think before you act essay

themselves. “I know it, sir. I sent my child she would learn from Tituba who murdered her sisters.” [-Mrs. Putnam Act I, Line 771]. Mrs. Putnam speaks in denial when she describes her miscarriages being

Do you think its fair, which in 1933-1945; 11 million people lost their lives just because of their race and religion? Do you think its right, for other countries just to stand by and not care for the survival of the people in concentration camps in Germany and Poland? Even before the holocaust, people were killed due to racism and prejudice. As we look back on those days, we know how bad the Holocaust was. People were killed in many brutal ways such as shootings, gas, and being burned alive. It’s

This story makes us think first and act later. A simple act can your Life. Even if you are the wife of a detective you can put yourself in danger, and use position to hurt someone. Mary Maloney should go to jail because her act of killing her husband can affect her daughter’s or son’s life. The law says that if you kill someone you need to go to jail. One act can change your life!!! Mary Maloney should go to jail because she uses her position as a detective wife to exploit others. By exploit I mean

right to seek an abortion without any parental consent. The APA believes that adolescents are as mature as adults. Steinberg and his colleagues also believe this to be true. They think adolescents have the skills when it comes to getting an abortion, but when it comes to criminal responsibility adolescents are immature. Do you believe this to be true? Well, in my opinion, I do agree with Steinberg when he says adolescents are immature when it comes to criminal responsibility. However, I do have to disagree

man from England walked out of the boat, my father George Washington and I watched him walk past us, I could tell my father was angry because when I was near him I felt evil come off of him. I think he was angry about that new British law called the stamp act, it said ''on march 22nd that a new act was passed by king George the 3rd and it will cause all of the printed goods to have a stamp on them witch meant we had to pay for our paper, dice,etc''[history.com]. But us colonists in Boston

society is manipulated and forced to follow the beliefs of a government who suppresses the community to think and act as the government believes. Although Julian and Winston both disagreed and rebelled against the Big Brother's government, they were not motivated by the same reasons and their end goal was different. Both Winston and Julia have a desire for rebellion against the party. They both act and live in total opposition to the Party laws. Winston and Julia are not willing to submit themselves

awakes and sees that Romeo is dying because of the poison he drank; she takes his dagger and stabs herself. As she stabs herself she says ‘” This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.”’ (Act V, Scene III, Line 170). Romeo and Juliet both let their tragic flaws cause their downfall. To be a tragic hero you must be from

was not of sound mind, either. Not soon after beingdiagnosed with melancholy, or depression, after his father's death, he tells his friends that he will pretend to act mad. HAMLET:How strange or odd some'er I bear myself (As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on) (Act I, Scene 5) However, even before he first met his father's ghost he was already melancholy, and depression can often lead to irrational decisions. Sure, he was not fully “mad”, and still had some

my head. I wait for Laurel at the bus stop and my heart flutters when I see her coming. “Hi, Laurel.” I say when she stops in front of me. “Do you want to hear a joke?” She looks at me suspiciously for a moment but then nods. “Knock knock.” I begin. “Who’s there?” Laurel replies “Murphy.” “Murphy who?” “Murphy would love to go to the Spring Dance with you.” I say shyly. At first, Laurel stares at me, her pink lips turning up in a soft smile. And then, she utters the word I’ve been dreaming her saying

action: where we think, we cannot act; where we act, we cannot think.”(Niforatos) The characters and events in the play essentially affect Hamlet in a way that they always push him towards more self-consciousness and vengeance. Hamlet’s wavering in the middle of thought and action is an immediate aftereffect of his feeling of commitment and convenience, this oscillation becomes a pattern throughout the play and exemplifies how human conditions can limit our ability to think and act.