Motive

As I mentioned earlier, McPherson, in his book, attempts to figure out the motives of the men who fought in the civil war. What drove them to fight for as long and as viciously as they did. Over the course of the book he goes over some very reasonable and interesting motives that these soldiers had. One of the main things possessed by, both, the Union and the Confederacy was ideology. By ideology, McPherson means, that both opposing parties fought for liberty, the Confederacy that fought for…

Motives of Iago in Othello In the play Othello by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) the role of the villain is fairly shaping to the story line. This villain is Iago, also called “honest” Iago. While being called “honest” Iago, Iago is anything but honest. Iago is a devious man, liar, manipulator, and psychopath. For these reasons Iago is perhaps the most complex and intriguing character in the entire play. After some troubling events it becomes Iago’s sole purpose to ruin and destroy Othello.…

According to Kant, an actions moral worth is based off of its motive and a means to the end. “If the action be good only as a means to something else, the imperative is hypothetical; if the action is thought of as good in itself and therefore as necessary for a will which of itself conforms to reason and its principal, then the imperative is categorical…” (Kant, 434). Essentially, what Kant is saying is that if an action is necessary and has good intentions, it is categorical. If the action is…

society to deem the insane’s actions as wrong; if deemed sane, then one’s actions are overlooked, even if those actions are the same. So the question readers may be asking is “what is the author’s motive and mentality?” I’ll tell you that by society’s standards, I am a sane person with all the right motives to make the world better, but…

their own way of doing things, from taking care of financial business to taking care of their families. Throughout our history books you see many governments do what they have to do, to better the people. Each country shaped the new world with three motives. The Spanish, English, French and Dutch were motivated by the three G’s, Gold, Glory and God. They wanted to be wealthy and finding gold would do that for them. In North America the land was considered to be gold as well because land is…

The Hidden Motive: “A Rose for Emily” Faulkner’s story of a daughter who was born into wealth in the deep South, “A Rose for Emily” leaves the reader with the impression that no one will ever know if the meaning of the story directly relates to the motive for the murder of Homer Barron. Faulkner’s use of first person plural narration, left the reader in suspense with a need to be the detective in the case of the noble women who murdered her lover. Since Tobe, the servant, ran off as soon as…

widespread immigration to the New World began, the immigration was not an equal distribution of people of all motives and cultures. People immigrated to certain areas of the New World based on what they hoped to achieve there. Some people were seeking relief from religious persecution, while others hoped to make a fortune in the new, abundant land. These varying motives lead to people with similar motives settling near other people with similar beliefs. One group of these people tended to…

clarify what is a motive and giver a clear definition of it. According to a forensic scientist from California Brent Turvey, motive is defined as emotional, psychological, and material needs that drive and satisfied by behaviour. In terms of criminal justice and prosecution, the determination of motive is not always necessary, but the failure to identify the motive of a crime is considered to be a serious investigative shortcoming. An investigation without correctly determined motive is…

and Muslims ever since 2001 when they put down the twin towers I’ve been beating them up {sic}”. She thought that Sen, who was born in India, was a Muslim (Gaines 126 ). In that instant the defendant gave you her motive, but other times it’s not so easy. A hate crime can have multiple motives. For example let’s say an observing male autistic Muslim from the middle east is attacked and beaten to death outside a mosque (“Islam”). The police catch the people responsible, but no one is talking.…

writing this book is to further explain Chris McCandless’s motive for his adventures in a way that the readers will understand it. Krakauer wants his readers to understand Chris’s motives as if he was not insane and had a reason for doing what he did. He gives stories from others who have gone into the wild, epigraphs at the beginning of each chapter, eyewitness testimony, letters from Chris and many other things to help understand Chris’s motive,…