Texts reflect the context of the time in which they are composed as well as the culture their respective society possess. This is evident in Pygmalion‚ a play by George Bernard Shaw and its appropriation She ’s All that‚ a film directed by Robert Iscove. In these two texts‚ the same Pygmalion myth is approached from two different viewpoints to reflect distinctly the context of the time in which each was written. Shaw‚ through the use of a wide range of dramatic techniques such as language‚ form‚
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Hester Prynne: Among the Labeled The Puritan Era was the most religious time in American history; committing any sin was seen as an act of rebellion. In that time the sin of adultery was taken very literally to an extent where the women were forced to wear the letter “A” across their bosom to show the people of the town what they had committed. In The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne’s sin results in such a punishment‚ but as the reader gets deeper into the book‚ a prominent and more profound understanding
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Capital Punishment Many positions can be defended when debating the issue of capital punishment. In Jonathan Glover’s essay "Executions‚" he maintains that there are three views that a person may have in regard to capital punishment: the retributivist‚ the absolutist‚ and the utilitarian. Although Glover recognizes that both statistical and intuitive evidence cannot validate the benefits of capital punishment‚ he can be considered a utilitarian because he believes that social usefulness is
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Running head: PUNISHMENT OR REHABILITATION? Punishment or Rehabilitation? Tanisha Denson-Hodge University of Phoenix - Online Survey of Justice and Security CJA 500 Mark McCoy‚ Ed. D Nov 18‚ 2006 Abstract The debate between punishment and rehabilitation for criminal offenders has been an ongoing issue for many years. What is the true focus of our criminal justice system today? Some argue that it is to punish those that choose to disobey the laws of the land and indulge in criminal
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outlines the narrative of Hester Prynne‚ a young woman who is forced to bear an embroidered scarlet letter “A” on her breast for her sin of adultery. Alone in the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ with her husband in another country‚ Hester has sexual relations with a Puritan minister‚ Reverend Dimmesdale‚ and together they have a child‚ whom Hester names Pearl. After the Puritan community in which she resides discovers Hester’s sin‚ as she is unable to conceal it due to her pregnancy‚ she is forced to display
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Miller 1 Timothy B. Miller Prof. Nicholas Young LITR-221 June 23‚ 2013 Where Have You Been‚ Where Are You Going: A. Friend’s View. His name was Arnold Friend. He was getting older but still liked the young ladies around town. Arnold came from a broken home. His father had been in prison since right after his birth for some reason or another and his mother did her best to raise him courting a string of good-for-nothing losers who were in and out of her life faster than crap through a goose
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latest. What has become of our society? When will this all end? Have we just reached a stage in our so called evolution where we revert to becoming unthinking‚ uncaring barbarians with no conscience‚ driven by sex‚ drugs and greed? Because of horrific crimes like these each year According to Wikipedia “In 2012‚ 43 inmates were executed in the U.S. and 3‚146 were on death row. The death penalty is the harshest form of punishment actually enforced by the United States government”. (Wikipedia)
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Capital Punishment Capital punishment‚ also known as the death penalty‚ is the toughest form of punishment enforced today in the United States. According to the online Webster dictionary‚ capital punishment is defined as “the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime‚ often called a capital offence or a capital crime” (1). In those jurisdictions that practice capital punishment‚ its use is usually restricted to a small number of criminal offences‚ principally
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Commentary on "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" 10/17/06 Joyce Carol Oates has achieved many things through her writing‚ and is recognized worldly for her short story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" This story is centered on a young teenage girl as many of her stories are. Oates as a writer is fascinated with adolescence of young females. She chooses to write about the trials and tribulations of growing up in modern society. She pries on the dark aspects of youth often
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Objectives of Punishment There have been many rules throughout history some choose to follow those rules and some choose to break the rules. The big question is the product to those who should break the rules. There was a day when parents could spank their children freely and accepted as simply normal. As the years went on‚ society started to see how people would take it too far. Therefore‚ laws had to change. It is the same within today’s prison system. Individuals are in prison because
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