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…, Who Decides"). Since 1976, over 200 death row executions were to black defendants who killed white victims; in the same amount of time, only 12 executions were to white defendants who killed black victims. This shows that there is racial biasing when…

…. Some women in the Philippines kill their fetuses by using abdominal massage, which damages organs, or a sharpened bamboo stick and hope not to hit the bladder or bowel. Many anti-abortionists are those with religious backgrounds, claiming that abortion…

…An audio recording attributed to Osama bin Laden offered rewards in gold Thursday for the killing of top U.S. and U.N. officials in Iraq or of the citizens of any nation fighting there. The 20-minute recording, dated Thursday, appeared on two Web sites…

…stopped along the way to kill nine sea creatures to make it easier for other travelers of the sea to get by. This was one of the first heroic acts Beowulf preformed. Through the eyes of an Anglo Saxon, Beowulf saved them from having to deal with the sea…

…by the ghost who was his father. The ghost makes Hamlet aware of his murderous death when he tells Hamlet of how Claudius had killed him. The ghost says this to Hamlet regarding Claudius, "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder." This is where Hamlet…

…, Scene 5, and Lines 55-60) Definitely this shows that Tybalt only acted in the good will of his family to defend the honor of their house. Tybalt also lets his temper get the best of him. One example was when he kills Mercutio. Tybalt has a raging temper…

…of evilness in literature. Beowulf tells a story about a great warrior, Beowulf, who fights evil. Grendal was an evil, blood thirsty, beast-like being who constantly killed hundreds of innocent people. He would keep killing people from the same village over…

…Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus is a tragic play that discusses the tragic discovery of Oedipus that he has killed his father and married his mother. In Greek mythology, oracles or gods are rarely wrong in their predictions of the future. Yet Oedipus still…

…around comes around. That whereas one man may kill another, another man will come to kill the first man and so on, in a never-ending cycle of stupidity and futility. The setting of this book can be analyzed here; the Spanish Civil War in the 1920-30 time…

…. She uses emotional blackmail to convince her hesitant husband to kill Duncan. Lady Macbeth is loving towards her husband but also ambitious, this is shown by her instant desire for Macbeth to become king. There are many other small factors that may have…