Incest

The play of Hamlet involves many characters, and out of them all; a unique one is Gertrude The Queen. She may not come off as a overly influential character, when in reality she changes the story in different ways, Gertrude’s role is normally looked at as if nothing, with readers reading her lines as if they are just normal rebudile towards the other actors. When you look a bit deeper though, her responses are specific and well thought out. .Gertrude seems to have the ability to foreshadow…

means of religious social enforcement (Weeks, 7). Weeks discusses how a taboo of incest in the middle ages was restricted to the extreme that, “marriage to the seventh degree of relationship was prohibited” raising the bar for marriages to revere the familial ties to the degree that to marry within a family unit would be sinful and one of the worst types of bad sexuality that one could conduct. Aside from the taboo of incest within these European cultures, the sanctity and construct of marriage…

Sexual Assault on College Campuses Rape is the most common violent crime committed on college campuses (Sarah). College students, because of their age are overall as a group high risk of becoming a victim of sexual assault. A survey conducted by The National Crime Victimization found no statistical difference in rape and sexual assault percentages between women of the same age and women at college. My freshman year attending college, I had a close teammate who was a victim of rape. Not only…

Every 107 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted. An average of 32,101 pregnancies result from this each year. Believe it or not, there’s a way to save the lives of all 32,101 women: abortion. As stated by Hillary Clinton, “We’re always going to argue about abortion. It’s a hard choice, and that’s why I’m pro-choice, because I want people to make their own choices” (Clinton). These days, the word “abortion” stirs up so much controversy. It seems like everyone knows exactly where they…

life which inevitably causes her demise. The other female character of Hamlet, Gertrude, is perceived as a woman who lacks morality due to her sudden marriage with Claudius, her former brother-in-law. To marry your brother’s widow was considered incest during Shakespeare’s time which explains Hamlet’s disturbance in regards to Claudius and Gertrude’s marriage. Hamlet’s fury toward his mother, Gertrude, is displayed when he is speaking to himself and arguing that she is “frailty, thy name is…

unborn child is determined to be 20 weeks or older. It was said if a woman's life is in danger or her pregnancy is the result of rape or incest which has been reported to law enforcement or an appropriate government agency at any time, an abortion may be performed . I agree, abortion should not occur after the unborn child if 20 weeks or older unless rape or incest, if you can produce this baby why not have it. The candidates running for US Senator are Thomas Dixon, Tim Scott, Bill Bledsoe and…

state laws are overturned because they are determined to be unconstitutional. A major and well known case is Roe v Wade. The case involved a woman named Norma Mccorvey who lived in Texas. At the time Texas only allowed abortion in cases of rape and incest. While Norma said she was raped, there was no way to prove it, so she was denied*. The interesting thing about this case is that by the time it made it to the supreme court she had already had the baby, which proved…

Isiah starts off with a very long poem that has a few different tones, which causes some confusion. Through Isiah, God is condemning the people for all the sin they have committed, but why doesn’t God implement the punishments he created with the Israelites? The text states, “Ah, sinful nation, people laden with iniquity, offspring who do evil…” This is not the first time God has seen his people commit sin, but he continues to have them reproduce and allow them to do whatever they want. He falls…

Abortion is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy and is most often preformed within the first 28 weeks. (2) Common forms of abortions used during the first trimester are methotrexate and misoprostol, manual vacuum aspiration, and aspiration. (3) Common forms of abortion used during the second trimester are dilation and curettage, dilation and evacuation, and induction abortion. (3) Abortion during the third trimester are illegal in many states because it is defined as a late term…

Thematic - Polanski’s depiction of Gender Roles and Voyeurism Polanski demonstrates and explores themes of voyeurism and gender roles in his films. Even one of his first student short films Uśmiech zębiczny (translated as ‘Teeth Smile’) (1957) explores these themes. In this short film, the man’s intense facial expressions and eagerness to stand on his toes to look through suggest that sexual desires is a warzone between men and women, and is something that has to be fought for. In this short…