A derangement of the protagonist of "The Cask of Amontillado" causes him to exaggerate an insult and his irrational anger also leads to a needless murder. In, "The Tell-Tale Heart," it is the madness of the man which brings him to murder his employer and at the end of this particular story, the madness – or the acuteness of senses as it is frequently described by Poe – serves also as the man's punishment since the unbearable sound of the beating of his own guilty heart forced him to confess. ... "3 Besides frightening subjects like death, disease, dark...

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Hammett's contemporary, Raymond Chandler, comments on Hammett's contribution to the genre by saying: Hammett was one of a group () who wrote or tried to write realistic mystery fiction () took murder out of the Venetian vase and dropped it into the alley . . . gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reasons () He put these people down on paper as they were, and he made them talk in the language they customarily used for these purposes (Angel 66). Hammett did not place his characters' crime stories within a rural setting, as was typical of earlier crime fict...

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In Los Angeles, they account for about half of the city's murders. ... Gangs in Jackson are responsible for drive-by shootings, murders, drug activity, and violence. ... These new "gang leaders" gain their control by setting in motion violence and anti-authority defiance among youths in these areas and thus the gang problem continues (CNN, 1997). ...

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In the second chapter, we have selected an author-oriented approach, referring to the author's biography. ... In brief, both chapters deal with symbols found in characters, settings, objects and some proper nouns. ... While reading 'Rappaccini's Daughter' one notices many symbols through characters, objects and settings. ... One of the romantic ideas expressed in 'Rappaccini's Daughter' is the rejection of science. ... This idea is expressed in the story through Giovanni's experience with Beatrice. ...

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Austin: Positivist Identity of law: what makes the law the law Law (is) = Rules + (issued by a) Sovereignty. Rules = General Commands A command is an expression of a wish backed by a threat to inflict an evil (=sanction, like telling the child to get the toy is not a command unless it is backed b...

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