Explore: Torture In Literature

Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation

Breast torture (also called breast play or tit torture) is a BDSM activity in which sexual stimulation is provided through the intentional application

The iron maiden is a torture device, consisting of a solid iron cabinet with a hinged front and spike-covered interior, sufficiently tall to enclose a

A torture chamber is a room equipped, and sometimes specially constructed, for the infliction of torture. The medieval torture chamber was windowless and

into a middle-class family. Very early on she became interested in serious literature, claiming to have read Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment at age

In fictional representations, torture is often portrayed as a method for obtaining information through interrogation. Unlike the real world practice of

A tortured artist is a stock character and stereotype who is in constant torment due to frustrations with art, other people, or the world in general. The

in the Third Reich era. In several German and Austrian institutions it was still practised during the 1950s. Hyperpigmentation was found on torture victims'

He is a Journeyman of the Seekers for Truth and Penitence (a Guild of torturers) who is exiled after showing mercy to one of his clients. Severian claims

preserve their torturer's anonymity, and to prevent the person from breathing freely. In 1997, the United Nations Committee Against Torture had concluded