Mutinies

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

fabricated concerns to Captain Vere, who reluctantly called Billy to his office and had Claggart explain why he thought Billy Budd was involved in a mutiny. Astonished at Claggart’s accusation, Billy could not express his feelings in words and, therefore, punched Claggart so hard that the officer died instantly. Being forced to take action due to fear of a mutiny by other impressed sailors, Vere hurriedly assembled a small court on the ship and Billy was found guilty of murder. It was decided he was to

producers. As more slaves were shipped, word of what occurs on the ships and the purpose of their voyage spread. In fear of what happens on the ships, slaves utilized different forms of resistance to escape their future, such as escaping captivity, mutiny, and suicide. The Slave Ship by Markus Rediker starts off with a

by Arthur Conan Doyle about master detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr.John Watson. In the story they solve a mystery of hidden treasure and murder (Doyle, 2010). Arthur Conan had never been to India and was born after the events of the ‘Mutiny’. His novel assumes an unproblematic relationship between Britain and India. As Doyle and his hero Sherlock Holmes were not colonialists, they

to stir your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong, who you all know are honourable men. I will not do them wrong…” (Shakespeare 50-51) and “Good friends, sweet friends, let me not stir you up to such a sudden flood of mutiny.” (Shakespeare 53). His explanation of his motives is ironic because he tells the audience that it is not his intention to compel them to mutiny when in actuality his motive is to stir them up to mutiny. By explaining, repeatedly, his

The Russian Revolution Here are some of the causes of the Russian Revolution in March 1917: ~Failures in the War ~The mutiny in the Army ~The Tsarina and Rasputin ~Food Shortages ~Strikes PREFACE: In 1904 The Tsar of Russia (Nicholas II) embarked on a war with Japan, hoping for a quick and glorious victory that would unite the country, decrease support for the Tsar's opponents and gain control over Korea and Manchuria. Unfortunately for the Tsar, the Japanese were well

Ferdinand Magellan, on April 27,1521, was he worth defending? Magellan was not worth defending on the Philippine Bay. Ever Since Magellan sailed out into the open sea, his crew was never with him, mutinies, deaths, cruelty all these were examples what happened on the sail with Magellan. What really led to his deathbed on April 27, was the Concern of his crew, Cruelty, and poor Navigational skills through the journey. First of all, Magellan did not have concern for his crew, it did not matter to

Brutus were not honorable to his message that they should not mutiny.  He says, "O masters, if I were disposed to stir/Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,/I should do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong,/Who (you all know) are honorable men" (III.ii.133-136).  The crowd thinks that the conspirators were not honorable, therefore they believe that mutiny would be acceptable.  To gain the full effect, Antony repeats that the crowd should not mutiny five times, so they lose the main point of his message,

start another mutiny. If Charlotte knew who to trust and knew who everyone on the ship for who they really were, then she wouldn’t have almost died when the captain would have pushed her off the ship if he hadn't lost his footing and fell into the water. Overall, if Charlotte had known who Keetch really was, (her enemy) then she wouldn’t have told him and she would have been able to take the key and start the mutiny. However, if she still didn’t know who Keetch really was then the mutiny would be over

resolving what is the best option. It is a choice brought on by a set of circumstances, the end result of which is a selection between all of the probable outcomes of one decision or another. In this case, a possible outcome was the mutiny of the crew. As he was hanged, no mutiny occurred. Had he been acquitted, or his sentence reduced, the crew could have seen it as a slip in the rigid discipline of the ship. As Vere pointed out: "Your clement sentence they would account pusillanimous. They would