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…, and they had to go and live with her in Columbus, Ohio. At the grandmother’s house, the children still experienced discipline, but it wasn’t as severe as before. The types of punishment that the grandmother would give are time outs, being grounded, or standing…

…of enlightenment even though it was too late. Finally, the 5th criterion of a tragic hero is that the hero’s misfortune is not wholly deserved, that the punishment exceeds the crime. This is true of Creon’s situation. Although he admits his fault…

…To kill or not to kill? That is a controversial question in today’s society. The death penalty is considered by most civilized nations to be a cruel and inhuman punishment. It has been abolished by 106 nations and 30 countries have abolished it since…

…as well, because he was the one who killed Lauis.. "Now my cursed on the murderer,/Whoever he is, alone man unknown in his crime or one among many, let that man drag out his life in agony, step by painful step- I curse myself as well as... if by any chance he…

…would walk through the streets, she would be looked down upon as if she were some sort of demon from Hell that committed a terrible crime. This would give her much anguish and grief. On the other hand, God's treatment of Hester for her sin was quite different…

…on the Mount was the strongest commandment, which the Christians were asked to follow though it was completely unlike the Jewish law. The Jewish law required the fair treatment of enemies and called upon all crimes to be punished by ?an eye for and eye…

…fell that she did anything that horrible, because they themselves have committed the same crime, they just didn’t get caught. Another example of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter could be the meteor seen by Dimmesdale, the tragic hero in the story…

…Symbols of The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter, a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, takes place in Boston, Massachusetts (Massachusetts Bay Colony), in 1642, during the time of American Puritanism. This is a time where punishments were more harsh than…

…seems to hide from her mother, or about the identity of "the Black man." The town in the story seems to be both the cause and the scene of conflict in the story. It is here where Hester's adulterous crime is exposed, and here where she is punished. True…

…The death penalty should not be used as a form of punishment in the United States. The punishment that should be used is life imprisonment without parole. Not only is the death penalty immoral but it also is irreversible. The fact that innocent people…