Master Elegant Effendi Passage Analysis

In addition to the fact that the narrator understood that murdering someone is wrong, the narrator has a motive for killing the old man. Right off the bat, the narrator tells the reader why he wanted to kill the old man. He says, “I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture—a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees—very gradually—I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye for ever.” This indicates that he had a clear rationale for killing the old man and is guilty of first degree, or premeditated murder. Some may argue that the narrator is mentally insane and killed the man because over an irrational fear caused by his mental illness. However, an insane person would not wait to terminate a powerful feeling of paranoia and to assassinate the person causing such fear.

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How murder first came to enter the narrators mind is unknown. There was no real motive as said: “Object there was none... I loved the old man. He had never wronged me...” (884.) The narrator states that the old man's eye was a pale blue color with film over it, resembling a vulture. The narrator insists that he is not insane however his repeating of this, and his actions, contradict one another. Being so threatened by the old man's eye, the killer attacks his master at night, cuts up his body and buries it beneath the floor boards. Although the old man had sensed his killer in his bedroom, he was too terrified to run for his life. The fact that the narrator kills this innocent old man because of his eye is proof enough he suffers from psychological imbalance To further the evidence that the narrator is, he continues to hear the man's heart beat beneath the floor boards. Although it seems as if it is his own heart beating, he automatically assumes the old man's heart is haunting his mind. The characters are what play the key role in this short story. The killer is suffering from insanity, which he believes is the cause of the evil eye. The old man is never really developed within the story, just known he is innocent and has never wronged his killer. The old man could just represent an innocence who is opposite of a murderer's mind. Within the whole plot the characters unfold an unsettling dark theme for the story; a cold hearted killer and a loving old man with an

This suggests that Macbeth is feeling guilty for killing his friend and suffers mentally as a result. The disruption of

Homicide always will be an aspect of life, whether it is in the 16th century, 21st century or in the future. At times of extreme stress, people may turn to murder as an outlet of a greater problem they cannot fix or control. Presently, homicide has a greater value in society due to popular culture references through the media such as television, film and writing; society constantly has homicide and murder in the subconscious. In David M. Buss’ findings in The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind is Designed to Kill,

A quote from well-known Scottish killer, Dennis Nilson, states exactly what his motives were for viscously killing his innocent victims. “I did it all for me,” he says, “purely selfish. I worshipped the art and act of death, over and over. It is as simple as that. Afterwards, it was all sexual confusion, symbolism, honouring the ‘fallen’. I was honouring myself. I hated the decay

To begin with, his motive for murder is the epitome of insane. The text states “Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this” (2). Even though the old man does absolutely nothing to upset his younger companion, the protagonist still strives to end his life, all because of an eye. With this newfound objective, the story teller quickly acts, describing how he advances in paragraph 3: “You should have seen how wisely I proceeded -- with what caution -- with what foresight -- with what dissimulation, I went to work!” Specifically, the main character stalks the old man throughout a whole week before finally striking. At midnight, he cautiously opens the bedroom door and sticks in a lantern, just enough so he lands a single ray of light upon the evil eye. On the other side of the spectrum, he lures the old man into a false sense of security during the day by acting good-natured and kindhearted. Although the raconteur has expressed his psychotic mind and vexatious ideas, the infamous principle “innocent until proven guilty” prevents his conscious from entering the depths of guilt since no serious devilry has been done

The authors mention Weegee’s photograph The First Murder that shows children gazing at the murder scene with fascination, a woman crying for her dead relative, and another woman who is looking disgusted because of the scene. The difference between the reaction of this group of people is captured and it is explaining the reason why the image is called The First Murder. Children are not aware of right and wrong and they were surprised and fascinated because of the new scene. The excitement in their faces explains their unawareness of the disaster.

It’s like when you’re a kid in the dark and you think of all of the scary movies you’ve seen and you can picture what’s under the bed. But part of you hopes that’s not what there and part of you knows that’s not what’s there, but you don’t look. Just in case. Well, the images formed from the words of these killers is what’s under the bed. They are there, they don’t care, and they can’t be fixed. Hopefully that made sense.

It's a sad mindset and a nature that can't be forgiven by modern society, and his personal views on life being full of pain are an example of this. He enjoys the pain he inflicts upon others because he personally feels pain from others. And the pain he inflicts upon others is thought out and to him has a purpose, this is why he says that the grandmother "would of been a good woman, if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life." He wouldn't have killed the family if the grandmother hadn't recognized him, and this alone shows that his wickedness as a logical structure to it because it shows that he only acts wickedly if he feels pain. The grandmother identified him as a killer which probably reminded him of his pain besides the fact that his own cover was blown, and when the grandmother touched the Misfit out of her sudden sense compassion he reacts physically like he feels pain.

This passage reveals a contradiction in Ishmael’s previous characterization of Queequeg. When he first encounters Queequeg, Ishmael labels him as a cannibal. However, in this passage, the audience learns that Queequeg is much more civilized than he initially seems. In the passage, Ishmael makes a comparison between a Christian man and Queequeg. In the comparison, Ishmael shows Queequeg to take more drastic hygienic measures than even the standard Christian man. This signifies Queequeg’s understanding of being civil.

A lone dark murderer premeditates the death of another, fueled by the personal hatred and deceived by the deep desire of wealth rewarded after the done deed. As the anxious assassin gets ever so close to the day, he is overtaken by both thoughts of paranoia and guilt. The killer makes a split decision to finish the job, in what will be the horror of murder. This was the case of Macbeth, a man of worldly ambition and selfish desire, who is consequently led down the grisly path of killing in order to assume the throne and attain provisional happiness. The vivid imagery of murder in Macbeth, creates the atmosphere of tension and anxiety in the natural world. Macbeth effectively uses imagery of darkness and nature to create the atmosphere of treachery.

Macbeth was, shortly after the murdering incident, driven insane by the immense guilt produced by his withered conscience. The dagger that was used in the killing of King Duncan haunted him before the murder took place. This tragedy in the play gives us both fear of where the sword came from and pity for Macbeth's character that had degraded to such a point that he has become paranoid.

“Freud’s structural theory of personality, places great emphasis on the role of unconscious psychological conflicts in shaping behavior and personality” (Boundless). This statements explains the correlation between the abandonment and hatred placed towards the creature by all and his urge to place the same grief onto his maker. Now the murderer has begun outwardly expressing his primitive feelings of revenge and anger. He was once “nourished with high thoughts of honour and devotion. But now crime has degraded” him “beneath the meanest animal” (Shelley

o This is highly improbable due to the fact that Raskolnikov has acted very strange on multiple occasions when the crime was brought up in conversation o Shows that he doesn’t want to bust Raskolnikov but let him come to terms with it himself 5. List contradicting behaviors apparent in Raskolnikov. • It is apparent from the first chapters of the novel that Raskolnikov is having an internal struggle. •