Blackmail

about 3 truly deviant acts in this episode which did surprise me because House is known for being a consistently deviant person. One example in this episode was blackmail. House blackmailed a fellow doctor just to get some leverage on him and enforce that House was superior. Normally, the police would be involved in any kind of blackmail attempt but the other doctor didn’t seem too phased by it as House was just like that and he always wins. Another blatantly deviant act House commits throughout…

achieved through a series of narrative case studies that reveal the French government’s reaction to consecutive blackmail attempts and libelles. At the beginning, the government intimidated writers through spies and assassination threats or by paying hush money depending on estimations of the credibility of them and influence of the libelles. Writers exploited England’s relatively liberal blackmail and libel legislation to sell texts directly to government. It demonstrates that the central…

A gender role is defined as a role learned by a person as appropriate to their gender, determined by the prevailing cultural norms. In the recent years, the roles of men and women have changed rapidly, especially in Western societies. Women have more independence, financial security, and more opportunities in the professional world. Unfortunately, this was not the case in the nineteenth century. Social expectations and obligations of both men and women were very different. In fact, one…

scandal and international turmoil. He apprehends the common thief and aspires to defeat Europe’s most dangerous criminal mastermind. Although each case is unique, they can be placed in four main categories: codes and riddles, greed and revenge, blackmail and political scandal, and demonstrations of intellect. In many of the cases that clients bring to Holmes, the clues are coded messages or riddles. For example, in the case…

Born in Skien, Norway on March 20, 1828, Henrik Ibsen has written some famous works such as the plays A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler (Biography.com). Both plays were written in the late 1800s, a time period where gender roles were clearly defined. Education wise, a woman would attend school to gain knowledge of “music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages….; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her…

include: harassing someone; such as posting rumors and untrue yet hurtful information about someone. Posting embarrassing photographs of the person; this includes nudes or other demeaning pictures. This type of cyber bullying also leads to blackmail. Blackmail is the action of demanding things from a person in return for not revealing compromising information about the person. And other type of cyber bullying is masquerading; this is when a bully creates another identity online to harass someone…

Listening Contours (2nd ed.). Rost, Michael. 1981. Tucson, Arizona: Lingual House Publishing Company One of the most famous movie directors of all time was Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock is most famous for his mystery movies. When Alfred Hitchcock died in 1980, he had made over 50 complete movies. Alfred Hitchcock was born in London in 1899. He was the youngest of three children. Hitchcock was a very shy boy and he went to very strict schools. Hitchcock studied to be an engineer, but he was…

Children are often taught, quite young, a simple concept to carry them though civil society: sharing is caring. While this is mostly put onto materialistic objects, the older you get the more relevant it becomes in all aspects. We are taught to share our thoughts and views, at appropriate times, with those we see fit to hear them. Unfortunately many times this concept of “sharing” is pushed far past voicing your opinion, and becomes potentially judgmental, or too aggressive. Now, how is it…

General MacArthur: A Bid For the Bomb In his speech “Farewell Address to Congress,” Douglas MacArthur, a venerated general who commanded the United Nations forces during the Korean War before he was released by President Truman on the charge of treason, argues that the use of any means necessary to stop the threat of Communism from spreading, including the use of atomic weapons on Communist China, is imperative to effectively and immediately end the war in Korea. MacArthur asserts his position…

Hoover is credited with developing the foundation of what the FBI is today. Hoover instructed his agents to give off this appearance of superiority (Johnson). It is true the as Director, Hoover sculpted the FBI in his image, however, is guilty of blackmail, illegal surveillance, and illegal gambling (Endrst). To classify this man as a hero is wrong (Ayton). Chance is a false hero, while Hoover is more of a…