Honor killing

Brutus shows his gullible nature when he chose to interfere in the suggestion of killing Antony as well as Caesar. Although it had been honorable for Brutus to not wish for more death in their scheme it had also been foolish to not look further into the situation and assess Antony’s capabilities. Brutus just disregarded Antony like he…

their bodies to the dogs and birds of prey.” Achilles was the central character and greatest warrior in Homer’s Iliad. This epic poem begins with a quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles over a female that had been awarded to Achilles as a prize of honor. Agamemnon takes the woman and Achilles withdraws from fighting in a rage and remains withdrawn from war throughout the poem. Hector then kills Achilles’ best friend. He immediately resumes to fighting and kills Hector. Achilles plays a…

opposition to Syed. Honor killings were also brought up as a potential motive for Adnan since he has a Pakistani background. That is something else from the case, the court saw Adnan Syed as a Pakistani rather than an American. Tanya Basu, a staffer for the Atlantic, asks herself, “ What role, if any, did race play in Adnan’s trial?” Basu believed the jury had some form of xenophobia or hatred or dislike of people from other countries which bring the expectation of honor killings common in…

traffic accidents. Yet her respectability, her beauty, and her argument that a woman should be allowed to defend her own honor, vigilante-style, struck a chord with many of her compatriots. Venezuelan men often felt protective toward the young blonde and resentment toward Basque adventurer who had disgraced her. Beezley mentions that “Hispanic customs dictated that a family’s honor was intertwined with the chastity of its women. Legal codes granted the father of the family, or its older male,…

hero, Beowulf, exhibits only the basic poetic epic hero qualities: courage, honor, ambition, etc. There are only three great battles in the poetic epic: the battle with Grendel, the battle with Grendel’s mother, and the monstrous dragon at the very end that ultimately brings about the hero’s demise. Three motivations, one motivation per battle (though they can be seen lightly in all of the battles), could be perhaps glory, honor, and duty. The first motivation of Beowulf is glory, which is…

Apart from Saba's character, her father's character plays a main role in an effective representation of honor killing in Pakistan. Maqsood, Saba's father, is portrayed to be a strong, independent, an unsympathetic character in the documentary, A Girl in the River. Firstly, if we observe his body language and movement, it shows that he is a very confident and strong Person. For example, in the interview in the jail, when he talks he strongly grabs around the bars with his hands which is a…

Honor Amongst Criminals Hoodlums may commit crimes and do bad deeds but is there still honor among the lawless? In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the Greasers are criminals but they still show that they have moral standards and don’t just spend their lives breaking laws. They also do honorable actions that make up for the bad actions they have done. Greasers can still be honorable even if they are hoodlums because they have good intentions. They stand up for each other, care about other people…

Batman sacrifice himself to take the nuclear bomb with his air craft to the ocean to save Gotham City and the city of Gotham honors him for saving the city and built a statue of Batman and a new hero is able to fight crime as Batman’s legacy lives on. In Beowulf, Wiglaf was chosen by Beowulf to be king after his support to fight the dragon. Wiglaf and his men are build a room to honor Beowulf for his bravery of fighting the dragon and living as a…

dust. Brutus was a stoic judge and the best friend of Julius Caesar, further demonstrating his high status and his nobility. His grievous death was caused by his dire desire for honor and his extraordinary view of idealism. Cassius, one of Brutus’ dearest friends, was aware of Brutus’ tragic flaw, his weakness for honor and his idealistic view of people. With his venomous and manipulative tongue, Cassius convinced Brutus to join the conspiracy and kill Julius Caesar. Unlike the envious Cassius,…

three witches told Macbeth that later on he would be King of Cawdor, which caused Macbeth to believe that it will be true. Come to find out Macbeth discovers out that someone else is still the King of Cawdor, so he becomes viciously angry. After the killing of Thane of Cawdor, Macbeth and Banquo are confronted by King Duncan that likes Macbeth and Banquo he believes that he can “make them grow”. Later on in the play Macbeth has a plan to kill King Duncan to become king; He gains the trust of…