On May 1, 2011, Hall killed his father with his own gun whilst he was sleeping. ... Hall was aware of the unfair treatment his mother was receiving and sought to address it. ... Hall was close to his step-mother, to the point of calling her his mother during questioning. ... Finally, Hall was highly motivated to kill his father at that very moment because of the given opportunity. ... As such, his father's vulnerability at that moment was highly conducive to Hall's decision to make the kill. ...

• Word Count: 2185
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Two of the prevalent figures that possess this attitude are Achilles and Hector. ... Throughout the poem, Achilles is reminded of his destiny to be killed in battle and not return home to Greece. Although he senses his demise, Achilles does not remove himself from the battles because of his notion that he will be killed. ... It seems that according to Achilles" version of the Heroic Code, this revenge appears to correspond, although it seems that he possesses coldhearted rage to modern readers. ... Although his mother and father beg for him to come back inside, Hector refuses. ...

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

With Gertrude, Hamlet would also like to express his anger towards her, as well as possibly kill her or make her go insane, without arising suspicion in others that he possesses a hostile rational mental state. ... One means of achieving it would be for Hamlet to kill his mother or make her go insane, which he has the license to do thanks to his feigned insanity. ... Also, he needs his mother's love much more than he needs Ophelia's love. ... (The evidence for this arbitrary reliance on his mother's love comes from his father and Claudius both professing of their powerful need f...

• Word Count: 2027
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate