Killed his sweetheart. 5 Note Morales real subtle use of the word sweetheart to describe Tracey, rather than the word victim or the phrase helpless and hapless prey. Now, allow me to indulge myself in a perhaps not too slippery slope. By Morales reasoning, one could blame a woman who has been raped because she provoked it. Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, since she refused to give her body to my client, she put herself in a dangerous situation.
Teaching is indeed a great challenge today.
It is difficult for teachers to maintain credibility when highly profiled and highly paid legal experts use the very same argumentation that the teachers have failed their students for using. Our teachers today can only hope that their students will be as perceptive as the jury in this case. Perhaps the greatest aspect of all tragic drama is what I call transcendence, the ability of the protagonist to somehow overcome all obstacles and, although physically destroyed or beaten, still emerge as the spiritual victor. Thus, fortune follows misfortune, although not for the protagonist, but for those members of the society, clan, or family who have been left behind. Therefore, the sacrifice of the hero or heroine will not have been in vain.