People standing outside the jail are holding signs that say “Abolish the death penalty!” – they are indirectly arguing that the death penalty is wrong Whether there are going to be more prisoners put in the same cell. Argument between judge and Vinny: Judge says that Vinny needs to look “more lawyer-ly” and respect the judge more inside the court Judge: Are they guilty or not guilty? Vinny is trying to explain that the whole thing is a misunderstanding Argument between Vinny and his girlfriend: Vinny’s girlfriend is arguing that Vinny doesn’t know the proper court procedures and she can’t keep bailing him out. Vinny arguing with JT at the bar: JT won’t give them the $200 that he owes Vinny’s girlfriend Whether they should fire Vinny: Bill says, “no! He’s family.” Why didn’t you turn the faucet off?
The Crucible: Play vs. Film The film adaptation of the Crucible, while still retaining the essence of the play, tends to omit parts of the play that are uninteresting and adds in parts that might increase the drama and/or appeal of the film. Three examples of this are Mary Warren’s backpedaling when trying to unravel the hoax of the trials, the complete lack of the introduction to Act Four with Herrick clearing the jail cell from Tituba and Sarah Good, and the addition of Abigail’s offer to John Proctor to escape Salem and go to Barbados with her. In the play, Mary Warren tries hard to convince Danforth and Hathorne that Abigail and the other girls are lying, and when she realizes that she isn’t going to be successful, she turns against Proctor and claims that he forced her to lie to the court. This all happened in the court room. However, in the film adaptation, the entire scene is extended and dramatized much more than the play by making the girls scream and run into a lake in fear of Mary Warren’s “spirit,” where Mary Warren then backpedals on her claims and turns against Proctor.
Didian says that if someone tried to kill him and failed, he would go after him and “kill him”. The author also uses metaphors like Throughout the essay Didian uses fragmented sentences to talk about John Wayne. Didian does this because she wants to compare her memories of John Wayne to the structures of the fragmented sentences. By doing this she is saying her memories are never
This was just ridiculous because this method is almost just getting revenge at people you may dislike. Like in “The Crucible” Abigail put Elizabeth in jail because she just wanted to get her out of the way so she can marry John Proctor or at least be able to talk to him. Therefore,
This clearly shows that the accused would have received an unfair trial due to his unjust jury. Another event of significance would be Tom Robinson having visited Mayella Ewell prior to the supposed rape without any physical contact occurring as stated by Tom Robinson,”she’d call me in, suh, she seemed like every time I passed by yonder she’d have some little something for me to do-choppin’ kindlin’, totin’ water for her.”(Lee 191) This statement suggests that their relationship was platonic at best. There was no emotional response on the side of Tom Robinson. These events hold as much if not more importance than the evidence given during the trial. Many Factors contributed to the fact that Tom Robinson did not receive a fair trial.
Tobar explains, “The trial attorney he eventually assigned to the case would likely protest his inability to lift The People v. Araceli N. Ramirez over the low bar of proof required for a successful preliminary hearing” (334). Araceli’s case could not be taken to a higher court level, because of the lack of evidence. Instead the trial attorney would, “simply negotiate the charges down from a felony to a misdemeanor in exchange for a plea, give the defendant credit for time served and hand her ass forthwith to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement representatives at the county jail. She would then be swiftly deported, as were the legions of other foregin nationals without papers who landed there” (334). Even though Araceli was charged with a misdemeanor, she was not completely let off the hook.
The Yellow Wallpaper The final lines for “The Yellow Wallpaper” make me believe that the narrator has finally slipped into insanity. I think Jane is actually the narrator, and when she slips into insanity she feels that she has finally escaped from the torments of her own mind. The longer the narrator stays in the bedroom with the yellow wallpaper, the more she feels she is in prison, and the woman she sees imprisoned behind the wallpaper symbolizes her and how she feels. The narrator becomes desperate to free the woman behind the wallpaper before their rental is up, because she thinks that freeing the woman in the wallpaper will be freeing herself from her prison. At the end, the narrator briefly considers committing suicide with the rope
The effects of sin in The Scarlet Letter are the sins that are represented through characters, events, and symbolism. Hester represents the effects of sin throughout the novel by showing the ways it can affect characters. When Hester is at the forest, she takes off the scarlet letter, and she “felt the freedom.” She has to wear the scarlet letter her whole life because of the crime she committed. This causes her to become depressed and sad, but if she did not wear the scarlet letter she would feel free. Also, when Pearl and Hester were at the governor’s hall, the governor thought Hester was not “of authority and influence” and had “stumbled and fallen amid the pitfalls of this world.” The
She says specifically that “Why can’t you be on the right side of things?”(Page 8). So basically she is anti Darwinism before the trial. Rachel after the trial After attending the trial and hearing the strong argument of Mr. Henry Drummond Rachel in my opinion was not the same. I think that the exposure to something new was all that Rachel needed to change her view of her religion. Now that the trial was over Rachel opened her mind into thinking that maybe going against what everyone believe can be a good thing to do in some instances.
In “Let’s Put Pornography Back in the Closet,” feminist Susan Brownmiller starts off with her recollection of the “Hollywood Ten.” These individuals were put in jail in the 1940s after refusing to testify in front of congress concerning their political standings. They pleaded the First Amendment, but were still jailed because the right to free speech was voided if the speech was of the Communist party. Brownmiller quotes Chief Justice Warren Burger: “To equate the free and robust exchange of ideas and political debate with commercial exploitation of obscene material demeans the grand conception of the First Amendment and its high purposes in the historic struggle for freedom. It is a misuse of the great guarantees a free speech and free press.”