The character traits‚ fears‚ and personal experiences of Edgar Allan Poe can be seen in the narrator of “The Black Cat”. Within the first page of the passage‚ the narrator describes his wife‚ whom he married early‚ as “not uncongenial” or friendly. Poe is most likely referring to his wife Sarah Elmira Royster‚ who is both his cousin and bride when she was 13 years old. Like Poe’s wife‚ the narrator’s spouse is described as friendly‚ faithful‚ and loving. Moreover‚ Poe’s apparent problems with alcoholism
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Refer to Case 20-3. State Issues‚ decision‚ and reason/support for this case. Follow format in syllabus. 2pts ISSUE: Under what principle might Smart Inventions be liable for Nokees fraud? Is Smart Inventions liable in his case? DECISION: Under the respondeat superior doctrine‚ corporations are liable for crimes committed by its agents that are employed with the corporation. Smart Inventions is only liable under the circumstances that Nokee discussed the agreement under the scope of his employment
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In this discussion post I will be comparing and contrasting two movies “We Were Soldiers” and “Black Hawk Down”. Though they are both war movies and based on real events during two different types of conflicts. Both movies had a similar type of objective‚ which was to eliminate a specified target. Black Hawk Down was based off of Special Operations Forces which was to take down a key war lord in Somalia and We Were Soldiers was based off of the implementation of the Air Cavalry and their objective
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-Duress: use of improper threat or action to obtain an expression of agreement. -Undue Influence: using a position of trust or authority to dominate another party. -Misrepresentation: untrue statement is one if fact or there is active concealment (PUFFERY). -The statement is material (and important fact) to the transaction. -The victim reasonably relied on the statement. -Fraud: misrepresentation plus: -Intent. -Cause injury. COMPETENT PARTIES Competent Parties: -Legal
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The Snowtown murders‚ otherwise called the Bodies in Barrels killings‚ were the homicides of 12 individuals in South Australia‚ Australia between August 1992 and May 1999. The wrongdoings were revealed when the remaining parts of eight casualties were found in barrels of corrosive situated in a leased previous bank working in Snowtown‚ South Australia on 20 May 1999. The town of Snowtown is in the Mid North of South Australia‚ 145 km north of Adelaide. Despite the fact that Snowtown is every now
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First of all‚ Benedict Arnold was a traitor‚ and hid his true identity from everybody he knew. Much like him‚ Holden pretends to be fine‚ even though he is extremely hurt and depressed because of Allie’s death. Holden gives us a glimpse of his concealment when he says that he “didn’t want anyone to know that I was even wounded. I was concealing the fact that I was a wounded sonuvabitch” (195). By not allowing other people to know about his pain‚ he is isolating himself from other people because they
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investment bank were legally stopped from running their offices on evidences of suspected fraud and irregular accounting. External Auditors had predicted a missing amount of over Rs.6 Billion‚ apart fromillegal maintenance of parallel accounts‚ concealment of bank assets‚ un-authorized massivefunding of group companies‚ unlawful investments in real estate and stock market‚ etc. the SECPtook legal action against the companies officers‚ although much of the actions taken werecriticized as insufficient
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was white collared crimes and enhancing the wealth of the rich at the expense of working class individuals. According to the textbook‚ white-collar crime (WCC)‚ is a nonviolent crime orchestrated by highly educated people‚ resulting in deceit‚ concealment‚ subterfuge‚ and other fraudulent activity; consequently‚ WCC does more damage in monetary and emotional loss in one year than violent crimes do over several years combined (Hartline & Ferrell‚ 2014). WCC plays a significant role in the Madoff case
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where his expertise lies‚ the audience cannot evaluate the veracity of his contribution. It creates a greater potential for deception and frivolity in public debate. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS It has been suggested that de-individualisation theories can explain the link between anonymity and unacceptable behaviour online. Social Identity Theory of De-individuation (SIDE) is a social psychological theory that is concerned with the behaviour of individuals lost amidst crowds. The essence of the theory
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The flashbacks give us with the impression that Esther has always played the roles which others have wanted her to play. Helen O’Grady proclaims that this kind of identification of self prevents spontaneity and weakens the chances of active participation in the making of the female identity. Furthermore‚ she argues that women have a tendency to police themselves and criticize their own performances within the broader culture. In the broader culture’s representations‚ for example in the media‚ the
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