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…problem for Antigone; she feels she must obey the laws of the gods and bury her brother, but the penalty would be earthly death. Antigone's moral values were so important to her that she was willing to die in order to uphold them. She reasoned that her reward…

…of injustice concerning the death penalty and on the other hand Ernest Gaines tries to explain the difficult situation of blacks in the late 1940`s in the Southern States of the U.S. caused on the racism against black people. Opinion: I personally believe…

…for barren metal of his friend? But lend it rather to thine enemy; Who if he break, thou may'st with better face Exact the penalty."6 Many people would ask the question, why would someone in Shylock's position want to give anything to a person who…

…population. As of 1996, there have been 232 citizens executed under the death penalty since 1977. Only one white person has been put to death for the murder of a black person. One perfect example of true racial profiling and discrimination is this next story…

…voluntary or involuntary, as the cause of death (1). According to a report by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, an estimated 2 million teenagers continue to smoke, and more than 100,000 youths age 12 and under are habitual smokers. Nearly 20 percent…

…continued with his work. Most recently, on January 1st 2000, Benetton crossed all moral and ethical boundaries using what is probably one of the most emotional and debatable topics today; the Death Penalty. The "Death Row" ads feature portraits of American…

…traffic fatalities in 1999, 38% (15,786)(Statisitical Pamplet.) where alcohol-related, making alcohol the leading factor in motor vehicle deaths. There are a large percentage of people who consume alcohol on a regular basis. This task in itself is deemed…

…, and normal-looking people. Many had brought children and almost all were holding signs: "Bush is not my president", "Coup d'etat", "Bush lost", "Bush=racism", "Stop the racist death penalty", "Execution stops a beating heart", "People before profit", "The Coup…

…, are the church's stance on abortion, the death penalty, birth control/premarital sex, women in high church positions, and same sex relationships. The church is opposed to all of these. I was baptized Catholic, and raised in a Catholic family. I went to Catholic school…

…her, even though she was related to him. She knew that the penalty was death and she was willing to accept it” (Richards 147). Antigone response to this is that she wants to bury her brother because that is the unwritten law of the gods, but Creon's…