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    Kyle Simon Hamlet: “Mad and Crazy or Acting Insane”? Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark‚ and the son of the late king. He is also the nephew of the new king‚ Claudius‚ who married Hamlet’s mother‚ Queen Gertrude. Hamlet’s father appears as a ghost‚ to tell him that his uncle Claudius is the one responsible for his death. This drafts Hamlet into whether or not he wants to take revenge. He also feels depressed and perplexed to see how sudden his mother had been remarried to someone like Claudius

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    Refugees and asylum seekers are “feared” because they directly question ideas such as territory‚ the border‚ and sovereignty. The political strength of a state has historically been equated with control of territory (Painter‚ 2008). When a group of people exist who are “stateless”‚ they necessitate a reaction from the state whose job it is to reinforce control over territory and people. The state responds with dominating power and violence to reassert their control by increasing border security‚

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    Why Wegner Was Not Insane

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    scientists & the public thought about life‚ he began to search for many pieces of evidence to prove something‚ not only to the world‚ but to himself. I will be naming even more in the following text to help people better comprehend why Wegner was not insane and how reliable his work is to this very day. Wegener was convinced that all of Earth’s continents were once part of an enormous‚ single landmass called Pangaea. To describe continental drift & pangea‚ Wegner used geology‚ biology‚ and ecology;

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    for revenge‚ there was one death that caused Ophelia to ascend into her own madness. There are only a few signs before hinting towards Ophelia being insane‚ but he the days following the death she takes the plunge down the rabbit hole. This lead up to when Ophelia finally died and ended her own life. There are two theories as to why Ophelia went insane. One being being she did truly love Hamlet and not being able to be with him affected her. The second theory was that Hamlet killing her father‚ Polonius

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    Why Do We Have Asylums?

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    4. The Asylums back in 1930s were like hospitals today but filled with rooms for the patients to live in so they could get help.The Asylums weren’t meant to hurt people they were meant to cure the mental patients. One of the “treatment” was shocking it was to cure schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. One other “treatment” was to stick metal rod through their head and scrape their brain they thought it was cleaning all the diseas off. Which was just damaging the brain. Before they started to have

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    Asylum Seekers are people who fled from their homes in the face of persecution‚ or threats to their lives. But there is no reason why the Australian government should be obliged to welcome asylum seekers who use illegal methods to come here. We have the responsibility to protect our borders and way of life against what could amount to a huge influx of immigrants whose backgrounds and possible criminal status are unknown. Detention is the only solution to the problem of how to treat asylum seekers

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    of tragedy throughout most of the play. Macbeth succeeds in his assassination‚ but is not happy about becoming king‚ the guilt begins to drive him mad and he launches into a string of other killings or various characters. Lady Macbeth too is driven insane by the weight of their deeds‚ and the violence spread by the two of them eventually results in both of their deaths.

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    Don Quixote Gone Insane

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    to sunrise‚ and his days from dawn to dark‚ poring over them; and what with little sleep and much reading his mind got so dry that he lost his wits.” (Cervantes‚ 26). From almost the beginning the reader is left to decide that Don Quixote has gone insane and lost all concept of reality. Which this then led to his deciding to become a knight-errant himself and in his own honor and in service to the country of Spain. He collects his uncle’s old moldy armor and polishes it‚ to piece together his very

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    Why Do People Seek Asylum

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    country are often granted asylum. Asylum is often granted to individuals who believe the may face death‚ or imprisonment by returning to their country. Some confuse requesting refugee status with the process of seeking asylum. There are differences between each process. An individual who is seeking asylum is already in the country when they make their request. Often asylum is granted; as the individual fears they will face mortal harm if they return to their country. Many seek asylum as they fear they will

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    Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Scotland: A Skills and Aspirations Audit (2003). In 2003 there were an estimated 10‚000 asylum seekers living in Scotland and this equated to approximately 10% of the overall number of asylum seekers supported by National Asylum Support Service (NASS) in the UK at the time (Heath et al‚ 2003: 53). A large proportion of whom lived in the central belt and Glasgow in particular and were made up of over 50 different nationalities. (Charlaff‚ Ibrani‚ Lowe‚ Marsden & Turney

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