Torture

Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “The Pit and the Pendulum” focuses on the abysmal terror and numerous horrors that a person experiences when undergoing physical and psychological torture. Anxiety is immediately revealed at the precise opening of “The Pit and the Pendulum” through the first time the narrator speaks, stating the “I was sick—sick unto death with that long agony” (Poe 1). This statement abruptly establishes a clear feeling of anxiety and terror of the narrator which suggests that…

for himself. In my project, I chose to portray this main conflict and the inclusion of the id, ego, and superego within Oedipus' thoughts. Since the play takes place in an older time and many of the torture devices used were medieval torture devices, I represented Oedipus' mental fight with a torture rack as the central part. Oedipus, represented by the wooden mannequin, is being pulled in four different directions by the id, ego, superego, and conflict. The Id is represented by the red devil…

Did you know 163 whales have died in captivity, not including stillborn or miscarried calves. Whales in captivity are a big problem. I disagree with whales in captivity for these reasons, Against their nature, Torture, and Unhealthy. First of all, it’s against their nature. The most popular captive whale, orcas, would have to swim the circumference of a normal tank in seaworld 1,400 times a day to represent the distance they swim a day in the wild. Also, they don’t have the same life they…

the scaffold, but he refused to be humiliated among his own people. Dimmesdale says, “He hath proved his mercy, most of all, in my afflictions. By giving me this burning torture to bear upon my breast! By sending yonder dark and terrible old man, to keep the torture always at red-heat! “ In the…

to the common man. In just a short time after the French declaration was passed, Judicial torture was abolished in France. The Growing Awareness of Dignity of Human Beings As the wave of debates against torture as a form of punishment was increasing, so always was the reference to dignity of the human body. The Jean Calas case had clearly sparked something in the society that had previously celebrated torture and were numb to any feelings that should have resulted from seeing a burnt or…

In the sixteenth century, from the spread of torture as a technique in witchcraft trials, new questions arise: why did people at the time believe that confessions created via torture were sound evidence to be used in the conviction of the defendant? I hypothesize that, confessions extracted during witchcraft trials via torture were accepted as sound evidence of guilt because of statements made by the nobility and clergy. Malleus maleficarum is a compilation of special manuals also known as…

about the horrors that people face in solitary confinement. Take to social media to post about cases of neglect caused by solitary confinement. Even though there has been sufficient evidence for several years to show that solitary confinement is a torture method used by our prison systems to suppress troublesome, annoying, or just plain sick inmates, there is still no change in the right direction. For all of these reasons, this is why I strongly believe that the use of solitary confinement…

Capital punishment is a denial of the most basic human rights; it violates one of the most fundamental principles under widely accepted human rights law, in which that states must recognize the right to life. The UN General Assembly has called for an end to capital punishment and human rights organizations agree that it breaks fundamental human rights standards. In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, under Article 3 life is said to be a human right. This makes the death penalty our most…

therefore, Eudaimonia which requires virtue must then require justice. I think that Aristotle would view the torture of waterboarding as an act of injustice, therefore he would say this method should not be used upon anyone. Although, I do…

Torture and death are imminent in this gruesome time period and as the Jesuit missionaries often say the torture methods that the Huron use are “barbaric” and “savage”. However it is the violence that missionaries inflict that is the most harmful. Throughout the torture ceremonies that take place the captured soldiers are treated with respect. Their wounds are, “cared for tenderly” and on the night before the torture they observe strict rules such as, “no one…