Honesty- After going through the mandatory warning to others and request for mercy, Thomas Mount “secondly” goes into what seems to be the most sincere and honest account that was have read about the criminal’s feelings about death and the afterlife.  He is perhaps the first one to admit that he doesn’t want to die and is afraid of what will happen to him when he does.  He also admits that he isn’t sure that he is reformed at all and might return to stealing if he had the chance. 

Harshness-  Mount echoes the sentiment of Mountain, who stated that he had been punished early enough to petty crimes it might have reformed him.  Mount similarly says: “the mercy of government in pardoning thieves is no mercy at all to them, for every pardon they get hardens them” (323).    

trial – The actual proceedings of the court has not yet entered much into our considerations of the course , aside from the all powerful death sentences that are sure to come, but here we are privy to a few new elements of the judicial system. Within this narrative we are first introduced to the concept of hiring representation to argue your case. We are also shown the criminal mind as unwilling to admit to their crimes as a means of avoiding the gallows, due to this craftiness and his team of legal minds rosencrantz was able to be acquitted of his crime before ultimately falling victim to the same lusts for money that originally endangered his life.

accomplice – Unlike a few of the narratives prior, i.e. Fly, Rosencrantz does not seem to have any qualms with ratting out the people with which he did his dirt. Although during the course of the narrative we are only given fragments of his associates at the conclusion we are given a comprehensive list that points the finger every which way as his last act. Rosencrantz does not employ the same sense of criminal pride that others have shown by openly stating in their final words that they would not betray those they used to be tied to in their criminal endeavors.

accomplice -Here the idea of bad company again rears its ugly head.  Syllavan seems to be fairly proud of his accomplishments as a counterfeiter but he never once claims that he attempted to spend the money that he made.  Instead Syllavan counterfeited the money for the use of others who had approached with the idea.  He took no pains is selling them the fake money but was adamant that even though his accomplices were as guilty as he , he would not give them up to the authorities. He even warned them to rid themselves of any evidence of counterfeiting so they too would not have the same fate as he.

terror –  In his dying speech syllavan warns his accomplices to make sure they do not meet the “King of Terrors”.  I am inclined to believe that this “king” is God, who is the only one that can strike such drastic amounts of fear into a human.  Likening God to terror is exemplary of the times because fear was the force that the masses believed could control the masses.