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    victorious as the soldiers regret their unmoral actions. This is shown by: “No one had told us victory was like this Not one amongst us would have eaten bread Before he’d filled the mouth of the grey child” This gives a remorseful tone and sense of guilt. The pity for this dead child humanises the soldiers who feel a need to protect not to attack helpless people. This reflection could be seen as emphasis on their morality (noble) as they would have given anything to save the child. However there is

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    anything it has to obtain it goals no matter how amoral or dangerous its actions may seem. Freud states that the superego is the complete opposite of the id. The superego’s goal is to apply moral values to obtain one’s wishes. The superego imposes guilt‚ shame‚ self-doubt‚ and anxiety to control one’s actions. The ego is the section of your mind you are most aware of. The ego’s goal is to compromise between the two other sections by using logic. It tries to satisfy both the id and the superego. Sometimes

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    Harseerat Khaira ENG3U0-C 23/11/2013 A Guilty Conscience “Guilt is the hilt of the knife that we use on ourselves‚ and love is often the blade; but it’s worry that keeps the knife sharp‚ and worry that gets most of us‚ in the end” (G. Roberts).Guilt is the strongest and most corrosive of feelings. Like acid‚ it can eat away at your insides and render you numb‚ just like it did to Kate. In the novel Crow Lake by Mary Lawson‚ the theme of guilt has a persistent presence and impact on Kate‚ Luke and Matt

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    or one million pounds. Nearly 150 buildings were destroyed or broken‚ seven hundred million pounds to repair. Worst break down in law order in 200 years. 178 police hurt. Brian paddock. 300 police and 45 rioters injured and no one dead. There was guilt and pride from the rioters. John Stapleton. On Sunday police were not ready to admit and wanting to blame it on political reasons. Police wanted to blame the community for what had happened. The government seemed reluctant to take action. Margret

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    patients try to please her during the Group Meetings by airing their dirtiest‚ darkest secrets‚ and then they feel deeply ashamed for how she made them act‚ even though they have done nothing. She maintains her power by the strategic use of shame and guilt‚ as well as by a determination to “divide and conquer” her patients. McMurphy manages to ruffle Ratched because he plays her game: he picks up on her weak spots right away.

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    her result. Thoughts that the tumour could be cancer were causing Lucy to lack motivation and feel restless. Lucy was also feeling guilty for not being able to care for her son and fiance since having the headache. Other than feeling obsession and guilt‚ Lucy has no other positive symptoms‚ such as delusions‚ phobias or compulsions. Suicidal ideation was not detected. Perception Lucy exhibits normal perception. Symptoms‚ such as illusions‚ misinterpretations‚ depersonalisation‚ passivity phenomena

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    is cruel and selfish‚ “hey‚ you wanna hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you”‚ he knows about the mob and he found out the only way that he can stay safe in the Waterfront is follow all the order from Friendly. He felt guilt after he knew he was a part of the murder of Joey Doyle‚ but the dark side of him always reminding him to keep his mouth shut about the truth. When Edie ask him which side he’s within‚ he answer that:”me? I’m with me‚Terry.” that shows his view and

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    Lila recognizes that the guilt and the shame of her past are not things that can abandon. She neither wishes to reject nor pity her past. Instead‚ Lila fully accepts her former life for what it was: a time of courageousness and a time of resourcefulness. Robinson writes‚ “That knife was the difference between her and anybody else in the world” (239). One can read the story of Lila’s life through the actions of that knife. Although part of this story is the shame and the guilt that she has experienced

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    More than just a book‚ The Reader reminds that the concepts of guilt and responsibility are not clear-cut ideas‚ and even more so during the Nuremberg Trials. Guilt is simply one of the many human emotions‚ but the feeling of guilt is unique to everyone and there is no one meaning for guilt. Though guilt is such a strong feeling‚ judgments must not be made simply on how "guilty" one feels for their actions. If that is so‚ then Hanna would never have gone to jail at all. Judgments should instead be

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    emotions‚ financial loss etc…the members of the group try to place blame on the others in the group‚ mostly on the group leader (Feinberg 1968). This goes against what collective responsibility or group liability without fault means. When there is shame‚ guilt or liability directed at the group‚ which results in punishment‚ every member accepts responsibility of the wrongdoing equally as a group. Sounds great‚ but every time blame is given the circumstances need to be looked at‚ so as to place blame where

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