Conscience as Voice of God Essay

pride in himself begins to build. He "applauds himself greatly, and thinking with how clear a conscience he should meet his minister...And what calm sleep would be his...in the arms of Faith!" This is ironic because at the end of the story, he can not even look Faith in the eye, let alone sleep in her arms. As Goodman Brown is feeling good about his strength in resisting the Devil, he hears the voices of the minister and Deacon Gookin. He overhears their conversation and hears them discuss a…

ribbons of her cap,” and, because she is so innocent, Brown plans, “after this one night, [to] cling to her skirts and follow her up to heaven” (79). His plan reveals that Faith is an allegory of his own faith in God. Brown further proves Faith to be a symbol of his faith and as his link to God by crying out “with heaven above and Faith below, I will yet stand firm against the devil” (84). Nevertheless, Faith joins Goody Cloyse, the minister, and Deacon Gookin “in [the devil’s] worshipping…

that government 's control its people for self benefit. Dr. King criticizes the government in a similar manner to Thoreau by directing his statement of “we have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God given rights” (King 3), which states himself as the voice of the oppressed which seek for equality. In addition, Dr. King envisions that “justice too long delayed is justice denied” (King 3), which explains his direct and aggressive approach toward the clergyman. As both…

Iliad,” written by the Greek poet Homer, contains many occurrences of the psychologist Freud’s personality approach to the three elements of Superego, Id, and Ego. Superego, the little angel on one’s shoulder, is considered to be the voice of our moral compass (conscience) that speaks from the unconscious mind on the difference between real and ideal situations. It strives for perfection with tracking what we ought to behave like based on our standards and ideas we have learned from our parents…

In the book Fahrenheit 451 it shows many examples of knowledge and how it is important but at the same time bad. The government sets everything from the rules to the schedule of everyone’s life. There is no education or knowledge being taught in their schools and no one questions anything. All they do is play sports and watch TV. They watch the TV for hours at a time and can buy attachments to say their names at home so they can watch more of it. The TV’s are screens that replace walls in your…

lens, his two main characters are money driven, selfish people who act on their own interest. Fitzgerald focuses on what people are willing to do to achieve what they want. In Marshall's musical viewers see the goal of social climbing, These pieces voice readers to analyze the real purpose of people's actions, regarding what and why they are motivated in certain directions. One can see the American dream of seeking independence, stability, and hard work always results in a selfish pursuit of…

William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, is a tragedy focusing on the character Hamlet, who is summoned to attend the wedding of his uncle to his mother and forced to avenge his father’s murder by killing King Claudius, his uncle. This task weighs heavily on his mental state and leads to further conflict. As with most tragedies, death is inevitable, and in this scenario, quite common. Death comes to all, from the sweet and misfortunate Ophelia to the sinister King Claudius. Hamlet is not immune from…

a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” As I sit here writing this book this is my prayer for myself, I am always in need of Christ. The healing for the Southern African Sphere and the rest of the world will come when we as a body of Christ become a living and effective body. Smith Wigglesworth Said - "There are four principles we need to maintain: First, read the Word of God. Second, consume the Word of God until it consumes you. Third, believe the Word of God. Fourth, act…

All humans strive to appear as if they are the best people on the exterior for social gain and to uphold their good names. The inner conscience may be an entirely different story - a trainwreck- that doubts motives and actions. Reputation is a prime factor that drives the community of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible to the hangings of various innocent beings. Reverend Parris highly regards his reputation more than standing up to the authority. Judge Danforth wrongly condemns and hangs townspeople,…

More than once he has attempted to reveal to the people the sin he has committed, but he is only met by an abundance of affirmations and praise. “He had striven to put a cheat upon himself by making the avowal of guilty conscience, but had gained only one other sin, and a self- acknowledged shame, without the momentary relief of being self- deceived.” (130) Dimmesdale understood that by constantly telling the people that he was vain, he only made it more difficult for his…