When the narrator is the protagonist and tells the story from a personal account it makes the overall impact of the story more vivid. The narrator in this story is mentally challenged and adds to the overall effect of horror by continually stressing that he or she is not mad; He tries to convince us of that fact by how carefully this brutal crime was planned and executed. He begins the story inquiring, "How then am I mad?" and states, "Observe how healthily--how calmly I can tell you the whole story" (Paragraph 1). The narrator tries to prove how sane he really is before the reader has read enough to make any kind of judgment about him.
Activity 1 Derrick Bird committed Mass Murder through Cumbria on 2nd June 2010. From the evidence it seems as if the reason for this spree was money related, his father had recently deceased and he wanted everything in his will killing his brother and his lawyer. He was also going through a tax investigation at the time. His motive seems to be personal at first mixed with financial and then turns into a mental disturbance as he kills those at random. His first 3 victims experienced high levels of risk as he specifically targeted them and the rest were of low risk as they had not done wrong or even know Bird.
October 2, 2012 Case Brief Cupp v Murphy 412 U.S. 291 (1973) Facts: Daniel Murphy was convicted of murdering his wife in the second degree. After he found out of the murder he called the police and voluntarily submitted himself to questioning. In the middle of his questioning the police noticed a dark spot on his finger and they asked if they could get a sample and he refused. The police did not respect his wishes and they took the sample anyways of what was under his fingernail. They processed it and later found out there was traces of his wife’s nightgown, skin, and blood all from the deceased victim.
The killer ends up killing Ralph Cottle inside of Billys house and then leaves before the Billy comes inside the house to find the corpse of Ralph. Billy is frantic and finds a way to dispose of Lanny and Ralphs body before anyone discovers they are missing. The killer then threatens to kill his fiance Barbara who is in a coma at the hospital. Billy goes through several clues to who he thinks the killer is and tortures Steve Zillis his co-worker.
He also said in his statement that he had beaten the victim with a shoe, and the autopsy shows nothing of the sort. He could not describe the knife that was used to stab the victim in fact he had no idea she was even stabbed. Four months later Daniel Williams receives his results for the DNA testing and they are negative. Since Daniel confessed to something, he was still held responsible and the police closed the investigation. Months later, Unexpectedly Joe Dick, Daniel William’s roommate is now suspect number two.
Even though, he didn’t kill the man, he still hurt him physically and emotionally. Montag and John both had someone who helped them solve something. In the novel, Faber helped Montag with reading books. Faber and Montag conducted a risky scheme to overthrow the status quo. However, the precog helped John uncover his mystery.
So the police decided to have one of the bodies exhumed. When they looked inside the coffin the only thing that was inside was a 12 inch crowbar. Edward was found guilty of first degree murder. His lawyer put in a plea of insanity so he went to Central State Correction Facility for the Criminally Insane where he spent the rest of his life, until the age of 78, when he died of
The narrator in “Tell-Tale Heart” lost his composure after he murdered the old man, in contrast to when Rainsford murdered General Zaroff. After the narrator murders the old man and visitors come to the house, he still hears the heart of the old man beating. As he talks to the visitors, it seems to him that the heart beat gets louder and louder to the point where he loses self-control and admits to the deed. However, after Rainsford wins the most dangerous game he clearly keeps his serenity. Instead of showing any guilt, Rainsford actually seems to be more at peace after he pulls the trigger.
The narrator speaks directly to the reader and opens the story by claiming that he is “dreadfully nervous” but not mad. He also maintains that he has sharpened senses due to his disease especially an abnormally acute hearing. He then tells a story to defend his plea of sanity by confessing to a murder of an old man - which basically contradicts and defeats his argument. He explains that his motivation to eradicate the old man’s existence is neither passion nor desire for the man’s possessions but rather the fear of the old man’s pale blue, vulture-like eye. He insists that he is not a madman for he carried out his scheme artfully like a criminal mastermind.
He is a murderer and nothing would change that. Not only did he kill the pawnbroker, but also kills Lizaveta when she walked into the scene and saw her sister dead on the ground. A man who is willing to split a person’s head open because he does not want to pay his apartment bill, just does not have a heart at all. The story wraps up with Raskolnikov finally confessing to the Police and going to prison in Siberia. “It was I who killed the old pawnbroker woman and her sister Lizaveta with an axe and robbed them” (458).