Guilt:
For the first performance, the stimulus was the word ‘guilt’. I had to enact one of three people in a line-up and reiterate the sentence ‘relax, it’ll be over soon.’ Our story line consisted of a line-up with 3 suspects; one being guilty of sexual assault. This associates to the stimulus as only one character involved was guilty, but because of the circumstances, us as the other characters also looked guilty, it was the audience’s task to then deduce that Kyle was actually culpable of the crime.
As one of the suspects, I had to appear intimidating so I frowned and stared forebodingly at the audience. When I repeated the sentence, I declared it forcefully and rudely to also suggest that I was angry. In terms of body language, I had my arms crossed and I slouched as I walked disinterestedly forward to show my lack of respect and disinterest of being there. I also examined the room by looking around to show the audience that, although I was trying to look intimidating, I was nervous and worried about being accused.
Within the performance we used the explorative strategy of thought tracking to divulge into our characters individual feelings about the situation. It was also used to confirm Kyle’s character’s guiltiness. Thought tracking helped our performance as we were all able to communicate how our characters were feeling. Therefore, if it wasn’t quite clear enough for the audience, they would be able to identify it easier. It also enabled the audience to recognise who actually felt guilty and why, and, most importantly, it helped because it created a sense of dramatic irony by way of making the audience aware that Kyle’s character was accountable, yet the rest of the character’s in the line-up were unaware. This was impor...
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We also used a still image of the prison guards staring at the audience to show that we had power over them as we were stood tall and angry, showing this by having our arms crossed, and the audience were sat down, thereby showing their lack of power and importance. We also used it just before Bentley (Josh) was hung so that the audience could see our facial expressions before he was hung, and then after he was hung which was ultimately intended to show a contrast in our feelings.
Positive Memory/ Handshake:
Our stimulus for this performance was the idea of a positive memory. The task was to create a flashback to Derek Bentley’s childhood which related someway to his situation when being hung. A handshake had to be included at some point within the performance so we chose to do it just before he was hung which then initiated the flashback.
Is it justifiable to inflict the death penalty on individuals who have committed murder? As majority would have it, yes. There are many arguments in favor of capital punishment. Some of these include taking a murderer out of this world once and for all, and saving money that would be spent on them if they were given a life sentence, as well as the majority rule of citizens of the United States wishing it to stay. In Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel, In Cold Blood, Dick and Perry were assigned the death penalty for the cruel murders of four members of the Clutter family in a small town in Kansas. Not only did this pair of men deserve what they got, but it is also better for the state that they were executed.
The audience will relate to the situations the characters must face. For example, traffic jams,
One cannot always accurately reproduce information due to the stages of memory processing that occur after witnessing an event. With each stage, the accuracy of the memory decreases. According to Aronson, Wilson, and Akert (2013), the first stage is acquisition. Acquisition is the process by which people notice only certain information in a particular setting because they cannot perceive everything around them. Also, witnessing a crime often occurs quickly, unexpectedly, under poor viewing conditions, or while focus is on another object, such as a gun. These circumstances significantly decrease the amount of accurate information that the observer will acquire, and the likelihood for accurate reproduction of the event in testimony is lessened (Aronson et al., 2013). According to Fradella (2006), acquisition is dependent upon the same individualized factors that are present in perception and expectations. Expectations impact what information an observer seeks out or avoids, ultimately impacting their overall memory (Fradella, 2006).
Capital Punishment is a very controversial topic, there is both irrefutable and critical evidence that supports capital punishment. There is a plethora of inquiry you can ask yourself such as, what kind of limitations are there? How much are we really willing to spend on executions and does the cost outweigh its benefits? Then there is one question that everyone asks, is there credible evidence that supports that capital punishment does in fact deter crime. Based on the evidence there in fact is credible evidence that supports that capital punishment does deter crime.
People's bias and predispositions can affect their opinion of different circumstances and different people. This is very evident throughout the play. After the first group vote and juror 8 votes not guilty, a discussion ensues. It is there that the jurors' personal prejudices come out and we the readers/viewers are able to see how this has influenced and shaped what they think.
“Our position… is that there is no place for capital punishment… We believe that justice for all is better served by a sentence of life imprisonment.”(Szumski 170) The administration of Capital punishment in the United States has been a failed experiment. Capital punishment or “The death penalty” is the legally authorized killing of a human being as punishment for a crime. The entire process of Capital punishment is fraught with error, since 1973, over 87 inmates have been released from death row due to their innocence being proven. (Blecker, 12) Capital punishment attacks the poor, as well as the black community. For the worst crimes, life without parole is better. Not only is the death penalty discriminatory and unethical, it violates the
that society has a moral obligation to protect the safety and the welfare of its
the reactions to the guilt, and the consequences resulting from the guilt are all used by
Guilt is an emotion that is felt by all people after they have done something that they know is morally wrong. This emotion can come in various levels and, depending on the intensity of the feeling, can change a person’s character. The theme of Guilt in Macbeth is described and portrayed through the two main characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The feeling of guilt effects the way that these characters act in response to certain situations and problems and will ultimately lead to their death. Shakespeare writes this play as if to show how the effects of guilt change Macbeth from a war hero to a hated tyrant, and consequently Lady Macbeth’s down ward spiral to madness. In the play “Macbeth” the characters are examples of how Guilt may affect the average human being. Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth handle the guilt of killing Duncan in different ways so a person who may want to understand more about the mentality of suicide victims or those who are struggling with guilt may use these characters as a reference source. Understanding the effects of guilt on the characters in “Macbeth” can illuminate how people today deal with guilt in their lives.
In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, he chronicled the story of Macbeth’s rise to power and all he encountered during that journey. One theme that is present throughout the entirety of the play is guilt. As the story progressed, it can be seen that guilt affects each character differently depending on their role in the play. However, every person deals with the guilt in their own way. Everyone is influenced by a feeling of regret at some point in their lives, and the way they deal with it will affect them in the long run. It can be seen taking a drastic toll, particularly on the characters of Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth. Ultimately, the presence of guilt in someone is determined by how easily they let it affect them.
During the spring semester I read Evangelium Vitae: The Gospel of Life. Paragraphs 27 and 56 of this encyclical prompted a discussion of the death penalty with other students. Their first reaction was that the Pope was against it and that he was saying that the penalty has no justification. There was general resistance to the suggestion that while the Pope's attitude toward the death penalty is, to put it mildly, unfavorable, he did not flat out say that it was immoral, wrong, without justification.
Living in a world where more than 10.1 million people are held in penal institutions, many countries have decided to go for a more cruel kind of retribution. Capital punishment, one of the many subjects in which several points of view have been expressed, has always been an issue concerning human rights. Whether a man should punish another by taking away his life or keeping him in jail is basically what most people are concerned about. Being entirely useless, cruel, and sometimes even unjust, Capital punishment should be abolished.
This essay will show that the United States is on an execution rampage. Since capital punishment was reinstated by the Supreme Court in the 1976 Gregg v. Georgia decision(Gregg), more than 525 men and women have been put to death by the state. More than 150 of these executions have taken place since 1996. 3,500 people are on death row today, awaiting their turn with the executioner. Capital punishment has existed throughout most of the course of our nation's history.
Capital punishment has been a controversial topic in association to any person condemned to a serious committed crime. Capital punishment has been a historical punishment for any cruel crime. Issues associated to things such as the different methods used for execution in most states, waste of taxpayers’ money by performing execution, and how it does not serve as any form of justice have been a big argument that raise many eyebrows. Capital punishment is still an active form of deterrence in the United States. The history of the death penalty explains the different statistics about capital punishment and provides credible information as to why the form of punishment should be abolished by every state. It is believed
Capital punishment is known as the death penalty. Let’s describe first what capital punishment is. Capital punishment occurs when a person suffers the death sentence by the state as a punishment for a crime. These crimes are also known as capital offenses too. Capital punishment has been practiced in many societies and countries. Also the death penalty abolished many countries and societies. The Death penalty was often common for a ruling party to make the offender known throughout the community for his or her criminal acts. If the community were made aware of the consequences for breaking the laws and the crime rate would be reduced. (“Capital punishment.” The free dictionary.com...) after studying in my