Pleading

Patrick Henry’s Urgency and Patriotism Patrick Henry is a patriotic politician who strongly feels that America should become defensive against the British in the events leading up to what develops into the American Revolution. In this particular oration, “Speech in the Virginia Convention,” Henry speaks with the intent of creating a sense of urgency and encouraging patriotism among the American people. Pathos, powerful diction, and repetition enable Henry to successfully convince a majority to…

One may say that Oedipus is a victim of fate, because the audience often sympathize with Oedipus at the end of the play, because throughout the play he is portray as a great man, and it is clear at the play’s opening that the citizens of thebes loves and respects him. It’s true that Oedipus unknowingly killed his father and marry his mother, which is why we feel sorry for him and feel, and that he doesn’t deserve the suffering he experiences at the end of the play. However, Oedipus is in…

Contrast and Compare Essay John Gardner’s Grendel and Marry Shelly’s the Monster Just like you and me, we all have feelings. Weather we feel hungry, upset, frustrated, excited, lonely, or misunderstood. However, we sometimes people forget that even other beings have feelings. We aren’t the only ones who can feel lonely or misunderstood. John Gardner’s “Grendel” and Marry Shelly’s “Monster” are the perfect examples of how we go based off of what we see and not how the person or being is,…

I wasn’t able to attend a community event so I watched a Ted Talk video. I chose to watch a discussion of “Why you think you’re right--even if you’re wrong”. The title of the video really intrigued me so I thought it would be a good topic to listen to. The speaker is Julia Galef and she made many valid points throughout the video justifying the statement of “why you think you’re right even if you’re wrong”. This topic has a lot to do with one’s mindset which had a connection to what we are…

Many African Americans do not go to trial because they are advised that they would earn an easier sentence from pleading guilty; innocent people are coerced into pleading guilty because it known that they will have a smaller chance of beating the charge in court. Some reasons for African Americans being dismissed from jury duty include: too young or old, single or divorced, religious or not…

“Beg no more, you fawning dog - begging me by my parents! Would to god my rage, my fury would drive me now to hack your flesh away and eat you raw- such agonies you have caused me!” (Iliad, lines 184-187) Achilles, the Greek warrior gloats over his enemy Hector of Troy. Prior to this battle of vengeance, Hector had killed Achilles’ best friend Patroclus, dishonouring him by not giving him a proper burial and by taking his armour. Enraged, Achilles seeks revenge for his friend and slaughters…

By 1100 King Henry I had already put into place jurisdictions, courts and customs that were well regarded by the people of England. However, after the Anarchy of Stephen and Matilda, the law and order that stemmed from Henry I’s reign was no longer. When Henry II, the grandson of Henry I, ascended the throne in 1154, the period of reconstruction and great reform had begun. He not only promised to reinstitutionalize the ideals of his grandfather that were spent during the reign of King Stephen…

Memorandum of Law Instructions Legal research and writing often manifests itself in the form of written documents. Some of these documents are for the internal use of the firm or other entity. Others, such as letters, pleadings, and briefs are for courts and other third parties. A principal document that is often used internally, and, at times, transformed into a letter, brief, or otherwise altered for use with third parties, is the Memorandum of Law. You will draft one of these…

harsher sentences compared to the magistrates court for example in Isleworth crown court there was a 19 year old male who pleaded guilty to four counts of possession and intent to supply heroin and cannabis and I watched the barrister defending him pleading for the judge to give him a lighter sentence as his grandfather died and that the addiction to heroin is what drove him to commit these crimes and after he has served his time he plans to move to Manchester and start over his life. The judge…

In book 22 of The Odyssey, Odysseus finally returns home to Ithaca and seeks to rid his household of the suitors desiring to marry Penelope. While Odysseus is seeking personal revenge, he is simeoutanously enacting justice as the crimes of the suitors have violated the laws of guest friendship that are upheld by the gods. He intends to achieve this by purging his household of the suitors as well as any of his servants who have been disloyal to him by willingly aiding or benefitting from the…