This makes him appear noble and brave, despite the fact that he was a murderer he is the one who emerges from this event with dignity, ‘You died most horrifyingly like a man.’ We are also made to feel guilty as he as described as ‘white faced’ beneath his hood. Dawe is not trying to exonerate him or make a case that he was wrongfully convicted, indeed by using the phrase ‘-however you lived’, he is implying that Ryan may well have been guilty. The issue is does murder justify state murder, is justice no more than revenge? The trial and execution are described by Dawe as nothing more than a ‘shabby ritual.’ This reinforces my own view on capital punishment. Justice is not revenge.
He gets absolutely passionate when enacting his work as a lawyer : « He emphasised his words by tapping his knuckles on the table » and really invests all his energy in this case. He disapproved of the Ewells unjust accusation of the so-called rape 'commited' by Tom Robinson as he knows he is innocent , and tries to the best of his abilities to win this case to be able to save the poor man from death penalty, but even if he knows that the Ewels are lying he still feels compassion for Mayella, he treats her politely , « I won't try to scare you for a while...», ««... Miss Mayella », said Atticus in
The other men would not allow him to use his feet due to Crooks’ back but thought it perfectly fine to be fighting him. When Crooks comes into the novel he is described as a “lean negro head, lined with pain,” this is important because it’s the introduction of the many pains which Crooks has. Crooks is both in emotional and physical pain. The emotional pain which Crooks carries with him is due to his loneliness; his isolation from man is causing him to go mad, “guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody”. In isolation from the other men Crooks begins to doubt what he sees.
1) “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” The significance of the title is that it includes the names of the main characters and hints to what the play might be about them dying. 2) Tomas Stoppard, 1967 3) Black Comedy, Satire 4) Rosencrantz- Ros and Guil are under-characterized physically so Stoppard can make them seem like the average man to the audience. However, in being similar to Guildenstern, there are some differences in Rosencrantz. Rosencrantz tends to be more easy-going and laid back than Guildenstern. Rosencrantz also is different in problem solving than Guildenstern, Ros, being a pragmatic person, thinks of the simple and easy plan to get out of situations.
Here we could say that he becomes an ‘unhappy victim’ of his own crime, as he is heading toward his ultimate downfall. ‘ One of the key themes of this story, good versus evil, is represented through the existence of Hyde, Jekyll himself, only having transformed his body into something deformed. ‘left an imprint of deformity’ The name ‘Hyde’ itself is a metaphor for this struggle to disguise and remain unseen. However, Hyde is not a monster. He is rather a brutish dwarf, with an inferior social status and younger thank Jekyll – this itself it a great advantage as he can he get away with his actions.
Although the greasers and socs have many differences, they also share many similarities such as pressure to be confined into their groups, their hate for one another and poor parenting on both sides. Hinton also reveals the humanity between both groups and gives hope that someday they will put aside their differences. The greasers and socs have many differences on the surface that separate them. Socs are the West side rich kids whilst greasers are the East side middle and lower class poor kids. Socs wear conservative madras shirts and drive Corvair cars, whereas greasers’ wear jackets with long combed back greasy hair and own cheap vehicles, if any.
The Mariner now realizes the trouble he has brought upon himself, yet his incapability to speak does not give him the chance to pray out loud. Indeed every action has it's consequence whether good or bad, yet the Mariner had to witness the dice game between the spirit of Death and Life-and-Death as part of his punishment since, he expressed a belief that the world is guided by luck and chaos when he killed the albatross. The Mariner's pride has set him back to realize that all of nature's creations are to be respected and appreciated. In his anguish and guilt for his shipmates the Mariner is partially expatiated as he is able to recognize the swimming sea creatures as true
The theme of insanity is easily recognizable and plays a large role in “The Tell-Tale Heart” to why the protagonist murders the old man; However, in “‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ [readers only see] the results of madness, not its origins” (Symons 241). The narrator begins the story by stating he is not insane but this “produces [the] opposite effect upon the reader” because of the lack of reliable motivation (Robinson 369). It is the psychological illness of the protagonist that urges him to “rid [himself] of the eye” (Poe 188). Here, readers are at a disadvantage as they can only view the eye through the biased,
Very little ambiguity is found within this verse, as Vindice’s motive is clear: revenge. He jokes ‘Hum, who e’er knew murder unpaid?’ and finds no difficulty in justifying his dark plans to seek revenge, so much so that the scene almost becomes comical. Already, the audience sense Vindice is undercutting his wife’s death: his attitude is flippant and we suspect that this will not serve him well, foreboding what is to come later in the play. When comparing the two plays, it also becomes clear that serious matters are dealt with in
Tsotsi: A Clichéd Redemption Of A Criminal Tsotsi is a cruel, ruthless criminal. Yet, with the use of effective filming and storyline, he evokes sympathy at the end of the film when he is arrested. The audience believes that he has changed into a better man in a matter of days. This is very cliché and typical of any film that shows the evolution of a bad character into a good character. I think that the audience is very naive for feeling sympathy for Tsotsi because he is a criminal that was involved with the murder of two people; Butcher and Zachariah.