Tagore’s short story “Punishment” portrays the ethical consequences dishonesty can cause in a legal context. The question of ethics began when Ramlochan arrived at the families home in the aftermath of the murder and questioned the family of what had happened. In desperation, after “Seeing no way out now, Chidam blurted, in their quarrel, Chotobau struck at Barobau’s head with a farm knife.” (894) Although knowing it was his brother who committed the murder, Chidam blamed his wife in order to free his brother from blame. He knew that the village was aware of the in laws frequent quarrels and placing the blame on his wife would be believable. However through his dishonesty he was only able to cause more trouble to himself once he regretted his actions. Once, he finally told the truth about the actions, no one believed him anymore and mistook the truth for a lie in order to save his wife. This goes to show the extent dishonesty can bring about, as now Chidam will have to go throughout his life with the guilt of condemning his wife for a murder she never committed.
Assignment 7 -Yohana Gonzalez
October 30, 2015 Written by yg111658 | 1 Comment
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JMERLE // Oct 31st 2015 at 12:23 pm
Yohana,
Yes, this is an interesting issue, and the legal consequences become tricky, as you say.
You use an excellent quote, and connect it to the ending nicely (although you could be somewhat more specific, in its connection to the final outcome).
9/10