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    Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot - MonkeyNotes by PinkMonkey.com PinkMonkey® Literature Notes on . . . Sample MonkeyNotes Note: this sample contains only excerpts and does not represent the full contents of the booknote. This will give you an idea of the format and content. Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot MonkeyNotes Edited by Diane Sauder PinkMonkey.com‚ Inc. Copyright © 1997-1999‚ All Rights Reserved. Distribution without the written consent of PinkMonkey.com‚ Inc

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    Murder is a type of crime known to be quite gruesome and cruel. With this in mind‚ most states define murder as an unauthorized killing that is both obstinate and premeditated‚ meaning that it was the intent after planning or waiting for the victim. During the time period of Ancient Rome‚ an incident on the Ides of March took place and caused a great deal of havoc. In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar the conspirators were not right to kill Caesar. The reasons for the

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    Poetic Drama /Verse Drama of Modern age Poetic Drama Eliot’s plays attempt to revitalize verse drama and usually treat the same themes as in his poetry. They include Murder in the Cathedral (1935)‚ dealing with the final hours of Thomas à Becket; The Family Reunion (1939); The Cocktail Party (1950); The Confidential Clerk (1954); and The Elder Statesman (1959)..(1) Indeed‚ Eliot hoped that the study and critical reception of early modern verse drama would shape the production of modernist

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    “Now‚ continuing the murder discussion.” Neil looked away from Sophie to listen to the news. “The first murder was in Phoenix‚ where a man named Yoshi Yakuzba was killed by multiple stab wounds to his gut and chest. The next murder was in LA‚ where a woman named Katie Kuzbano was brutally murdered. All of her limbs‚ neck‚ and multiple ribs were broken. Though it seems that was the cause of death‚ it wasn’t. The cause of death was suffocation with an unknown object. The third murder took place right

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    Murder Mystery - Using Forensics A decent amount of murderers always leave behind clues for the Forensics team to allow them to figure out who was the culprit in the crime. One really big clue is DNA‚ fingerprints‚ and blood at crime scene. In our chemistry mystery‚ our murderer slips some sodium sulfide into a mixed drink‚ then finishes the victim with a pistol‚ but the evidence remains at the crime of the scene and the blood is found splattered all around. Blood is something that’s found

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    believed to be prejudicial to the accused. Following the interrogation of the accused’s close family and friends in an attempt to establish a motive‚ investigators interviewed Farquharson’s friend‚ Mr Gregory King. Mr King became a key witness in the murder

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    kill innocent people‚ yet it happens all too often. In the American television series Dexter‚ the main character of the same name lives to satisfy his father ’s "code" by killing terrible criminals who deserve death for continuing to get away with murder. Dexter executes the guilty with precision and with assurance that they deserve it. Throughout the episodes‚ this piece of literature argues that only those truly guilty of malicious crimes towards society deserve a just death (Dexter). Our country

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    The Cold-Blooded Murder of Mr. Verbermockle The FBI states that “54.3 percent of murder victims were killed by someone they knew (acquaintance‚ neighbor‚ friend‚ boyfriend‚ etc.)‚ and 24.8 percent were killed by a family member.” The evidence shows that this is logically the case in the Verbermockle murder mystery. After allegedly finding Mrs. Verbermockle’s husband unconscious on the bathroom floor‚ Mrs. Verbermockle calls her family doctor. Mrs. Verbermockle claimed that he must have slipped on

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    jail under the crime of murder. Maxwell was in custody of his Grandparents; in which he calls Grim and Gram. Max was at the age of 4 when his mother was murdered. After getting Maxwell out of his grandparents house‚ Kane took his son to the New Tenements‚ an apartment building on the other side of town. There he met his friends: Loretta Lee and Iggy Lee. They stayed in an empty apartment‚ while the owner was away on holidays. Kane convinced his son that he didn’t murder his mother‚ by placing his

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    The Moors Murders Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were perfect soul mates for each other due to their bond of kidnapping‚ child molesting and murder which lead to be the most hated couple in Britain. In 1965‚ the couple had killed 5 children but only finding 3 bodies buried in Saddleworth Moor in Northwest England‚ contributing to the name “The Moors Murders”. David Smith‚ Hindley’s brother-in-law‚ attributed to the catching of the murderous couple (Padnani‚ 2017). When their last victim named Edwards

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