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    Running head: PUBLIC POLICING VERSUS PRIVATE SECURITY Public Policing versus Private Security Comparison Maria Perham University of Phoenix April 15‚ 2011 Public Policing Versus Private Security Comparison In the policing field are two paths for individuals to choose from public policing and private security. Both paths have many similarities and significant differences in each one’s roles and responsibilities. Private security and public policing both have similar histories

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    Compare and Contrast April 14‚ 2011 Every public school kid has heard the stories about private school; snotty‚ over-privileged children of equally snotty‚ wealthy parents‚ tottering around in their nicely pressed uniforms. The same could be said for private school kids. The majority most likely think public school is for heathens and degenerates. But just how different are they? Take into account the three C’s: cost‚ clothing‚ and curriculum. Anyone would have to be blind to

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    Literature 9 April 2014 ‘The Scarlet Letter’ as a Tragedy The Scarlet Letter is a literature monument of the American Romantic era. The intensely tragic drama‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ has been analyzed by American literature analysts and critics alike. The aim of this paper is to specifically highlight the tragedy it narrates. Tragedy‚ considered to be the highest poetic element by Aristotle‚ has elements and characteristics portrayed in the text of The Scarlet Letter‚ that the weave of the

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    completely of separatists. The Scarlet Letter dramatizes the individualistic dimensions as this tendency of democracy that “relieve(s) the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow” (Hawthorne 29). The Puritans were a group of dissident voluntary exiles who sought to strengthen and reform the Christian community in England by leaving it—setting out across the sea for a New World‚ a New England that would furnish a model for reconstructing the old one. “The Scarlet Letter agrees with the doctrines

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    Private Schools VS. Public Schools Parents often wonder how to start off their children’s education. Depending on ones religion or beliefs a private or public school is a choose most parents face. Of course‚ each school offers it’s own pros and con’s the choice is simple. Public schools offer the best well rounding of a student. While being enrolled in a public school‚ students are faced with real outside world problems‚ are with a different blend of students each year‚ and are also introduced to

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    Scarlet’s Change In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the scarlet letter portrays the image and a story of a young woman who has committed adultery and is forced to wear the scarlet letter “A” on the center of her chest. Hawthorne tells about her life and how she goes through life with the excruciating burden like that of sin. When Hester Prynne is first accused of committing adultery‚ the puritan society refuses to acknowledge her for they fear the effects of the scarlet letter. As time progresses

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    Guilt is an inevitable effect of slavery. For no matter how much rhetoric and racism is poured into such a system‚ the simple fact remains that men are enslaving men. Regardless of how much inferior a slaveholder may perceive his slaves‚ it is obvious that his "property" looks similar‚ has similar needs‚ and has similar feelings. There is thus the necessary comparison of situations; the slaveholder is free‚ the slaves in bondage - certainly a position that the slaveholder would find most disagreeable

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    The Guilt of Mrs. Wright This story is about the investigation into the murder of John Wright. He has been strangled in his bedroom‚ while in bed with his wife beside him. It is being investigated by the local sheriff and the county attorney‚ who have been joined by two women (Mrs. Peters‚ the sheriff’s wife‚ and Mrs. Hale‚ a neighbor) at the Wright farmhouse. The men are looking for clues in the killing. The women are there to get supplies for Mrs. Wright‚ who has been taken to jail for the

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne published his book The Scarlet Letter in 1850 about a Puritan town in 1642. Puritans believed on focusing on no forms of pleasure whatsoever‚ following the bible literally. This means basically living a hellish life on earth in hopes that they will eventually go to Heaven. Hawthorne himself was an anti- transcendentalist; which means he believed that humans are mostly evil and kept in check by society. The Scarlet Letter was about a Puritan town since Hawthorne was obsessed with

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    Symbols of Guilt Within The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter‚ a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 1800’s‚ transports readers to a Puritan town in the 1600’s. Hawthorne‚ nephew of the Puritan Judge John Hathorne‚ was very fixated on puritanism and theocracy. Throughout his novel Hawthorne repeatedly emphasizes the importance of the Christian religion in the theocratic town. Along with stressing the topic of religion Hawthorne also accentuates the theme of guilt within his novel and uses

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