Essays on Guilt

Sigmund Freud uses the societal function of shaping the behaviors of individuals in the society to conform to the codes of conduct and behavior. He indicates that the society in which we live seeks to restrain our aggressive impulses. While confirming that the society installs a self-control mechanism in the individuals, which he calls the superego, Freud indicate that this internal watchdog masters the desire for aggression. Sigmund Freud also indicates that individuals in the society subdue and redirect their aggression towards their own ego once they are forbidden from expressing their desire for aggression externally. In the theory Continue reading...

Abstract

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is one of the most fascinating and well-known poems by the famed English poet, becoming one of the bastions of British Romantic literature through its immense lyricism and use of metaphor. The poem deals with themes of the violation of nature, the encroaching threat of the Orient and its strangeness on European culture, as well as the stifling nature of guilt, all contributing to a multi-faceted and pluralistic tale that deals with the breadth of human experience.

Proposal

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is one Continue reading...

Admissions and Confessions

An admission can be defined as a statement made by a person that points towards the guilt of the maker of the statement and more often than not suggests participation in the crime. Admissions are usually made on specific facts in issue. Despite the fact that an admission tends to point towards the guilt of the maker of the statement, admission does not construe acceptance of personal responsibility for an allegedly committed crime.
On the other hand a confession is a fully corroborated statement acknowledging all the essential elements of a crime and as such construes acceptance of personal Continue reading...

For example Elizabeth L. Angeli, Department of Psychology, State University.

This research was supported in part by a grant from the Sample Grant
Program.
Angeli, Department of English, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 55555
Failure of the US Justice System
Ted Stevens was the longest serving Republican Senator from Alaska. He served six decades in the American Public sector. In 2008, as he was serving his sixth term he was prosecuted in a corruption case. The center piece of charges was “failing to report gifts”. He was prosecuted for bribery and corruption. After his case was started he lost Continue reading...

Psychology

American Psychological Association (2014, January 23). Telling the Whole Truth May Ease Feelings of Guilt. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2014/01/truth-guilt.aspx
Eric Ravenscraft (2014). Partial confessions might not ease guilt like telling the whole truth. Journal of American Psychological Association.
The article discusses how the feelings of guilt are eased whenever the truth is told. From recent studies, it has been said that partial confessions remains attractive but are accompanied by emotional feelings. The American Psychological Association published research findings which claimed that individuals who have a tendency of telling the whole truth remain in peace when compared to those who only Continue reading...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

- Two popular forms of analysis when attempting to assess if an individual is lying include polygraph tests and voice stress assessments. The two tests are similar in nature when concerning their directive and administration, but are gauged rather differently. For example, according to Ken Alder’s, “The Lie Detectors: The History of an American Obsession,” base questions are given prior to the technical polygraph test, wherein the individual is connected to a machine that will monitor heart rate and pulse in an attempt to assess honesty . In comparison, Harry Hollien and associates, authors of, “Issues in Forensic Voice,” Continue reading...

Introduction

Every single human being would agree that we each carry our own burden. Personal struggles define us because they influence how we act, make decisions, and plans all towards the goal of unburdening ourselves. One of philosophical questions raised in author John Green is looking for Alaska involve the labyrinth as a metaphor for human beings’ personal struggles. As an individual, one would navigate or travel through the tangled path such as the labyrinth and dealing with our personal struggles is similar to the feeling of being trapped in a maze, and attempting and hoping that one would be Continue reading...

Discuss Act 1 in a brief paragraph

In act 1, Hamlet’s dead father appears to the two watchmen Bernardo and Marcellus and Hamlet’s friend Horatio. Bernardo and Marcellus had on the previous night seen the ghost of the late King Hamlet and thus decide to alert Horatio believing that the ghost wants to deliver a warning message. They summon Horatio who does not believe in ghosts and witchcraft, but who would probably deliver the news to Hamlet. Horatio sees the ghost and fails in his attempt to speak to it. He thus resolves to have Hamlet meet it concluding that the ghost would not Continue reading...

The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini revolves about the life of the protagonist-Amir, who is struggling with a huge load of guilt since childhood. In his endeavors to counter this guilt that was born from his childhood years, more guilt stems from his efforts to redeem his face before his father. Amir is ever in a tussle to gain his father’s attention and develops a self-centered approach whereby he views any competitor for his father’s attention as a threat. This selfish nature continues to exacerbate his efforts and subsequently, his journey to redemption. Symbolically, the story infers Continue reading...

Recently, the news has featured many stories about Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old woman who recently chose to end her life because she had terminal brain cancer. In April 2014, she received a prognosis that gave her six months left in her life. In the meantime, her doctors recommended full radiation to the brain, which would singe her hair off and cover her scalp with first-degree burns. Also, there was no guarantee that the radiation would kill the tumor. The fact that her body was healthy and young meant that she was likely to survive physically long after her cancer Continue reading...

“The Cask of Amontillado” is a story of revenge told in the first-person point of view. Montresor, the killer, narrates in detail the crime he committed fifty years ago against Fortunato for “insulting” him. It was apparent that Fortunato invested a great amount of time in plotting his revenge, but it was unclear why after fifty years, he was finally telling the story that no one ever found out. This is the first hint to the complexities of the character of Montresor which, as the story progresses, contradicted then interestingly intertwined with that of Fortunato’s that in the Continue reading...

The movie is about the Mafia family members who deeply care about each other and would do anything to protect the family. Don Vito is a drug baron who would do anything for his wife and children, where he seeks to protect them from the harms of the world. Michaels, who comes home from the army refuses to join in what he considers as a dirty family venture. However, the love for his family and the need to protect it makes him join eventually (Browne, Nick, 20). It happens after Don is shot in a drug-deal-gone-sour. The movie also Continue reading...

The task of this brief opinion essay determines both arguments, for and against, the guilt of Rebecca Nurse as pertains to the evidence and perspective concerning the Salem Witch Trials. First is my argument against the guilt of Rebecca Nurse. According to the document, Thomas Putnam’s wife Ann testified that Rebecca Nurse “appeared to me only in her shift,” and urged her to “write in her book,” which was a “hellish” temptation (“Testimony Rebecca Nurse,” 170). Ann further claims that Rebecca had threatened to tear out her soul said the Lord Jesus Christ could not save her. First Continue reading...

I do not think I have ever been as devastated as I was when I read your article “White Guilt” by Shelby Steely. Reading your words gave me the impression that the whites were more disturbed by guilt, and this is likely because of the way they treated the blacks. The guilty feeling by the White as a result of their bad deed is no doubt an act of cowardice. Did the waiter really ask you to leave the restaurant? , that was uncalled for. Did the Caddy master tell you that he was, doing you a favor by not Continue reading...

The doctrine of the original sin, that is sometimes referred to as the doctrine of the inherited sin is the explanation of the sin committed by Adam as understood in Christian circles. Augustine for instance, interprets the original sin through the account of the fall of Adam in the book of Genesis. He goes on to say that Adam was created good and given the freedom to choose to do what God had instructed him or go against it. That there were several contributing factors that led to this state among them the nature of the evil, the freedom Continue reading...

Macbeth is considered as Shakespeare’s tragic hero. Macbeth, a strong, chivalrous and ambitious Thane of Glamis in the Scottish army under the King Duncan is returning from a war where he killer the traitorous Macdonwald and is stopped by three witches. The three witches tell them about their future that Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor and after that King. Banquo, a companion of Macbeth is also intrigued by witches prophesies and enquires about his future. To which witches reply that even though he is not as strong as Macbeth nut much greater and happier than him and Continue reading...

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Defending the Guilty
In 1840, Lord William Russell, an English nobleman was murdered. There was strong evidence that his butler, Courvoisier may have perpetrated the crime. Despite the strong circumstantial evidence, the butler maintained his innocence and was duly represented by his lawyer, Charles Phillips. During the court proceedings, Phillips vigorously defended his client as expected. At this point, Phillips would have already known the guilt of his client. In fact, it would be reasonable to believe that Courvoisier might have already admitted his guilt to his lawyer before the later accepted the case. During the course Continue reading...

BUS 3331 (01)

Answer 1: The mission of World Vision is to dedicatedly work with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice . The organization works in nearly 100 countries, serving all people, irrespective of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.

Indications that the organization is using emotions to appeal to customers:

The website has messages which have arguments which are persuasive in nature. The organization has persuasive message titles such as “Make a Donation-Bring urgent help to children in need” and “Give where needed most” have an emotional connect attached. The website also utilizes emotional appeal through pictures.

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Their intention was to depict the role played by personal morals and emotions in encouraging or discouraging the vice of illegal downloading. According to Wang et al (2011, p.155), the authors hypothesised that a downloader who has previously engaged in illegal downloading may experience anticipated guilt because of their undesirable behaviour, and therefore will be less likely to engage in the same in future, unlike those who have had no illegal downloading experience. However, if the act of illegal downloading results in a positive experience for the downloader, in future this positive experience will override the anticipated guilt and Continue reading...

Introduction

This paper examines the question of whether those acquitted of their criminal charges are really innocent. It may be recalled that this question was discussed fifty years ago by Harry Kavlen and Hans Zeisel in their 1966 monograph The American Jury. They have reflected the view that judges are of the opinion that most of the acquittals are not correct and that they are attributable to the jury’s commitment to values although the judges’ criminal justice system have been perfect in its obligations. Jurors do not convict guilty when they can justify ignoring the formal demands of law. Continue reading...

‘Instructor’s Name’

Sin and Redemption in Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner"
‘Kite Runner’, written by Khaled Hosseini, chronicles the life of Amir, who is a troubled young boy, always trying to measure up to his father’s expectation. Amir forges a strong bond with Hassan, their servant’s son, but he secretly dissents the fact that Hassan is more like the son his father would have preferred. Hosseini uses a series of events to narrate how an innocent childhood friendship gradually become poisoned and corrupted. Amir becomes the reason for ousting, Hassan and his father, out of their household and the Continue reading...

Everyone suffers from guilt sometime in their life while some people suffer these bitter feelings for a lifetime. Guilt is a bothered conscience that occurs when a person commits an offense, crime or violates a moral standard or code. It is associated with the beliefs of what is right and wrong, moral and immoral. A person’s guilt not only affects his/her own life but also the lives of everyone involved. This particular emotion is the subject of my analysis in which I have chosen to evaluate the novel, “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” written by a Colombian writer, Continue reading...

The Black Cat is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and was first published in 1843. The story is opened up by an unknown narrator who states that he is insane in spite of the unnatural story of horror he is about to tell. He confesses a great love for animals in the beginning of the story by stating that pets respects the fidelity of friendship better than humans. He was married with a wife and together they loved domestic pets with one of their pets being a black cat named Pluto. The narrator later on developed Continue reading...

Philosophy

Introduction
On the philosophical view which studies the most common fundamental problems related to reality, its reasons in the view of the mind and the relative language used in the solving of the problems. Those among them include the common issues that affect the decision making process of a rational human thought.
A fallacy defines a concept that is not true or rather uses poor reasoning in its formal or informal view. Post hoc fallacy is an example of a logical fallacy. It derives the Latin word The post hoc ergo propter hours which means a mistaken notion of Continue reading...

Macbeth is one of the plays written by Shakespeare that is set in Scotland. The play is a tragedy that shows the political and psychological effect when evil mechanisms are employed to achieve political ambitions. There are several motifs in the play; they include weather and blood among others. This essay evaluates the money in which the motif of blood is employed in the play.
The major idea in the play is the killing of King Duncan that occurs in the second scene. In the scene, Kind Duncan yells “What bloody man is that?” (Shakespeare I, ii, 1). This Continue reading...

In a common man’s definition of guilt, it is simply the lingering remorseful feeling that comes with an act of offense, deviation from a common norm or violation of one’s own moral rules.
Guilt is a feeling that develops with time as one grows older in due time manifests itself more in a conscience being. It is a moral emotion. One that allows one to assess his or herself with respect to others. Compared to other basic emotions such as happiness or fear, it requires the extensive development of ones cognitive abilities.
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The Murder of Cherica Adams, and the involvement of former NFL star Rae Carruth raised several issues. The case the prosecutor made was that former NFL star Rae Carruth conspired with three accomplices to trap and shoot Cherica Adams because she was pregnant with Carruth’s child. .
One of the issues involved in this case is the question of equal justice for all races in America. This is known to be a long-standing problem. The figures show that, on the whole, more minorities are convicted than white people. The two sides are that minorities commit more crimes and that Continue reading...

In Tennessee Williams’ classic play The Glass Menagerie, the work ends with Tom saying, “Blow out your candles, Laura,” followed by Laura following suit. This line and accompanying action are highly symbolic gestures, following along with the play’s themes of abandonment, the American Dream, family and more. The blowing out of the candles represents, for both of them, the chance to escape the suffocating nature of their life in their apartment with their family and to grow as people. This act being the final action of the play is significant, as it not only represents just how badly Continue reading...

So what do you expect to find in a play written hundreds of years ago but is still read with unrelenting enthusiasm and interest as never before? What is that make this possible? Can you really tell the best way of presenting a play in which a character, cheered by his over ambitious wife, kills people mercilessly in order to gain power and safeguard it? These are some of the questions that you get answered as you read Macbeth, a Shakespeare’s play .In my analysis of this play, I am going to discuss some major characters ,themes and Continue reading...

Milestone essay

Dramatic theory of communication
Dramatism is a complicated theory that has perspective that is interpretive in nature. The simple idea of this theory is that in life everything can be viewed from a drama point of view, which is thorough with actors, a setting, and a plot. It furthermore describes life in three lenses: dramatistic pentad, identification, and guild-redemption cycle.
Identification makes the audience get in touch with the one speaking and hence successful persuasion of the audience is made possible. Applying this to real life situation is when I was in college in my first year of college Continue reading...

Critical Essay

Role reversals exhibited by Macbeth and his lady
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are dynamic characters and Shakespeare reveals the distinct and different thought processes of these two characters through soliloquies and dialogues. As the play progresses, their mindscapes alter until a complete reversal of roles occurs between the protagonist and his wife.
In the first act, a bleeding captain describes the protagonist as “brave Macbeth”, who is “valour’s minion” and a lion, who vanquishes the Irish rebels, as well as the Norwegian invaders to protect his king. Thus he wins the title “Thane of Cawdor”.This title probably Continue reading...

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is an engaging play which documents the journey of Macbeth up to the paramount helm and his subsequent downfall. The play portrays the dichotomy of mind, the hunger for power and the brutal clutches of fate that looms over the lives of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth who finally succumb under the onus of their deeds. How life meanders its way through the series of events finally leading to the downfall of the duo is aptly portrayed by the stalwart playwright. Shakespeare uses the protagonist of his play to exude the horrendous effects of ambition and Continue reading...

‘Everything that rises must converge’ is a story that revolves around a generational conflict between a young man from college, Julian, and his mother who is a typical southern woman. It is set during the era when integration begins. The whole story appears comical but is serious in nature, it depicts a stifling mother-son relationship where conflict takes center stage but is not resolved nor acknowledged. The story finds a witty way of telling us about all the differences in opinions that divide Julian and his mother alongside generational, social and political lines. In this essay, I will discuss Continue reading...

Obesity is a major health problem afflicting modern society. It has reached epidemic proportions during the twentieth century, and while heredity is one of the main contributing causes, obesity seems to be a symptom reflecting many ills in our society such as depression, frustration, a sedentary life style and a lack of nutritional knowledge. Given the dangerous side effects deriving from obesity, it is important to figure out ways to keep it in control; for obesity like alcoholism, is a constant threat ready to reappear at any time.
How then can we fight obesity? The process of fighting obesity Continue reading...

The O.J. Simpson Case
The O.J. Simpson Case
O.J Simpson also known as Orienthal James Simpson was a renowned footballer. O.J was an athlete, an actor, a father and a husband to Marguerite who he later divorced and married Nicole Brown. The O.J Simpson case also known as the People of the state of California V. Orienthal James Simpson case was a criminal trial that took place in Los Angeles, California (Bugliosi, 1997). This was one of the most publicized trials in the American history. In this trial, O.J Simpson was tried on two counts of murder of his Continue reading...

What would you like to achieve in completing your Case Study?

After reading the case study on Sen. Jim Norman’s acceptance of his guilt after committing an unethical thing through acceptance of a gift of $500, 000 and not disclosing when submitting the financial disclosure form in 2010 really meant a lot to me on the issue of ethics. Unethical practices often bore holes into ones consciousness and evoke feelings of guilt. Sen. Jim Norman was constantly haunted by that issue from all sides by the media and his people, thereby coming up with the decision of putting his past behind once and for all through settling that amount.

What 3 topics have you considered in rank order from most desirable to least?

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Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a novel focusing on the cause and effect of a criminal act. The reader is introduced to Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, a Russian down and out who is struggling to survive his own poverty. To get money quickly, Raskolnikov chooses to rob and murder a local pawnbroker. These initial actions happen very early in the book’s progress and it quickly devolves into a series of self-involved, guilt-driven inner monologues of a murderer. The colour red appears repeatedly throughout the novel. Traditionally, red Continue reading...

In Macbeth, ambition combines with evil forces to commit evil deeds which result in fear, apprehension, guilt and an escalating cycle of violent murders. Above all, Macbeth is a study of the psychology of two central characters (Macbeth and his wife) react as individuals and as a couple to the psychological trauma of their evil deeds. In the course of the action, Macbeth frequently misconstrues the guilt that he feels as simply being a question of fear. As a warrior, this self-delusion works because he thinks that he knows no fear and it leads directly to his response to his guilt and his descent into more violence. His usual way of expiating his guilt is to commit more murders, either personally or by order. This, unfortunately, only provokes further guilt and mental torment.

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Part Four – Anthropology.

1. Man’s Creation.
a. Preliminary Considerations.
i. The fundamental difference between humans and angels, as Shedd states, is that “God created man male and female.” This implies that man is “incomplete if in isolation from one another.” However, angels are “sexless” which means that although they have been created with “reasonable and immortal souls” like man, they are not man or woman and are therefore, infinitely more complete than man.
1. This means that we must live at one with our alter-gender counterparts and consider each other equally as important. We are only Continue reading...

English Literature

On the Texan Death Row, how many inmates have expressed sorrow and remorse, and how many of them have expressed anger.

Understandably, if the prisoner is aware of their innocence or guilt, then they are far more likely to act accordingly: if an innocent man was charged and sentenced to be placed on death row amongst the absolute scum of the Earth, it would be understandable for him to express a lot of anger. However, for the prisoners who have been charged and their innocence not proven, some express remorse whilst others Continue reading...