Art Of Torture Research Paper

The piercing cold of the dungeon makes the pleasantly hot day outside feel like a distant memory. The faint glow of the torches down every hall is the only thing keeping the darkness and the atmosphere from becoming pitch black. The overwhelming stench of decaying bodies, rotting food, as well as rat and human feces can be recognized even before entering. Down in the nearby cell, the most recent inhabitant was either discharged or more likely executed a short while ago. Even under the lack of light, the ticks scratched into the cold stone wall can be seen. The stomach churning stench of blood, dried and fresh, just about masks the smell of decomposing food, but not completely. After the first week or so, prisoners can no longer stomach any food, however under the newly constructed laws, they legally have to provide food at least once a week.
Sometimes the worst torture for these prisoners is the lack of food. The famine of food is a far more agonizing death compared to the ol’ guillotine. However, the most …show more content…
At the end of the hall lies an enormous, heavy-duty, steel door. When opened, it leads into the so called “torture chamber”. Every prisoner hopes to never see what lies beyond this door. They have seen and heard what it has done to others. Some stagger out bruised from head to toe, barely able to walk, leaving bloody hand print trails on the walls behind them. Each are mentally and emotionally scarred, never being able to recover from this trauma. Some are never seen again, devoured by the dungeon, sentenced to forever haunt these walls. The lucky ones who escape with their souls intact, will wish they didn’t. However, their torment will not last much longer, for the executioners will soon end the prisoners misery. For those unlucky prisoners will never live to see another