The Pale Criminal And The Need For Punishment: A Freudian Perspective

You do not intend to kill, you judges and sacrificers, before the beast has bowed its neck? Behold, the pale criminal has bowed his neck: from his eyes speaks the great contempt. 'My ego is something that should be overcome: my Ego is to me the great contempt of man' ... But the thought is one thing, the deed is another ... An image made this pale man pale. He was equal to his deed when he did it: but he could not endure its image after it was done ... the blow he struck charmed his simple mind…