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…find out that the prediction of the oracles has came true, Jocasta kills herself and Oedipus kills himself when he sees his mother/wife dead. This part of the tragedy is to show that if you try to escape your fate, you will be punished by the gods…

…, newspaper headlines and news shows on TV are filled with reports about violent crimes. One might ask why the increase, and the simple answer is lax gun control laws and mild punishment for illegal gun possession. If Canadians want to feel safer, they must deal…

…Humans are believed to be the only ones to have the gift of language. Although Bible claims to explain the origin of languages and proclaims it as a punishment, most of the people are proud of their language and wish to make it more popular. Thus…

…the family line going, yet Usher seems to be afraid of this and it is as if change would be Roderick's punishment; hence the Rod in Roderick, which is "a stick or bundle of twigs used in punishing a person." (Merriam-Webster Dictionary, copyright 1997) Puritanism…

…and are inappropriately punished. They are sent to jail, and their houses are set on fire to burn all of the books inside. The entirety of the book takes place in the future and almost all houses have been covered with a flame prevention layer so the frame of the house…

…argue, is to allow bigots to run rampant and to subject their targets to a loss of equal educational opportunity. The power of a university to eliminate bias on campus ultimately depends not on its ability to punish a racist speaker, but instead…

…seriously condemned by the Puritans of seventeenth century Massachusetts that is was often punished by dead. In contrast, Hawthorne does not condone Hester's adultery, but he does find it less serious a sin that the sins of Dimmesdale and Chillingworth…

…On Nazi Punishment of Resisters 'Have you ever heard the term 'hostages'? That's the latest punishment for saboteurs. It's the most horrible thing you can imagine. Leading citizens--innocent people--are taken prisoner to await their execution. If the Gestapo…

…to use the suit to secretly punish Tilly, while maintaining outward normality. His actions are more to reinforce Philemon's "heaven" that a punishment for adultery. Philemon's cry on discovering Tilly's body is not that of a man who has lost his wife…

…the hatred against taxation and lack of representation. In 1774, the Coercive or Intolerable Acts were passed. These were meant to punish the colonists for the evil they had committed, especially to punish the city of Boston for their acts at the Boston Tea Party…