Equivocation Where do we see equivocation in Macbeth and other works we read? This question is based off of the doorman’s speech in Macbeth act 2 scene 3, where the doorman talks about how people guilty of “equivocation”will go to hell. Equivocation is the intentional use of ambiguity, whether by a speaker or a listener, […]
Description The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides the right to a jury trial in criminal prosecutions. If the case proceeds to trial, the defendant makes the decision of whether he or she wants a trial by jury or a bench trial (in which a judge decides whether the defendant is guilty or not […]
Read the selections “My Guilt” by Maya Angelou and the autobiographical account of the life of Frederick Douglass. The poem written by Angelou reflects her guilt for not standing up for what she deems is a just cause, particularly the issue of Civil Rights. (Maya Angelou was a contemporary writer). Douglass gives his first-person account, […]
