Lizzie Borden Persuasive Essay

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Lizzie Borden, the youngest daughter of a wealthy man named Andrew Borden, is found being the prime suspect for the murders of the old man himself, including his 2nd wife Abby Borden. Lizzie Borden was accused of the murder of her father and step mother Andrew and Abby Borden with a hatchet. Despite these accusations, though, Lizzie Andrew Borden did not commit the murders of her father Andrew Borden and step mother Abby Borden. I think she did not commit the murders because: there was no physical evidence linking her to the murders, Lizzie cared for her father deeply, despite the disputed, as been portrayed as cold, but showed a sensitive, grieving side of her in her letters, and she told her neighbor the day before her parents’ murders that she feared that someone was going to kill father. These statements will prove that Lizzie is innocent and someone else murdered her parents, not her.

Family feud happens all the time, but that doesn't mean it’s enough reason to murder them though. According from article #2, Lizzie cared for her father deeply, despite the disputes that they had.“Lizzie Borden cared for her father very deeply,” Martins said. “There was a tremendous outpouring of grief in the letters, and that’s a new side to the story.”
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Although she was very alienated after her testimony, she was not found guilty, and lived the rest of her life in Fall Rivers, Massachusetts, which I believe was right since she did not commit the murders. Also, Lizzie and her sister, Emma Borden, rarely spoke to each other after she disapproved of Lizzie’s relationship with actress Nancy O’Neill. Coincidentally, they died within days of each other in June 1927. Guests today can now tour the murder house in Massachusetts, and can stay overnight in the bedrooms that was, before, occupied by the Bordens. They can also enjoy the breakfast the Bordens shared the morning before the

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