The Significance of Serial Who murdered Hae Min Lee? This question is the driving force behind season one of Serial. Produced by Sarah Koenig, Serial was a captivating true crime story that was masterfully and artfully told in podcast form. It was a significant work of art to me due to the deep thought it invoked involving the personality of the convicted murderer Adnan Sayed and the question of his guilt or innocence. In addition, it was significant to society for the reason that it was arguably
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because of their genius’ natural origins. It is a setting brilliantly suited to the story of a man unjustly disregarded attaining the dream he so richly deserves. This makes it somewhat unfortunate that it is actually the story of an unchained sociopath destroying everything in his way. Vincent’s case isn’t like the ones discussed above. He isn’t being held back from his dream by some arbitrary stereotypes or jaded aesthetic standards. He has a real medical condition which means that his heart
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consider to be the most disturbing villain of all of Shakespeare’s plays. While some villains are blatantly cruel, murderous, or vengeful, real fear is evoked by villains like Iago, whose honest and gentle façade masks the sick mind of a misogynistic sociopath. These thoughts lead me to question what makes Iago powerful enough to have so many people at his emotional disposal. The answer quickly became obvious – his power lies in his speech. Iago implements Aristotle’s very basic methods of persuasive rhetoric
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Imagine a world where the decision of whether something is a sound and reasonable reaction is solely based on whether the outcome benefits you, and you alone. A world where charity and kindness are forethought, only becoming important if an act of kindness somehow benefits you as well. This is the way of a person who has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Because of the twisted anatomy that this Personality Disorder possesses, those suffering it are sent down a destructive path. Narcissistic Personality
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Findings from review of the file of Kris Kris Young, 25 years old, was arrested for shoplifting a leather jacket that retailed for $600.00 from a clothing store. Kris could not make bail and was held in jail for 60 days. The Judge sentenced him to 1 year in jail but later the sentence was suspended and was given probation and told to report back to the Court in 3 months. In reviewing Kris’s Pre-Sentence report, it looks like he was given probation at the age of 13 for a case involving battery
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Sherlock Holmes in PBS is the most successful character in the history of television Critic Victoria Thorpe said, "Freeman's dependable, capable Watson unlocks this modern Holmes, a man who now describes himself as 'a high-functioning sociopath.” (Sherlock Holmes is back… sending texts and using nicotine patches) I think it is totally right. As a contradictory person, Sherlock Holmes has many characteristics, such as: smart, has no patient and he never knows how to get along with others. Also, he
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articles describing the negative effects of playing this ever-expanding, interactive playground we call videogames. The media already gives this form of entertainment a bad rep, assuming spending hours playing will turn kids into hyper-masculine sociopaths. We already know that is not the case and that video games can actually be very meditative and enhancing, but could we go so far as to say that this remedy for passing the time could pass as art and even surpass the works of some of the great artists
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In chapter 6 we study how non- scientists have appropriated psychopathy for pop-cultural applications. These applications have brought us the hipster and postmodern psychopaths, as well as the psychopath as an object of emulation and envy. In his 2011 exposition "The Philosophical Significance of Psychopaths: Postmodernism, Morality, and God," Stamos composed, "Generally as insane people need moral excellencies and values and don't need them, postmodernists need epistemic temperances and values and
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Prostitution may be the world's oldest profession, and laws prohibiting prostitution may well be the oldest example of government regulation and government sex discrimination. In a free society, however, all such laws are inappropriate because they violate the basic rights and liberties of the individuals involved. Recent research indicates that “over one million women in the United States earn their living by full-time prostitution. Furthermore, roughly one in every six American men has been a willing
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Reconciliation What is insanity? Some would say that insanity is the seed of disorder in one’s mind, and that those who suffer from insanity, can’t see the world for what it really is. But what if insanity is just the society’s way of dismissing those with a different understanding of the fundamentals of the world. Many people treat those with mental disorders as less than humans, many people just dismisses everything they have to say. This question of disorder becomes very relevant in the
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