Miser

wizard, but he forgot. Gandalf and the dwarves had come to recruit Bilbo for a mission. This mission was to take back treasure and homes from Smaug, a mean dragon. Dragons enjoy stealing gold and not enjoying it. The dragon should be described a greedy miser. Bilbo Baggins took up the mission because the dwarves’ song made Bilbo want to see faraway places, and after Gandalf left, the dwarves depended on him. First, Bilbo Baggins took up the mission because the song made him want to see…

John Stuart Mill, in Utilitarianism, explains his principle of utility and its importance to morality. Bernard Williams challenges Mill’s views by utilizing thought experiments and is ultimately successful in undermining some forms of utilitarianism. The principle of utility, according to Mill, is the idea that actions must produce the most happiness possible. Pain and the privation of pleasure are the direct opposites of Mill’s argument for the principle of utility, or his “First Principle.”…

The genre of the both plays were comedy as they both treated their respected subject matter with humor. The first play ‘The Pretentious Young Ladies’ dealt with the theme of pretentious nature of people, while the second play, ‘The Miser’, dealt with the theme of greediness that plagues many human minds. Considering the sound of laughter abundant among the audience on that day, I consider both plays successful in gaining the response they both aspired to. In the first play, ‘The Pretentious…

In "The Minister's Black Veil", by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character, Mister Hooper, becomes the unintentional villain. He does so by wearing a black piece of crape that causes him so many problems. The townspeople and his plighted wife, Elizabeth, become his foes during the story. What the crape symbolizes varies from person to person throughout the story. When the story begins the townspeople are gathered before church. They must expect it to be a normal Sunday service but, they got…

People would say that Christmastime is the most wonderful time of the year. It’s the time of the year where people are generally a lot more altruistic with one another. However, a person who truly shows the spirit of Christmas is if they are truly altruistic, in which a person makes sure they improving the welfare of others without the pretense of fame or glory attach to it. In the article “The Two Moralities of Ebenezer Scrooge,” Dwight R. Lee discusses the two morality A Christmas Carol…

On December 19th, 1843, Charles Dickens published “A Christmas Carol.” The novella received high acclaim and is widely known. Fast forward to today, the novella has received several adaptations in both play and film form. Which begs the question, what adaption represents “A Christmas Carol” more accurately? While both the play and the film present Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol accurately, there are differences and similarities in the presentation of the characters, setting, and tone. The…

thoughts and indecent behavior” (New Jerusalem Bible Rom. 1:26–28). 4. “Do you not realize that people who do evil will never inherit the kingdom of God? Make no mistake the sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, the self-indulgent, sodomites, thieves, misers, drunkards, slanderers and swindlers, none of these will inherit the kingdom of God” (New Jerusalem Bible 1 Cor.…

prominent, “respectable & tight [man], a mortgage fancier and stern, upright collection-plate passer and forecloser.” (Henry pg. 1) The Ebenezer in this story reminds us of Scrooge from A Christmas Carol, because he is also a greedy, cold-hearted miser. Another allusion is when Bill tells Sam that his favorite biblical character is King Herod. King Herod was a king that wanted to kill Jesus when he was a baby. Bill says, “You won’t go away and leave me here alone,…

awful personality. The Grinch is a green hairy who is very greedy, stingy, and a little evil creature. He wants nothing to do with the Whos, hates Christmas, and wants the Who 's Christmas spirit to be gone. Ebenezer Scrooge is an old grumpy selfish miser who doesn’t care about others…

The legend of Merlin displays distinctive themes and interests from The Life of Merlin and Merlin and Vivien although they both tell the same story. The Life of Merlin gave him qualities of a humble man. The source provided descriptive details of Merlin’s upcomings of a great sorcerer. In the text Monmouth wrote Merlin to be a wise man who saw no good in having riches. Merlin and Vivien has the same concept of who Merlin is and how he came to be. Gaster gave Heroic symbolism to Merlin in…