Damnation

In the story The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Reverend Samuel Parris runs the church. Parris, supposedly, a puritan doesn’t fit the characteristics of one at all. A traditional Puritan is someone who craves a simple form of religion, shows self reliant, selflessness, and is respected by one’s neighbors. A traditional puritan knows God created a plan for everyone and shows patience in receiving a valuable fortune. Parris expresses un-puritan ways in the aspects of his religion, greed, reputation,…

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, meets the criteria in order for the play to be recognized an American tragedy, such as many of the characters are a hero in some way, but receive certain, harsh consequences for past decisions. This work of literature emphasizes that corruption of people's hearts leads to the downfall of society. John Proctor, Miller’s protagonist, is a man of great admiration in the small town of Salem who inadvertently is the cause of the Salem witch trials. His sin is his big…

Ideally, the righteous and corrupt separate into distinct groups in society, hence all of the popular fairy tales featuring virtuous protagonists and vicious antagonists that children grow up hearing about. But in reality, no one could achieve flawlessness, nor could he reach its opposite extreme. The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, features this concept by its use of morally ambiguous characters, allowing the audience to interpret themselves where each character belongs on the moral scale.…

Suicide is a desperate act that makes a strong, but sad, lasting statement. However, from this, a question arises, why do people commit suicide? An answer is found through the character Jocasta from Sophocles’ play, Oedipus The King. Jocasta, both the unfortunate wife and mother of Oedipus, is a prideful character and it is this prideful character that begins her downfall. However, she goes through rids her pride once she realizes Oedipus is her child and disposes of her pride in the process. It…

realm. The author states that, “The Lord […] and his soul hates the lover of violence” (Psalms 11:5). God is not only in possession of a “soul,” but is also capable of a human emotion like hatred. God’s capacity for hatred manifests itself in the damnation of the wicked through storms of fire and brimstone. His anger is joined with primal and elemental imagery in regards to the wicked: “On the wicked he will rain coals of fire and sulphur” (Psalms 11:6). Yet, his “humanity” is reflected in his…

Directions: Respond to the following prompt in several full paragraphs complete with well-chosen examples from the literary text or texts referenced in the prompt. Next, write an essay of several paragraphs in length in which you (1) identify key features of the Shakespearean sonnet; 2) illustrate those key features of the Shakespearean sonnet by making specific reference to the text of “Sonnet 116”; and 3) discuss how an understanding of the form contributes to a greater understanding of…

The question of society’s views and individual morals are evident in many stories, but none is more apparent than in Mark Twain’s satiric novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This coming-of age novel centers on Huck’s journey as he discovers how to abandon the social view forced on him after being raised in a predominate white society. Still today, the novel is considered one of the most controversial and banned books taught in school. Although the theme of racism is prominent in the novel…

explain how morality can be obtained without religious affiliation and the belief of God. Atheism for example, is proof that without the belief of God you can possess moral constraint. Humans do not need the promise of salvation and the fear of damnation held over them to act ‘good’. “All religion….is nothing but the fantastic reflection in men’s minds of those external forces which control their daily lives” (Friedrich Engels, Anti-Dühring) Did religion or morality come first? This question is…

“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.” In 50 A.D., a Roman philosopher, Lucius Seneca, quoted this statement that now translates into an accurate description for a predominant theme for The Canterbury Tales: the corruption in every day people. For example, Geoffrey Chaucer brings together all of the foibles and virtues of man and the manners and morals of his time with remarkable clarity. In summary, The Canterbury Tales is a…

the founder of the Muslim Canadian assembly and worked as its communications officer and representative. The most shocked news is that Fatah supports gay rights which is totally prohibited (haram) in Islam. He favours a division between religious damnation and state which presents hostility to Islamic rule, and proponent "liberal, progressive form" of Islam have been…