chillingworth’s obsession for revenge through the psychological
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Topic 2 Throughout the novel‚ The Scarlett letter‚ the theme that “the punishment imposed on us by others may not be as destructive as the guilt we impose on ourselves” is shown a lot through some characters‚ especially Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. As the book goes along‚ we find out that Reverend Dimmesdale is Hester’s lover. Although the town people are not aware of this‚ the guilt he has inside him is much bigger than any punishment and so he begins to torture himself physically. As the story
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To learn about important human truths in a film‚ the viewers are given key ideas that we are forced to reflect on in our own lives and thoughts. The film‚ In My Father’s Den‚ directed by Brad McGann‚ adapted from the novel by Maurice Gee‚ provides the viewers with the opportunity to speculate on the issues of the importance of the loss of the innocence in youth‚ facing our personal demons and how everyone will inevitably make mistakes in their life. These are all seen through a dysfunctional and
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The guilt that Macbeth feels is real from the start. It can be evaluated throughout the play with how he acts and some things he says. When Macbeth had killed Duncan‚ the guilt is obvious as soon after committing the bad deed. Macbeth’s guilt is evident that when a servant had said “God bless us‚” Macbeth couldn’t “say “Amen”” (2.2.28). He isn’t able to bring himself to say it due to him knowing that he had just killed a man for his own selfish gain. Macbeth knows that what he did was a horrible
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reiterated in the title; and is seemingly somewhat angered by the romanticized portrayal of war. Through this piece‚ we are able to gather that maybe it isn’t so ‘’sweet and befitting’’ to die for one’s native land after all. 3. This is the Dark Time My Love- Martin Carter This literary work‚ written by Martin Carter‚ speaks of the oppression that the British Guianese must succumb to when British soldiers have been sent to quell the unrest which has become rampant in the territory. Death is personified
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Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a tragedy in which the plot evolves in great accordance to the guilt that the individual characters feel. The guilt starts with the planning and execution of the murder of King Duncan. To this event Lady Macbeth and Macbeth react in different ways. They both become guilty in some way or another but the guilt they feel is comprised of different reasons. It is due to their differences in character that they react in the ways they do. While it might not seem like both of them become
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Essay 1: Community‚ Responsibility‚ and Guilt The novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez tells the story of Santiago Nasar’s death. More importantly it tells the story of what values and honor mean to a community and to what extent one can go to maintain that standard. A central theme in the novel is how a society can pressurize its people to act and behave in a certain way. They feel bound by a standard that if not kept‚ then it will bring shame to their family. In the novel
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deceitfulness‚ and betrayal consume his characters. These terrible attributes lead to their gruesome downfalls. As Shakespeare’s characters have a plethora of power‚ the choices they make can never be taken back‚ thus leading to self destruction. Folding under the pressure of their tasks at hand‚ these characters cannot distinguish right from wrong‚ good versus evil‚ or guilt from conscience. Shakespeare’s protagonist‚ Macbeth‚ primarily struggles with distinguishing from guilt and right from wrong along as
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