Sleeping Murder

A black man who at the time sleeping with a married, white woman. That was not ok at the time because interracial relations were not permitted. The woman later begins sleeping with another man, Ralph Myers who claims that Walter was a suspect in a highly investigated case in which the police had no leads. Walter is quickly charged, convicted and placed…

very much inspired by Beccaria and first attempted to defy/reform the penalty when Thomas Jefferson introduced a bill meant to revise Virginia’s death penalty laws. This bill had proposed that capital punishment must be used only when the crimes of murder and treason were committed. However, this bill was rejected by 1…

Megan's Law: The Megan Kanka Murder Megan Kanka was a young, blonde, girl living in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. She was only seven years old when she was raped and murdered by her neighbor, Jesse Timmendequas. He was pictured as a monster to all of America, and his horrific act made headlines across the country. This tragic case is what changed the way registered sex offenders were viewed in the United States, and possibly saved many childrens lives. On July 29th, 1994 Megan was lured into…

Theodore Robert Bundy (1946-1989) was an American serial killer who was responsible for the kidnap, rape and murder of at least 30 female victims over seven states in the 1970’s. He was put to death by means of the electric chair in Florida on January 24th 1989. Bundy was perceived as handsome and charming, traits that he abused in order to gain the trust of his young victims. He would usually approach his victims in broad daylight simulating injury or…

England, Dawn, Lara Descartes, and Melissa Collier-Meek. "Gender Role Portrayal and the Disney Princesses." Sex Roles 64.7/8 (2011): 555-567. Print. Disney’s classic depiction of females as princesses, also infers their submissiveness, inferiority, and fragility in comparison to men’s portrayals as socially, physically, and intellectually dominant. While these roles may change as social proximity to time and space does, these characterizations, split by binaries and marginalized by strict…

In this classic version of Sleeping Beauty, the prince risks his life passing through the thorn hedge to save the woman he is in love with. Unlike Basile’s tale, the prince “… bent over and gave [the princess] a kiss,” waking her with an act of true love (Grimm). The pattern of Sleeping Beauty‟s parents—from only Lord, to King and Queen, to only Queen—shows a swing from the patriarchal to the matriarchal…

Who are Brothers Grimm? Brothers Grimm were two brothers who were known for writing fairy tales in Germany in the 1800’s. These brothers created long lasting fairy tales that are even told today in ways such as movie versions for kids as well as books. The Grimm brothers have written hundreds of fairy tales, which include two specific ones that will be discussed in this paper: Little Red Cap and Cinderella. Little Red Cap is a story of a little girl who has to deliver goods to her grandmother…

appearance and gave a slightly more positive outlook on women unlike the children-eating ogre in Basile story. He showed this by giving the women fairies good powers to lessen the evil of the malicious fairy and or queen. There is another version of Sleeping Beauty and it is the most modern of the written ones. Little Brier-Rose by the Grimm brothers is well-liked because the improved erotic elements of the tale. Fairy tales intended for the modern century, modify and attempt to correctly…

usually only lasted a day, giving girls unrealistic ideas about love as seen in Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Snow White, and many more. Female leads are weak and are typically reduced to damsels in distress in the climax like in The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White. Portrayal of other cultures are inaccurate at best and problematic at worst such as Native Americans in Pocahontas and Romani in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. And you may think this paper is leading up to an…

Anna Anderson: The Eerily Similar Imposter of Anastasia On a chilly fall day in 1997, people crowded the ticket booths in order to purchase their seat for the new animated film, Anastasia. The award-winning Warner Bros. film Anastasia was released November 21, 1997, featuring actress, Meg Ryan as the voice of the famous Grand Duchess Anastasia. The movie told the fascinating story of the Russian siege of 1918 and how a former friend of the Romanov family, Grigori Rasputin cursed the whole line…