He took full responsibility for what he was being accused for. He told the members of the jury that if he was found guilty he would take the sentence of death and take responsibility for his actions, as shown in line 36 b, "He assesses the penalty of death. So be it." The fact that Socrates took responsibility and accepted death for a non-criminal act, should have gotten him dismissed from the death penalty. However, he was the bigger man and accepted this undeserving
Danforth was one of two judges who traveled to Salem Massachusetts from Boston Massachusetts for the witchcraft trials. Danforth was a man in his later years and was looked at as powerful and authoritative. He was an intimidating man and others feared him, which made him angry because he believed he and Judge Hathorne were guided by God. To Danforth, nobody should fear the court unless guilty because innocent individuals have nothing to hide. Danforth shows Salem his authority by wrongly convicting citizens, controlling the court, and enforcing society’s laws.
Both were treated unfairly and weren’t liked by people. They both were used in some sort of experiment. Firstly, who ever you are and whatever you lack shouldn’t hold you back from having friends. Both Charlie Gordon and the monster had difficulties appealing to people and this was very disturbing to them. For example, the monster was hated by all and he knew that he could never have someone that looked normal because of the way he was.
Appius did not care about the truth of a case that passed through his courthouse. Not only did he allow a completely untrue case to be tried by the false churl, he asked for it to occur. The doctor shows that he does not approve of this occurrence by the fate of that judge, who is thrown in jail and later kills himself. This being said, finding justice would be the most important factor in his role as a judge. Many folks do not realize how difficult life can be out in the world.
Barriteaun didn’t care who he hurt with his racial comments and pictures and definitely didn’t care about his ethical commitment to protect his community from people like him. What is more amazing is that when the report came out about who was behind this hatred Facebook page, Barriteaun was put on paid administrative leave and not terminated as this was a huge surprise to everyone. The Boston police department could have made a very good example of Jason Barriteaun’s case, they proved that they would not tolerate support or standby a police officer that turns his back on his ethical commitment to his
In Cold Blood VS. Capote The book In Cold Blood, focus’s on the murders committed by Dick and Perry, while in the movie Capote it does not. In Capote the main focus is on Perry. Perry’s character differs in the book from Capote. I feel he portrayal of Perry in the book is better because it is more factual and more descriptive. In Cold Blood, Perry Smith is presented to the reader as a heartless and savage murderer, but during his confession, he says, “I didn’t want to harm the man.
Who's to hinder, I wonder?" And Legree clenched his fist, and shook it, as if he had something in his hands that he could rend in pieces. (40.6) 463| Simon Legree’s malicious hatred of Tom is utterly evil – and utterly unrestrained. No law, no person, no religion will stand in his way if he wants to vent his psychopathic fury on an innocent man. This is the moment at which Stowe wants every 19th century reader to realize the full horror of slavery.
Now it’s ironic how they were great friends and companions towards each other, however Macbeth is the one who ultimately kills Banquo without even laying a finger on him. Macbeth’s guilt from Duncan’s murder carried on in Macbeth’s life, as he was too scared to fight off this darkness. Now Macbeth was faced with a decision whether or not to murder Banquo to keep his royal prophecies true. With the help of his gang, the decision was clear enough for him not to pass. Instead of Macbeth directly killing Banquo, Macbeth hired his gang members to act out this murder.
The next infraction is what some would consider worse than murder itself – framing another person for a murder they did not commit. “Thanks to the lessons of Felix and the sanguinity laws of man, I knew how to work mischief. I bent over her and placed the portrait securely in one of the fold of her dress. She moved again and I fled”. What he did here was put a picture of a woman from a man’s pocket who he had killed, into a sleeping woman’s pocket in hope of making people believe that she committed the
A very good example of black humor can be found at the very beginning of the story itself: Montresor’s had "vowed revenge" against Fortunato, but he decided to mask his real feelings by outwardly appearing friendly towards him. "I continued as was my wont, to smile in his face." This grim irony of situation results in harsh 'black humor' with Montresor remarking sarcastically, this helps us have a more clear understanding of the story as well of making it more interesting, as, even though we have been told from the beginning that he’s going to kill Fortunato, there is a constant feeling of mystery and doubt that