In the Penal Colony

It must however be emphasized that there is no collective agreement as to a rationale of imprisonment. Having considered the evolution of prisons, the ideological development of the aims of the penal system can be easily recognised. To begin, the hulks held the primary aim of putting the prisoners to work which demonstrates rehabilitation as an aim. Rehabilitation was viewed by academics as a kind of moral and spiritual regeneration that would…

to reveal the hypocrisy and irony , lingering deep beneath the surface of the supposed ‘Utopia’ that is Puritan society. Hester chooses to create her own identity, rather than letting others define her. She chooses to stay in the Massachusetts Bay Colony despite being free to leave; if she left she could remove the Scarlet ‘A’ , however in her mind this would show the Puritan society's power over her. Through vivid insight into Hester’s actions and thoughts, Hawthorne allows the reader to infer…

prophesised crisis’. The colonies’ imports had exceeded their exports and was therefore resulting in debt. Melville again described this impact as one that left the settlers ‘in an almost destitute state’. Broome discusses the discovery of the Henty’s inhabitation in the Port Phillip District as being a large motivating factor for those seeking opportunities across the straight. For some years, whalers and sealers had brought back glowing news of the rich land, but those in the colonies had…

Unlike the plantation owners, and to some degree indentured servants, the blacks had no political or judicial clout either in England or in the colonies. The political and judicial establishment, completely controlled by the planters, created laws that safeguarded their economic interests at the expense of the enslaved Africans. Even the indentured servants did have one important right: the right to the courts. “Legal considerations, however laxly regarded, imposed some limits, as did the…

~ We were on high alert, looking through the window all the time. ~ We kept cautioning each other along the perilous journey. (Alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution/ a warning against danger or evil; {Dictionary.com} ~ A red alert was issued in the Mediterranean and all soldiers went to battle stations and remained on full alert.( if soldiers are on full alert, they know that a situation is dangerous and are prepared to act…

laid out in the Royal Proclamation, Quebec also had claim to the land previously annexed by Newfoundland. This however created discontent among the Thirteen Colonies as they began to feel encroached upon due to Quebec’s increasing territory. The Act reverted substantially back to the practices of the French regime; what was once a Crown colony was transformed into a governor and appointed council rather than a representative assembly. In conjunction with the new governmental system which was…

Spanish trade that resulted in cultural change of the country to a Christian domination. The trades came along with Western influence that after a long period made the society to adopt the philosophy of westernization (Reischauer 57). Besides, a British colony was also present in Hong Kong that transformed the society to a Christian following. Moreover, the traditional trade between kingdom territories of Philippines and Japan were active and the events in the country were clearly visible to…

operation of the convict system he had devised as a prison without walls (Frost & Maxwell-Stewart 2001, p. 21). Governors Arthur, Darling, Gipps and Fitzroy believed that assigned convicts were slaves, all governors having had previous experience in colonies where other forms of slavery existed. According to them, convict and slave labour was identical, whether the convict was assigned or in government service. They also believed that transportation was slavery. The fact that convicts might gain…

Germany was banned from making any negotiations. The Treaty of Versailles was created for these nations to have peace with each other after the war, but the treaty didn’t create tranquility due to it not being fair for the German side and was rather penal. The Treaty of Versailles was unfair from the beginning, Germany was completely banned from the negotiations. The “Big Three” Great Britain, United States and France are the ones to negotiate the conditions of the Treaty, this was done for the…

for yourself, we live on a marooned penal asylum space colony, run by its worst sociopath offenders - hell on earth really. Given free reign by us meek masses, these out-of-control crazies, systematically spouting the virtues of their god, their patriotism and cultural and economic supremacy, or some other their, put enough resources into engaging in constant high-tech conflicts among themselves and the populaces they control, to feed the entire planetary colony many times over and eradicate…