Guilt

or entertainment. “Apparently” by J. Cole makes the reader recall decisions he/her might have felt uneasy about and explains, that at times it might seem too late, time is endless to make improvements to something. Overall, the song helps cope with guilt accumulated in life and teaches the listener to know that it’s never too late to overcome his/her…

As a human being, it must be hard to avoid your conscience in the middle of an immoral situation. Transferring the guilt and responsibility to somewhere else, especially a higher authority or organization that controls your duty would reduce or even eliminates your guilt feeling. This explains why a human being could act as inhuman as that. Moreover, how could millions of people follow those directions and not refuse to act? Erik Katz shows…

for all the lives that his creation took and for the fact that he could never find a way to stop it. This instance it gives him an excuse to rest and not follow the monster and he can now talk to Walton about the problem which releases some of the guilt. This time when he falls ill, he dies. Death for Victor was the ultimate escape which allowed him to stop fighting the battles that brought him misery even if he did everything to try and avoid fighting. Coincidently, Frankenstein found his…

Happiness, expressed in an everyday sense, is a mental or a psychological state of being sound and well defined by positive energy or joy. One may feel happy in a different manner, and due to a different reason than another. For example, one may be happy to win a million dollar lottery, whereas another may be happy to just to be alive. It is subjective when it comes to interpreting happiness as it differs with every individual. As a matter of fact, happiness compels an individual to embrace…

Nathaniel Hawthorne in his novel, The Scarlet Letter, portrays the life of a sinner in a Puritan society. He displays how self and public guilt can deteriorate a human. Hawthorne uses the characters Hester Prynne, Roger Chillingworth, and The Reverend Dimmesdale to show that allenation and shame result in deterioration of one’s self. Hester Prynne is the first character Hawthorne presents as a sinner. Hester Prynne is publically shamed and alienated by the town because of her sin. Hester Prynne…

to eradicate all Jews, channels Max to stay determined in trying to survive, thus showing his creating perseverance even in the harshest of circumstances. All together Max’s experiences is what motivates him to keep moving forward, Max’s survivor guilt keeps gracious to the Hubermanns, Liesel 's connection with him gives him compassion for her and his battle against Hitler keeps him determined to…

Dead’, demonstrates that people will take responsibility for disastrous circumstances, despite it being out of their control. This may be because they have taken part in an ill-advised act as shown with the character Dan. Pegler explores the themes of guilt, grief and isolation and how individuals deal with the loss of someone important and the consequences of their mistake. Dan lost his friends, and he blames himself because he thinks he could have prevented it. In this situation, Dan is…

reaches his mind, as he can no longer endure the pain. The psychopath confesses his deed, as the police officers awe in shock. Law enforcement finds the mangled body as their eyes tear with deception and disturbance. The psychotic murderer feels guilt for his actions and confesses. The killer commits murder, but experiences remorse and confesses to the authorities. One of the themes in “The Tell-Tale Heart” is a murderer can actually have remorse for his victim, especially…

lock and key, there was a bloody scourge. [Dimmesdale] plied it on his own shoulders; laughing bitterly at himself the while, and smiting so much the more pitilessly, because of that bitter laugh” (132). The poor minister suffered from unbearable guilt and shame at having consciously committed a crime and worst, not publicly confessing his sins as Puritan law requires. A guilty conscious burdens him; relief can only be found in severe punishment. Dimmesdale feels this is necessary since his…

Imagine yourself feeling so much guilt, that you confess to an action you did not commit? Imagine having your voice become shut down because of someone you trusted. Unable to say the truth and have that weight lifted off of your shoulders. This happens more often than you think and occurs because of safety, attention, and those who manifest the thought that they actually committed the crime. The first element, safety, is just simply that. Whether it’s for themselves or for the ones they love,…