corporal punishment theme

The once accepted, but now usually proscribed, practice of letting authority figures correct the behavior of their subordinates by inflicting physical pain, is discussed.

Examples

In talesoftheunexpected2x03 "Galloping Foxley", young Perkins was regularly caned by the older boy called Galloping Foxley, a prefect, (who would sometimes cane at a gallop) to whom he had been assigned as a slave.

10 total · 3 major · 7 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) major The story begins with a man condemned to "flogging around the fleet" being flogged to death. After that one gruesome punishment followed many others. For instance, Captain Bligh had one man keelhauled to death.
talesoftheunexpected2x03 major Galloping Foxley caned Young Perkins almost daily.
tftc1989e6x01 major Geraldine objected on legal grounds to the corporal punishments, such as lashings, maimings, and the stocks, that were meted out by the judges in Stueksville.
movie: Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) minor The habit of caning errant pupils was repeatedly on display and occasionally upheld as a pillar of sound tutelage.
movie: Hour of the Wolf (1968) minor Johan relayed a story of having been locked in a closet and later beaten during his childhood, perhaps explaining his present mental condition.
movie: How Green Was My Valley (1940) minor The schoolmaster Mr. Jonas mercilessly caned Huw in the aftermath of Huw's altercation with the school bully.
movie: No Escape (1994) minor The warden sentenced a prisoner to be "lashed" ten times with an electrical shocker gizmo of some sort.
movie: One Eight Seven (1997) minor Mr. Childress was of the mind that Mr. Garfield's attacker ought to have been administered a Singapore-style caning.
movie: Starship Troopers (1997) minor Squad leader Johnny was sentenced to ten lashes for incompetence that lead to the death of a team member during a training exercise.
Unforgiven (1992) minor Sheriff Little Bill spared the bullwhip on Quick Mike.