“…I did confess but I confessed a lie … but now the falsehood lies heavier in my head than all other sins…” (Shelley 87)
Have you ever told a lie? A lie that caused you to experience a horrible, gut-wrenching, sick to your stomach feeling? That is how Justine is feeling at this point in the novel; she has just lied in court, though for good reason, she still has a feeling of guilt hanging over her head. She was told that if she did not confess that she would be damned to life in Hell, so she confessed, falsely. Shelley is stating that lying could possibly be the worst sin we know, it causes guilt and guilt is one of the most horrendous feelings people can feel, Justine was forced to lie, and still has to lose her life, and has guilt. So I ask you, what good can come from lying?
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