As soon as the judge ruled and sentenced an adult woman to four years and 394 day of jail‚ many people outside the court were outraged. The adult lady killed a construction worker‚ while on her way to a party. The thing is she was driving drunk‚ and due to her drunkenness‚ she didn’t notice the “construction ahead” signs. As a result‚ she ran over a construction worker‚ who after being severely injured‚ didn’t survive. So you might be thinking that justice was made and that’s the end of it. Well
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Guilt‚ Duty‚ and Unrequited Love: Deconstructing the Love Triangles in James Joyce ’s The Dead and Thomas Hardy ’s Jude the Obscure "It ’s no problem of mine but it ’s a problem I fight‚ living a life that I can ’t leave behind. But there ’s no sense in telling me‚ the wisdom of the cruel words that you speak. But that ’s the way that it goes and nobody knows‚ while everyday my confusion grows." --New Order‚ Bizarre Love Triangle‚ from Substance‚ 1987 Most people who have
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sweeten this / little hand. Oh‚ oh‚ oh” (V.I.50-52). Lady Macbeth has become berserk from the murders she assisted in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ and she is attempting to wash imaginary blood off of her hands in her sleep‚ which represents her guilt. This quote is ironic due to Lady Macbeth taunting Macbeth in act II‚ scene II about when he was hysterical about Duncan’s blood on his hands. She tells Macbeth that a little water will wash off the blood‚ but now‚ she is struggling with cleaning imaginary
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For 20 years‚ I carried the guilt and shame of aborting a child at the age of thirteen. I was not aware that this decision would alter the course of my life forever. One morning‚ I cried “Father forgive me” for killing your child. I asked for forgiveness for many years‚ but this time was different. I felt God’s presence confirming that I had been forgiven and it was time to forgive myself. Since that day of redemption‚ I have been a licensed foster parent. For the past 3 years I have
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The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ contains alternating views of sin‚ morals‚ and guilt. Society classifies Hester Prynne a sinner for committing adultery while her husband was gone. Although the town does not punish her with death‚ for the slight possibility that her husband might be dead‚ their treatment of her is grave and cruel. As part of her punishment‚ the townspeople require Hester to stand on the public scaffold‚ where she is humiliated and embarrassed‚ wear a scarlet letter
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straight‚ “full of scorpions is [his] mind” (Shakespeare‚ 3.2.38). He uses the metaphor of scorpions of King Duncan’s murder‚ constantly stinging his thoughts and poisoning his mind with thoughts of more killing. After the king’s death‚ Macbeth feels guilt for what he has done‚ first being unable to keep his crime out of mind in case someone were to discover he is the culprit. Not only him‚ but his accomplice and wife starts to realize what she has done and it entered her subconscious sleepwalking and
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In the beginning of the novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ the main character experiences the struggles with the impact of guilt and regret. He faces the consequences of a decision he made as a twelve-year-old for the greater part of his life. Therefore‚ he must search for his path to redemption for the rest of the novel. In the beginning of the book‚ he was definitely a coward. He was not able to stand up for his best friend because he was scared of getting hurt. Even though Amir’s made a horrible decision
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Gary Soto Post AssessmentGuilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway -Isabelle Holland. Guilt is something we create for ourselves. In the passage‚ Gary Soto emphasizes how guilty‚ paranoid‚ and shameful he felt in his inner conscience after stealing an apple pie. He expresses his guilt‚ shame‚ and paranoia by describing his outer self‚ his inner self‚ and the people around him. How Soto describes his inner self emphasizes on how fearful he is. The great sense of
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Guilt Guilt is a force in all that has the ability to bring people to insanity. When guilt becomes great enough‚ the effects it has on people go much deeper than the surface. People’s minds and body’s are overpowered by the guilt that consumes them every second they live with their burden. The devastating effects of guilt are portrayed vividly in Dostoevsky’s fictional but all to real novel Crime and Punishment. In the story‚ the main character Raskolnikov commits a murder and suffers with the
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Dempster. As Ramsay’s interaction with these three characters develops‚ it is evident that guilt is a main recurring theme throughout the novel. Percy is a constant figure that has been present in Dunstan’s life since day one. When Percy threw a snowball containing a rock it caused Mrs Dempster to go into labour prematurely. Dunstan‚ who was meant to be hit by the snowball‚ later on‚ harbours a lot of guilt for causing Mary to go into labour‚ which he struggles dealing with throughout his life. "Then-
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