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…punishes Antigone very harshly. The freedom of Greek women was extremely limited; the rules placed on women were harsh even for the ancient world. Antigone's rebellion, to Creon that is, is especially threatening becuase it upsets the gender barrier…

…flower, out of the rank luxuriance of a guilty passion.” (81). From the beginning of her life she is viewed as the product of a sin, as a punishment. Physically, Pearl has a “beauty that became every day more brilliant, and the intelligence that threw its…

…Dear Governor: I am writing to ask you to oppose criminal punishment for racist speech, but instead to educate our children. For several years, I have read countless articles about criminal punishment for racial speech. You, of all people should know…

…Crime and punishment have been around since the dawn of time. Each time period had its way to deal with it. Some of the ways worked and some did not. The Romans forced criminals to fight one another to the death. And even in the early American ages…

…in order to keep social stabilities and orders. There are many kinds of rules and regulations, some result in physical punishment and some result in social punishment in the form of peer disapproval. Where do they come from? In fact, they came from…

…preserving his life from the treasons and wicked practices of the tyrant, but by and new and unexpected kind of punishment revenged his fathers death many years after the act committed: in such sort tat directing his courses with such prudence, and effecting his…

…between Romeo and Juliet before his good intentions turned into a violent ending. He is also in a conflict because he does not tell the Prince of this and if the Prince finds out the punishment could be death. Being contradictory to his own words reveals…

…that: “Our national fixation with meting out adult punishments to young criminals has blinded us to the underling crisis—the juvenile system’s shocking inability to impose meaningful penalties, or even supervision, on offenders before they become the “predators…

…towards the end. He says "Does it seem right to you, lady, that one is punished a heap and another ain’t punished at all?" (28). It is known here that the Misfit will kill the grandmother. After all she "ain’t punished" for her crime of hypocrisy, self…

…ability, all they cared for is food, drink, and excessively consumed goods. The more they consumed the worsen their punishment in hell. They produced nothing for their society. As a result, they will forever lie in the garbage they produced and act as a slave…