Treason

Flag burning has been a controversy for years, but it has made its way to the front view within the last couple months. Whether burning of the flag should be legal, or if it should have a punishment. Flag burning should be considered a form of treason, and the desecration of the flag should be punished. The debate in the House on the flag highlighted the great divide in our nation on the Constitution and the very definition of patriotism. They actually separate our freedoms from parasitism and…

Shakespeare's play Macbeth his wife makes him feel larger than he is and puts in his head he should be king so he commits murder because of it. Lady Macbeth, the woman Macbeth married to stay by his side, is the one responsible for the murders and treason that he commits because she believes the only way for him to become king is to kill Duncan, she plans the murder and frame job, and things go bad she sticks beside him and doesn't turn him in. Macbeth the hero of the story commits murder…

Acknowledgement of the variable nature of courtly love over time proves the change in queenship after Margaret’s reign in Malory’s titular final chapter. Malory began the tale of story of Guinevere’s arrest and trial for charges of high treason brought through adultery. Two knights decide to report to Arthur the extent of Lancelot and Guinevere’s relationship. Guinevere demands to remain behind in hopes of calming Arthur, but the breach seems unsurpassable as Lancelot sets up a rival kingdom.…

Patrick Henry Patrick Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia in 1736, to John and Sarah Winston Henry. A symbol of America's struggle for liberty and self-government, Patrick Henry was a lawyer, patriot, orator, and willing participant in virtually every aspect of the founding of America. Henry married Sarah Shelton in 1754, and after Sarah’s death, wed Dorothea Dandridge in 1777. With his two wives, he fathered seventeen children. John Henry, who had attended King's College, University of…

The main characters of Macbeth by William Shakespeare commit terrible crimes throughout the play. These crimes, which include treason and even murder, allow the character who commit them to come into great wealth and acclaim. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth become king and queen of Scotland through their deplorable acts. But do the ends justify the means? Are their crimes justified if they have a positive result? The answer is a clear no. A crime as extreme as murder is very rarely justifiable.…

that have banned the death penalty per procon.org. Texas has the highest number of executions at four hundred and eighty-three since 1974. Only eleven states allow the death penalty for other reasons besides murder. The most common other reason is treason. The death penalty is considered capital punishment and is administrated in different ways in different states. While lethal…

“What is law? It is a question that invites a multiplicity of answers, because law is a broad concept with many definitions… Law is defined as a group of rules governing interaction. Law is a set of regulations governing the relationships among people and between people and their government (historical background of criminal law).” The earliest known record of criminal law was written by King Hammurabi in Babylonia during his reign in 1790 B.C. and was named The Code of Hammurabi; many of our…

Bill McKibben works to create a tone of competition within his article, “A World at War”, which was published August 15th, 2016 in the New Republic magazine. By comparing the fight against global warming to a war, McKibben urges his audience to take up arms against the common enemy or run the risk of losing the battle and eventually the war. The New Republic Magazine caters toward more liberal types. The author speaks to an audience of people who believe in global warming but don’t necessarily…

and the unemployment dropped to 50%. He was a beloved king at the beginning of his reign, but as he made more decisions he slowly became a despised king. His people stormed the Bastille to show a defiance towards him, his family got charged with treason, and he was guillotined by his people on January 21, 1793. Those are only a few things that should prove that he wasn't a very great leader. Louis-August wasn’t originally supposed to inherit the throne. His older brother, Louis duc de…

 In 1948, Alger Hiss was accused of being spy for the Soviet Union since many classified documents were typed up by him.  Even though he was innocent about treason, lying about the documents is what got him in jail until the discovery of Soviet wires in his office officially proved him guilty. o Following this incident, it was discovered that the Soviet Union had successfully tested their own atomic bomb.…