Daniel Hadden Ms. Carey English 11A 6 October 2012 Is Elizabeth Innocent Elizabeth Proctor was proven innocent‚ but she is not what everyone thinks she is. Elizabeth is the catalyst of the trials because of her relationship with Abigail Williams and how Elizabeth treated her husband. John Proctor has fights in which Elizabeth starts that make her look bad. She also had acted very poorly to Abigail after her affair with John that kick started a lot of events that lead to the trials. “I know
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Or heard him say—as knaves be such abroad‚ who having‚ by their own importunate suit‚ or voluntary dotage of some mistress‚ convincèd or supplied them‚ cannot choose but they must blab—“ (Shakespeare‚ A4/S1/P2) Iago is telling Othello that Cassio was telling him about having sex with Desdemona even though it never happened. Iago just wants Othello to think that his wife is cheating on him. Even though friends stay with you through thick and thin Shakespeare is trying to tell the reader to watch
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In the state court case verse Roger “The Dodger” Smith and Jack Merridew was a very intriguing case. I have decided that Roger “The Dodger” Smith is guilty for both accounts of murder. In addition‚ Jack is also guilty‚ for the murder of Simon‚ but not the murder of Piggy. Murders should never be taken lightly‚ even if its accidental‚ you must fully investigate what happened on that day. Roger was found guilty for both accounts of the death‚ because he purposely leaned on the lever to push
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Quyen Tran WR 121 January 23‚ 2012 Summary Response #1 Summary In “Innocent Afield” Buzz Bissinger says that high school sports has grown to be only about winning in too many places in America. High school sports create social barriers from athletes to non-athletes. High school athletes are more competitive than college athletes or professionals. An issue arose was that many coaches are being paid too much‚ close to $90‚000 a year‚ without having to teach a class. Rather than using private
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happened before the epidemics raged. This leads one to believe that it was the colonists’ influence on the Natives that led to such a drastic population increase. Then‚ in the mid 1630s‚ the natives suffered another population decrease due to the many diseases that were threatening many Indians. Many of the Puritans felt that the epidemics’ effects were a gift from God‚ and that the Indians were the Devil’s workers. In 1636‚ a Pequot was accused of murdering a colonist. The settlers went on a rampage to
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"I’m Black You’re White Who’s innocent" by Shelby Steel. The article takes a position that is against affirmative action because it takes the independence away from people of color. The article “I’m Black‚ You’re White‚ Who’s Innocent?’ is an analysis of the black and white racist situation that America has been facing. It is a claim to the fact that both the groups have created the racist situation. Some whites accept that the racist attitude that enforced slavery was due to the fact that whites
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I’m going to give you two quotes and I just want you to think about them while you read this paper. One is quite long and the other is rather short because it’s just a part of the quote. "This innocent country set you down in a ghetto in which‚ in fact‚ it intended that you should perish. Let me spell out precisely what I mean by that‚ for the heart of the matter is here‚ and the root of my dispute with my country. You were born where you were born and faced the future that you faced because you
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are probably few people in this world who can deny the feeling of guilt. Some call that sinking feeling in the pit of the stomach or nagging voice in their head their conscience speaking to them. Shakespeare related that feeling to Lady Macbeth’s guilty conscience of King Duncan’s murder. In Macbeth‚ Shakespeare shows how Lady Macbeth tries to suppress her guilt and her conscience eats away at her. Shakespeare shows how Lady Macbeth is aware of what she is about to do. When she finds out that
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Guilty or Not Guilty 8 million people a year serve jury duty. Choosing 12 individuals to make a life or death decision can be dangerous because people dread jury duty‚ people are biased‚ and some people lack more intelligence than others. Reginald Rose demonstrated this in his play Twelve Angry Men he wrote for television. Viewers saw these dangers expressed through the characters in the play. Many people dislike receiving an envelope saying they have to serve jury duty. People not liking
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| Nuts | Reaction Paper #1 | | Teresa Chambliss | 2/4/2012 | The movie “Nuts” starring Barbara Streisand and Richard Dreyfuss was a great movie depicting a woman fighting in court to prove that she is competent enough to stand trial. Barbara Streisand (Claudia Draper) plays a call girl charged with first degree manslaughter. It is Richard Dreyfuss’ (public defender) job to help Claudia prove that she is sane enough to go to trial. Claudia has a very short temper‚ outspoken‚ and doesn’t
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