When Judge Pyncheon Analysis

The events that befall the Pyncheon family after Colonel Pyncheon’s initial offence, though tragic, are not a result of a curse cast by a wizard. The events that befell them directly related to their own lust for wealth and prosperity and not to their ancestors. Each and every event was the direct result of each generation’s individual decisions. For example, When Judge Pyncheon framed Clifford for the murder of his Uncle; he executed it with the same greed that motivated Colonel Pyncheon to hang Maule. Like Colonel Pyncheon, Judge Pyncheon wanted land, and ultimately wealth. When Judge Pyncheon thought Clifford to be the heir to his uncle’s land, he saw an opportunity to turn the family against Clifford thereby claiming the land as the best substitute heir. This was not a result of a curse but a deep and awful greed that consumes the mind and heart. Human nature and free will intermingle with this story consummately. They seem to be the most common theme. Humans, being designed to exercise freewill, often choose human nature over righteous behavior. For example; Colonel Pyncheon wrongly accused Maule to ensure that he would achieve his plan to acquire the land; He put his selfish desires ahead of another’s life. …show more content…
They seem to be the most common theme. Humans, being designed to exercise freewill, often choose human nature over righteous behavior. For example; Colonel Pyncheon wrongly accused Maule to ensure that he would achieve his plan to acquire the land; He put his selfish desires ahead of another’s life. Likewise, Judge Pyncheon put his desire for commodities such as posterity, land, and possessions before another’s life. This is a result of his free will; he chose to give into the greedy and heartless ways of his human nature, consequently ending in murder and betrayal. Had he chosen the path of righteousness, his end may have been very different from dying alone in a parlor