Robert Borden Robert Borden was born in 1854 in Grand Pré‚ Nova Scotia. He was prime minister of Canada from October 10‚ 1911 to July 10‚ 1920. Background: Robert Borden’s father owned a farm and worked as a local stationmaster. Robert was very promising academically from a young age‚ and became assistant school master of his academy at age fourteen. He later went to study law at university‚ and became a lawyer in Partnership with Charles Hibbert Tupper (son of future prime minister Charles
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The Lizzie Borden Story TORONTO‚ Ontario‚ November‚ 2015 – Blood Relations‚ winner of the 1991 Governor General’s Award‚ is a play written by renowned Canadian Playwright‚ Sharon Pollock. Are you a lover of mystery narratives? You’re in luck because this coming March‚ you’ll going to revisit Halloween as this psychological murder mystery will give you a real “trick or treat”. A little history lesson for those who are unaware. This award-winning play is basically focused on the case of Lizzie Borden
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In 1986‚ a tragedy struck the Tampa Florida area in the form of an unknown monster soon to be unmasked and formally introduced as Oscar ray Bolin Jr. Born in January 1962; also known as‚ "Bolin the Butcher"‚ Bolin began his murderous antics on January 25‚ 1986 with the abduction and murder of Natalie "Blanche" Holley. He went on to accumulate three victims‚ all of which he stood trial for. His victims also including a 17 year old by the name of Stephanie Collins and a 26 year old by the name of Teri
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Is Mrs. Mary Maloney guilty? No. Research shows that Mary suffers from bouts of insanity. Mary Maloney’s pregnancy‚ her abusive marriage‚ and her obsession with her husband proves she is insane and therefore innocent of murder. Mary’s pregnancy plays a huge part in her insanity. Mary was in her “sixth month with child.” During pregnancy‚ women’s hormones are flying. A study shows‚ 20% of pregnant women suffer from mood disorders during pregnancy. Her major mood swings caused her to go over the top
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Did Lizzie Borden Commit Murder? A little over a century ago an atrocious double murder was committed‚ in the two-half story house at 92 Second Street‚ in Fall River‚ Massachusetts. This crime shocked the city of Fall River‚ as well as the nation‚ as Lizzie Borden‚ a 32-year-old Sunday school teacher‚ went on trial for the murder of her father and her stepmother. (Augustine). An all male jury eventually acquitted her on the accusations.(Aiuto). To this day‚ the murderer of Andrew J. Borden and Abby
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he’ll work in his fathers shop - a memory of an event that may not have happened‚ and the scene when he pretends to read the paper‚ but fails to notice that it has been upside-down. Gar’s reasons for going to America (he wanted to prove to Aunt Lizzie that he was not "cold like the O’Donnells")‚ along with his secret love for his uncommunicative father‚ and their desperate final‚ pathetic attempts to communicate make this play quite tragic. All of the action in this play takes place within a
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Robert Borden Robert Borden was the most successful Prime Minister because he led Canada through World War One‚ increased the war effort in World War One‚ and made the Wartime Business Profits Tax of 1917. First‚ Robert Borden was a successful Prime Minister because he led Canada through World War One. Robert Borden wanted Canada to participate in the war and got several troops for the Britain empire. He made the first GST tax‚ and gave women the right to vote. He led Canada to winning
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seeing eyes as well as ears. As a matter of fact‚ priding herself on being a good observer and an excellent listener takes her far in the novel‚ and she’s observed that marriage can also be a one-way ticket to unhappiness. Let us see the development in Lizzie Bennet and note her changes. Elizabeth is one character that everyone would love to be best friends with. Her smarts are inevitable; she is also a reader‚ and let’s never forget to mention her beauty. Austen tells us that "she had a lively‚ playful
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THE CASE OF LIZZIE BORDEN In 1892‚ Fall River‚ Massachusetts was a northern town of sharp class divisions. Fall River was a leader in textile manufacturing‚ a thriving mill town of about 80‚000 with a bustling port (Berni 1997). The ruling classes were of the long-settled Yankees that lived in the fashionable part of town known as "The Hill” (Booth 2013). Those who lived below The Hill‚ and area commonly referred to as “The Pit”‚ were typically of lower class‚ worked in the mills and were often
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In following the initial guise of children’s literature‚ Laura and Lizzie are presented as foils to each other within the poem. Both sisters are described as having “golden” hair and portraying themselves as the typical virtuous female of the time (Rossetti Line 184). Additionally‚ their lack of physical description also suggests the possibility of them being twin sisters. Which is why the important factor in distinguishing between the two relies on their personalities. Laura is a “curious” individual
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