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…Antigone knew exactly what she had to do. She showed honor, one of the Greek culture’s values by burying her brother, Polyneices who Creon, the king of Thebes and Antigone’s uncle, would not let, or have happening. Antigone did not fight her punishment…

…with authority figures who acted on pre-conceived ideas that due to their ethnic or racial background they were naturally guilty and deserved to be punished to the fullest extent. Put yourself in the inmate’s shoes. How would you react if someone said, “Inmate…

…. He is forced to live, knowing that three people are dead because of his ignorance, which is a punishment worse than death. My opinion on this debate is that Antigone is the tragic hero. She tries to help her brother without worrying about what…

…to challenge everyone" (Robert, p.159). Tiny infractions of rules and disobedience were punished with unnecessary torture. "He got angry and made us tie Wilfred up" (Robert, p. 159). The power that Jack feels being able to punish another human being leads to his…

…with punishment for adultery. Her punishment is to bear a Scarlet letter, an “A” on her bosom, for the rest of her living days. The woman has born a child who she is always seen with, whom is her one and only companion. Years after the sentence, the child now seven…

…of Homer’s Odyssey it is possible to find justification that Odysseus whilst, admittedly, displaying too much curiousity and arrogance, was not too brutal with Polyphemus. Rather the text would tend to indicate the Cyclops was justly punished for his own part…

…. If we stay here, our supreme enemy may remit his anger and we may then not be punished so severely and these raging fires may slacken. Future days may bring something good and we should wait and find out what that may be." Belial's speech is logical…

…of the government may best be viewed in the rights parents have been robbed of. In May of 1996, President Bill Clinton announced that he was supporting a new nationwide teen curfew policy. This policy recommended weekday curfew at 9:00 PM, with punishments of fines…

…status. They are an excuse for incompetent teachers to assert their authority and to inflict punishments. Schools that require uniforms typically waste much valuable time on inspections and imposition of punishments for dress-code violations. A student's…

…. These questions involved the relationship with the former Confederate states and the Union; the type of punishment that should be imposed on the ones responsible for the rebellion; the status of the freed slaves and how to restore the South’s economy. President…