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Penalty Of Death-Analysis
Beginning of essay
-Written by H.L. Mencken, 1926.
[2]-Thesis
-The thesis of the essay is on page 395, and is the last sentence of paragraph 3. It states:
"What I contend is that one of the prime objects of all judicial punishments is to afford the same grateful relief (a) to the immediate victims of the criminal pu ....
Middle of essay
....at people who state this wrongly conclude that this is the only reason why it is in effect
-States that this is only one of at least a half dozen reasons why it is in effect.
-Then reaches main argument: why the death penalty is effective
-Saying it is commonly called revenge, he borrows a better word from Aristotle…catharsis
-The meaning is stated in paragraph 3 as "a salubrious discharge of emotions"
-Followed by an example: "A school boy, disliking his teacher, deposits a tack upon the.... |
| Number of words: 780 |
Approximate pages: 3 |
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