Case Title: Regina v. G and another (Appellants) (On Appeal form the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)) Citation: [2003] UKHL 50 Procedural History (PH): The appellants were charged on 22nd August 2000; without lawful excuse damaged by fire; commercial premises and being reckless as to whether such property would be damaged. The appellants stood trial before Judge Maher in March 2001. The appellants’ case at trial was that they expected the fire to extinguish itself on the concrete
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The poem Nighttime Fires by Regina Barecca explains the speaker’s complex view of her father. The speaker uses imagery to describe her father’s strange behaviours after losing his job. Figurative language is used strategically to explain the memories of this young girl’s strange adventures. The diction in this poem is also used very well helping us to understand why these nighttime fires left such a lasting impact on this grown woman from when she was only five years old. All of these things are
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Good Afternoon‚ Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury. When the judge read the indictment to you in the beginning of the case‚ you all had some pretty strong feelings. That’s understandable murder is a serious crime. It’s very unfortunate that a life had to be lost‚ but I’m here to tell you Dudley and Stephens should not be prosecuted or charged for the murder of Richard Parker. Dudley and Stephens are the victims of a failed government. Their acts were an act of survival‚ when all other alternative were
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In the movie The Little Foxes the director uses non-verbal action and other film direction to convey the situation. Some examples in the movie are when Birdie plays the piano while the Hubbard fidget‚ Regina contemplate her photograph and her image in a mirror and Betty Davis lets Horace crawl up the stairs. In the movie The Little Foxes the use of non-verbal action and other film direction help to reveal more of the characters. In the scene when Birdie plays the piano while the Hubbards fidget
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a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters‚ with the screenplay written by Tina Fey‚ describes how female high school social cliques operate and the effect they can have on girls. The two main characters in this movie‚ Cady Heron and Regina George‚ may have a world of differences between them‚ but they are also very much alike. They are alike in the way they deal with situations‚ but unalike in the way they handle the consequences of those actions. Throughout the movie‚ it will become
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burnouts‚ sexually active band geeks‚ Janice and Damian (a.k.a the greatest people you’ll ever meet) and the “plastics”. You see how the plastics are the three girls Regina George‚ Karen Smith and Gretchen Wieners‚ who rule the school; they are teen royalty and are the most popular girls at Rosewood High. We learn from Janice that Regina George is your typical selfish‚ back-stabbing slut-faced ho-bag; Karen Smith is one of the dumbest girls you will ever meet and Gretchen Wieners knows everything
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and Janis. They tell the rules of the high school to Cady. Also‚ they introduce “the Plastics” to Cady. The Plastics‚ which is represented attractive and beautiful‚ is a union of three girls. Karen Smith‚ Gretchen Wieners and Regina George are members of the Plastics. Regina George is the most attractive and scheming girl in the school because she always says something bad at people back. The three girls of Plastics write people’s bad
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Julius Caesar. Regina George is Julius Caesar in Mean Girls. She is the leader that was feared to become too powerful or too popular. Regina was both loved and feared by the high school like Caesar. Then Regina was plotted against to ruin her reputation and taken down by Brutus and Cassius (Cady and Janice). Regina also resembles Marc Antony when she reveals the Burn Book to the school. Cady and Gretchen both relate to Brutus. Cady was manipulated by Janice into taking down Regina. As she was doing
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outcasts Janis (Lizzy Caplan) and Damien (Daniel Franzese)‚ Cady learns about the various cliques. She is warned to avoid the school’s most exclusive clique‚ the Plastics‚ the reigning trio of girls led by the acid-tongued queen bee Regina George (Rachel McAdams). Regina was once Janis’ best friend‚ but they have grown to
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be served to them on the yacht over the course of the day‚ hung decorations‚ hired a violinist‚ the whole nine yards. Regina‚ John’s wife‚ made her way on to the yacht the morning of their anniversary‚ “John‚ it’s lovely‚ thank you so much!” They started their morning with a breakfast of freshly baked quiche‚ toast‚ and fresh fruit. John had hired someone from the dock to
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