Cowardice

was often a coward. Miller establishes that a person doesn’t need to be well known for their strong morals to have them and to be brave in using them. If they are known widely to be morally strong, they are still able to have moral flaws hidden by cowardice. Giles Corey is a man who is introduced first in the asides that Miller provides for the play. We learn that Corey is in his eighties, gets blamed for everything, and doesn’t care about public opinion. This does not paint a picture of a…

Throughout the world there are people starving, drowning, dying from cancer, etc. and there is nothing that a single person can do about it because they do not have the power. However, there should be one omnipotent being that can cause all of this pain and suffering to completely vanish: God. Although many people pray for healing powers and joy, God does not always answer their prayers, but why? There must be some reason as to why God allows evil to occur in a world that he created. Not only is…

King Marsilion, returned to Saragossa without his right hand his people became enraged that their God could allow such an evil to happen. They abandon their God by desecrating their sacred idols (The Song of Roland, 187.2580-2591) and blame their cowardice and inevitable defeat on their gods who the Queen states to be “... failures, deserters!” who “let our men be killed…” (The Song of Roland, 195.2715-2717) Through the display of the miracles bestowed on King Charlemagne, the author further…

the war. He shows to have great leadership and courage, which able him to easily rally his men to an honorable victory. Though he may have some great qualities, he tends to be an emotional character and foolish. In Book 17, twice the warrior shows cowardice, fleeing from Great Ajax till his men insult him for it making him gain courage. This is another one of his flaws.…

In the articles “Brittany Maynard, as promised, ends her life at 29” and “Brittany Maynard explains reasons for ending her life in her own words”, Brittany Maynard decides to end her own life during the end stages of her terminal brain cancer. In this essay, I will describe Maynard’s reasons for her decision to take her own life. I will show how Kant would argue that Maynard’s decision was morally impermissible by using the two formulations of the Categorical Imperative, and how Aristotle would…

Webster dictionary defines bravery as the quality that allows someone to feel or show no fear, but what about those who lack bravery? They define it as cowardice. Statistically, one in five Americans suffer from some form of a disability. These people, whether facing a physical or mental condition, suffer from cowardice, too. Society puts labels on these people without understanding what they are forced to go through on a daily basis. By showing them stories of anxiety and pain as well as the…

unsympathetic. One such character is Agamemnon. Agamemnon elicits absolutely no sympathy from neither a modern audience nor the audience of Homer’s time. His greediness, poor treatment of women, and his bloodthirstiness appall the modern reader, while his cowardice and lack of honor infuriate the Homeric audience. Two unappealing traits that we see in Agamemnon from the very beginning are his selfishness and greed. He cares more about himself than the army that is supposed to be leading. The…

Hamlet Quote Explications – Act 4 Theme: Is Life Worth Living? “If his chief good and market of his time/ Be but to sleep and feed?” (IV, iv) On the way to the ship to take him to England, Hamlet discovers Fortinbras and performs this soliloquy. Despite Hamlet’s madness, Rosencranz and Guildenstern provide Hamlet with alone time reflect on his own life in comparison to Fortinbras. Unlike Hamlet, Fortinbras has found meaning in his life and maintained his reputation. This outburst of emotion…

dies at the hands of a dragon. Beowulf is seen as a typical hero who selflessly saves the day, but Beowulf could have been suffering from an internal ordeal with his pride. Beowulf can be seen as a story of external and internal ordeals, such as cowardice, pride, and other natural human tendencies. Beowulf is first introduced as the great warrior who is going to eradicate the Danish kingdom of their problem. A gargantuan monster has been terrorizing the kingdom for years, so the King…

And So We Beat On... In the book The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays insensitivity through the characters cowardly behaviour and actions towards one another, illustrating the struggle with coming to terms with reality. A prime example of a character and their insensitivity would be Jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby is utterly and indescribably obsessed with daisy Buchanan. Daisy Buchanan is a married woman with a child, and Gatsby has been in love with her for over 5 years. Ever since the two…