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    Thugs In 19th Century

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    of thugs had a small group of scouts who gathers information about travelers and their belongings. Thugees work by joining travelers and gain their trust after reaching the safe place where the travelers take rest they kill all the travelers by strangling them with "Rumal" handkerchief. In this way they left no blood and require no special weapon then they rob their victims and bury them carefully.…

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    Cross Genre Analysis Writers commonly express their ideas by using a universal theme in their literary works to entertain their readers. Common or reoccurring themes can help a reader to connect to the writer’s piece for example some common themes are death, love, and disappointment. In the literary work’s, we have read there are several reoccurring themes but the one that stands out the most is death. The theme death arises in the poem “Porphyria’s lover”, the short story “The Cask of…

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    Through the framework of cognitive theory one could say that Krissy’s internal turmoil over leaving Dorian stemmed from a cognitive distortion that a wife was required to submit to her husband. Krissy’s development of this maladaptive thought process on the ideal relationship between husband and wife started in her early childhood. Linda Dynel stated that her grandfather asserted that women were designed to play the role of either the showpiece or servant. This explanation of a woman’s purpose…

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    Don’t Mention His Madness -Mr.Smith was insane Ladies and gentleman of the jury we are gathered here today to discuss the murder of Mr. Jones. The prosecution states that Mr. Smith is completely and utterly sane. As the defense, we believe that the our defendant, Mr. Smith, is insane. The legal definition of insanity is, “could not distinguish fantasy from reality, could not tell right from wrong, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior”. The definition says “or” indicating that the…

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    The death penalty has affected countries around the world. The primary focus is to decrease the execution rate worldwide. 97 countries have abolished the death penalty completely for all crimes, 8 have abolished it for normal crimes, and 36 do not execute the death penalty but it still remains in their law as of March of 2012 (Dammer, 2014).Countries that have decided to abolish the death penalty have the right to. The Treaty of Lisbon was passed on December 1, 2009 to refuse the exchange of…

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    she is all the time trying to climb through. But nobody could climb through that pattern – it strangles so; I think that’s why it has so many heads” (370). Symbolically, the wallpaper is trapping women in oppressive roles, but to try to get out is strangling; however, the narrator is determined to set them free. In the end, she tears down the wallpaper, the barrier, and begins creeping around the room. When John finds her, she declares, “I’ve got out at last…And I’ve pulled off most of the paper…

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    In terms of numbers of capital ships (battleships and battle cruisers) the Allied Powers of Britain, France, Russia, and Japan had a clear advantage over Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. This does not take into account qualitative differences. Nor does it calculate the reluctance of some powers to hazard capital ships in combat for fear of possible loss of national prestige or upsetting the balance of power in a given theater of war. The Allies, thanks particularly to the Royal…

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    Atomic Bomb Dbq Analysis

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    The two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug. 9) totaled to almost 200,000 Japanese casualties (Document A). President Harry Truman decided to use this horrific weapon considered to be immoral despite other options to force Japan to surrender, ending the second world war. On June 6th, 1945, the Japanese War Council stated, “we shall -- thanks to the advantages of our terrain and the unity of our nation, prosecute the war until the bitter end” (Document C). Japan had no…

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    The Sip. As Georgina heard the bell ring she leapt up from her chair and walked out of the tired year 9 classroom. The hot sun fell on to her head as she strolled towards the bathrooms. School life was dreary for Georgina; the recurrence of multiple subjects, the hideous uniform and the dreaded homework. Not only that but these two girls, Kaycee Holland and Sophia Jackson were the most popular girls in the grade, with luscious silky blonde hair, school dresses shorter than their futures, houses…

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    Laws are made to keep the country in order but do they really? Laws are made to protect people for there safety and all other needs. There made to protect the us but they don’t, and that causes people to rebel against them. The guns laws is one law that is supposed to help maintain order, but it doesn't. Also laws that can have you spend the rest of your life in prison over little things. Laws that don't maintain order, are the laws made to put people in prison for long periods of times…

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