Lust murder

The first scaffold scene is preluded in the opening paragraph of Ch. ii which describes the grim visaged Boston multitude. "all with their eyes intently fastened on the iron clamped oaken door" (39) of the prison, from which Hester is shortly to emerge. The moral spotlight is on Hester all this while, all but one of the group of female spectators expressing the view that the sentence going to be imposed on her is far too lenient. Later the spotlight is on Hester's mark of shame, the…

The 1975 film involves a criminal named Randle who pleads insanity after getting into trouble once again (IMDb, 1990). As Randle is involuntarily moved to the mental institution, he rebels against the domineering nurse and rallies up the patients (IMDb, 1990). The ratings of this movie were 95%, which is very high for a film rating (Rotten Tomatoes). Randle becomes enemies with Nurse Ratched as she is an authority figure who enforces the rules and correct behavior, while Randle is a rule-breaker…

The story starts form Kolathur gold heist case. How to rob a jewellery store? Robbers usually find some new ways to rob but here this group of men had decided to do it in movie style while robbing, a jewellery shop story in Kolathur. The robbers rented the first floor of Mahalakshmi jewellery in Kolathur. The men from north India and the owner of the place had not taken any details from them. They had told that they would be opening a shop there soon. But what they were really doing was to…

schism and the split within Raskolnikov that characterises him throughout the novel. In other words, Dostoevsky uses the name of the protagonist to indicate his nature and how his dual personality plays a pivotal role in the representation of the murder of Lizaveta. And that it was her death (due to a split in her head) that Raskolnikov also becomes split from his family: Raskolnikov avoids his mother and sister as much as possible and his friend, Razumihin, whose kindness he rejects. He wishes…

Raymod Carver’s “So Much Water So Close to Home” and Rabindranath Tagore’s “Punishment” are two stories that talk about death and how the feeling of guilt can take over your mind and create a war inside of your head. Carver’s short story talks about a husband going fishing with his friends, and finding a dead girl, but not reporting it to the police until they finished their trip and got back home. On the other hand, Tagore’s short story is about a brother and husband, Dukhiram, whom kills his…

Hamlet , King Hamlet’s Ghost, although only present in a modest number of scenes, proves to be a significant presence among several of the leading roles. Trapped in purgatory, the ghost is unable to repent his sins, therefore seeking revenge for his murder through his son, Hamlet. The ghost proves his significance among the cast because of the morals he inflicts upon characters as well as his initial spark of the plot’s madness. In addition, the ghost lays the foundation for the themes of…

There is always something that bothers us in life, whether it’s others or even our own consciousness. In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator has a difficult time following through with his cruel act of killing an old man due to his “evil” eye. This occurs because a part of him knows it’s truly wrong, and his guilt was haunting him soon after. Throughout the story, his crimes bring more tension between him and the readers. Suspense is created by the narrator’s every move,…

Susan Glaspell's "Trifles" is a one act play based in the early 20th century that includes strong feminist elements that fit well with the time and the world-wide women's rights movement. The play is a murder mystery surrounding the Wrights, Mrs. Wright the wife, and John Wright the murder victim. The story also uses the general mood of society toward women and how they were viewed as beneath most men and not having the intelligence or ability to perform as well as men in most situations. The…

In the fictional novella, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, George’s decision to kill Lennie at the end of the novella was justified. The reason this decision was even a possibility was because Lennie, a colossal, powerful, and simple minded man, committed a horrible crime. He accidentally killed Curley’s wife. A woman who has the “eye” for other men. She is, of course, married to Curley, who is a young, mean, and abusive man. He is the son of the boss, and pretty much has authority over the…

criminal took a life, his life must be taken as well. Even though I agree that the criminal must pay for the crime, killing a murderer automatically makes you a murderer, yet the government claim that the execution is humane, so it cannot compare to murder. However, there is no humane way of executing a living person. You do not have to punish a criminal with the same crime. For instance, if a person robs you, the police do not rob him back. He will be sent to jail for the appropriate amount of…