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    Susan Comforting the Baby‚" by Mary Cassatt‚ and Young lady Powdering Herself‚ by Georges Seurat‚ is strikingly similar in topic and how it is done. Funny thing to consider is that "Susan Comforting the Baby" was painted in 1881 and "Young lady Powdering Herself" was painted eight years later in 1889‚ we can even say that Cassatt and Seurat were peers who delivered the same work in the Impressionism period. For the greater part of the likenesses that Cassatt’s " and Seurat’s paintings‚ there are

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    Mill would say that torture is acceptable if it increases the happiness of a greater amount of people than if the torture were not carried out. For example‚ if one prisoner had information that could free 1000 people from certain death and if by obtaining this information it would be highly probable that you could save these people’s lives then I think he would say that torturing the prisoner is justified. I don’t think Kant’s morality has to do with intentions like kindness per se‚ but more to

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    different then that norm other people think they are not normal. Lots of introverts feel like they do not have a voice because they function outside the norm. Everyone deserves to have a voice‚ whether as an introverted or extroverted. Being introverted is not the persons fault for being the way they are. Personalities depend on where someone grows up‚ how

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    Capital punishment and torture are often looked down on in today’s societies because they are viewed as cruel and unconstitutional‚ but perhaps they would help in more ways then we would like to admit. They can be beneficial in many ways such as encouragement to be truthful‚ encouragement to live by the laws‚ and as a source of punishment. Capital punishment and torture are thought to be too painful‚ and the person doing the punishment is also committing a crime. <br> <br>Many people agree with

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    Cherishing someone does not always involve traditional ways of affection. “Wordsmith” a free verse poem by Susan Young‚ scrutinizes the relationship between a quiet‚ caring father and his daughter. The maintenance of the house metaphorically describes the developing kinship between the two that has eroded over time and the attempt to reconstruct this compelling bond. The daughter addresses her father as the “Pollyfilla King” establishing that he is trying to rectify his relationship with his daughter

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    “The Case of Torture” “The Case of Torture” written by‚ Michael Levin is a an essay about how torture is valuable‚ that “the lives of the innocent people must be saved even at the price of hurting the one who endangered them”. Pg. 360 The other gives two great scenarios‚ in my opinion that would permit for torture. The first incident he gave an example of was; suppose a terrorist planted a bomb at an important monument and said the bomb was going to go off at a certain time. Say for instance we

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    Susan Minot’s short piece Lust‚ is about a girl reminiscing on different experiences with past relationships while she was away at boarding school‚ as well as what “every girl” goes through when encountering the opposite sex and sexual intercourse. Minot believes that there is no significant difference between writing a novel or a short piece. Minot says the process of putting words down on the page whether there will be 300 pages or 10‚ is the same process for her. It’s one draft then another‚ throwing

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    The Life Of Susan Yen Liang I was born on November 25th‚ 1941 in Tian Jin‚ China. I was the last child to be born to the Yen family and the second to be born to Jeanne Prosperi and Joseph Yen. I had one brother‚ Franklin‚ three half-brothers‚ Gregory‚ James‚ and Edgar‚ and two half-sisters‚ Adeline and Lydia. I loved being the youngest in the family‚ adored by everyone. When I was about three months old‚ Father and Mother‚ along with my other siblings‚ moved to Shanghai. Aunt Baba and I stayed

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    In Trifles‚ by Susan Glaspell‚ the plot focuses on a single moral choice. That choice is doing the wrong thing for the right reason. “The play addresses the abiding issue of justice and contemporary issues of gender and identity politics.” (Moe). Throughout the play‚ Glaspell interweaves these issues until they are impossible to separate. In the first part of the play‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters enter the now abandoned house of John Wright‚ Mrs. Wright’s husband (Glaspell 330). They are there

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    The play‚ “Trifles‚” by Susan Glaspell opens when the deputy sheriff and company entering a house where a murder has occurred. Minnie Wright who is the victim’s wife is the main suspect of the crime. If I were going to try to prosecute her for the crime of murdering her husband‚ there are several things that might help convict her of the crime. The first thing I would use as evidence is the fact that is it no forced entry into the house. There was nothing in the house that showed anyone has been

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