Morality Tale Essay

There’s No Dichotomy Between Hester and A Farce In D.H. Lawrence’s, “On The Scarlet Letter,” it is made clear that he does not praise the character Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter.” To Lawrence, the portrayal of Hester Prynne is a mockery. Lawrence employs a sarcastic tone, repetition, and precise allusion to critique Nathaniel Hawthorne’s vision of Hester Prynne. This method is effective because it allows the reader to focus on Hester Prynne’s sin itself rather than…

Although Capote appears to vehemently argue Perry’s undeniable purity, that is not the case, as his true focus is proving Perry is never at fault for his wrongdoings, therefore solidifying that certain circumstances can determine someone’s fate. Capote inserts a phrase and an idea, a parenthetical, in his writing in order to convey his point that no one can hide from destiny. He uses this parenthetical to lift the blame off of poor little Perry’s shoulders when he writes, ‘But I’m afraid of…

In Emerson's essay Self-Reliance, he argues that people trust their own intuitions instead of depending on society to dictate their lives. His argument is impractical because today people change with impacts on their lives, some under the influence of what society is putting into their minds. People follow what they think is “popular” or that they think would be acceptable in general. According to Tastes, Castes and Culture: the Influence of Society on Preferences by Ernst Fehr and Karla Hoff,…

The way human beings act on impulse towards each other is truly preposterous. It is human nature to treat others differently depending on the relationship the perpetrator has with that person. More likely than not, acting towards a different ethnicity or gender results in a level of discrimination or cruelty. The inhumane acts of oppression and abuse are regarded with repulse and punishable by death. Furthermore, when oppression and abuse is ignored and encouraged, it becomes a threatening…

A “Catcher in the Rye” is characterized as a person who tries to protect other people’s innocence. This means keeping a person shielded from all the horrors and hardships of the modern world. Holden Caulfield strives to be a “Catcher in the Rye”, his only problem is his desires don’t always point him in this direction. Inside Holden’s unpredictable conscience lies two “Holden’s”. The Carnal Holden who wants to procreate and maybe even start a relationship, Also the more collected “Holden” who…

The search for beauty has been a fundamental quest of human civilization. We all have subjective ideals of the beautiful but as Plato would argue, we also have a bigger underlying understanding of beauty itself. No one goes to the Grand Canyon and considers it ugly; even the most adverse to natural environments have the ability to recognize its magnitude. Artistry has been built upon the ideals and dilemmas surrounding beauty. Throughout the years, artists have endeavored in individual journeys…

Everyone retains a specific “human” nature; however, it is left up to the individual how they choose to interpret various aspects of human nature in their everyday personalities. In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain incorporates various characters to capitalize on the flawed aspects of human nature. In the novel, it is evident that Twain is showing his disapproval towards the way humans behave. Each character: Pap, Grangerfords and Shepherdsons, and the King and Duke are able to…

In the article “Consider the Lobster” by David Foster Wallace and “Let Them Eat Dog” by Jonathan Safran Foer, use different argumentative strategies in an effort to persuade the readers to not eat lobster or animals in general. Through the use of questioning tone, a minimal degree of irony and optimal sincerity, Wallace attempts to express to the reader the brutality of killing a lobster for one’s own self-gain. Unlike Wallace, Foer takes a much different approach using sarcastic tone, an…

Among accounts of what it is that defines a person, two positions stand as rivals. There are arguments that assert that personal identity is purely biological, while other philosophers push that there is something more than the mere body that makes a person who they are. In this paper, I will argue that Eric Olson’s thinking-animal problem does not entail a leap from psychological to biological accounts of personal identity, on the grounds that Lynne Rudder-Baker’s Not-So-Simple Simple view of…

Under no circumstances could Prometheus’ actions be defined as moral under Kantian ethics. That is because Kantian ethics determine an action’s morality based on its maxim, or the “general principle underlying the action” (Warburton, 42). This ethical philosophy states that for an action to be classified as moral, it must be performed out of a sense of duty. Kant “believed that as rational human…