Mutinies

did commit “mutiny” was that his intention? Should Captain Vere serve his king or his conscious? These questions are tested but ultimately Captain Vere must side with the law and make an example to the other crew members what mutinous acts are met with. But the question facing this paper is whether or not Captain Vere was just in his conduct at trail? To this reader, the answer is yes. The mutinous act in question is when Billy Budd strikes Claggort, after he has accused Billy of mutiny, and Billy

as he thought it might cause the crew to reflect back to the mutiny at Nore and tempt them to mutiny. The crew, despite the circumstances of Claggart’s death, would only see Billy Budd’s actions as “plain homicide committed in a flagrant act of mutiny” (Melville 87). Although Billy did not mean to kill Claggart, he was sentenced under the Mutiny Act, which punished any act of violence against a superior officer with death to prevent mutiny. Thus, Billy Budd was sentenced to death by hanging. Likewise

The American colonists and British policymakers disagreed on many things, but the common thread that seems to run through them all is the sense of exploitation on the part of the colonists and the perceived need to protect overall interests on the part of the British policymakers. The Sugar Act of 1764, The Currency Act of 1764, and the Stamp Acts are but a few examples of the disagreements between the legislators and the colonies. The Sugar Act of 1764 was intended to eliminate the illegal sugar

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Budd”, when Billy punched and killed John Claggart, his superior officer at master-at-arms aboard the H.M.S. Bellipotent, a British Naval ship. Claggart accused Billy Budd of mutiny, and this false accusation angered Billy so much that he punched the master-at-arms in the face, killing him. Although Billy did not intend mutiny or murder, he was sentenced to death by the drummer’s court, and hung the next morning. And while Billy did in fact murder Claggart, there is conflict over whether or not he

reaction to the crew as a result of enlistment on the Bellipotent, the rumor of mutiny, and his

of Captain Fairfax Vere seem to implicitly state that an individual in an unfortunate situation is tied by strict adherence to the law in order to be seen as legitimate, and thus to be able to command those who are subordinate without a threat of mutiny. However, the supposed strict adherence to the “rule of law” in absolute terms is questioned by Richard Weisberg. Weisberg suggests that we should be aware of the “internal and external narrative” of Vere’s actions. In his critical reading of Melville’s

The Revolt of 1857-1858 that happened in India is known also as the Mutiny of Sepoy in Britain and as the First War of Indian Independence among the Indian population. It started as the uprising of the soldiers of the Bengal Presidency Army that aimed to expel the British rule from the territory of India. However, the uprising spread very quickly all over the northern and central regions of India and soon the rebellion by the civilian population started in a significant number of military towns of

In his work Billy Budd, Sailor, Herman Melville portrays the protagonist, Billy Budd, as an excellent sailor and diligent worker who is emotionally underdeveloped. Billy is written as being naive and good natured, and fails to see the evil that lurks within people. Billy’s personal attributes, his impressment by the British Navy, as well as the wrongful wishes of other men upon his his ship are all attributes to the Handsome Sailor’s downfall. After reading this novella, I have concluded that Billy

kidnapped from their home, Sierra Leone, Africa, in 1839 and shipped to Havana, Cuba. The leader of the group named Cinque Joseph, led a mutiny against the Spanish crew. The remaining Spaniards, Ruiz and Montes, claimed they would steer the ship back to Africa, but arrived off the coast of the Northern state of Connecticut. Cinque’s group was arrested and charged with mutiny. Real estate lawyer named Roger Baldwin, former President of the United States of America, John Quincy Adams, and a former slave