The novel In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, the murder of the Clutter family is viewed from the perspectives of all characters within the novel and this successfully creates a creative impression and layers of suspense to the story. In this novel, Capote set out to accomplish a creative masterpiece of literature by transforming a murder from a newspaper into a piece of art, criticizing the American Dream in the process. In order to achieve this goal, Capote utilized a constant switch in perspective to create contradicting subsequent images and lasting impressions on the reader. One of the
Murder is one of the seven deadly sins and a crime that most try to avoid. Murder taints the criminal with the victims’ blood forever. Macbeth is a man that understands what it is like to steal the life of another man, yet continues to butcher one victim to the next. In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Banquo’s murder plagues Macbeth’s innermost soul more profoundly in comparison to the murder of Duncan because of the relationship he has with him, his motive behind the murder and the immensity of the remorse following the murder. Banquo’s murder affected Macbeth more deeply than that of Duncan because the relationship Macbeth has with Banquo is that of a friend.
The amount of coverage that Matthews murder received gave a lot of people the idea that his death was of more importance than the death of others in the town. It overshadowed other stories because unlike other murders or deaths, it was motivated by one boy’s sexuality and categorized as a hate crime. It served as an eye opener not only to the people of Laramie but also to the people of the country because discrimination against homosexuals was in some ways a social norm ( and still is), but because someone had actually been murdered because they were homosexual, this was considered by most to be downright unacceptable. In today’s society when you hear that someone was shot to death, it might get a couple days, or a couple minutes of media coverage and then the story will soon fade away, but when you hear that someone was shot and the motivation of the murder was race, or sexual orientation it is often more publicized and gains more media coverage. Although the media makes it out to seem that one’s person’s life is more valuable than another’s, what it comes down to is America’s response, if the media believes that America will have a greater response to one story, that is the story that will be the focus of the media.
This was obviously his main motive for all the murders and to justify all of his actions he uses the throne. He feels he needs it. At first he borrows Lady Macbeth's emotions but in the end they become his emotions. All he does in the whole novel are govern by passion and passion is one of the scariest things there are. So in the end the audience knows, or should realize, that all good Literature uses the character's emotions to evoke the audience's emotion.
After the death of Simon, the next scene is a dramatic one on the Broadway stage next door. The parallel between the drama of theater and Simon’s death generates a sad, dark tone. The dark lighting of the theater and the outside world is another production technique that makes this scene have more impact. It is a highly emotional sequence, and only gains more emotional momentum when CJ is told of Simon’s death. The actors’ voices are barely audible, but this adds to the privacy of the details.
Coincidentally this theme is similar to the one of “The Cask of Amontillado.” In this story the theme is similar because it is also about one’s evil thoughts and impulses. The book is about how the character Montresor acts on his evil thoughts of revenge by killing Fortunato for insulting him in the past. Another example that shows the severity of Montresors evil ways is that instead of just acting on evil impulses, he actually plans out the murder step by step carefully and thoughtfully. Therefore, it is shown that the two stories used similar themes involving evil temptations, and they were essential to making a great mysterious short story. Secondly, the two authors use the same kind of literary terms to
Guilt in Macbeth In general William Shakespeare’s plays usually has a tragic ending that occurs to the main character. In the play’s he writes, there is always a special theme. These themes brings up valuable lessons for his audience, allowing them to have a broader thought and understanding of his play. Shakespeare’s demonstrates a theme known as guilt. In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth guilt strongly affects Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as it is shown through the emotions, the murder and the suicide.
The Morality of Violent Revenge in Titus Andronicus Titus Andronicus is renowned for being one of Shakespeare’s more violent and torturous works. Many characters undergo gruesome mutilation as well as inflict physical pain against their fellow man. Some of the most notable scenes of violence include the rape of a young woman, a triple homicide and a live burial. With all the acts of violence one must step back and try and understand why this work involves deaths of more than a dozen characters. Was Shakespeare trying to simply tell a story of revenge?
Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare combines love, romance and conflict mixed with murder in Romeo and Juliet in Act 3 Scene 1 which makes this play so dramatic. Shakespeare uses techniques such as dramatic irony, pathetic fallacy and imagery which leave the audience excited and tense throughout the play. I will explain how Act 3 Scene 1 is made so dramatic. Shakespeare uses vivid and powerful imagery to portray a picture in the audience’s mind about where consequences of a grudge could lead. ‘A plague a’ both your houses!’ Shakespeare has used the word plague because plague is a disease that kills people one by one and he used the word to define grudge as something that kills everyone one by one.
In the play 'Macbeth' William Shakespeare is able to make the audience sympathise with the main character even though he committed terrible deeds. In the play a brave warrior is tempted by his wife and the witches to kill the reigning King. After committing murder he takes place as King, which makes him feel guilty. As the play goes on he realises his mistakes but ignores them. He ends up killing many innocent people and comes across as an 'evil butcher', but is eventually slain by Macduff.