Stabbing

After an argument Dorian becomes enraged by Basil and he lashes out. Wilde describes the event, “He rushed at him and dug the knife into the great vein that is behind the ear, crushing the man’s head down on the table, and stabbing again and again” (Wilde 163). Dorian’s unstable emotions drove him to perform an act that he later regretted. In the instant he saw a solution to a problem, he reacted and the consequences were great. The same can be said when Dorian kills himself…

January 17, 1981, in Jefferson County, Kentucky the petitioner Kevin Stanford was involved in the shooting death of a 20-year-old woman by the name of Barbel Poore, who was working as an attendant at a gas station when a heinous crime took place. Not only did Stanford kill Barbel Poore, prior to her killing, she was robbed, raped as well as sodomized by Stanford and his accomplice. According to the documents, Barbara lost her life for a mere 300 carton of cigarettes, two gallons of fuel, and a…

Justice is a word that could be interpreted in many different ways for different people. Oedipus Rex is an example of this situation for several reasons. Oedipus Rex was a very special and different character since he was responsible for deciding his own justice. In the play “Oedipus King” Oedipus Rex, the main character, is the king of the city of Thebes. As the king has, his responsibilities are immense since he doesn’t worry for his personal problems, but he also worries for the problems…

The Friar’s giving of the vial of “sleepiness” to Juliet started a series of events leading to Romeo poisoning himself and Juliet stabbing herself. He doesn’t do too much help. The nurse, like The Friar, is a big part of the marriage.The nurse is a motherly figure to Juliet who indirectly caused her mistress’ death out of the affection she feels for her. The nurse is a very important…

getting into a fight or more serious and something we are facing a lot today, murder. Especially with victims that have been bullied on multiple accounts by different people. The anger from these victims can lead to stuff like school shooting or stabbing. A trend in shoot shooters in that most of them was outcast in their school, someone that would likely succumb to bullying. The mental health of someone, for they are unstable has a lot to do with violence in…

In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, one of the central conflicts is the tension between two competing impulses: the instinct to live by the rules and to act peacefully versus the impulse to succumb to fear and to act violently. Golding illustrates this conflict through the uses of three symbols: the conch; Piggy’s spectacles; and the Lord of the Flies. The conflicts that occur on Golding’s island mirrors the conflicts we all face in society today. Golding uses the conch to show the…

The tribunes, Marullus and Flavius, break up a gathering of Roman citizens seeking celebration for Julius Caesar’s victorious return from war. The triumph is marked by public games in which Caesar’s friend, Mark Antony, participates. During Caesar's parade on the feast of Lupercal, a soothsayer warns Caesar about the ides of March, which he disregards. In their conversation, Cassius attempts to influence Brutus' opinions into believing Caesar should be slain, in preparation of having Brutus join…

water. Marco helped George get onto a floating piece of furniture to survive the cold water. But, part of Marco was still in the water. Marco was starting to fade away because the water was so cold. George said the water felt like needles were stabbing him. Luckily, there was a life boat coming by and George was able to get on the boat. He lifted Marco into the boat because he was slowly dying. After a couple of hours, a big ship called the Carpathia came by and George and Marco were…

way home from a school dance when he had seen Marshall in Wentworth Park, and had started to chat with him. It was then that Roy Ebsary, along with his friend, Jimmy MacNeil, approached, asking for a lighter for their cigarettes. Ebsary ended up stabbing Steale, and slashing Donald across the arm. Sandy Steale was pronounced dead on the account of his wounds the very next day. Due to the fact that authorities thought Marshalls’ wound…

Furthermore, Arlena’s presence made her father become reserved and closed off. Having to deal with this for four whole years, Linda reached her breaking point and decided to try something new, even if it seemed silly and childish. By stabbing the figure of Arlena, Linda found an outlet for her hatred so she could move on without harming the real Arlena, however Arlena’s real life death sent her into a panic, happening just hours after she cast her ‘spell’. Still a naive child, she blamed…