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    Poetic Drama /Verse Drama of Modern age Poetic Drama Eliot’s plays attempt to revitalize verse drama and usually treat the same themes as in his poetry. They include Murder in the Cathedral (1935)‚ dealing with the final hours of Thomas à Becket; The Family Reunion (1939); The Cocktail Party (1950); The Confidential Clerk (1954); and The Elder Statesman (1959)..(1) Indeed‚ Eliot hoped that the study and critical reception of early modern verse drama would shape the production of modernist

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    believed to be prejudicial to the accused. Following the interrogation of the accused’s close family and friends in an attempt to establish a motive‚ investigators interviewed Farquharson’s friend‚ Mr Gregory King. Mr King became a key witness in the murder

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    jail under the crime of murder. Maxwell was in custody of his Grandparents; in which he calls Grim and Gram. Max was at the age of 4 when his mother was murdered. After getting Maxwell out of his grandparents house‚ Kane took his son to the New Tenements‚ an apartment building on the other side of town. There he met his friends: Loretta Lee and Iggy Lee. They stayed in an empty apartment‚ while the owner was away on holidays. Kane convinced his son that he didn’t murder his mother‚ by placing his

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    kill innocent people‚ yet it happens all too often. In the American television series Dexter‚ the main character of the same name lives to satisfy his father ’s "code" by killing terrible criminals who deserve death for continuing to get away with murder. Dexter executes the guilty with precision and with assurance that they deserve it. Throughout the episodes‚ this piece of literature argues that only those truly guilty of malicious crimes towards society deserve a just death (Dexter). Our country

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    The Cold-Blooded Murder of Mr. Verbermockle The FBI states that “54.3 percent of murder victims were killed by someone they knew (acquaintance‚ neighbor‚ friend‚ boyfriend‚ etc.)‚ and 24.8 percent were killed by a family member.” The evidence shows that this is logically the case in the Verbermockle murder mystery. After allegedly finding Mrs. Verbermockle’s husband unconscious on the bathroom floor‚ Mrs. Verbermockle calls her family doctor. Mrs. Verbermockle claimed that he must have slipped on

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    Murder Mystery - Using Forensics A decent amount of murderers always leave behind clues for the Forensics team to allow them to figure out who was the culprit in the crime. One really big clue is DNA‚ fingerprints‚ and blood at crime scene. In our chemistry mystery‚ our murderer slips some sodium sulfide into a mixed drink‚ then finishes the victim with a pistol‚ but the evidence remains at the crime of the scene and the blood is found splattered all around. Blood is something that’s found

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    The Moors Murders Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were perfect soul mates for each other due to their bond of kidnapping‚ child molesting and murder which lead to be the most hated couple in Britain. In 1965‚ the couple had killed 5 children but only finding 3 bodies buried in Saddleworth Moor in Northwest England‚ contributing to the name “The Moors Murders”. David Smith‚ Hindley’s brother-in-law‚ attributed to the catching of the murderous couple (Padnani‚ 2017). When their last victim named Edwards

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    hours after she was reported missing. Who could do this terrible deed? Was the killer still in the house? JonBenet Ramsey is one of the most highly publicized murder mysteries of our time and has lots of unanswered questions. December 25‚ 1996‚they found JonBenet Ramsey’s body. The 6 year old girl had been beaten and strangled. It was a sad murder scene that left many police officers upset. They found the body in the basement of the Ramsey’s home (JonBenet Ramsey: Her Mother’s Shocking Confession). It

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    THE MURDER OF LINDA ANDERSEN ROMAN WILLIAMS CJ1320 AUGUST 26‚ 2014 Lets Kill Mom The murder of Linda Andersen by her two teenage daughters (Bob Mitchell‚ “The class project” (2014) is a clear example of what started off as not breaking the law‚ but‚ after further review and supported speculation was found that the girls did in fact break the law by murdering their mother for illicit greed‚ motivated by visions of champagne holidays and expanded luxury. Their deviance‚ however‚ has been used in

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    Murder‚ a despicable act committed toward another person and their loved ones by someone who may be disturbed and has blocked any remorse for committing such an action. As humans‚ it is our nature to respond negatively to the idea of one man taking the life another outside the perimeters of the due judgment process. While many times murder mysteries can be an exciting read or make for a good radio program‚ when murder gets personal it no longer feels as glamorous. There is no question that murder

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