Essays on Vengeance

Happiness is a notion, which is widely discussed since it is cannot de described exactly. Different people have different understanding of the term. But one thing is for sure that it is reflection of one’s good deeds on others, return of a favor in other words. Reciprocity is returning the favor on the one hand, but can be vengeance on the other. This is the natural feeling, which makes the human complete when he returns the favor or takes vengeance, whereas incomplete and depressed if he can’t. Empathy is also one of the descriptions of reciprocity from ...

The character of Hamlet, Danish prince in a Shakespeare’s tragedy of the same name, is one of the most analyzed characters in a literature. Important part of his personality are his conflicts, inner and outer. The time passes by while he is occupied by his conflicts; that is one of the reasons for delaying the main task he gave to himself – the vengeance for his father’s death. Here we will talk about Hamlet’s introversion and alleged madness which are the parts of his inward conflict and about his attitude towards women and experience of a world ...

“The Cask of Amontillado” is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1846. The story deals with revenge, torture and murder and it is set in a catacomb where skeletons might be seen like in underground Paris. The story is also about Montresor’s murderous mind and the actions which let him plot his revenge. Montresor is the narrator of the story as well as the protagonist and the murderer. He is a cold and merciless person who believes in murder as a necessary way to defend his honor. Fortunato mocks him numerous times and Montresor ...

Centralism is the concentration of power in one place while decentralism is diffusing power to other areas. The fault line existed due to various opinions and perceptions on the benefits of both centralism and decentralism. An article in The Globe and Mail shows a time when decentralism was slowly kicking. In essence, it was back with a vengeance (The Globe and Mail). Decentralism would now be focused as a national policy with an aim to improve the state of the provinces. Aboriginal versus non-aboriginal is another fault line that involves debates over the natives of the country and the ...

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This paper evaluates Hassan’s essay concerning suicide bombing with the aim of gaining an understanding of the phenomenon. In his discussion, Hassan offers three main explanations for the motivations behind these attacks. Initially, he argues that suicide bombers rarely suffer from mental disorders. According to the author, it is also inaccurate to refer to suicide bombers; rather they are more motivated by political reasons. Vengeance also drives some attackers. Such individuals or groups believe that injustices are being or were committed against the population they represent. As a result, if need be, they are willing to sacrifice their ...

Violence and Revenge

Violence and revenge only hurt people. Human beings are known for their innate desire for revenge, which makes vengeance part of our survival mechanics. However, those with mental illness pose more danger of harming others since they are driven by their subconscious mind to revenge against physical and verbal abuse and could use weird forms in the process. Revenge is often cruel, lustful and insatiable to the extent that a provoked mentally ill person would do anything to ensure they make others pay for physical or verbal abuse. Such acts of violence and revenge pose major problems in the ...

The first crusade was an event launched by Pope Urban II and it started a series of crusades that were meant to recapture what was known as the Holy lands. Marcus Bull presents the first crusade as a pilgrimage even though the Crusaders carried weapons. The crusade later turned into a military expedition perpetrated by Roman Catholic. In the study of the writings of the first crusade, Bull brings out the different authors’ perspectives about the actions of the crusaders and their motivation. For example, Susanna Throop refers to the crusades as a means to commit vengeance on the ...

Identity has become an unavoidable part of people’s lives. Our identities have become our vectors and are defined by what we do and the reasons behind the acts. As much as people may want to believe that their identity is irrelevant, in reality, they often affect the way other people perceive them. There are many aspects of one’s identity. Therefore, every action that a person takes can have different meanings and implications to different people and thus people have become concerned about shaping their identities. Shaping and defending our identities has become more real to us than ...

The novella by Von Kleist, titled “Michael Kohlhaas” was first published in 1810. In the book, the man Kohlhaas who was a horse merchant at the time is subjected towards a number of injustices by the government. His horses are taken away from him, and his wife is beaten and succumbs to her injuries. Attempts by Kohlhaas to use the legal system to get him justice are futile since he is dealing with politicians who are powerful in the state. He later resolves to violence in which he terrorizes the Junker together with an army he had managed to ...

Death penalty, simply means the lawful implementation of an order of a court or any other public authority to kill an adult person found guilty of a capital offence; first degree murder and aggravated murder. It is a form of punishment availed to the courts or public authorities with the intention to discourage members of the public from future committal or omission of the particular offence. The methods of killing the convicted persons include hanging, gun shooting by a firing squad, electrocution, lethal injection and confinement in a gas chamber (ACLU 1). This form of punishment has proved to ...

Frank Miller’s seminal graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns presents a relatively innovative and unprecedented interpretation of Bob Kane’s Caped Crusader, Batman. Instead of the heroic, principled crime fighter in his prime found in most DC comic versions of the character, Miller’s Batman is a terrifying, fearful middle-aged man dealing with both his own obsolescence and the conservative anxieties he has about the implications of Superman’s powers and abilities. On top of that, Batman has a much more absolutist, black-and-white version of justice, in which Batman’s inherent vigilantism is taken to its furthest conclusion. ...

In short, not everyone who experiences traumatic episodes is diagnosed with PTSD. It is really a situation that depends upon the individual. Some individuals, for example, can go through a traumatic episode and never experience symptoms of PTSD. At the same time, some individuals can experience what many would consider to minor stress related issues in life, yet encounter PTSD with a vengeance. When many people encounter a traumatic experience, they will feel sad, frightened, disconnected, or possibly anxious. These feelings are quite normal within the span of human emotions. For many people, these feelings will be short lived ...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare is interestingly simple yet complex in its own way. It has the complete recipe that categorizes it as a true Shakesperian play written during his time, with its magical theme as opposed to what ‘s real, the conflict between a father and his dhild, or between the old and the new, and the most apparent struggle for power. The play, with its constant reference to power and culture, appears to be an elucidation on European colonization. There were so much indication in the text, such as the arrival of Prospero and his daughter, Miranda, ...

Many times, people are almost certainly motivated to act or not to take action by various factors. Hamlet is a play that focuses on the betrayals and the uncertainties that are involved as power shifts from one person to the next. From the outset, it is important to note that the play is set within a monarch but following the death of the beloved King Hamlet, the power does not devolve to his son but in a twist of fate, his brother, Claudius, takes over as the king. Ultimately, the play dramatizes the concept of revenge, justice, and moral ...

How the State and Its Institutions Perpetuate the Systemic Exclusion and Subsequent Punishment of Radicalized, Sexed, or Gendered Groups

According to Brown, institutional racism is common in the societies we live in today, and sadly the situation my not change soon because the practice is perpetuated by the state and its institutions (2009). In essence, the practice is getting worse, as the world embracing capitalism and moral decay is almost at its peak. The minority groups face loads of injustice from the state and in the communities; they live in (Brown 2009). These individuals also need protection, but instead, the society uses their vulnerability for the greater harm. These individuals often suffer in silence because they have no ...

For this proposal, I will be writing and researching about the Count of Monte Cristo that was written by Alexander Dumas in 1844 (Yardley.). This book has one of the most complicated character web ever written in literature (Roberts). What this book truly explores is the theme pertaining to the aristocracy versus the bourgeois and the definition that the West defines as justice (“Themes of the Count of Monte Cristo”, IMDb). The reason that justice is such a strong theme in this book is that the main character Edmond Dantes was imprisoned when he was framed for treason by ...

Yu Rang devised a plan to assassinate Lord Xiang but miserably failed twice. Yu Rang even mutilated himself and swallowed charcoals to change his appearance and voice, but he still failed to assassinate the killer of his former master. After Yu Rang’s first attempt of assassination, Lord Xiang recognized a great sense of loyalty from the man and ordered him to be released. Yu Rang’s second attempt was also futile because the instinct of Lord Xiang towards him was strong. He had Yu Rang figured out and so ordered his guards to capture the man. Nevertheless, Lord ...

Do the Right Thing is a film which deals with different topics related to the life in a community which is culturally diverse. Brooklyn is a place where mostly black people live, but there are also white people, Italian Americans, Latin Americans and Koreans and all of these groups have prejudice against one another. The conflict arises from people who lack tolerance and the main issues are great misunderstanding, feeling of powerlessness, wish for belonging and the feelings of love and hate which are interchangeable. The lack of tolerance leads to great misunderstanding in any community where people from ...

The concept of justice to Ancient Greeks seems too distant in the past. Its tenets may appear to be too barbaric and savage. Nevertheless, there are principles of Ancient Greek justice that have stood the test of time. They remain applicable even in our contemporary society. Its ideals have informed and still inform the policies and instruments for maintenance of social order and stability. This paper seeks to expose the approach of justice adopted by Ancient Greeks. It will analyze its utility in maintenance of social order and assess how the said ideals have stood the test of time. ...

Is the Death Penalty Effective?

Is the Death Penalty Effective? The community has always questioned whether the death penalty is effective in deterring violent crimes, or if other measures would be more effective, such as using drug rehabilitation programs, job training, or using capital punishment. Ellsworth & Gross (1997) found in 1974 that 93 percent of the proponents “agreed that the death penalty is a more effective deterrent than life imprisonment”. On the other hand, those who disagreed still opposed the death penalty, even if it turned out to be an effective deterrent to violent crime than life imprisonment (Ellsworth & Gross, 1997). It appears that ...

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An examination of literary criticisms of the Odyssey by Homer, who many consider the greatest author of the Greek empire, demonstrates that the fundamental nature of humanity has not changed in three thousand years. This epic poem must have been dissected and analyzed hundreds of times, if not thousands of times, since it was written. It is a timeless work because it reflects, among other things, how human nature has changed very little over time. The events and characters in this epic do portray, in many ways, the continued infatuation with war and killing, especially in the twentieth century. ...

Introduction

Beowulf, the heroic poem first published in Old English is presently finding a common place in modern media. However, Beowulf is portrayed as one eponymous conqueror who is not only hot headed, but dim-witted as well (Haydock 9). Conversely, in Old English literature, he is depicted as an iconic epitome of social intelligence as well as personal restraint. As much as Beowulf is described as having the power of 30 warriors and crowned on numerous occasions for destroying Herculean monsters, his actions as well as a form of dialogue exhibit both deference and modesty (Allard and Richard 76). In ...

1) “By the Rivers of Babylon”: Exile as a Way of Life (Diaz, 149-163) is an essay about how a Cuban in exile relates her life story to Psalm 137. It is about sorrow, longing, nostalgia, hope, vengeance, struggle and forgiveness of those exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon and the Cubans who seek refuge to the United States of America since Castro’s regime. The writer explained through a literary review why she keeps holding on the Psalm as she tries to keep life going in a foreign land. Like the Christians who were forced to exile in ...

Wuthering Heights, the story of Emily Brontë, is one of the most mysterious phenomena in world literature. Mostly overlooked by Brontë's contemporaries, the novel greatly amazed the opponents of academism in literature, and later became one of the best novels in the world. Furthermore, Wuthering Heights reflects the complicated philosophical beliefs of Emily Brontë. The story is peculiar for its image of creation which is a common characteristic of the author's art. What is more, the story is free from orthodox religious orientation. The main characters, Heathcliff and Earnshaw, deny the power of church and the common concepts ...

There can be no denial of the fact that the novel, Great Expectations, is one of the finest works of literature. The novel has intrigued the literary critics as well as the avid readers alike, and it is deemed among the most famous literary works in the history of literature. The stalwart author, Charles Dickens goes on to exude his literary quintessence and aesthetic appeal in this novel that has left a lasting mark in the minds of one and all owing to its content and portrayal. Indeed, this novel in context is one of the most apt literary ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novels can be perceived as significant and resilient records of the contemporary Puritan society, disclosing the social and religious order prevalent at that time. His novels portray the clash between the individual and moral values and virtues and social goodness and ethical codes. Laurence Sargent Hall says: “The moral problem to be found wherever the individual’s mal- adjustment to society culminates in sin furnished Hawthorne with his major tragic themes. In the main this problem is worked out through some resolution by the individual of his mal- adjustment, an expiation of sin, by coming to ...

The empowering poem of "Labor Speaks" was composed in 1909 of unknown origin and author. According to the literary-focused website, "What So Proudly We Hail", the poem was popularized by the Industrial Workers of the World (Labor Speaks), a long-standing organization that continues to exist until today, which encourages the organization of worker unions to demand workplace autonomy and improvement of workers' rights. As much as the poem demands for similar values upheld by such organization, "Labor Speaks" vocalizes the contributions of the working class through time and history, and demands fair compensation through boldly overturning entrenched ...

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Come to think of it. On a rush hour and the traffic is so intense it looks like a stretch of a parking lot. It seemed wiser to move out of the car and walk along, the endless stretch. And when you have to deal with a hooting damsel whose irritation do not seem to end with the morning traffic a nuisance. Someone is lifting one of his middle fingers in mischief. Sometime being comical has a ...

The Second Temple Period marked a time during which significant changes occurred through the Jewish rule and foreign tenure. The weeping of Zion did not last for long since soon after the Babylonian kingdom had collapsed to the newly established empire of Persia, Cyrus, king of Persia declared a policy of religious freedom. This was at about 536 BCE that came about 520 years after the country had been destroyed. Cyrus at this time allowed the people who had fled from Judah to return to their homeland and rebuild their Temple. This saw only a small group of people return as the ...

Bowden, Mark. Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War. New York: Grove Press, 1999.

On the afternoon of October 3, 1993, more than one hundred and sixty men prepare themselves with a mission to capture the two men. Following the starvation of Somalis, food is brought into the country but the people do not benefit from it as warlords store it and in turn, cause further starvation among the people. However, the mission on that day targets the two men, Salad Omar and Awale Mohammed, the lieutenants of Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The rangers manage to capture the two men ...

The short passage is evidence as to the suffering and agony that the monster, Frankenstein, experienced as a result of his loneliness and the grotesque sight that he was taken to be. Filled with anger and indignation that surged out of his painful quest for companionship, Frankenstein sought to wage vengeance on his creator, Victor Frankenstein, and make his life as painful as his own (Cobley, p 33). Surrendering to his painful fate, that of a monster, Frankenstein decides to adopt an evil nature which he was unwillingly chosen and crated for.

The theme of monstrosity is dominantly evidenced in this passage. ...

Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, The Cask of Amontillado, is a confession of a murder that occurred 50 years prior, whereby the narrator was never caught or tried despite his wrongdoing. It tells of one man’s hatred against an unsuspecting individual, whom the narrator has been plotting to kill because of alleged insults the individual made towards him (Baraban 47). All throughout the story, it was never revealed what these remarks were, but which apparently wounded the narrator’s ego so much that he wanted to exact vengeance on the person. Betrayal is also a central theme in the story ...

Introduction

Imposition of the death penalty as a legal form of punishment has been practiced in America since the early colonial times, when the concept was imported by the colonists from Great Britain (Malik & Holdsworth, 2014, p.693). The purpose of this paper is to review and synthesize the published views and opinions offered by various authors on the death penalty and it’s use as a punishment in today’s America.

The Research

Public Support: An important consideration is whether use of the death penalty currently has public support across the nation. According to Malik & Holdsworth (p.706), such support “reached an all-time high in ...

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The God squad group, mainly made of boys in junior and senior years, uses the 9/11 attacks as a rallying point for combination of white supremacist, racist, anti-Semitic, ant-Islamic, anti-immigrant, ant-gay, nee-fascist dogma mixed with a good dose of anti-abortion and fundamentalist Christian diatribe. The group catches the attention of the administration when they show up at school all wearing their uniforms and distributes the first edition of their weekly "newsletter". The” newsletter” contains highly offensive diatribes on how it is the "the duty of all true Americans to fight against the forces trying to destroy our country". The ...

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Interpretation of Themes in ‘Hamlet’ The play Hamlet remains William Shakespeare’s most popular play on stage and off-stage. As a play, “Hamlet portrays the doubts and fears of a conflicted prince whose dead father places the most burdensome of obligations on him: to avenge the king’s murder at the hand of his brother and Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius, who also marries the widowed queen, Gertrude” (652). Hamlet portrays the Prince’s unpretentious character as he attempts to find the truth about his father’s death and seek revenge. The Prince is weak and indecisive, and yet he also ...

The superhero comic book genre, as it has existed for the past few decades, is rife with a variety of stories, many of which involve virtuous heroes who stand for Truth, Justice and the American Way while saving innocent children from a burning building while non-lethally taking down some robbers. However, as comic book audiences have matured, comic books themselves have matured with them, leading to characters that are far more unscrupulous and ambiguous in their morality. Central to this line of morally-grey antiheroes is Marvel Comics’ the Punisher (aka Frank Castle), a man with no superpowers – just an arsenal of ...

The movie “The Night of Truth” is directed by Fanta Régina Nacro and features an imaginary country in the West African region. The title of the movie portrays the moment when people realize their true selves in their interior selves. The country has been experiencing a civil war, but after a decade a sign of peace negotiation between the two ethnic groups; Nayak and the Bonande which is headed by Colonel Theo. The negotiation aims to enhance peace between the conflicting Nayak government forces and their rebel Bonandes. Although most of the people are anticipating the peace negotiation event to materialize, ...

Death by Moonlight:Bomber Command is a documentary directed by Brian Mckenna and released in 1992. It is about Canadian bombers who were sent to Britain to help the British Forces, RAF in their fight against Hitler and Nazis in the World War 2. At first they were targeting industrial and military targets but eventually they also bombed households and civilians. Not all of them were aware of the targets. Some 50.000 Canadians came to bomb Germany. They had a base in Yorkshire, where people can still see the house where they wrote graffiti, such as their names, for remembrance. Most ...

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The death penalty is the oldest form of punishment that humankind has known. It has been changed over the years by advanced societies to lose its barbaric outlook and bear resemblance towards a civilized approach to deter violent crimes. Yet in recent times, studies have indicated that this form of punishment cannot provide valid justification for its existence within the criminal justice system for want of purpose. Our nation has witnessed several wrongful death sentences and some of these unfortunate people were exonerated posthumously. This nation’s laws were founded based on the natural law and did not copy those ...

Beowulf is an epic poem written in the medieval time. The main theme of the poem is the struggle between good and evil. A courageous warrior engages in a battle with dragons and other supernatural creatures from hell. People are united by this common predicament and join hands to fight the monsters from hell. Beowulf is driven by the pursuit of fame. He travels to a foreign land to prove his bravery by facing a supernatural monster. He prefers to face the monster with bare hands to wielding a weapon. Only a man driven by the pursuit of fame and glory would risk ...

‘Instructor’s Name’

Book: The count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo is a novel written by Alexandre Dumas and was first published in the year 1844. The plot of the story was expanded by Dumas in collaboration with ghostwriter Auguste Maquet. Along with the ‘Three Musketeers’, this novel is one of the most anthologized works of Dumas, and as critics opine the novel has become a permanent fixture of Western literature. Dumas was a French novelist and dramatist, and during his lifetime he produced a number of literary outputs like dramas, novels, memoirs, travelogues and historical studies. Mostly self-educated, Dumas actively ...

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Edgar Allen Poe can best be described as a writer who was seriously influenced by neo-Gothic interests. A great American writer, Poe was attracted and influenced by the neo-Gothic writers much before his time because of which, most of his work is on horror. Poe was also witness to a period of uncertainty in society as deceit, murder for gain, revenge and arson was quite common. While courts played an important role in trying to curb this menace, cases were manipulated to benefit the guilty. This had a profound impact on Poe who used certain themes of court matters to develop his ...

Adolf Hitler showered death over millions of human lives not because of his personal hatred, but because to save Germany from the depression. He was cruel towards people just to retaliate what he met and got from the society. His intension to give back to the people whom he considered as enemies of his growth and his country grew from his childhood until he started his vengeance. It is a common nature of the human beings to have vengeance over the other if they get hurt at any cost. However, there were political and religious reasons behind all his cruelties. ...

The novel At Fault, published in 1890, brought its author, Kate Chopin, a great deal of attention and appreciation from critics, especially for the impressive realism with which she built her characters. Some were extremely powerful and bold, too bold for that time, like the protagonist, and others were very straightforward, uniquely American, like the half-black half-Native American, half-black Joçint. The mythical and historical association of Native Americans to nature is livelier than ever in Chopin's character, who has no desire of following the path set for him by his father and is drawn to the woods. He ...

What Hamlet Has Changed and What We Learn From Hamlet and Hamlet the Play by William Shakespeare

Information Hamlet Learns Concerning Events in Denmark Hamlet learns about various events in Denmark and finds out more information concerning his family, friends, reality, and appearances, balancing thoughts, loyalty, polities, and love. The new information that Hamlet learns becomes essential in his life and influences his perception and conception about various aspects in life. Hamlet realizes that Denmark is filled with corruption and is on the verge of destruction. He finds out that ruthless scheming by many people starting with the palace, and royal treason troubles Denmark.

Family

Hamlet learns significant information concerning his family. First, he finds out ...

- Introduction Establishing justice for the victim of a crime is one of the purposes of the legal justice system; it is a founding basis upon which other legal principles are built. There is a difference between justice and revenge, however; and revenge is often the topic of discussion when including victims in the legal process is concerned, particularly in the sentencing phase. The discussion here will center around the question of whether the victim or victims should be involved in the sentencing process, given their close emotional connection with the crime in question. - Literature Review A number ...

INTRODUCTION

Crime is a reality of society. One crime or another is committed every minute of everyday all over the globe. Some are petty crimes, shoplifting and writing bad checks, while others are much more serious like assault, rape, and armed attacks. It is the latter crimes that garner the most severe of punishments from the legal system. While the justice system struggles to find the means to prevent, deter, and eliminate the opportunities for crime, crime continues on. When it comes to the most severe of all crimes, murder, there is a divide among the citizens about what is the appropriate ...

Hamlet and ‘As You like it’

Shakespeare work defines the perspective of the human being in different ways and works by him. The work of Shakespeare defined the reason of portraying the different ways that human beings view ideas, and also, how the human perspective defined in the works. In this work, it will argue between the two works that portray the human perspective on different aspects. For instance, in the Tragedy of ‘Hamlet,’ Denmark Prince, who is the most popular work of the Shakespeare. The other work that can be compared and contrasted is “As You like it”. For instance, in the Hamlet article, ...

A young Prince is haunted by the spirit of his murdered father. The son has hardly slept or eaten since he heard the news. Stunned with grief he will not be counseled by his lover, family, friends or ministers of the military or the court. He prowls the castle nightly, a somnambulant lost in the coma of his will’s paralysis. At last the smoldering embers of revenge burst into flame and he wakes to restore justice and order to his world. His decision is swift and unequivocal: War on Denmark! This, of course, is Prince Fortinbras whose quest ...

- Introduction - History and Concepts Capital punishment is a form of punishment whereby the life of the individual being punished is taken away. It is derived from caput that is a Latin term meaning ‘head’. This term is also used in allusion to death by decapitation according to Sarat (12). Currently, the term applies to all the executions that have been sanctioned by the state. The procedure of decapitation is still practiced in some countries in the Middle East for certain offenses. Other terms referring to this procedure include lethal injection, electrocution and facing a firing squad. There are ...

William Shakespeare’s famous play, Othello, is deemed as one of the best literary works in the history of literature. The play being one of the most interesting works of literature portrays the most intricate characters. The character of the protagonist of the play, Othello, stands out with its traits and expression of emotions. The playwright weaves the character with sheer genius, and it leaves an everlasting mark on the minds of the audience and the readers of the play. The play exposes the very subtleties of emotions of Othello with the course of events that take place ...

Victims’ rights have become an important part of the public discourse on criminal justice over the past three decades. How does the victims’ rights movement deploy emotions of the public such as fear, vengeance, or sympathy? Does the victims’ rights movement undermine or enhance the rationality and fairness of the criminal justice system through its appeal to emotions? Your answer should include a discussion of Stanbridge and Kenney’s article, “Emotions and the Campaign for Victims’ Rights in Canada”, and Nussbaum’s “Emotions and the Law”. The rights of victims have been given priority in the recent past by ...

Is There a Place for the Death Penalty in the Modern United States?

INTRODUCTION A man in a plain orange jumpsuit is led down a long hallway of dark cells, surrounded by a number of armed guards, his feet and arms shackled. They enter a small room, with a number of windows, and several officially dressed men. This is this man’s execution. From here, he may be strapped into an electric chair, led onto the gallows, or prepared for lethal injection. The means of capital punishment may differ from state to state, as well as, and debate whether or not capital punishment, or death penalty, should be a legal outcome of criminal convictions, regardless of crime. ...

History of Lynching in America

Lynching was a type of execution practiced by an assembly of vigilantes that aims to instantaneously kill persons who are charged of terrible misdemeanors. However, lynching do not only served as a punishment to criminals and crimes but also served as a type of group communication whose intention was to impose communal conformity concerning social class, sex norms and racial hierarchy. Lynching comprised violence authorized by the community and the state for which state, local and national governments seldom indicted the persons concerned as well as trials rarely resulted in jail sentences or fines. The mobs in lynching kill accused victims ...

In the script, Clytemnestra kills Agamemnon to avenge the death of her daughter. Earlier on, Agamemnon had slain his daughter as a sacrifice to the lords to grant him favor in the war that was brewing in Troy. Even though Clytemnestra does not say anything, she is pained by the way through which her daughter was killed like a goat. She pretends to welcome the King when he returns from the war and later kills him. According to her, he had brought shame and the wrath of the dismayed gods upon the people. Her murder is one of revenge and hatred. ...

William Faulkner wrote many short stories that are well recognized for their themes. Faulkner used the theme of depression in some of his short stories. These stories include “A Rose for Emily”, “That Evening Sun”, and “Barn Burning”. The theme of depression in these three stories is expressed by the characters in the stories. “A Rose for Emily” is a story about a woman called Emily who experiences depression when her father and lover die. “That Evening Sun” is a story of a black woman called Nancy who is pregnant with a white man’s child and is afraid that her husband wants to ...

Shakespeare’s "The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" presents the themes of love and madness to the audience. Literary critic, Alexander W. Crawford introduces the controversial “the usual interpretations of Hamlet make it a very curious and mysterious but not a great play, and the Prince a very interesting psychological phenomenon but not a great character.” (Crawford, par. 1). However, one may say that Hamlet is not free to fashion himself, however, he is the voice of Denmark. This voice speaks of the horrors of his life and the trauma of his mother’s marriage to his uncle. Similar to the other ...

Virgil " by Aeneid

Vigil, in his epic, Aeneid, tells of a story where he sets out to build Rome. He is particularly interested in the city and hence willing to go through all the hustle just to reach his destiny. As Aeneid travels through land and sea to accomplish his mission, he is met with good and bad people, who are all important in ensuring that his destiny is successful. He is well informed about the ancient Rome civilizations, which he uses to invoke favor. He travels with a group of faithful men around him just after the fall of their city (Panoussi 74). ...

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“Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.”—Henry Ford “I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again.” –Bill Maher The above statements reveal the strong and opposing views which many individuals have on the topic of capital punishment. Some persons contend that it is unnecessary and inhumane. While others, like myself, posit that capital punishment is necessary for a fair, just, and civilized society which do not want to worry about the threat of a convicted murderer roaming the streets. ...

Killing can be motivated by one or several motivators. There are various motivators that would result to numerous people getting killed for the need of self-preservation, justice, as well as the need to belong. The actions based on these motivators when someone is killed can be reactive versus impulsive, revenge versus a level of understanding, and conforming versus non-conforming. The impact of society, organizations, and gangs in influencing actions can be tied to the motive and basics for the action. Examples of these influences are rules and regulations, education and awareness programs, and dispute resolution. The prerequisite for self-deterrence, ...