Kleist’s novella Das Erdbeben in Chili presents nothing but meaningless destruction. Discuss. Kleist’ novella Das Erdbeben in Chili was possibly his first attempt to write a story (Stephens, 1994: 194).This cannot be confirmed but it was completed after his plays such as Die Familie Schroffenstein. Kleist was known for challenging forms of writing and the ideals created by people (Pan, 2001; 49). The society of the time was very controlled by the Roman Catholic Church. There was no such thing as appealing a verdict of a court. The ruling was absolute. The death penalty was a punishment reserved for what was considered the worst crimes; heresy was one of these, proving that the state and church are very closely linked at the time. Kleist explores …show more content…
One possible reason for this is that the Nazca plate and the North American plate are on a destructive plate boundary. As this suggests the plates collide and land is lost as one plate is forced under the other to melt into the mantle again. This is the logical reason for the earthquake. It is not a completely random event that the earthquake struck at that time. Tension builds up and it has to be released. Even though there was destruction at this plate boundary another plate boundary is moving a part creating new land. This lets people see how there is potential to start again and fix the inequalities and immorality in the world. This is a very clever ploy by Kleist and is undoubtedly intentional. There are similarities to the Lisbon earthquake such as the hangings to keep order after the earthquake ‘...wie der Vizekönig in den schrecklichsten Augenblicken hätte müssen Galgen aufrichten lassen, um der Dieberei Einhalt zu tun...’ (Kleist and Kleist, 1984: 57). The Lisbon earthquake could have been used as a European alternative and Kleist knew of it but he chose the earthquake in …show more content…
sah man Menschen von allen Ständen durcheinander liegen, Fürsten und Bettner, Matronen und Bäuerinnen, Staatsbeamte und Taglöhner,Klosterherren und Klosterfrauen: einander bemitleiden, sich wechselseitig Hülfe reichen, von dem, was sie zur Erhaltung ihres Lebens gerettet haben mochten, freudig mitteilen, als b das allgemeine Unglück alles, was ihm entronnen war, zu einer Familie gemacht hätte.’ (Kleist and Kleist, 1984:
Earthquakes are a natural part of the Earth’s evolution. Scientific evidence leads many geologists to believe that all of the land on Earth was at one point in time connected. Because of plate tectonic movements or earthquakes, continental drift occurred separating the one massive piece of land in to the seven major continents today. Further evidence supports this theory, starting with the Mid-Atlantic ridge, a large mass of plate tectonics, which are increasing the size of the Atlantic Ocean while shrinking the Pacific. Some scientists believe that the major plate moveme...
This investigations seeks to evaluate the Inquisition in full but not limited to the effect on heresy, heretics, witches, and witchcraft. The sources used for this research investigation are the three written sources with secondary and primary material, which are listed as follows, Witchcraft by Robert Hart, Witches and Witchcraft Jeremy Kingston, and Witchcraft in Europe 400-1700 by Alan Charles Kors and Edward Peters. These books will be analyzed and evaluated based on origin, purpose, value, and limitation.
As the Byzantine empire’s power began to lessen, ecclesiastical law flourished (Rautman). The Inquisition was entirely based around Roman Catholicism, and was commonly seen as needed in order to protect and defend the church from protestantism and sinners. It’s courts had judges called “inquisitors.” Inquisitors served lifelong terms and made decisions solely in the name of the Pope. While the only type of crime pursued and prosecuted by the Inquisition were crimes against the church, it was often accused of being a very biased institution, as all verdicts were made according to Catholic beliefs, regardless of the circumstance
When the quake, registering 6.1 on the Richter scale, first struck, it was thought to be centered along the Old Whittier Fault. However, after extensive study, it was determined that it was actually the result of a "new" fault, or a fault that had not previously been discovered by scientists.
The theory concluded that around 200 million years ago, the heavy Pacific Plate collided with the lighter North American Plate, and started sliding underneath, a process known as subduction. This continued for 100 million years, until some 20 million years ago, when the Pacific Plate was forced to change direction and started sliding north, creating the San Andreas Fault. Most of California’s population sits on the west side of the fault, the Pacific plate, while the rest of North America is sitting on the east side of the fault, the North American
Before examining the Northridge event, understanding the naturally occurring hazard that is an earthquake will help to better understand exactly what happened and why it was such an important geological event. With four distinct layers, two layers, the crust and upper portion of the mantle, compose the skin that is the surface layer of the Earth. The crust is not a single, continuous piece. It is actually several different pieces, or plates, that come together to form the puzzle that comprises the surface of the Earth. These plates are in constant motion rubbing against one another. These areas, known as fault lines, where the plates rub up against one another have spots where one plate ”gets stuck while the rest of the plate keeps moving. When the plate has moved far enough, the edges unstick and is how most of the earthquakes around the world occur” (Wald, 2012). The energy stored from the friction of the two plate...
What have they learned since the quake quite allot. The fault moved in a fashion that geologists of
As a result of confrontations with such heresy, the Inquisition was established by a series of papal decrees between 1227 and 1235. Pope Innocent IV authorized the use of torture in 1252, and Pope Alexander IV gave the Inquisition authority over all cases of sorcery involving heresy, although local courts carried out most actual prosecution of witches. At the same time, other developments created a climate in which alle...
After the Catholic Reformation, again, religion was now somewhat at a constant. There was a stability regarding religion. Seeing as capturing and prosecuting individuals as witches was a popular activity, for it was done frequently. Those who wished to run in office were big supporter of the persecutions, for they “hoped for wealth.” Inquisitors were attending to “trail” individuals as witches for witchcraft. There was no “trial”, all would be burned. Slowly crowds started to form in large number for each persecution. The more people that would attend the more wealthy those in office would become. Those in charge of the persecutions were drunk with the money they received, no one was “spared.” The leading men of the city of Trier were also persecuted in hopes of gaining wealth. Several councillors and judges were also killed. On the other hand, “notaries, copyists and innkeepers grew rich.” Perhaps this occurs because of their occupation. Anyone would do anything to get money. When the innkeepers and copyists saw their chance to gain wealth, they went straight for
This is exhibited when an earthquake occurs in Lisbon killing and injuring numerous citizens. While Pangloss and Candide
This shows again how Bethencourt has largely been inspired by Bourdieu and Geertz. The decline of the Inquisition was a long drawn-out process and the author uses the importance of the use of rituals in this process because they concealed the loss of power (p.133). The major analysis of rituals, however, is carried out in chapter seven about the autos-da-fés. Here, the detailed writing of the author is a plus-point because these rituals of public penance involved very detailed consecutive acts which turned trials into theater pieces; both large crows of commoners and kings assisted the event. The inquisitors handed the criminals over to the secular law system because executions were forbidden by canon law.
Those who questioned the tenants of the church or expressed their different options were labeled as heretics and potentially faced “the grave sentence of excommunication by apostolic authority” as stated by William Wey. (217). The power of the church deterred many from denying its authority. Hence, the ideas of non-Catholics, or pagans, remained unwelcome in western European society and even inspired warfare and conflict between communities. Additionally, this warfare was validated by Catholicism.
One enough ‘evidence’ was gathered proving the individual guilty, they could be arrested and tortured. The church and the crown could therefore gain information from anyone they suspected and trials became less public because of the trust in the religious justification that the public believed in. The crown and the church took advantage of the faith of the public and used religion to gain information so that they could grow in political
Imprisonment was very rare. If you were in jail, you were there because you were on trial, and you weren’t allowed to return home. Trials were very brief and if you were charged of a felony or treason, you weren’t allowed to have a lawyer. Unsurprisingly, trials were quick, with extremely brutal punishments. One of these, referred to as “The Greatest Punishment”, involved the subject being hung until they are considered to be half dead, then quartered, or to be cut up into equal pieces, alive, have their organs cut out, and finally have their body be set on fire. Fortunately, this punishment was typically reserved for the worst offenders, as its name and the process that it’s carried out by imply.
Earthquakes belong to the class of most disastrous natural hazards. They result in unexpected and tremendous earth movements. These movements results from dissemination of an enormous amount of intense energy in form of seismic waves which are detected by use of seismograms. The impact of earthquakes leaves behind several landmarks including: destruction of property, extensive disruption of services like sewer and water lines, loss of life, and causes instability in both economic and social components of the affected nation (Webcache 2).