In Shakespeare's time, there were lots of execution types in England.It was basically done to put fear in common people to show what the outcome can be for treason, stealing and other crimes.There were many kinds of punishment. For example if you drink in the weekend you will be put in public torture and people can throw vegetables, dead animals which can lead to injuries. Other serious punisments are from treason or conspiracy. Some of the methods were very painful and inflicting pain for minutes before killing. One example of this is drawing and quartering. In this type of method the person is first stretched by all hands and feet by horses, then his internal body parts are slowly taken out infront of him without killing him. Then after he is dead all is limbs are cut off then his body is quartered into four pieces.
I think corporal and capital punishment work because people will think twice before commiting any crime or they will suffer the consequences for their actions.
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