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    Historical Eras and Era

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    different sections‚ each representing different era of the British history. The sections were the Elizabethan era‚ the Jacobean era‚ the Georgian era‚ the Victorian era and the modern era. The staff was also dressed according to the era they’ve been in. It felt so realistic that in every section I felt like I really was literally back in the time. * ------------------------------------------------- The best part – eating! In the Elizabethan era section the dishes were mostly desserts‚ which

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    Elizabethan Drama

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    Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama From Elizabethan Drama. Janet Spens. London: Metheun & Co. Of the three types of plays recognized in the Shakespeare First Folio -- Comedies‚ Histories‚ and Tragedies -- the last has been the most discussed annd is clearest in outline. 1. Tragedy must end in some tremendous catastrophe involving in Elizabethan practice the death of the principal character. 2. The catastrophe must not be the result of mere accident‚ but must be brought about by some essential

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    Debating Torture

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    TORTURE Using Torture to Gather Intelligence About Terrorism Tim Sonnreich‚ February 2005. Once upon a time (as in about 4 years ago) the issue of ’torture’ (i.e. whether it is ever acceptable to use it) was very rarely debated - and when it was debated‚ defending torture was considered an extremely hardline to defend. That reality existed for a good reason - namely that torture is almost unimaginably terrible‚ and should never be something that people speak of lightly. In fact the few times

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    Torture Justified

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    Torture Should Not Be Justified The act of torture is a grave violation of human rights that infringes objectives of the United Nations Charter. Since 1984‚ 155 countries have ratified UN Convention against Torture (UNCAT). Between these 155 countries‚ 142 countries were researched by Amnesty International‚ a non-profit organization in the forefront of the campaign against torture and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. In result‚ in 2014 among 142 countries‚ 79 of these are still torturing. (Dolmaci

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    Is Torture Ok?

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    There is an ongoing debate on whether torture should be used and if it is ever “ok”. There are many different points of view and both sides have very clear‚ convincing arguments on whether torture should be used as a way to obtain information. One side says that torture is not necessary even in extreme cases. The other side it should be used if it mandatory. Although these sound like a compromise they do have a few conflicting ideas. Even though both essays are trying to sway the reader to one side

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    Medieval Torture

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    The English in medieval times‚ utilized torture to extract information or a confession from a certain person (generally performed on infidels and church priests because of how religion was very important Medieval English society.) Torturers would torture someone with great skill by preventing the victim to not pass out and receive life-threatening damage but still deal excruciating pain to reach success in the torture. There were a large variety of tortures in medieval England but the particularly

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    Ethics Of Torture

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    “Physical torture can affect the brain‚ too. But by itself‚ “psychological torture undermines the very ability to think‚ and it doesn’t leave any marks.”- Psychologist Steven Reisner. One of the many techniques the government uses to interrogate mainly terrorist is a form of torture to get them to give up information. They use techniques such as waterboarding‚ rectal feeding and hydration‚ confinement in boxes‚ using cold water beating‚ threats‚ etc. Using torture is very uncommon‚ it is only used

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    Case of Torture

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    “The Case for TortureTorture is a concept that Americans attempt to avoid. If a criminal possesses the opportunity to harm innocent lives‚ the delinquent should be stopped. The idea presides in Michael Levin’s “The Case for Torture”; Levin attempts to portray a point that the act of torturing terrorists in order to save innocent lives is justifiable. Throughout the article‚ Levin fabricates situations to present his argument that torture is not a bad idea. He voices that torture is not established

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    A Case for Torture

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    First published in Newsweek‚ in 1982‚ "The Case for Torture‚" by Michael Levin‚ state that "torture is not merely permissible but morally mandatory" (201). "Michael Levin argues that torture is a mortal necessity in some situations; that torturing a terrorist is the moral thing to do if it prevents "future evils" (201). Levin examines three scenarios to persuade his readers that torture is justified. In the first circumstance‚ a terrorist has hidden an atomic bomb on Manhattan Island‚ and instead

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    Pretrial Torture

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    Despite numerous efforts to reduce torture during police custody and pretrial detention‚ it is still a remaining issue around the world‚ mostly occurring in the LEDC countries. It is debated heavily for a clear and myriad different kind of consequences across the world‚ but yet there hasn’t been any clear resolution to this problem. Although the practice is banned currently‚ however there are still countries which take place such as: China (Solitary Confinement)‚ Egypt (beating)‚ Iran (sleep deprivation)

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