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…’s wife has just delivered. Even with a close up view of the sheep/baby, the shepherds believe it is just an ugly baby with a big snout. The punishment that the shepherds inflict on Mak when they finally realize the baby is a sheep is quite comical also…

…, and their reputations. When Hester committed adultery, the people in town were not affected by it, and she was the only one punished. However, Abigail's fault punished many people including herself, her friends, John and Elizabeth Proctor, and the innocent people who…

…an affair, and bears a child out of wedlock. She refuses to reveal who the child's father is, so she must bear her punishment alone. She is forced to take the town's ridicule and must wear at all times a scarlet letter "A," which identifies her as an adulterer…

…to sin and then repent because he was too weak of a man. This concealed sin was even more severe than his original sin of adultery and was tearing Dimmesdale apart. He would punish himself by having nightly vigils in which he tried to “purify the body…

…. Foucault in "Discipline and Punish", applies this notion of power in tracing the rise of the prison system in France and the rise of other coercive institutions such as monasteries, the army, mental asylums, and other technologies. In his work Foucault exposes…

…on. As Candide was to receive a brutal punishment for wandering off without permission, he understood that ignorance of the law was not an excuse for breaking it. Only the passing king was able to, with the aid of his “vast genius”(p.6), see the crime in punishing…

…the last symbol of any joy she remembers- she snap's. What good would sending the “shell” of a person to punishment do? I think the women serve justice by ending the misery and living death. She has had to endure in her marriage. Is Mrs. Wright guilty of murder…

…that it was not necessary to punish the tired white soldiers for it was just a minor problem. The situation in Glory is similar to that in “A Jury of Her Peers.” In Glaspell’s case, the two women conceal evidence and the truth from the local law enforcement to protect…

…the percentage of youngsters committing more crime has increase by more then 50%. Young offenders are committing these crimes because the know that the punishment is real weak. If you ask me most young offenders think the young offenders act is a JOKE, and trust me I…

…was at stake and begged to be able to live. Oedipus was given the ability to choose a punishment he felt suitable for his crime. He chose the punishment of banishment from the state. As if to placate the gods, and to postpone facing their wrath, Oedipus blinded…