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The Hangman’s Knot
I as well as many people don’t understand the symbolism of the the hangman’s knot or the history behind its uses. I have always came to understand that it was an offensive knot to others because of the lynchings going on during slavery time period. Even today the hangman’s knot still plays a role in modern hate crime acts; However the hangman’s knot dates back to as early as the 16th century. The brutality portrayed by the knot brings out many feelings among many different people, And with that causes many acts of violence and rage toward others. The hangman’s knot, or also known as noose is a hard subject for many African Americans to talk about or discuss. Because at the time of these crimes the African American race was looked down upon. They were treated like animals and were never given the least bit of respect, they were tortured, beaten, and then hanged. I can agree that if this happened to my ancestors I would be offended by the many things that used to happen, and the symbols that are used in hate crimes today.
The hangman’s knot is designed to be a slipknot that can be easily tightened but difficult or somewhat impossible to loosen depending on the number of friction wraps made into it. While researching this knot I’ve found out its very similar to a fishing knot used to tie hooks to microfilament line called a uni-knot. The hangman’s noose is also used on most marine watercraft as a life saving devise, which makes it very convenient to throw with the large mass on the end. Which other variations of this knot, say with only one horizontal loop called a slip-knot is often used to tie down a lot of objects. The original design for the hangman’s knot required it to have six to eight horizontal wraps, but urban legend says it should have thirteen horizontal wraps. Which dated back to be a false legend because any more than eight wraps in the knot would cause it to become sloppy and defeat the original purpose of the knot.
The knot when made with a large enough diameter rope creates a noose. The wraps create a large cylinder mass right above the loop. When placed around the condemned’s neck the noose is usually putt behind the left ear. This knot was designed so that when the person being hanged fell, the knot would deliver a striking blow to the back of the head causing it to snap the fourth and fifth vertebrae in the spinal cord.
As the men dropped to their deaths, the rope around Billy Walker’s neck, came untied, leaving the young man face-down on the ground squirming and gasping for air.
The constables brought in a wooden cross, which was a torture device and "made Hsu kneel down with his back to this cross and lashed his throat. His wrists were put through two holes at the ends of the crossbar, and his hands tied securely to the bar, so that they could not slip through. They passed a thick, round pole between the back of his thighs and his calves, and finally laid a long, heavy wooden beam across his lap." (194) After the device was set up "Judge Dee ordered them to
...owever, it also represents every drop of blood that was shed by the poor souls who suffered during the tumultuous time in our nation’s history. As Tyson stated, “The sacrifice has already been made, in the bottoms of slave ships, in the portals of Ellis Island, in the tobacco fields of North Carolina and the sweatshops of New York City” (319).
Untying the Knot is about the speaker going into a forest to witness the changing of the season. The speaker, Annie Dillard, finds a snakeskin tied in a knot. She attempts to untie it but then she realizes, “that I could no more catch the spring by the tip of the tail than I could untie the apparent knot in the snakeskin; there are no edges to grasp. Both are continuous loops” (Dillard 5). Annie
noose is placed around his neck and the boards on the bridge begin to be kicked aside
In the poem "The Hangman," by Maurice Ogden, the poet explained that a person could resolve a situation by showing acts of courage. One day, a hangman came to a town and built a scaffold on the courthouse square. The townspeople asked him which criminal would be hanged and he replied with a mischievous grin and a glint in his eye that it would be the person who will continually make his job easier. When the hangman spotted a foreign person, he chose him to be the first victim. The townsfolk were relieved that they weren't picked to be hanged, and that the gallows frame would be gone the next day. However, after they saw that it was still there, the hangman said that the foreigner was used to determine how strong the hemp was. When a man cri...
The members of the Clutter family were all tied up in different ways. Nancy’s “hands were tied behind her, and her ankles were roped together with the kind of cord you see on Venetian blinds” (page 62). The way the rope was tied indicates that the killers spent the least amount of time on this poor innocent girl. As if they felt bad or sorry for her, but a cold blooded murder like them does not feel anything towards their victim. Mrs. Clutter, on the other hand was tied up “differently—with her hands in front of her, so that she looked as though she were praying—and in one hand she was gripping, a handkerchief. Or a Kleenex? The cord around her wrists ran down to her ankles, which were bound together, and then ran on down to the bottom of the bed” (page 63). This description provided by Mr. Ewalt (which was the man to call the police,) suggest that they spent more time on her. Mr. Ewalt even goes on saying that the rope work was “very complicated, artful piece of work” (page 63) and that it would have taken a long time to complete. This was due to them enjoying the feeling of authority they have over their prey. Also the fear and helplessness that resonated out of Mrs. Clutter. The way her eyes portrayed said fear excited these men into taking their time and enjoying every moment until the final instant. Mr. Smith confirms this excitement when confessing to the crime. He says that “you couldn’t
After my assigned nightly reading, the biggest idea about the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, was what does the scar symbolize? I thought the scar meant power, because it shows how Isabel is strong. “This is my country mark.”(286), said by Isabel. This quote is showing how Isabel finds out that this scar makes her strong and how she was her fathers daughter. What I’m trying to say is the scar changes from showing pain, now the scar makes her stronger. When Isabel was looking at the mirror she said, “This mark stands for Isabel.”(286) This made Isabel believe that the scar wasn’t bad, but it was a good thing. She has to go through pain to find freedom, and to be shown that she has hope.
The picture of Emmett Till’s brutalized body haunts me every day of my life.I was ten in the 5th grade when my teacher decided to show the class a film that showcased all the events leading up to the civil rights movements.The film talked about the case by only using images from his funeral .When Emmett Till’s body popped up on the screen The thought of a body that was once youthful was brutalized and turned into a what now looks like a monster.Maybe to the oppressor, Emmett Till and people alike will always be monsters.What do you think Emmett Till’s body symbolized for the generations of black people whose lives were put on hold because of the fear of their life being taken at any minute?Just Five years after his
Blacks have become the most often targeted in hate crime. The slightly covered moon might be an indirect indication that there will be some kind of transformation going on at night. For example, the little African boy grew horns at night which makes him look like a devil after catching a duck by the river or lake. There is a white man lifting a black woman on the end of this artwork. It looks like he is about to throw her off to ground. The broom she is carrying in her hand may be a signal that she is a witch for the reason that she is high up above the ground. To whites, these slaves from Africa are portrayed as devils in disguise and witches who practice witchcraft. In the 21st century, our society still has stereotypes remain rooted for African Americans. Those stereotypes are often created during our first impression. However, most of our negative stereotypes are created by advertising, media, and our society. The problem is we are developing an image of African Americans based on generalizations and not our encounter or first impression of them.
Part of the aftermath of the lynching in the South was the psychological consequences of the rabbles involved. The entire culture of African Americans is marked by lynching because the root reason why white mobs lynched Southern African Americans was skin pigmentation. This means the blacks were lynched based on ignorant intolerance; however, the supposed basis for the white southerners’ hatred is internalized by every black person in their skin color. In the words of Lee H. Butler, Jr., “Unlike a single traumatic event that has been experienced by one person, lynching is a trauma that has marked an entire culture and several generations because it spanned more than eight decades.” Specifically, realizing the psychological effects of lynching on African Americans and those African Americans who have had family members lynched is important.
In the beginning of part three, Bierce first mentions the pain and feeling of the rope around Farquhar’s neck after he falls. “…by the pain of a sharp pressure upon his throat, followed by a sense of suffocation. Keen, poignant agonies seemed to shoot from his neck downward through every fiber of his body and limbs.” Although this sentence never mentions that Farquhar still had the noose on it is implied since there was no statement before it that claimed that he took it off. Farquhar’s neck would’ve also been fine because if he had escaped then the pain would’ve subsided since the pressure of all of his weight would’ve been gone. In reality, if he really escaped, all of his focus would’ve been to swim instead of the “pain” in his neck. After he supposedly took off the noose and got out of the hanging, he still felt pain in his neck from the noose. “His neck ached horribly; his brain was on fire, his heart, which had been flu...
The horses rattling chains are a symbol of the slavery and lack of freedom. This symbol occurs quite often. The mouse in the novella is soft, small, this is a symbol of innocence. This for shadows Lennie he is venerable. Lennie is a symbol himself in his action towards beguiling soft things. Like when he stroked that ladies dress and she cried out rape it was a symbol of the power a white woman had then. Another example of this is when crooks said to Curley’s wife to go or he would call the boss to Curley’s wife but all she did was black mailed him by saying, “Listen, Nigger, you know what I can do if you open your trap, I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t funny.
The Shakespearean play Macbeth conveys the actions and consequences of the 11th century power struggle in Scotland. It is an appropriately “dark play…overcast with portents of misfortune” and death (Kim 46). Throughout the play, Shakespeare focuses intently on the use of daggers, both literal and figurative, and their often double-edged effect on the mind and conscience. [I know this needs work but I got writer’s block.]
...nclose the head. Some resembled iron masks, with holes for mouth, nose and eyes. The victims mouth was clamped shut by an iron band passing under the chin and a flat piece of iron projected inside her mouth. This mouthpiece was sometimes armed with a short spike. The whole contraption was fastened round the neck with a heavy padlock.