Theocracy

Reverend Parris is the town minister in Salem, and since Salem at this time lives under a Theocracy, Reverend Parris is given authority to rule the town in the way that he sees fit. A faction lives amongst the town that despises Mr. Parris and his duty as minister and church official. The Theocracy that Salem lives by is similar to German nationalism. The people of Salem are dedicated Puritans and devoted to the Bible and God’s scriptures such…

Through the years we have heard this statement repeat itself time and time again, yet as often as you change your point of view so shall this statement. The china - Zhou Dynasty and Egypt have many similarities and differences including political structures, economic systems, and religious traditions. As I proceed in getting my many points across you will see how it is that these two completely different civilizations are so different and yet so much alike. The first traces of China- Zhou…

In the 17th century, many events caused tension in colonial society. Many of the events resulted in revolt, protest, and even execution. Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676 and the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 reflected the underlying tensions in colonial society at that time, mainly including economic inequality, the gap between the blacks and the whites, social differences, the wealth between the lower class and the high class, and religious influence, how the Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676 wasn’t influenced…

The concept of one’s identity has been analyzed through various fields of study and in relation to many works of art throughout time. How an individual sees the world and themselves is generally based upon particular influences that have created the individual identity. Much of this identity is credited to the influences of the environment which include culture, religion, political, familial, and legal characteristics of the time period. There are also arguments that give biology a large portion…

Each individual is born in a different nature and is nurtured differently, with different ideologies, beliefs, and values. Opinions are shaped on life, and new perspectives are formed. Priorities differ as each individual determines their own needs, wants, and desires. When a government takes the form of a democracy, it does so in the attempt to represent the beliefs and values of the people, maintaining order, providing public services and goods, setting goals for public policy, and…

even going as far as to suggest that Hester “...has brought shame upon us all, and ought to die”(49). The foundation of Puritan society and its teachings has a heavy emphasis on the righteousness and salvation of God. The Puritans have a form of theocracy in which “religion and law were almost identical,” (47). As a result, Hester is not only an outcast in the community, but is also a sinner in the eyes of God. While the narrator appears to be unbiased and almost detached from the Puritan’s…

The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne follows the life of Hester Prynne, a woman living in Puritan America and forced to wear a scarlet letter that represents her sin of adultery. Although faced with hate, Hester manages to rise above it and help others. The novel classifies as a feminist novel because it shows a woman, alone in a world filled with discrimination, battle against society’s judgement and not giving into peer pressure. A feminist is someone who stands up for the equal…

Gilead, many former and current president are known for their desire in returning to “traditional values” as this is seen in their disapprovement of the pro- choice movement and abortion. The Handmaid's tale is well-known for its symbolism for a theocracy that forces their beliefs onto the newformed society. To corroborate this statement, Atwood writes “The Republic of Gilead, said Aunt Lydia, knows no bounds. Gilead is within you.” (Atwood 5). Everybody is constantly watching everybody else…

the divisions of class within societies. First, the type of government affected the social structure by dividing the people into that upper ruling rich class and a lower merchant/peasant class. In civilizations such as the Egyptians, they were a theocracy and at the top of a Social Pyramid there was the Pharaoh. The Pharaoh dominated over all other classes in the civilization, enforced rules, and protected it from any invaders. Having…

omniscient. In The Crucible we can detect dramatizations of the Salem witch trials that took place in Salem, Massachusetts 1692 and that overall generated over countless tremendous lies. Correspondingly, the system of government set in The Crucible is Theocracy in which their god is said to be their overall leader. This government set up nurtured the occurrences to happen the way they did because the court's decisions were corrupted before hand. When Giles Corey, an elderly man, walked into the…