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    Hester Prynne Sanction

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    Hester Prynne Sanction The persistent issue of corporate punishment has been the proverbial thorn in the side of many people throughout history. Corporations have caused many people huge amounts of both physical and emotional pain due to instances of improper mechanical maintenance‚ ignorance towards the environment‚ and the manufacture of life threatening products. The main problem that lies as an obstacle in front of prosecutors of these corporations is‚ who do they punish? The Lord Chancellor

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    evident they are guilt-stricken: “They stood as if someone had driven them‚ like so many stakes‚ into the floor. They looked at each other and then looked away. They glanced out at the world that was raining now and raining and raining steadily. They could not meet each other’s glances. Their faces were solemn and pale. They looked at their hands and feet‚ their faces down.” (Bradbury 4). After seeing the repercussions of their actions‚ their feelings are interpreted in the form of guilt‚ since they were

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    The lieutenant: The lieutenant is the priests main pursuer‚ charged and inspired to hunt him down no matter the means. He feels it is his responsibility to rid the state of religion in the belief that the people will have greater freedom in a secular world. On page 51‚ the lieutenant is resting on his bed deep in thought; “A complete certainty in the existence of a dying‚ cooling world of human beings who had evolved from animals for no purpose at all. He knew” The metaphor “dying‚ cooling world”

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    the obstacles she faces. This explains her importance of being a good role model to her children. She is shielding them from the financial issues she struggles with on a daily basis. The author illustrates her sisters guilt “My sister sucked the marrow from the bones of guilt/ when she realized that she had cleaned her plate for a week” (Line 35-36). She carried the secret for thirty years until it ate her up inside/ churned in her stomach like tapeworms hinged with razors” (Line 37-38). Her sister

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    images One dream that represents Amir’s troubled mind "Assef was standing in the doorway of my hospital room‚ brass ball still in his eye socket.’We’re the same‚ you and I‚’ he was saying. ’You nursed with him‚ but you’re my twin.’" It shows that his guilt for never saying anything about Hassan makes him feel that he was as much to blame as Assef. However‚ it could also show how Amir thinks that his own darkness is a watered down version of Assef. The hero and the villain can’t help but compare themselves

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    Atonement

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    Atonement‚ a story of a young‚ imaginative‚ ambitious‚ naive little girl surrounded by no one but adults. Revolving around guilt‚ penance‚ grief and stories‚ throughout the novel it can be noted that characters lie to themselves and to others‚ guilt stricken and feeling the urge to atone. Briony Tallis the main character often is caught in between reality and imagination‚ and eventually this attributes to the downfall of Robbie. Her imagination‚ immaturity‚ misinterpretation and need for attention

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    PTSD

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    Basically avoidance makes it seem like you don’t care about anyone or anything. Less moods are shown and you feel like you have no future. One more symptom is negative thoughts and moods and feelings. This means that you feel constant guilt about the event (including survivor guilt). You also can’t recall certain events and you blame others for the events that took place. These are the symptoms of (PTSD). Treatment for (PTSD) can be administered through therapists and just talking about it. One type of therapy

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    Macbeth Essay

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    Macbeth was a tragic hero who made a Faustian pact with the devil due to his pride and ambition which led to his destruction. Shakespeare shows Macbeth to be worthy and honourable initially when he was said to be‚ “For brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name” yet‚ he is immediately seduced by the idea of power‚ “What he hath lost‚ noble Macbeth hath won.” The witches’ play a significant role in this play as they are associated with evil and seen through the ambiguity of fair is foul and foul

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    Book Analysis: Hamlet

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    the conscience of the King.” Hamlet does this by writing a short speech for the beginning of the play. The speech is a complete recollection of how the ghost described his murder to Hamlet. Everything goes as planned and Claudius outwardly shows his guilt. Now Hamlet has all the evidence he needs to kill his uncle. However‚ Hamlet still does not take action in Act III but rather he thinks even more. The difference is that this

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    An Inspector Calls Quotes

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    (p19) At the end she repeats the words of the Inspector’s last speech - ’fire and blood and anguish’ (p71)‚ and unlike the elder Birlings is genuinely changed by the night’s events. She is horrified by her own part in Eva’s story. She feels full of guilt for her jealous actions and blames herself as "really responsible." Priestley uses Sheila to show that even though most rich people are snobby people who don’t care about anybody but themselves there are some exceptions. Sheila is one of these exceptions

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