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    Shakespeare wrote many plays during his lifetime. Some of his plays have similar comedic characteristics and then other plays are the exact opposite of comedy. Shakespeare wrote tragedies‚ romance‚ history‚ comedy and problem plays all with great success. During the performance of these plays there was no scenery so great time was taken when developing the characters and the plot so the plays would be entertaining. A Midsummers Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing are just two of the comedies

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    capturing criminals (Wilbur‚ 2000). Sheriff’s Posses and constables were consisting of able-bodied men‚ because their service was liable. The collection of taxes and the supervision of election was the responsibility of the county sheriff. The night watchmen were in charge of looking out for suspicious activities and at times conducting weather reports (Wilbur‚ 2000). The heart of colonial policing was not policemen but punishment‚ hanging was for murders and more serious crimes‚ thieves were brand and

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    Question 1- Panopticism In regards to Panopticism‚ Michel Foucault theorizes‚ “The exile of the leper and the arrest of the plague do not bring with them the same political dream.” I conclude that the term‚ “political dream”‚ is an idea where people use power and knowledge in an attempt to achieve a perfectly governed society. Gradually‚ social reforms transformed how the political dream was viewed. Over the past few hundred years‚ techniques for social reform have improved‚ leading up to where

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    Dual English Historical Notes The Romantic Period the shortest period scholars singled out 6 poets- Wordsworth‚ Coleridge‚ Byron‚ Percy‚ Shelley‚ Keats‚ and Blake- and constructed notions of a unified Romanticism on the basis of their works. They didn’t all get along though In 1798‚ the year of Lyrical Ballads‚ neither of the authors had much reputation Some of the best regarded poets of the time were women- Anna Barbauld‚ Charlotte Smith‚ Mary Robinson- of which Wordsworth and Coleridge

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    fashion designer and couturier Alexander McQueen has also been influential to me. McQueen was known for his theatrical‚ dark and extravagant work. For several seasons‚ he created series of pattern on pattern suits. Pattern on pattern work is seen in Watchmen and Schnick Schnack Jungle. Schnick Schnack Jungle is made up of found objects which I connected together to create original miniature sculptures. I then painted a repetitive pattern composed of many different sizes. This has the same push-pull effect

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    killing himself over disbelief. After seeing Juliet awaken from her deep sleep‚ the Friar mentions how he tried to convince her to come with him where he will cast her away to be a nun. When Juliet refuses to go with him‚ he runs away as the group of watchmen closes in. While asking for forgiveness‚ the reader can tell that the Friar does not pity up to the Prince. He gives himself up to Prince Escalus and asks for consequences and sacrifice knowing the tragedy he has done to both of the houses was his

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    Policing Practices and Operations Susan Hornberger CJA/394 8/4/2014 Jean Pierre Lapre Policing Practices and Operations The primary goal of any law enforcement agency is to maintain public safety‚ primarily by reducing the number of occurrences of crime in their jurisdiction. Although this seems simplistic in nature‚ it takes many policing agencies working together in a successful working relationship to achieve this success. This paper will provide an assessment of each of these policing agencies

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    She makes the claim that since there is bad things she’s heard today and that that means that there is likely something bad that’s going to happen to him. She uses claim of policy to try to persuade him to stay in. By bringing up the fact that the watchmen had seen such horrifying things she was able to make him feel nervous‚ she was very careful in her description to prey upon things that would definitely dissuade him from wanting to leave. Calpurnia is making the assumption that caesar does value

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    The police management has a component called watchmen style of procedures which inform officers to ignore minor violations‚ and settle disputes formally by meeting out street justice. Another component the police management follows is legalistic style which tells the officers to preform matters formally. With legalistic style the administrators reduce discretion to a minimum and emphasize uniform and impartial arrest for all crimes. The police management also follows a component called service style

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    watchman‚ and sheriff were borrowed from the English and were used to establish the first system of public law enforcement in the United States. As rapid growth occurred in the West throughout the early 1800s‚ it became clear that constables and watchmen weren ’t going to be able to provide the expansive services necessary to protect people and their property (Stone‚ 2002). It wasn ’t until the late 1700s that municipal police agencies were implemented in major American cities

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