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Captain Vere's Decisions In Billy Budd
Captain Vere’s Decision for Billy Budd’s Punishment In the novel Billy Budd, sailor, Captain Vere’s Sort decision focuses on Billy Budd's tendency to act his emotions. In one respect, Captain Vere made the right decision because Billy Budd killed Claggart, but in another Captain Vere made the wrong decision because Billy Budd did not mean to kill Claggart. Captain Vere makes the right decision to execute Billy because Captain Vere has to set an example. For example, when Billy Budd and Captain Vere are talking in Billy Budd's cell he came out with a nervous face. The narrator says, "[…] the face he beheld, for the moment one expressive of the agony of the strong "(103). This relates to Captain Vere having to make an example because
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