Posted in engl375mm on Jun 21st, 2007 No Comments »
ritual - Monster describes the act of stripping inmates together in herds of 40 in order to search them for any contraband is nothing but a mind game that delineates the structure of subjugation the prisoners will endure while incarcerated. This seems ritualized process of humbling a criminal is used throughout the texts we have [...]
vagabond - Mount like many of the criminals we have encountered during this class is a man that is constantly on the run. He never seems to stay in the same place, being tired of situations easily or needing to flee from the authority, a career criminal cannot settle down. They live a [...]
Posted in engl375mm, inconsequential, lenity, notorious on Jun 11th, 2007 2 Comments »
Notorious- “Notorious” seems to be thrown in the title of Frasier’s narrative to attract readers. The seeds of the sensationalism of later works seem to be in place here. Although he seems to be a prolific thief, there is little evidence of his notoriety among the general public given here. The inclusion of [...]
Sin- Powers’ narrative is extremely concerned with sin. He explains that a woman when he is young teaches him “that awful sin” (343). The rest of his narrative is largely concerned with sexual crimes, and we see how he blames his later crimes on the woman who first taught him the awful sin.
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Posted in engl375mm, force, innocence on Jun 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Elizabeth Wilson
Innocence- Like Rachel Wall, Elizabeth Wilson is concerned with the idea of her own innocence. She also has a modern conception of guilt an innocence, an idea of not guilty by reason of insanity: “or was an insensible, hardened creature, and did not expect to die for this crime” (271). [...]
Posted in engl375mm, guilt, monster, salvation on Jun 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Money- Richard Barrick is a highway robber, purely out for money. He knocks on people’s door, demanding their money, and forces his way in to take whatever he can if they won’t comply. He is driven purely by a desire for money, as is his partner John Sullivan. Alexander White commits his [...]
covetous - Frasier compulsion to steal as he admitted was due to a burning desire within to become rich. HInstead of attempting to do so by legitimate means the “easy” money of thievery seemed much more appropriate for his condition although he did seem to express sorrow over the fact that his life of [...]
Posted in confession, engl375mm, pain, torture on Jun 4th, 2007 No Comments »
(this is an older post, but i had combined it with the pillars of salt post and went back to separat
the two into two individual posts.)
1. pain- suffering and distress in varying degrees of severity takes on a completely different definition in Foucault’s text. in fact, he presents pain as the foundation upon which the [...]
Posted in conversion, counsel, engl375mm, warning on Jun 4th, 2007 No Comments »
warning - In this narrative like many of the others we have read the criminal admits to following a life of sin in which they were made aware of their wickedness. Boston claims to have had “seasonable Warnings against sinful courses.” But she did not feel remorse for her deeds and continued to [...]
Posted in conscience, engl375mm, nature, stealing on Jun 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Nature- Frasier is always referring to his true nature as one of wickedness: he seems to see himself as a naturally evil person, held back from time to time from committing evil deeds. First his mother instills in him a sense of honesty (although this is quickly undone by a later mistress). When [...]
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