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    about the crimes he committed? “Charles Manson is an American cult leader whose followers carried out several notorious murders in the late 1960s”(bio). He became the most infamous figures in criminal history. He committed many crimes. He was arrested and had a trial. Was he convicted or not, did he pay for his crimes? How did he become the most infamous figure in criminal history? Three of his main crimes were the Hinman murder, the Tate murder, and LaBianca murder. The Hinman murder was only because Manson needed money, Hinman was Mason’s friend. Manson had sent Bobby Beausoleil, Mary Brunner, and Susan Atkins to go persuade Hinman to give them money. When Hinman was uncooperative he was held hostage. “After a few days Manson went over with a sword and slashed Hinman’s left ear” (Crime Library). After a while Beausoleil stabbed him twice in the chest. “They used Hinman’s blood to smear the words “Political piggy” on the wall along with” (Crime library). Beausoleil was arrested after found sleeping in Hinman’s vehicle the…

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    The Manson Family was a cult that was formed in California in the late 1960’s. It was let by Charles Manson and the group consisted of 100 of his “followers” who lived an unconventional lifestyle with the use of hallucinogenic drugs. Most of the members in the group were young women who came from middle-class backgrounds, many that were profound by Manson’s teachings and drawn by hippy culture and communal living. Manson grew up with a troubled childhood and displayed violent and manipulated…

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    Charles Manson is an American cult leader whose followers carried out several murders in the late 1960s Charles Manson is connected to the brutal murders of actress Sharon Tate and other Hollywood residents, but was never actually guilty of committing the murders himself. Manson was described by reports as suffering from a marked degre of rejection instability and psychic trauma and constantly striving for status. Which could very well be the cause of these murders. Charles Manson was born…

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    I reviewed old newspaper articles and video news reports from days after the murders and the court proceedings. I found direct-source newspapers and sites with multiple articles about the Manson Family, their killings and court trial. I was even able to find raw, unedited NBC-TV footage from August 9, 1969, recorded just hours after the five bodies were found at the Tate house. Thesis Statement: Charles Manson and his family receive media coverage during and many years after the murders.…

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    August 9th 1969, a housekeeper arrived at 10050 Cielo Drive, the home of film director Roman Polanski, who lived in the former residence of in a fashionable Los Angeles neighborhood near Beverly Hills. Five people lay dead in and around the blood-spattered house. The victims included Polanski's young wife, actress Sharon Tate, who was eight-and-one-half-months pregnant; Jay Sebring, a noted hairstylist; Abigail Folger, daughter of the chairman of the board of A. J. Folger Coffee Company;…

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    (Sever, Brion). On August 9th 1969, Manson rallied up his four most loyal people to go to 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles and kill the people inside. Manson believed that Terry Melcher still lived there, and wanted him and his family killed because Melcher never helped Manson with his career in music. However, Melcher didn’t live there anymore, instead actress Sharon Tate, her husband and director Roman Polanski occupied the home. That night the four loyal members went to that address and…

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    The Destructiveness of Jealousy and Greediness What made Othello, written by William Shakespeare in the 17th century, popular is that the play dealt with sensible topics as racism and race. The protagonist of the play is a dark skinned foreigner, surrounded by white characters. Othello’s race makes him sensible for criticism of the people around him, because he knows that he will always be the weaker ‘species’. But what is shown in this play is that it is not his race that will be his downfall.…

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    Sharon Tate Research Paper

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    In 1969, Sharon Tate and four others were brutally murdered in Los Angeles, California, by the Manson Family. Sharon was eight and half months pregnant at the time. Ten years later Sharon’s mother, Doris, organised a public campaign when she discovered the offenders were requesting parole. Doris gave several high-profile interviews outlining the impact that Sharon’s death had on their family and eventually served on the California State Advisory Committee on Correctional Services as a victims'…

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    The tragedy of Sharon Tate to some extent was symbolic, it reflected the terrible connection: cinema, colorfully depicting the crimes, pushes confused young people to commit atrocities that are shown on the screen, and the cinema workers themselves, guilty in the defilement of young minds and morals, are victims of those who they have raised. Roman Polanski in his work has specialized in bloody paranoid "horror movies", and his wife Sharon Tate consistently starred in these films. The audience…

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    ‘Spazio Perfornate’ ,Darren Carr, worked in close collaboration with the Tate Gallery to create a theme based and site specific work a dance piece performed at Tate Liverpool Gallery. The stimuli of this piece was a canvas picture by Lucio Fontana called ‘Spacial Concept’ 1945-1950, Darren’s aim was to create a dance piece that brought the picture and the ideas behind the picture to life. Through the creative process of this piece there were many issues. The first issue that occurred came…

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