Violence and death are a persistent and dominant theme in the Aeneid and Oresteia. In both plays‚ violence and death are justified as an act of vengeance and response to injustice. Though Virgil and Aeschylus justify violence‚ they both differ in two aspects. One takes away the power of the protagonists to choose and the other allows the protagonists to make their own decisions. The house curse influences Clytaemnestra to kill Agamemnon and Apollo commands Orestes to kill Clytaemnestra‚ his mother
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Domestic Violence in the Eye of the Law Every 9 seconds in the US a woman is assaulted or beaten. Many people often wonder what it takes for the offender to be arrested and sometimes accuse officers of not doing their job correctly. Police officers tend to have very strict protocol‚ not only for the victim’s safety but their safety as well‚ that they are to follow when responding to domestic violence calls. The laws regarding these domestic calls are especially crucial to the victims because they
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More Black Children Die in Chicago from Gun Violence than Soldiers from Chicago Die in Iraq By Phillip Jackson Recently in Chicago‚ teen gunman boarded a crowded public bus near a high school and opened fire with a handgun. I imagined this scene must have been similar to the bus bombings that are so common in war-torn Iraq. As I researched this analogy‚ I found striking similarities between what is happening in Black communities across the United States and what is happening in a full-fledged
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If you watch movies these days you know you’re sure to see some sort of violence whether it be a killing‚ beating‚ or some kind of cruel act. Now every time you watch TV‚ you are likely to see a commercial promoting a new movie with a catch title such as "Scream" or "Fear." Whether you think these movies are necessary or not‚ production companies know they will get the viewers and this is why they keep making them. I was watching a movie the other day‚ with my lovely girlfriend of course‚ by
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Giffords and Mark Kelly The issue of gun ownership and gun violence is highly controversial and has become highly controversial since the recent multiple massacres/shootings in schools and theatres. Controversy ensues between individual beliefs of who can own guns and how to control gun violence. The recent massacres/shootings bring into stark‚ shocking reality that gun ownership isn’t as controlled as it should‚ leading to gun violence. As quoted from Steve Mostyn‚ a Texas trial lawyer‚ "Lemme tell
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been trying to prevent this from happening and they even passed a law. People should really stop and see what goes on in schools very carefully because if we don’t our kids will get the worse out of it and it might be too late to help. School violence has been a very important topic ever since what happened in Newtown‚ Connecticut. What had happened in Newtown was that a man went into Sandy Hook Elementary and started to kill teachers and students. At the end after he killed about 20 students
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A major component of any workplace violence program is prevention. Program development and union involvement‚ are important parts of a workplace violence prevention program in government. There are specific measures that can be taken to reduce the risk of violent behavior. The first question many people ask when starting to develop a workplace violence prevention program is‚ "how can we identify potentially violent individuals?" It is understandable that people want to know this -- and that "early
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No Reason for Violence Imagine: Your school principal informs the student body that starting the next day‚ your lunch time will be cut from the usual 40 minutes to 30. You are upset about his decision. What do you do‚ respectfully confront your principal‚ or blow up the school? Sure‚ blowing up the school will bring attention to your protest‚ but is that the right thing to do? Violent protests are one example of capturing attention‚ but at the end of the day‚ non-violent means of protest are
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The problem we are facing today with violence in the schools is a major concern with communities everywhere. Juvenile homicide is twice as common today as it was in the mid 1980’s. It isn’t the brain that the kids are born with that has changed in half a generation; what has changed though is the easy access to guns and the glorification of revenge in real life and in entertainment. Crime in and around schools is threatening the well being of students‚ as well as the staff and surrounding communities
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the words sectarian violence or cultural conflict. Many of these individuals would be surprised to find that sectarian violence exist all over the world. Just hours ago a clash in southern Kyrgyzstan between Kyrgyz and Uzbek people claimed 26 lives in less than 24 hours. Buildings were set on fire and many individuals were treated for stab and gunshot wounds. It is unknown what caused this recent clash‚ but it is known that it was culturally motivated. (“Sectarian Violence‚” 2010) Also in the
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