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Through Men’s Eyes The hard-boiled detective story is an American classic, featuring men who speak curtly and without shame, a mystery that often involves danger, and alluding women. Since its publication in 1929, Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon has been used throughout English classes in grade schools and universities as a way to explore the theme of greed and deception. Despite this, The Maltese Falcon can also be studied in other branches of academic discipline. A student taking a…

However, he slowly develops a weakness for the conniving Brigid O’Shaugnessy, who manages to tear apart his hard-boiled persona. The romance between both characters, discussed towards the end of The Maltese Falcon, reveals the hold O’Shaugnessy has over Spade’s heart. Spade initially appears to be reluctant to hand Brigid over to the authorities, however he quickly overcomes this break in character with his sense of justice and moral aptitude…

The Celts love of ostentatious display extended beyond jewellery and weaponry, with more mundane articles like drinking vessels, cauldrons and even fire dogs being heavily decorated. Not only did the Celts use precious metals to create their artefacts, they also made use of glass to create beautiful objects. Craft workers would melt and twist different coloured strands, to make jewel-like beads similar to the Murano glass we are familiar with today and probably crafted using techniques we…

largest and most well refined regions. In many ways its expansion has been a long-time coming, with it now far surpassing its “Glasgow commuter town” tag. Originally used as a Christian pre-sacred, with a known dedication to the famed Celtic goddess Brigid, it is from that in which East Kilbride earned its name. The original parish church actually still stands tall within the age-old community, with it dating back to 1774 and ranking as one of only 95 Category A-listed buildings in South…

“Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction” (Erich Fromm). In The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man written by Dashiell Hammett, Hammett displays the high increase of criminal activity that takes place during the prohibition era in the United States. In Hammett’s novels, the characters’ monetary greed leads to negative consequences. As a result of their monetary greed, the characters face death, in-humanity, and…

very skeptical in his relations with women. At the start of the novel, he has been having an affair with Iva Archer, his partner wife. After Miles Archer's death, Spade makes it clear that he was just toying with her. He never fully trusts his client Brigid O'Shaughnessy and he took precautions against her possible betrayal (Hammett,…

Control Over Police Power The government system in the United States is one great example of federal government. The federal system can be defined as the structure of government in which the powers are divided between two levels of government, usually central government and regional governments. Each level has control over different regions, and different sets of matters. In the United States, the national government has control over some powers, states governments have control over other…

Castle Beloved/flash version "Welcome to the pub folks, what can we get you? The kitchen is open until eleven, they can make up pretty much whatever you'd like. Can I tempt you with a pint of our finest ale?" Tourists falling into the pub are almost routine, these days. It's the castle on the hill. It isn't ancient, or even very old, but there is a history to it. People come to see the castle, but there are no tours. They come in here, disappointed, grab a pint and listen to tales of Rob and…

Plagiarism is taking others words and ideas verbatim. Understanding another person’s idea and using it to invoke your own unique idea is not plagiarism. In article “The Case of the Purloined Paper” Brigid Schulte argues about how students now a days are not putting enough effort in studying. Students are using internet to cheat on essays such as getting ideas from internet and using them to do their school assignments. I disagree with Schulte because understanding stealing others ideas and…

In the upcoming 2016 Presidential Election, it’s important for people to understand their role in the voting system and how the voting system actually works. One important aspect to the election is the Electoral College, which is the true body that hand picks the President and Vice President. However, many people are in the dark to as what the Electoral College actually does. Is it a system that directly reflects the votes of the citizens or is it a calculating system that sides with the…