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Criminals are tried in our court system everyday for crimes they are accused of committing. In these court cases, witnesses are called to give an account of what happened in the particular incident and then a jury of twelve members decides the criminal's ruling on the case. The jury does not listen to just one witness; it takes into account the stories of many witnesses in order to decipher the truth. "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin and "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson show one cannot fully rely on what other people say in certain situations.
The reader does not know exactly what happened to Richard Cory. All the reader has to go by is what the townspeople say. The townspeople say Richard Cory went home and put a bullet in his head. That sounds like he kills himself, but it might not be that way. The reader does not know anything about what Richard Cory feels from this poem so he cannot assume anything. The townspeople are not fully......

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