Condemnation

Book 3 summary The book three is about Thomas Augustine’s self-condemnation of his youth at Carthage and he shows the reader that this was a low point in his relationship with God. Ch. 1 Thomas Augustine become a student at Carthage and he became in love with the idea of love so he constantly lust after women. This cause him to damage friendship and he becoming vanity, anger, and suspicion. Ch. 2 Augustine go and see a pagan theater shows that mirrors his plight. Augustine talks about how he…

of societal values and ethics that the majority will adhere to. However, these set of values often differ in different eras, locations, and cultures. In the epic poem, Dante’s Inferno written by Dante Alighieri, there are glaring examples of the condemnation of actions and behaviors that would be perceived as socially acceptable today, as well as instances of behaviors that may have been met with some disdain and disapproval during the 1300s, but are stigmatized and shunned even further today.…

I think that Orwell chose to use a fable in his condemnation of Soviet communism and totalitarianism because the point of a fable is to teach a lesson or to show a moral. Instead of just writing a story about the Soviet Union, Orwell used a creative way to show that communism and totalitarianism isn’t a good way to run things. A fable usually has animals as characters, and the use of animals in the story helps to show the social classes and how easy it is for some people, or animals, to take…

I believe T.H's White's book is not a condemnation of war for whatever reasons, but rather more of several specific reasons. Generally, war is something usually looked negatively upon, however the point is White doesn't express his disapproving views on it just because it was bad, but rather expresses his own personal views since he lived throughout a war (WWII). To understand his view you would have to know the history of WWII. There were many things going on during period, countries as the…

and the war become easier to discern and are surprisingly evident. As written in “Arbitrary Condemnation and Sanctioned Violence in Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery’”, Patrick Shields states, “The story itself shows the atavistic nature lurking beneath humankind’s civilized surface and leads the reader to examine such notions as scapegoating, ritual cleansing, gender, class structure, arbitrary condemnation, and sanctioned violence” (411). In “The Lottery” a drawing takes place to see who will be…

Explain what deterrence and retribution are. Kahan says that—in addition to deterrence and retribution—there is another purpose to punishment that theorists have ignored? In the United States, Two important philosophies to consider for the purpose of punishment are deterrence and retribution. The theory of deterrence states “Deterrence Justifies punishment to prevent harm to others.”(Pg. 596, Kahan) Hence, individuals are discouraged to committing a crime if the punishment is swift, certain and…

catalyst and reason for her father’s death. However, when she took to her own mother’s life, the citizens of … strongly disapproved of this as it was unnatural for someone to kill a parent which had given birth to them. They showed their strong condemnation of Electra and her brother by shunning them from the village. In Hamlet, viewers bear witness to the consequences of revenge…

In contrast to the belief that it is a witch hunt some might differ that the Holocaust is not a witch hunt because condemnation refers to the disapproval of something not the execution of people. Although this position has a point, it is flawed as a condemnation refers to “the state of being condemned” () and condemned refers to a“…sentence to punishment” (). Therefore, condemnation is not just the disapproval of the accused, but also the punishment of the accused. In Hitler’s case his…

extravagant parties and the wealth of the majority of people in this novel make it seem like a celebration of American culture, the pathetic turnout for Gatsby’s funeral, and the cheating going on between Daisy and Tom make this story very much of a condemnation of American culture. The one topic that makes this novel seem like a celebration of American culture is the wealth of most of the people in the Great Gatsby novel. Gatsby’s massive parties are the main example…

honorable. Even though after Antigone’s condemnation, she believed there was “[n]o one to weep for [her]...[n]o tears for the destiny that’s [hers], [and] no loved one [to mourn] [her] death,” she felt fulfilled with “[her] reward” for “[honoring] [Polynices]...well and wisely too” (963, 968-969, 993-995). In one sense of honor, Antigone didn’t receive recognition from the elders of the community, Tiresias, nor the gods, but instead received only condemnation from Creon and discouragement from…