John Phillips

everyone is saying that’s it's the work of the devil. Abigail and the rest of the girls were gonna say that there was no witchcraft involved, but at the end, that didn't happen. Abigail then used this opportunity to kill Goody Proctor so she can be with John. Abigail was a victim in this whole…

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 downfall and also the downfall of other innocent individuals. Although he tries…

In the novel , The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the symbol of the letter “A” changes due to feminist ideas from adultery, to able, to angel, and finally to the independence of her daughter. Body 1 Hester was forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” on her chest to show that she had committed adultery. The scarlet letter is a sign of her sin, so that everyone is able to see and judge her for what she did. Women in this town were expected to follow strict rules and be very religious.…

Slow Death Outsiders are considered to be those who are isolated and disconnected from others. Isolation can result in different tragic outcomes, such as one being depression and in other cases even worse like committing suicide. In the Modernist short story, The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka portrays a character who is treated like a bug in his day to day life and continued to be treated this way into his actual physical transformation, which lead him to make a decision that ended his life.…

In the article “Good and Evil, Good and Bad” Friedrich Nietzsche argues that morality emerges when ressentiment becomes creative and begins to have values. He claims that ressentiment comes from the “slaves revolt” and that the nobles are the ones that have complete power. Society is very predictable; you are free to make your own future and that is called “conscience” but Nietzsche flips that around and it become “bad conscience” along with the feeling of guilt which comes from the relationship…

Liberalism and Political Correctness Introduction Liberalism is an ideology the surrounds itself on the idea that individuals are rational and “based on a belief in the inherent dignity and worth of each individual” (Mintz, Close, & Croci,2013, p.54) emphasizes the valuation of individual freedom (Mintz et al., 2013, p.54). Liberalism is about the liberty individuals have to use reason when trying to peruse their interests, and most importantly the responsibility individuals should take…

understood the resurrection neither Jesus’ “perceived status in the ongoing church”, nor his “heavenly and exalted status”, nor “the passage of the human Jesus into the power of God”, but affirmed his “bodily resurrection.” In the same vein, John Polkinghorne affirms that the confession of Jesus as the Lord and the Son of God can be seen as a well-motivated belief rather than a made-up tenet of irrational faith. This motivated belief is reinforced and shared among Christians along the…

Plot Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus tells the story of two magicians, Celia and Marco, who are sworn into a competition against each other by their mentors, who are former magicians. In a world where magic is all too real, both Celia and Marco started training at a young age to defeat their mystery opponent, only for them to find out it is the two of them. However, the only way for someone to win is for the other to perish. The venue for this competition is unlike anyone has ever seen, a…

The Code of Hammurabi Reading Response 1. Laws are critical to any society; in The Code of Hammurabi this criticality is stated in the introduction where it is said that law is in place “…to destroy the wicked and the evil-doers; so that the strong should not harm the weak…” (The Code of Hammurabi 1) and to “…further the well-being of mankind” (1). These laws, had such an emphasis on protecting the weak that it is emphasized that the one to enforce said laws would be the “…shepherd of the…

Of Mice and Men - Dreams Dreams are an important part of the lives of the characters in John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men. They show what the characters feel inside and what they aspire to be someday. The goals of George, Lennie, Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife can provide a whole new look of the characters and the actions they make throughout the story. George and Lennie share a dream to be landowners someday and own their own farm where they can have friends come over and hire workers to…