Edmund accepted the challenge by saying “With the hell-hated lie o’erwhelm thy heart, which, for they yet glance by and scarcely bruise, this sword of mine shall give them instant way” (5, 3, 176-178). Edgar defeated his brother and evened out the balance of power through violence. Violence is not always used this way however. It is often used as revenge or punishment. In Act 3, Scene 7 Cornwall pulls out Gloucester’s eyes because he aided Lear.
The Roman army was defeated in humiliating ways by Spartacus, his leader was inspirational and his way to get out of the most impossible situations had the Roman army dumb founded. Crassus crucified the 6000 gladiators and the slaves. The rebels eventuated to around
Young black males began forming their own groups, clubs where they could find a sense of belonging. Fighting between rival clubs became part of that culture, but the only weapons then were a strong pair of fists. Theoretical Application: The Bloods and Crips are two of South Los Angeles' most notorious African-American gangs. While many outsiders simply cannot understand the decades-long cycle of despair and destruction that has come to define their daily lives, the individuals who comprise each gang are not simply mindless, gun-toting thugs, but real people with real families who have become caught up in a struggle from which the only escape is often death. Beginning with an illuminating look at the genesis
members violence would conclude but that did not stop the brand. The gang is continuing to murder inmates and from their maximum security cells they skillful crafted a race war where two black inmates were killed. Unfortunately authorities have not been able to prevent the A.B. from committing sadistic acts. In 2006 a federal indictment was issued to the so-called veterans of the A.B.
A lot of young people like pit-bulls because of protection, but some use this animal in another nature. Young adults may use this dog to fight other dogs or to make their money illegally. Pit-bulls have a cross breed which includes bulldogs and a variety of terriers. Pit-bulls were introduced in the 19th century, and there cross breed made them come popular over the years up until now. Some people label a pit-bull to be the most dangerous and violent dog there is to be, but others think pit-bulls are one of the best guard dogs there is.
Mika Kobayashi English 4 Ms. Hitchens 28 April 2011 The Executioners In Middle Ages, executions were often held by the judges from the criminal trials, or the prosecutors to behead those who were found guilty or given a death penalty. Later, throughout the ages, societies started to call these men the “executioners” or the “Henkens”. These executioners’ main jobs were to use swords or axes to behead the criminals. In Middle Ages, judges gave these punishments even to thieves, depend on the degree of what they stole from who. These jobs might sound easy since there were not many people getting executed, but in fact, it was not an easy job considering their nearly low incomes, families, and society positions.
And by the family funds it has to retain up to seventy-five percent of interest on that pacific business and some may get twenty-five percent interest to maintain the business going. The Aryan brotherhood has been the number one most dangerous prison gang in Texas and in California. For example they have extremely violent members that have stabbed and tried to shot a guard in San Francisco. They are racist psycho killers that commit murder with their bare hands, shanks, acid baths, and hatred that they hold inside of them. For example if it isn’t there race they will protect their own raise at any cost doing murder doesn’t hurt them or even worry about it since they are supper racist and ruthless white supremacy gang that creates both outside and inside of prisons.
Everything from the appearance of their uniform to the object of the game, they wore armor much like football equipment. The object of the game was to win. Winning for most athletes is surviving. The gladiators spent hours training for their battles, to entertain, but to many of the men it was more than just a game it was a way of life, once again carries over to the NFL athlete. The biggest similarity was violence.
The Spartans,as brave as their sacrifice indubitably was,were professional soldiers trained from birth to be ready to give their lives in combat as Spartan law dictated.Oppositly ,the Thespians were soldiers who chose to add whatever they could to the fight,rather than allow the Spartans to be destroyed alone. The fighting was said to have been extremely brutal.As their numbers diminished the Greeks retreated to small hill in the narrowest part of the pass.The Thebans took this opportunity to the Persians.After their spears broke the Spartans and Thespians kept fighting with short words and after those broke,they were said to have fought with their bare hands,teeth and nails. The Greeks killed many Persians,including two of Xerxes brothers.In this final stand,Leonidas was killed and the Spartans fought very hard to defend his boday.Xerxes in range at the loss of so many of his soldiers,ordered that the head be cut off and the body
There were also magistrates appointed to deal with certain aspects of criminal activity. In Rome these were minor magistrates called tresviri capitales, who 'may also have exercised summary jurisdiction over slaves and humble citizens' (Oxford Classical Dictionary). These magistrates were only assisted by a small number of public slaves and had neither the authorityy nor the resources to act as a police force. At Rome the lictors who attended the senior magistrates were only symbols of the state's authorityy to discipline and punish; they had no effective power to coerce. The authority of magistrates depended absolutely on the acceptance by the citizens of their political institutions and the men who operated them.