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…it saw its lifestyle or actions as deviant and harmful to himself. But, it had no legitimate right to actively constrain him, hinder him or impede his freedom to do as he liked in that sphere. Neither did it have the right to punish him, either by law…

…, ostracization has been used to punish the rule-breakers, the rebels, the un-lawful. The concept of ostracization has survived for over two thousand years, yet the premise has remained the same, to strip a person's social status in the community and push that person…

…, because he feels the need to punish and inflict pain on sinners, especially those who have personally harmed him. Chillingworth tries to gain revenge on Dimmesdale, the man who commits adultery with his wife. The town¹s desire to seek out and personally…

…disagree with the judge's decision because he thought that the punishment for taking lives of two people should only be 18 months, which does not sounds right to me at all and I don't think that victim's family for any kind of justice from the court at all.…

…had sprung, by the inscrutable decree of Providence, a lovely and immortal flower, out of the rank luxuriance of a guilty passion." From the beginning of her life she is viewed as the product of a sin, as a punishment. Physically, Pearl has a "beauty…

…. It was not, however, your criminal background that caused your parents to punish you by sending you to camp at Box Canyon. Instead, it was because of your actions when you traveled to Exeter School with your father to petition for admission. In the middle of your Exeter…

….; If you have a criminal record, and you are convicted of another crime, you will most likely be punished more severely than a person who does not have any previous convictions; A criminal record may prevent you from joining a professional order, from obtaining…

…What is solitary confinement? By definition, the term "solitary confinement" refers to "a punishment in which a prisoner is denied contact with any other persons." ("Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia") For centuries, people who have wronged society…

…). The Code of Hammurabi main purposes were " to make justice visible in the land, to destroy the wicked person and the evil doer, so that the strong might not injure the weak". Our legal system is somewhat like this in terms of we sentence and enforce punishments…

…against them for fear of cruel punishment. <Tab/>Asturias had to write a non-fictional story about the Guatemalan people's fear of the ruler. If he didn't mix in the dream sequences in with the story line, he would have probably been…