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    Trifles by Susan Glaspell Literary devices used in the ‘ Trifles’ Symbolism - to express meaning indirectly. Example: An undone quilt Though the women are laughed at when they are discussing if Mrs Wright is going to quilt it or knot it‚ this really shows the reader what marriages were like at the beginning of the 1900s. Men see women as tedious and uninterested in the affairs of "important matters concerning men only"‚ and the fact that the women are the ones who found the actual evidence

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    Hubco tripped and karachi was blackout later news came from all corners of Pakistan that power outrage breakdown Terbela and Mangla Dam power plant tripped as well now what ever happened in technically that’s none our business but entire country spent night in the darkness. Wapda statement on The News site was funny and weird they said they saved Electrical outrage from widespread? Dozens of cities first than districts later mentioned all provinces so what actually they saved from? Wide spread

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    had a terrorist who knew of the attack but would not talk? How far do you go to potentially save the lives of thousands? In critical situations‚ the torture of a terrorist is mandatory. Although it is inhumane and cruel‚ torture is the only way to get information out of a terrorist who would rather die then cooperate. This is the reason why the torture of terrorists is essential to gathering crucial

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    The Double Standard of Aging (1972) is an essay by Susan Sontag. It’s a rigorous analysis of the different ways in which women and men experience old age. Sontag sees old age as a more unpleasant experience for women than for men‚ because the social environment defines women more rigidly. Unlike men‚ who are valued for their capacities such as unique thoughts and actions‚ women are more likely to be valued for their innate sexual appeal and beauty. Female beauty is associated with grace‚ frailty

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    acts to establish justice. Some cases such as the Prison in Guantanamo where many terrorists were sadistic torture to get information and dismantle this group that committed many crimes against society. The Bush administration used torture as an interrogation tactic. Despite President Bush negated the accusation of this immoral interrogation‚ former vice president Cheney affirmed the use of torture was a legal‚ essential‚

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    horrible part of this tragedy was that the guard tortured and forced them to witness each other’s torture and yet the guard tortured them as they like. In this poem the poet used imagery to enable the reader understood the agony the Chilean woman‚ her husband and their child faced. The arrest‚ the torture by the prison guards the way they wanted to torture and yet they were forced to see each other’s torture. There is nothing more painful than watching your five years old baby‚ your wife‚ your husband

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    translates over to those doing the torture and those against it. Those that conduct the torture believe that they are obtaining valuable information where as those that oppose it see it as a large violation of human rights. In the above articles information was used form both scholarly and non scholarly articles. All of the articles helped to provide information about the use of torture and if it is‚ or isn’t‚ necessary. They all helped to prove that when talking about torture there is no black and white

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    Trifles by Susan Glaspell addresses ideas about justice and gender deifferences. In the play gender roles are an important theme. Women in the 1900s often took care of the home. In this play the women distrust men and the men underestimate and underappreciate women. Ultimately‚ the audience has to decide if the women that protect Mrs. Wright from punishment are justified. Was murdering Mr. Wright a just punishment for his poor character and the killing of a canary? Perhaps leaving him would have

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    believed every human should be given‚ something that should never be taken away from anyone. Countless lives lost in the battle against oppression and tyranny all in the name of standing up for what they believed to be their inherent rights as humans. Torture has been used across countless civilizations since the beginning of the human era. It provided a convenient way of extracting information from a reluctant prisoner. However‚ the techniques used to torment the prisoner into submission were extremely

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    2008 President Obama signed an executive order prohibition use of torture by the U.S. Military and CIA. In 2016‚ the use of torture became a topic during the Presidential election when then-candidate now President Donald Trump suggested it should be used against the Islamic State. This creates a big argument that if Military should be allowed to use torture against terrorists or should not be allowed. Some people believed that torture should not be allowed in any country but what if this is the only

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