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
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |