Hangman Figurative Language

George Graham Vest’s “Tribute to the Dog,” is an emotional speech delivered as the closing remarks to a legal case, in which Vest represented a man suing another man for killing his dog. As such representation, it was in Vest’s interest to persuade the jury to side with his client, and condemn the actions of the canine killer. “Tribute to the Dog” expertly appeals to the emotions of the reader, or audience, by building up the pathos; Vest utilizes extreme examples to convey the undependable nature of mankind, contrasting it with a dog’s everlasting loyalty and innocence. The structure of the closing argument provides a juxtaposition that not only emphasizes the comparison, but also provides relief from the pathos Vest introduced. Moreover,

Humans behave in mysterious ways when they are put into challenging positions. This is especially true in Shirley Jackson short story The Lottery and Ray Bradbury’s short story All Summer in a Day. In both of these stories the characters raise hell for the protagonists, compelling the reader to ask themselves what the motivation behind these cruel actions is and why the characters are allowing themselves to act in this unjust manner. Protagonist Tessie Hutchinson of The Lottery is stoned to death by her own townspeople who looked upon her as their equal only moments prior to her death. Young Margot of All Summer in a Day is locked away inside of a closet by her own classmates; the same classmates who end up feeling shameful for their cruelty towards her. Why did the villagers stone Tessie and why was Margot locked away by her classmates? Analyzing the Milgram experiment helps us to understand why these characters behaved the way they did. Tessie was stoned to death and Margot was locked away because disgustingly evil actions were allowed to be committed under the shield of justice which each stories’ authority figures represent.

Throughout many parts of the United States, there is a time of the year known as “fire season.” Because of a lack of water during this time, dead plant matter littered across the forest floor start to shrivel up, until they’re practically begging to be lit on fire. During this season, a single ember can ignite a wildfire capable of searing through hundreds of acres of forest. Just like this powerful, heat-ridden ember, a single act of cruelty can ignite even worse, more pitiless acts. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding demonstrates how cruelty gives power to perpetrators and victimizes the weak, He shows that cruelty lies in the heart of every person and child and that it is most prevalent in a society that lacks a penalty system.

The image below is a primary source of people being hung in the Middle Ages for murdering. The authors perspective is shown how he has drawn people hanging down while there are people watching them to show them not to do this. The viewpoint of the author is to say not to do this otherwise it will happen to you. The crowd around the punished people are there to show the seriousness of the punishments providing a warning and awareness of the consequences. It could lead to death and torture for the rest of their lives, this reflects to the authors point of view. Overall, Crimes and Punishments in the Middle Ages were very hard for people to escape. Authors presented a lot detail to show how life was strict back in the Middle Ages. Images that

The narration of both Night and in "Hangman" can be compared and contrasted in several ways. The first person narrative is the main point of view used in both Night and

In "A Hanging," George Orwell utilizes the rhetorical appeals of pathos and ethos in historical context to convince the audience that the unjustifiable execution of a person is not only barbaric, but unethical. This is successful because of his sensitive word choice and sympathetic tone.

This essay will ‘compare and contrast’ two approaches made in investigating the ‘bystander effect’. It will discuss in some depth as to what exactly is meant by the bystander effect, illustrating when this concept was first shown and why. An outline will be made of the different methods used, those being experiments and discourse analysis, explaining each one in turn, within the framework of two cases. The first being the murder of ‘Catherine Genovese,’ 1964.and the second ‘James Bulger’ 1993. The essay will then show examples of the differences and similarities between each method. Concluding with a summary of findings into the two approaches to investigating the Bystander Effect.

In the essay “Ignore the Noose Makers” by Ellis Cose, effective rhetorical questions and antithesis are used to convey the author’s belief that lynch gestures should not be over-exaggerated.

The bystander effect, is a “social psychological phenomenon that refers to cases in which individuals do not offer any means of help to a victim when other people are present”(Weiten). Such reactions usually occur when individuals do not want to risk getting involved in the situation. In Chronicles of a Death Foretold, even though the townspeople do not desire the murder of Santiago Nasar,their unwillingness or lack of courage to take action in preventing this “foretold murder” consequently allows for the murder to happen. The idea of disturbing the status-quo and risk of involvement overshadows the Sucré citizens’ moral values. Even though a scale of individual willingness to avert the crime is presented such as Colonel Lazaro Aponte’s fulfilling his duty ,Clotilde Armenta’s multiple attempts and Father Armando’s total indifference; none of the townspeople want to be directly implicated in the matter.

Throughout history, there are lesser-known occurrences in which Historians can make assertions about the society in that time period as a whole. The conviction, execution and alleged resurrection of William Cragh is one such occurrence. In The Hanged Man, Robert Bartlett writes of a man who was executed, but allegedly rose from the dead in the Middle Ages. The story of William Cragh is not only a riveting anecdote, but also, an insightful look at the legal system of the Middle Ages. The Hanged Man helps to explain the relationship between England and Wales, the legal process that led to hanging, as well as societal perceptions of criminals and outlaws in the Medieval Period. Robert Bartlett is able to present a complicated historical event through the language of an everyday person. The Hanged Man is a great example of accessible historical nonfiction, bringing an understanding of the Middle Ages to a broad audience.

A whip flies, the woman scream, stumbles, and falls." The narrator even states, "I don 't know why, but I am furious, simply furious with these people-furious because I must be here because of them. I feel no pity. I am not sorry they 're going to the gas chamber." The prisoners feel anger toward the incomers also because "the easiest way to relieve your hate is to turn against someone weaker."

These stories have themes that are similar, and the authors convey the themes in different ways. One way that the authors conveyed the theme was through similar story events. In “Terrible Things”, the terrible things took away different types of animals, and the rabbits did not help. This is supported in paragraph 9, where it says, “But the Terrible Things had brought there terrible nets, and they flung them high and and caught the birds and carried them away.” The

Impatient guillotine hovers above, waiting to crash upon the scapegoat Sanctimonious executioners disregard the frantic parting desecrations Hate by design, anesthetical delusions programmed by cerebric engineers Counting every drop of rain as they are baptized in the crimson shower Xenophobic narcissists feign the victimized as pseudo-hemophiliacs Justified by claustrophobic inheritance of an utopian fantasy distorted Relinquishing the comforts of manipulation results in reality undesired Thus the continue the serenade upon which begets their own pestilence Weary of being an obscenity viewed as an intolerable piece of scenery Prophesied counterattack signaled by the advent of freedom unbound Augmented by adrenalized flow, they relish in satirical sadism perverted Years of torment have numbed them to the core, pain is but a sensation Bleach-soaked teeth gnaw upon the severed finger that was aimed

In Margret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and William Shakespeare’s King Lear it is evident that the punishment of innocent individuals by evildoers catalyzes violence thus, culminating in the disruption of society.

People have limits. There is only so far that one can be pushed until their tolerance runs too low, until they reach a point where they must fight back. Based on these people’s limits, it can be assumed that injustice cannot be condoned once it oversteps an individual’s or group’s moral boundaries. Here we are introduced to 3 unique characters that encounter their own breaking points, where they can no longer withstand the antagonists that attempt to wear them down. Antigone by Sophocles provides Antigone herself, a fierce young princess who resists her uncle to bury her brother Polyneices, who had betrayed her other brother Eteocles in greed for the throne. She accepted death over losing to her uncle, who wished to deny her own brother the right of passage to the spirit world. Following Antigone is Ove of A Man Called Ove written by Fredrik Backman, the story of an orphan who was tormented because of his past and faced terrible treatment from his colleagues. Moreover, Ove represents how even people of composure can stand up boldly against injustice, knowing when it should stop and when it is no longer acceptable to hold their tongues. The final example includes Juror 11 of the screenplay 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose. 11, while not playing the main role, applied his personal morals to the case and was increasingly perturbed by the inconsiderate nature of the men on jury duty alongside him. His role played out as a voice of reason, unfaltering even