Cowardice

I thought angrily. How do you compare this stricken mass gathered to affirm to You their faith, their anger, their defiance? What does Your grandeur mean, Master of the Universe, in the face of all this cowardice, this decay, and this misery? Why do you go on troubling these poor peoples wounded minds, their ailing bodies? (Wegner 66) Therefore in this passage, Elie is simply mad at God and loses his belief and integrity towards him. When he first came to…

When Darwin was bombed in 1942 it set off a chain of events that shaped the 20th century in many ways* . These bombings caused Australians to become further paranoid about an invasion and also made them become distrusting of their own government due to its cover-up of the extent of the incident. Japan's reign of destruction also drove Australians to demand a to become a considerably larger part of the war effort. Despite the fact that the bombings were such an insignificant part of WWII they do…

Donne tells death to hide it’s pride in the fear it evokes in humankind and says in line two, making his unwavering confidence against death apparent, “Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so”. He continues to support this with his evident non-cowardice against death by comparing the act of dying, in lines 5-8, to that of sleeping, a wonderfully peaceful and restorative act. He…

Hamlet to plot against the King (treason), hurt and deceive Ophelia - the woman he said he loved, kill Polonius unintentionally, and thusly, lose his lover, as well as his good friend Laertes who is driven to intrigue and murder himself. Claudius’ cowardice contributes to the deaths of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Laertes, Hamlet, and even his wife. Most often, the morals of a leader will determine whether a Just Society will develop, or whether that society will come to ruin. The universal…

uses theme as the literary element to portray the central idea. A theme is a message, or life truth, which the author is trying to share with the reader, by way of a piece of literature. In this novel, there are a number of themes. Among them are cowardice vs courage, ignorance vs knowledge, and age vs wisdom which are key in how the plot unfolds specifically in chapter 15, in how different people show signs of courage, intelligence, or utter ignorance. The now mature Jem leads Scout and Dill…

When we witness a noticeably bad action occurringhappen, we as people are faced with a fundamental decision. Do we avoid the problem or stand up and take action. All too frequently individuals make the conscious choice to remain a "bystander", separating themselves from the problems of others. Whether it be to remain part of a group, garner acceptance, avoid being targeted, for self-preservation, or simply for convenience, the conscious choice of inaction is a common occurrence. In literature,…

The first scaffold scene is preluded in the opening paragraph of Ch. ii which describes the grim visaged Boston multitude. "all with their eyes intently fastened on the iron clamped oaken door" (39) of the prison, from which Hester is shortly to emerge. The moral spotlight is on Hester all this while, all but one of the group of female spectators expressing the view that the sentence going to be imposed on her is far too lenient. Later the spotlight is on Hester's mark of shame, the…

Characterization of Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter: Secrecy and Guilt Leading to a Fatal Redemption Generally at one point in a person's life they’ve chosen to hide the truth, even if it pained them inside. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter makes Arthur Dimmesdale a prime example of that theory. Arthur Dimmesdale was the most changed character in The Scarlet Letter by accepting to live with a lie, yet in the end he spoke the truth.The theme Hawthorne illustrates reflects…

Description The Problem We All Live With is an oil painting on canvas that artist Normal Rockwell created in 1964. The artwork is measured at exactly 36” x 58”. The Problem We All Live With is from the permanent collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum, which is located at Stockbridge, Massachusetts. This artwork was created after Ruby Bridges attended William J. Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on November 14, 1960. This image captures the menacing act that white people did to African…

A Story About War Stephen Crane 's The Red Badge of Courage presents a unique view of the Civil War through the point of view of a soldier, Henry Fleming. By using this point of view, readers see the realities of war from someone experiencing them rather than the typical unfeeling articles by those who were never on the front lines. One strategy that Crane uses to create this vivid image of war is the use of figurative language, specifically similes and metaphors. Let 's explore these…