Essays on Bathtub

In this July 2013 trial, George Zimmerman stood accused of the second-degree murder of teenager Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman had shot Martin in February 2012 after a confrontation between the two in Sanford, Florida. From the beginning, Zimmerman defense team did not deny that he had shot Martin but rather that he shot Martin in self-defense (Linder, 2014). Claiming self-defense is one of the fundamental principles of exculpation in criminal law. The theory underlying exculpation holds that in some situations although a person has otherwise acted criminally, their actions are justified and therefore should not be subject to punishment. In ...

Analysis and Comparison of two Climate Change films: “The Day After Tomorrow” and “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

“The Day After Tomorrow (TDAT)” refers to an American climate change film that was directed by Emmerich Roland in 2004. The film focuses on the disasters caused by global warming. “The contest over global warming is a challenge for the referee because it's a tag-team match, a real free-for-all” (Al Gore, 2011 p.2).In the movie, the weather scientist Dennis Quaid tries to warn people on the issue of climate change, but he fails. Quaid finds themselves horrified after finding out that all their predictions about global warming were coming true faster than they could imagine. According to the ...

Domestic violence occurs in various forms and it is sometimes difficult for one to identify that they are in a violent relationship. It occurs in relationships where one partner seeks to exert control over the other partner. The batters apply various abusive actions towards their victims. Domestic violence does not only involve a man beating his wife, but it differs depending on the form of violence used and the partner abusing the other (Duxbury, 2003). There are different categories of domestic violence common in intimate relationships including physical, sexual, psychological emotional and economic abuse. In most cases, these crimes are hardly ...

Working in a human service organization, Joe knows that his job implies following precise guidelines and procedures, which influence his ethical decision-makings. He also knows that violating the guidelines and procedures will get him fired. The awareness of the consequences of disrespecting the working procedures and the fear of these consequences, fits, according to Trevino and Nelson (79) into the first level of cognitive moral development. According to this concept, Joe will not intervene in the defense of the pregnant staff member who calls for help while she is being abused. According to the cognitive Lawrence Kohlberg concept of ...

In the 2010 documentary Waste Land, directors Lucy Walker, Joao Jardim and Karen Harley focuses on the modern artist Vik Muniz, whose works are created with the garbage and recyclables found in one of the biggest landfills in the world – Jardim Gramacho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Muniz employed people to pick out material from the landfill that was recyclable for Muniz to make mosaics from. The film is an uplifting piece that focuses on the importance of art and conservation at the same time, while also demonstrating the strength of the human spirit in the lives and thoughts ...

Criminal Profile Paper on Andrea Yates

The Crime

On June 20th 2001, a mother of five did the unthinkable and killed her five children within one hour (O'Malley, 2004). The woman, Andrea Yates confessed to drowning her four sons and one daughter in the bathtub within the family’s house. The crime shocked American society and brought a lot of consideration to the psychological health of mothers and possible risks it presented for the family (Ewing, 2008).

On the morning of the crime, Russell Yates Andrea’s husband left his wife alone in the house with the children. This was a routine he had started a few weeks prior ...

The poem is about the disappointment of idealized love, that is, ``our chivalrous passion``. In Pound`s view, the woman wishes this to be maintained, ``O my much praised,” but for Pound there has been a slow cooling of it. This has led him to be dissatisfied with her, who he addresses directly as, ``but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady``. That he refers to her as a lady reveals he sees her that way because of chivalrous passion, and notably, not mainly as a woman. He uses the image of a white porcelain bathtub because it suggests a kind of purity. However, that purity – acting in a chivalrous way – ...

On 20 June, 2001, Andrea Yates confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub. The children were aged between six months and seven years. (Reamer, 2005, p 7). Yates immediately confessed to the killings and a long trial followed which drew international attention. Furthermore, the case of Andrea Yates continues to rouse debate today. In her confession following the killings, Yates claimed that she had not been acting as a good mother to her children and that, as a result, her children were failing to develop sufficiently. She implied that she wished to receive punishment from the criminal justice system for ...