Martyr

The novel is thus an allegory or a fable intended to convey Golding’s view that evil is a powerful instinct in human beings and needs only a favourable environment to grow and flourish and to attain formidable proportions. In the novel, evil seems to have triumphed over good, but Golding has himself expressed the view that the novel does not depict the triumph of evil over good, but good rescued from the clutches of evil. The rescue comes, of course, in the shape of naval officer at the end.…

Maya Lin is an American architect and sculptor best known for her design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Maya Lin was received her bachelor's degree from Yale, where she studied architecture and sculpture. During her senior year she won a nationwide competition to create a design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Her minimalist design aroused controversy but has become very popular with the public over the years. Born on October 5, 1959, in Athens, Ohio, Maya Lin is the…

especially showed this with “public interventions—his displays of “social conscience”—bore the mark of his experiences with The Crucible. And why not? He writes an allegory about the House Un-American Activities Committee and is instantly hailed as a martyr, saint, genius, hero, and demigod. The Left loved Arthur Miller because he helped codify and perpetuate one of their dearest myths—the myth of McCarthyism.(Miller, 2005)” Miller used The Crucible to show the fear of communism created by the…

I believe that Jesus is the Messiah. The definition of savior according to the dictionary is a person who saves someone or something from danger, and who is regarded with the veneration of a religious figure. According to Luke Timothy Johnson, Jesus is the Messiah who the New Testament declares is the Son of God who came to this earth to suffer willingly and die for our sins. I am going to compare the description above with some other ideas about who many theologians think Jesus is. First, I…

Farid Attar in The Conference of the Birds suggests that in order to enlighten an individual, the individual must have an educator who is willing to destroy their Self. Throughout “The Story of Sheikh San’an”, Sheikh San’an is displayed as an exemplary Muslim who follows the Islamic guidelines and is described as the people of Mecca’s “living symbol of belief” (Attar 1984: 68). Additionally, his pious attributes qualify him to be an educator to many people. However, “every man meets problems on…

Although Machiavelli and Socrates both lived during times of uncertainty, political fragmentation and violence, their philosophies about how the state should conduct itself are in direct contrast with one another. Machiavelli’s the Prince is founded on the principal that if a ruler wishes to maintain power, he should embody the ideology of pragmatism, while Socrates believes the state should follow him in his commitment to moral purity and justice. The inherent dissonance between these…

Humans often adopt the behavior patterns and ideals of those around them. People living within a small town where most everyone knows, or at least knows of everyone else, are much more susceptible to developing similar mannerisms. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, however, this is not the case for the Finch family. The Finches are deviant and somewhat peculiar in regard to the typical family living in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. Perhaps one of the most prominent differences between…

When choosing a play to produce for modern audiences, I searched through many production. However, the play I would reimagine is the Ancient Greek tragedy Prometheus Bound written by Aeschylus. The narrative of Prometheus tells the tale of Prometheus, a titan, who steals fire from the Gods to give to humans to further their society. For this act, Zeus condemns Prometheus to be chained to a rock and is tortured. While my production would not be a retelling of Prometheus’s story but rather a…

Humans are stubborn creatures, and take comfort in familiarity. Any threat to such comfort causes an outrage amongst the people. Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights movement threatened the status-quo, causing fear of racial equality. While his fellow clergymen should support human welfare, they choose to criticize King. In the Birmingham city jail letter, King explained his intentions to the clergy by delicately balancing both pathos and logos. Using diction, King elucidates the moral need…

As a result of this, my parents named me after the second martyr that was a major contribution towards the formation of Islam. Along with the fact that my name had a rich religious background towards it, my name also reflected the meaning of a wealthier and more ambitious person. This definition of my name highlights…