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    Hamlet Opinion

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    Student name Professer’s name Intermediate English Hamlet’s Criminal Culpability William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet‚ written in 1599‚ poses many questions of Hamlet’s criminal culpability in the deaths of several characters in the play‚ specifically the death of Polonius‚ the King’s advisor. In a court of law Hamlet was found guilty for the murder of Polonius‚ however‚ if judged justly by the facts the verdict would have come back differently. The death of Polonius cannot be classified under

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    Minot Pettinato. Interview three people about the media. It’s time for some good news‚ says Justin Lamontagne‚ 19‚ of Fort Erie. Lamontagne says he gets most of his news from the newspaper. “I’m not one of those people who hate reporters‚ not at all. I think reporters are useful‚ I mean they grant access to the whole world through the news. Without them I would never have known about mad cow disease and then where would I be?” “Speaking of which‚ the only thing that kind

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    OPINION ESSAYS

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    Vietnam is a country with long and rich cultures. Festivals are important facts of the year which vary from different ethnic groups. Among thousands of them‚ Lunar New Year (or Tet) stands the first in the list - it is a sacred festival of every Vietnamese. Extracts below are major events which we have gathered and edited notably.  Lunar New Year (Tet Nguyen Dan) Tet falls on a time when the old year is over and the New Year comes by lunar calendar. This is also the time when the cycle of the universe

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    Peer pressure

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    Peer pressure Peer pressure is influence that a peer group‚ observers or individual exerts that encourages others to change their attitudes‚ or behaviors to stratify to group standard. It also might encourage others to have bad attitude and behaviors for example‚ smoking‚ alcohols‚ drugs‚ etc. Like most people‚ you already know that smoking is bad for your health. But do you really understand just how dangerous smoking really is? Tobacco contains nicotine‚ it’s too high addictive drug that makes

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    Milgram’s infamous 1963 study into the nature of obedience is often portrayed in the media as strong evidence for an innate human predisposition to obedience‚ “resistance is futile” (Parker‚ 2007) when it comes to the human condition to obey – even in a “destructive” (Milgram‚ 1963) sense. As Milgram (1963) himself states‚ obedience as a concept is one of the most fundamental aspects of society‚ and much has frequently been made of drawing parallels with the atrocities carried out by the Third Reich

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    milgrams obedience study

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    Basically‚ he had trained an accomplice who would pretend to have electric shocks. The experimental subjects were placed in front of a dial‚ which they were told would administer an increasing levels of electric shocks to the actor. They asked the subject a series of straightforward word pair questions‚ and when he got the answers wrong‚ they had to give an electric shock. The subjects were told that this was part of an experiment‚ by someone in a white coat. In one case‚ the subject was informed

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    1984 - Mindless Obedience

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    1984 by George Orwell depicts a dystopian future England where Big Brother controls all aspects of life. The people are divided into educated Party members and common Proles. Through a simple literary style and simile that likens the Proles to animals‚ Orwell illustrates the loss of individuality that occurs in a totalitarian regime‚ which makes the people easy to control. In this passage‚ Orwell talks about the lives of the Proles. His simple style of writing emphasizes the lack of sophistication

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    There were anchors that were added to the machine to make the appearance of it to be more frightening ("Milgram’s Experiment on Obedience to Authority”). The earner would be strapped into the chair and was given a list of words to memorize and after some time the teacher would test him ("Saul McLeod”). At a given point during the questioning process the actor would refuse to answer

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    Pressures To Conform

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    Pg. 1. Value #1 Community After over fifty years‚ the value of Community is still important to me. I learned‚ very young‚ how a community can pull together as individuals or groups in order to help resolve problems. As a young boy‚ I came to realize that a community‚ no matter how small‚ was like having lot’s of relatives‚ some who I hadn’t met yet‚ others who I hardly knew‚ but most who I felt would help or support others in the community. I see this value as being a necessity in

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    osmotic pressure

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    Homeostasis literally means “same state” and it refers to the process of keeping the internal body environment in a steady state‚ when the external environment is changed. The importance of this cannot be over-stressed‚ as it allows enzymes etc to be ‘fine-tuned’ to a particular set of conditions‚ and so to operate more efficiently. Much of the hormone system and autonomic nervous systems is dedicated to homeostasis‚ and their action is coordinated by the hypothalamus. In Module 2 we saw how

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