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    including Billy Budd, Frankenstein, and Bartleby. Each of…

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    apt to be less finished than an architectural finial. Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Sailor Melville’s Billy Budd, Sailor (An inside narrative) uses several aspects of theology to capture character’s emotions about the “Handsome Sailor.” Melville’s elegant diction alludes to the “doctrine of Man’s fall” and the story of Ananias; Budd’s captivating story parallels the events found in the bible. Ideally the story of Billy Budd is one of military justice punishing murder by unintentional means…

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    Melville's book Billy Budd the innocent Billy Budd killed the evil Claggart. Claggart wrongly accused Billy of mutiny on board the warship. Billy did not know what to say and punched on accident Claggart resulting in death. Captain Vere who was present decides to hang Billy Budd. Was he right in hanging him? Yes he was. Here is an example of similar event from the Bible from the book of Genesis. Satan lured man to eat the forbidden fruit. Claggart accuses Billy of mutiny causing Billy to punch…

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    Ethics Happiness by living a good life is the objective that we should be aiming as humans, is one of the main point made by Greek philosopher Aristotle. Everything we do in our day-to-day activities should be towards happiness. Happiness is the only mean to an end itself. Claggart’s actions are ultimately motivated by his suppression of his homosexual desires, can also show us an important inside in Aristotelian ethics. The inside is that the Aristotelian goal of having a well-lived human…

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    his novel, Billy Budd. These allusions can be used to help relate events in the novel to events that have already happened in history. Throughout Billy Budd, Herman Melville uses many different biblical allusions to help portray the theme and plot of the novel. Three examples of biblical allusions used in Billy Budd are Adam and the fall of man, Joseph and his jealous brothers, and of Elisha the prophet. One biblical allusion made in Billy Budd is to Adam and the fall of man to Billy and him…

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    Claggart’s main reasons of discomfort with Billy was because of his striking appearance. “As to what it was that had first moved him against Billy, namely, his significant personal beauty” (Melville, 1611). Because of this, Claggart caused many problems for Billy. “If askance he eyed the good looks, cheery healthy, and frank enjoyment of young life in Billy Budd, it was because these went along with a nature..” (Melville 1610). Claggart’s dislike for Billy is deeply rooted in envy. Later in…

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    In Billy Budd, a novella written by Herman Melville, the main character is portrayed as a Christ-like figure. Christ is brought into this story through the personality, actions, and persecution of Billy Budd, a sailor who was impressed into service on a British naval ship the Bellipotent. Christ, as God, is the epitome of human perfection and flawlessness. Similarly, Billy Budd is described as a man of "unpretentious good looks" (Melville 8) and innocence. Like Christ, Billy Budd gives "no…

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    Billy Graham was involved in the Fourth Great Awakening, which mainly took place through the years of 1960 and 1980 (press.uchicago.edu). Some still believe that we are currently living in the Fourth Awakening but, the bulk of the Christian challenging of social norms was solely between those 20 years. Some people have a tough time accepting the ideas of the Fourth Great Awakening as a true “awakening.” This is because the changes and outcomes of the awakening and the actions of the concerning…

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    reality. Billy Pilgrim copes with American life and war through disruption of reality in the long term. Billy has the curious ability to mentally distance himself from the present using very vivid memories either from his past or delusions from an alien planet where he was kept in a zoo, naked with a Hollywood starlet, and he discovered a fourth dimension where time is not linear and can see the future but no death. Billy’s tralfamadore is a reaction to the trauma of war, that resurfaced when…

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    change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” (Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five p. 60) Slaughterhouse Five is an anti-war book written by a veteran named Kurt Vonnegut. The main character is a broken man named Billy Pilgrim. Billy had been captured by the Germans and had to bear witness to the allied bombing of Dresden. According to History.com, “The bombing was controversial because Dresden was neither important to German wartime production nor a major…

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