When people see or hear the word “murder,” their minds will automatically transition to wrong, inhumane, cruel, vicious, diabolical, evil, or words with negative connotation. This transitional thinking shows the human morality, their belief that to annihilate life is wrong. However, there are exceptions to this belief. An exception can be found in the novella Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck, when George Milton kills his mentally disabled friend, Lennie Small. In this case, Lennie’s death was justified because of the reasons behind the kill.
They seem to be indifferent to the fact that they have killed someone because assassination merely becomes their ‘job.’ In a similar manner, Generals Die in Bed by Charles Yale Harrison, is inclusive of the same insensitiveness and indifference towards the death and murdering of people. The narrator says, “I lunge forward aiming at his stomach. It is a lightening, instinctive move…I become insane…I want to strike again and again.”(Harrison, 26-27) Since this was an “instinctive” move, he didn’t even think over the fact that he is taking someone’s life nor have any humane feelings which prove that he has become inhumane towards a person’s life. In addition, a humane individual would experience feelings of regret and guilt, but instead he has the urge to stab him continuously. He becomes one of the negative byproducts of the war because it causes him to become “insane” and inconsiderate towards the sentimental values associated with death.
In the original film (Hitchcock) the old dark and colorless film, the creep music provide the viewers an idea that something wicked is about to happen. Therefore again both directors did provide enough action to carry over to each scene. In the remake the casting was truly wrong; For instance the infamous character Norman Bates, the psychopathic motel owner was played by fast talking, macho man Vince Vaughn. In the remake the Norman appears to be more of a sexual predator, whom would actually please himself as he watch Marion through a peephole in the shower scene; which gives the audience a different point of view about this film and van sant character Norman. However in the original version Anthony Perkins plays Norman Bates, who truly fit the character with calmer attitude, and good boy looks as Norman.
The book deals with Anton Chigur, a murderous lunatic who kills anyone who stands in his path or whomever his own personal code dictates he must kill. The book follows Sherriff Bell in his pursuit to capture Chigur and to protect the man that he is after and that man’s family. During this pursuit, Bell becomes a witness to the trail of blood that is left by the murderer
The psychological aspect of someone’s life can trigger him or her to be a serial killer, which is a person who can’t resist the urge to take someone’s life. In the novel The Lovely Bones George Harvey (also known as Mr. Harvey) is unable to stop himself from his need to kill, he killed Susie Salmon in the novel and was later revealed that he had killed many others. In the novel you learn more about Mr. Harvey’s past which happens to not be to great of one. Certain characteristics about Mr. Harvey show that he could be unable to stop himself and the temptation that comes with the power of murdering. Serial killers are either organized or unorganized, and they tend to start off in a comfortable environment then later strike elsewhere when
Even though Montage kills Beatty, Beatty insults him so intensely that Montage is, in a way, forced to kill him. From this we can easily conclude that Beatty wants to die. Beatty is also obviously not totally against books. We see this from the quantity of quotes that are integrated into his everyday speech. This means that at some point in his life, Beatty was also questioning society just like Montage is now.
Taylor Hall English 4 Mr. Sinning 7 March 2011 When thinking of a tragic hero one may think of a person who performs noble deeds on a day to day basis then these deeds lead to their eternal downfall. Macbeth is in fact the exact opposite of this; He does many horrible and extremely wrong things that lead to his downfall. All of these horrible crimes that Macbeth performs are for only his well being at the end of the day. He knows that these actions will have consequences and that they are indeed wrong to do but he continues to do them anyways. He commits these several crimes in order to make his way up to the top of the podium but he is a tyrant who lacks the true skills needed to lead the people of England.
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.
Bundy would drive his victim to an isolated area where he would commence his series of torture. His victims were typically sexually assaulted and then strangled. With almost every murder Bundy would consume alcohol in order to avoid thinking twice ("Victim Studies 004: Ted Bundy." 1). No one in their right mind can commit atrocious crimes.
The universal truth displayed in Macbeth was absolute power and greed can corrupt anyone. This is conveyed through the character of Macbeth when he committed the murder of Duncan because he wanted to be the king, however, greed and corruption ended with his death, as he corrupted himself to the point where he did not care about anything but power. Due to his greed of power everyone in the community disliked him, which influenced people to develop conspiracies to assassinate him. Macbeth is the recipient of Shakespeare’s great message through the course of the book, as he is portrayed, as the bad guy through his will of power, as his soul got corrupted very