He wanted her to save herself from suffering the torment of physical pain. Demonic ghosts existed only to torment or tempt the living. Jews do not believe in "Hell" as a place of eternal torment. Marley leaves to join other ghosts suffering the same torment. Slowly dying from cancer, John hatched a plan to save himself from eternal torment. Her limited presence is explained as a personification of Roderick's torment and fear. Daji's greatest joy was to hear people cry in physical torment. The underworld is hell, the place of torment. But the innocent girl is unaware of the nasty events that would torment her later. This deception and cruelty cause the Duchess physical and emotional torment throughout the play. His childhood is one of torment and alienation. No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold! After his arrival, he was subject to severe, ongoing hazing, including verbal torment, and beatings. It is a meditation on the torment and annihilation which accompanies love. His works explore themes of social isolation, emotional torment and depression.