The Rape of the Lock

minerals and water, where it started off as a small timber station (D’Gluyas et al. 2015). In 1849, Port Arthur’s separate prison opened; the new prison was multicultural and housed offenders for a wide variety of crimes such as theft, murder and rape (Lennox 1994). However, offenders that were severely violent or mental were sent to Norfolk Island (Lennox 1994). Port Arthur prison also had a separate…

effect on guns in the hands of criminals. On the other hand, some pro-gun activists say civilians carrying guns would empower civilians to protect themselves. “Advocating that law-abiding citizens have the right to protect themselves from massacre, rape, assault, and robbery is hardly being partisan,” contends David M. Huntwork, a conservative activist, blogger, and columnist, and site administrator for the constitution club blog (Huntwork). “Doesn 't it just make you sick watching people die…

Taylor was convicted and received two life sentences. At the end of this trial the police officers believed he could also have been responsible for two other unsolved murders. On April 3rd, 2003 Taylor pleaded guilty to two other rapes committed before the Tiernan murder. He was further sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 30 years. Since the police now had Taylor’s DNA profile they could open unsolved sex crimes where forensic evidence was still available using DNA…

lucky will be dropped off nearby unharmed. The worst case scenario occurs when you are transported to a secondary crime scene, which is usually more dangerous than the original confrontation. Those not so lucky victims have suffered other crimes like rape, aggravated assault, and even homicide. Since the mid-1980s, carjacking has captured the attention of the media with reports of these sudden and violent attacks. Carjackers have…

Women in History: Artemisia Gentileschi’s Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting Surrounded by portraits of and by male artists, Artemisia Gentileschi’s (1593-1652) oil on canvas Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura) 1638-39 stands out in the midst of Vancouver Art Gallery’s “The Royal Collections: Portrait of the Artist” exhibition. As one of the only woman artist portraits, it pronounces itself in entirety to symbolise the prominence she has given females in history as she…

Since the beginning of time and even today, women have had to live up to society’s standards of how they are supposed to act and live their lives. Stereotypes have been placed upon women that have yet to be lifted, and only few women have challenged those stereotypes. In Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie is a strong female character who goes against the stereotypes placed upon her, as a women in the early 1900’s. Similarly, in the movie Thelma and Louise, the best friend…

A static character in literature is a character who does not change throughout the story. They do not undergo changes in their perspective or personality, and essentially are the same from beginning, to end of the story. A dynamic character is completely the opposite of a static character. They are characters that have an important inner change throughout the story, which can be a change in personality or attitude. In Patricia McCormick’s Sold, the main character Lakshmi proves to be a dynamic…

Black Feminism Oppression According to Nowell (2007), oppression is when individuals are treated to economic, political, cultural, or social degradation due to their “belonging” to a specific social group. Black women have struggled to live in two contrasting worlds concurrently, one black, oppressed, and exploited, the other white, oppressive, and privileged (Collins, 1999, p. 26). According to Collins (1999), they have continued to exist as significant because U.S. black women are still…

A Girl With a Story There she was sitting in the room waiting patiently for my arrival. She had dark curly hair; so curly it made you think she got a perm. She had a face that was as white as snow. She seemed like a truly fine individual. I open the door and greeted her immediately with a handshake. We were on the third floor in the library of Texas Woman’s University, in a study room that was so small and warm. I could tell she was just as nervous as I was. I mentioned to her that she was brave…

Every day we see a homeless person on the street. No matter the location, there is always just that one “bum”. A red light makes you do a lot of thinking; I had a general thought how homelessness has identified itself as a sincere issue in our society in this day and age while driving home from school. I remember the summer of 2010 while helping get things together to help the people in Haiti. While there appears to be no positive argument defending this act of indecency there are thousands of…