Remorse

by his only friend (54). This form of insecurity leaves a man distraught, depressed and “intolerable to [himself],” as he lives a life carrying a ball of lies that is forever chained to him (54). The laws of the society are to be held responsible here as the pursuit of companionship and the laws of appropriate behavior within the society force Victor to bury his guilt and watch as Justine’s innocent blood is spilled for his crimes (75). Furthermore, this inability to speak in fear of scrutiny evolves into a prison of sorts, in which the individual is trapped without a comrade to whom he may narrate his grief. The influence perception carries within society is an interesting idea, that even after a submission to these laws, only guilt and remorse await the ordinary man. In contrast to an individual that is drawn into isolation, Shelley also presents an external perception of a being that is born into it, the Creature. The first sight of unjustified bias against the Creature is presented to him by his own master as Victor addresses his creation with terms such as: “it,” “[a] demonical corpse” and “wretch,” in order to define a distinct difference that excludes him from being in relation to a human being (44, 45). Later on, the plot unfolds to narrate a rather vivid scene of the Creature being beaten by the villagers for no apparent reason, and this form of evil within humans represents a form of rejection to the orphaned being (94). Furthermore, continuous antagonizing by the…

The innocent creature from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein just might not be as innocent or sane as one might think. The creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is without a doubt a psychopath or even a sociopath when looking at the details in his lifestyle, and the violent acts he committed throughout the novel. Furthermore, when analyzing the creature from the novel it demonstrates multiple psychopathic and sociopathic qualities, such as something like his impulsive behavior or how aggressive, it…

Understanding exactly what the characters were feeling can lead us to understand some of their actions and how they lived their lives. Hester never left with Pearly because she only had regrets. She didn’t care about the townspeople and only focused on making herself a better person. Dimmesdale was filled with remorse of what happened. He had done a bad thing but he also had an image to keep, and knowing he was a hypocrite tore him apart. Where Dimmesdale received admiration and praise, Hester…

His guilty conscience reaches his mind, as he can no longer endure the pain. The psychopath confesses his deed, as the police officers awe in shock. Law enforcement finds the mangled body as their eyes tear with deception and disturbance. The psychotic murderer feels guilt for his actions and confesses. The killer commits murder, but experiences remorse and confesses to the authorities. One of the themes in “The Tell-Tale Heart” is a murderer can actually have remorse for his…

case the police call him in for questioning. Dorian waits on his servant to come so he can have an alibi; and in order to get rid of the body, he had no choice but to threaten Alan with blackmail. He was agitated at the events that were unfolding in his hands but he was even more petrified because he knew that each sin he committed was being reflected on his portrait. As anyone would, Dorian felt a sense of guilt. He grew anxious with fearful thoughts that someone would find out so he decided to…

sadistic soldier stereotype. He is vulgar, cruel, and has no empathy. For instance, after the company burns an entire village to the ground, a surviving girl is found dancing in the center of the rubble. Azar mocks her dancing without remorse, and he shows no sympathy for the girl’s dead family: “That night, after we’d marched away from the smoking village, Azar mocked the girl’s dancing. He did funny jumps and spins. He put the palms of his hands against his ears and danced sideways for a…

Being caught red handed is a universal symbol of guilt in the sense that one has done something unwholesome, but it usually does not equate to the feeling of remorse, as it does in Shakespeare’s tragedy of Macbeth. No one catches Lady Macbeth with literal blood on her hands, but she still has an unclean conscience long after the murder. Bloody hands symbolize the guilt held within Lady Macbeth, significantly playing into her character development, transitioning her from cold hearted and…

I’ve downed several flasks of whiskey now. My mind feels clouded, disoriented and dizzy yet I keep drinking. Reckless, I am under the influence of spirit, I know it’s right for me to stop but I won’t, I can’t. Despite my hazy state, I still feel pain, I’m drowning, suffocating under the guilt, remorse and oh the pain…... There is no escape whatsoever. What I felt before, when the lust of battle died in me, when I started cursing everyone without a second thought, is nothing, NOTHING, compared…

and devil-like; he will not stop committing sinful crimes and will never feel remorse because he is consumed by evil. Othello tells the beginning and end of Othello and Desdemona. Othello is a general, and he recently gave an amateur solider, Cassio, a promotion that Iago had wanted. In addition to the promotion, Iago thinks that Othello slept with Emelia, Iago’s wife. Othello also recently married Desdemona, which was highly frowned upon because he is a Moor or a lowly…

Hannibal diagnostic feature where being able to manipulate someone into doing what he wanted physically and also emotionally as he wanted, his ability to breaking the law to his will and not having remorse for others or the guilt for what he was doing, also his possession of being able to act charming to others, major depressive disorder that he suffered from the death of his family, kleptomania pyromania characterized by difficulties in resting urges to engaged in behavior that is excessive and…