1. instill– this idea of instillment is imperative to setting someone on a good and godly course, a main concern within the judiciary system at the time. ministers served to infuse in the mind of criminals the desire to repent of their sins and commit themselves for the rest of their time to Godly works. this passage shows, however, that instilled goodness will have an effect only if the person is submissive and desirous of doing good.
2. poverty– “poverty had urged him to deviate from the paths of virtue.” this shows the connection between class and crime. in many instances, including Jubeart, the desire to escape poverty fules the fire for wrong doing. poverty can also produce other feelings such as jealousy and lust, which, if acted upon, result in condmenation as well.
3. body– this text sheds light on the body as being a tool to escape burden. reading this text was the first time i had considered the body is such a way. “…the uncomfortable ideas with which he was perpetually haunted, he imagined, could only be alleviated by keeping himself on continual agitation of the body, by removing from one place to another.” this idea also makes the idea of torture which we have discussed at great length more understandable. since the body is the vessel used to try and escape undersirable states, often through crime, the body is then the vessel that is tormented and destroyed.