The Guillotine Was Intended to

Multiple Choice

The guillotine was intended to

A) humiliate aristocrats, because under the old system they were executed by hanging.
B) be a more painful and therefore more satisfying way to kill enemies of the people.
C) allow executioners close personal contact with their victims.
D) make executions more egalitarian and humane.
E) make execution more like revenge, and less like a legal penalty.