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    Robert Frost’s: “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” The poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”‚ by Robert Frost‚ really caught my eye when I first read it and it left me wanting more. I found myself reading the poem over and over again‚ yet I still could not pinpoint what the theme might be. So after numerous times of reading‚ I came to the conclusion that I would talk about three categories in which help express the theme of this poem. They are beauty‚ nature‚ and responsibility.

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    In scenario number 6‚ the story of the case is that Dr. Smithson‚ a neurologist sufferes from paranio and delusions of grandeur. He believes that he is a great pharmaceutical chemist and in doing so‚ he discovers a “miracle cure” for Alzheimer’s and believes that the drug which includes bleach and arsenic which help people dealing with such memory loss. He prescribes this “cure” to 20 patients with dementia. In the end‚ ten of the patients die and the rest are hospitalized with serious sillness.

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    of nineteen museums and over five research centers dedicated to exposing America’s prized history. James Smithson was an English scientist who was born in 1765. He was the illegitimate son of an English duke and a common English woman. His father refused him his last name and so he was born James-Louis Macie. It was not until he graduated from Pembroke that he changed his surname to Smithson. Early in his career‚ he established a title as a prominent amateur chemist and physician (“Smithsonian Institution”)

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    Explication Of: My Last Duchess‚ By Robert Browning The situation- This poem tells a story of a man that is paranoid about his wife and how much he admires her. This is a narrative poem. The poem’s expresses a mood of desperation and the character is worried. The speaker is the Duke of Ferrara and the poet is speaker through the Duke and telling us a story. The tone of the poem is anger and love. He admires her sculptures but also is angery at her because he suspects her of cheating. The structure-

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    Robert Peel’s twelve standards of policing starts with the standard of police being “stable‚ efficient‚ and organized along military lines” (Bohm & Haley‚ 2011‚ p. 141). This basically means that policing in general needs to be structured‚ much like the military. The second standard states that the government must control the police force‚ which in America means that they are not independently ran by a company‚ but by the government of that jurisdiction. Next he states that the police will be judged

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    Sir Robert Peel’s nine principles are still relevant in today’s law enforcement community. The wording may have changed for some of the principles but the contexts still remains the same. The first principle of the police is to prevent crime and disorder (Dempsey & Frost‚ 2016). The ultimate goal of the police agency is to make the citizens of their community feel safe. Officers are trained to protect and provide a service to the community where they work. Preventing crime means that officers must

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    The poem‚ ‘Bereft’ by Robert Frost‚ describes a night in the life of a lonely man. The line "Summer was past and day was passed." (6) designates that it is the end of the day and that summer has gone‚ giving way to autumn. However‚ this line also encourages the reader to think that the speaker is of a certain age‚ as the end of day can be interpreted as the end of a person’s life. The title‚ "Bereft" indicates that he has lost someone‚ leaving him "…alone" (15) in his life. There is no evidence

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    Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson‚ abbreviated RLS‚ was an author during the Victorian literature period. He is credited with many novels‚ short stories‚ manuscripts‚ and musical compositions. He is well-known for works such as “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”‚ “Treasure Island”‚ and “The Bottle Imp”. Similar to Victorian writing‚ Stevenson’s work was very dark in nature and often includes many characteristics and ideologies presented in Victorian literature. Born in Edinburgh

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    Robert E. Lee was a General for the Confederate army. Lee had always been committed to his obligations in the military. “In 1846‚ Lee got the chance he’d been waiting his whole military career for when the United States when to war with Mexico. Serving under General Winfield Scott‚ Lee distinguished himself as a brave battle commander and brilliant tactician.” (Biogrpahy.com). General Scott thought highly of Lee. But‚ Lee’s life away from battle was difficult for him to handle. He just didn’t know

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    I read a critical article on Robert Browning’s "My Last Duchess". I confess it was harder to find something in the NCLC’s than I would’ve thought. There was a considerable accumulation of critiques on Browning’s work‚ but very little on "My Last Duchess". The article I found concentrated mostly on the Duke in the poem‚ and our reactions to him‚ stating that "[t]he utter outrageousness of the Duke’s behavior makes condemnation the least interesting response…" The title of the article was "Sympathy

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