Mount

mtt3e — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:51:18 +0000

Escape- Almost more than a thief, Mount seems to be a skilled escape artist. Somehow, he manages to escape from several jails. Instead of lying and pretending to repent and welcome punishment, Mount says “when i see that every attempt to break gaol is unsuccessful, and that every effort to prevent my suffering an ignominious death, is like to be fruitless, I Thomas Mount, in conformity to the custom of publishing a last speech or dying words, for benefit of my survivors, do hereby declare this to be my last speech and dying words.” He really does not seem to care about anything.

Women- Like Levi Ames, Mount tries to blame his life of crime on the company of bad women. He says that these women are “the first seducers of all evil, and if their extravegancies are not gratified to the full, become our betrayers. He has a lot in common with Powers (impulsivity, lack of conscience) and, like Powers, he believes seduction by women made him corrupt.

Flash Phrases- Just as Mountain’s gang was reminiscent of modern crime, the code used by the Flash society seems very modern. It is more of a slang than a code. Some of the words are still used. Snitch is used everywhere and peepers is a pretty common word for eyes. Grub and quid are also still used. It’s interesting to know that some of the slang we use now came from thieves in the late 1700s. I think my favorite flash phrase is sucky, for drunk.

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bford — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:36:54 +0000

friend – This term is used in the beginning of this serialized narrative to describe God. This is included in a letter that was written to John Sullivan which urged to him to begin to build a relationship with the Almighty while incarcerated as means for eternal salvation. His death sentence meant that all of his pursuits at this time must be ones that are guided towards salvation and no human possesses this power; the grace of God must be bestowed by the Almighty, man claiming to due so is blasphemous. Although the role of ministers dues play a large role in the leading of a criminal to God it is only the criminals themselves that can foster a true relationship with God, thus enabling them to become examples of God’s mercy.

escape- In The Bloody Register the notion of escaping punishment by either running away becomes commonplace. The criminal stories relayed give much attention to the criminals ability to wiggle out of trouble somehow. Their were frequent escapes from jail and numerous desertions of agreed upon lengths of serviceupon a ship or for military endeavors. The criminals out the time much like todays seem to be willing to do anything and everything within their power to avoid what they are well aware will be the fate of their continued defiances of the law.

women- In relation of the pirate Alexander white’s tale we are exposed to sudden and dastardly change of his actions. He proclaims his past to be one in which he served his full terms of apprenticeship and occupattions. But after becoming a well schooled mariner he set to the seas commanding his own ship and all was well and good until hedecided to marry. This woman marks the change from a benevolent man to a man who heinously took the life of his brethren. “…Love began to burn my poor and wounded heart; and being resolved to go through any difficulty that might impede us, I intended to take the life of my fellow-creature…” White also attributes his downfall to the fact that he had married a girl above his class which surely motivated his violent anamoly inlife.

women – Discipline & Punish

Mount

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