Theocracy

orism and Its Effects A Lebanese woman quivers in fear as she clasps her hand tightly over her infant’s lips in an attempt to hush his whimpering. A Sunni man is pillaging through her home in search for its Christian occupants. He soon uncovers her and her child behind a faded woven basket. The Sunni Arab rips the shrieking infant from her arms and tramples the baby as the mother is dragged out of sight by other armed Sunni attackers. Many atrocities of this nature have occurred as a result of…

the truth. In the climactic scene in the court in Act III, he throws his lot in with those opposing the witch trials. In tragic fashion, his about-face comes too late—the trials are no longer in his hands but rather in those of Danforth and the theocracy, which has no interest in seeing its proceedings exposed as a sham. The failure of his attempts to turn the course of the tides soon renders the once-confident Hale to become a very broken man. As his belief in witchcraft falters, so does his…

Christopher Lynch HIS 4150 In The Beginning As theocracy encroaches further and further into politics and curricula, and especially so in the South, examining antievolutionary thought is both timely and sometimes necessary. Even though evolution—which, with its mounting evidence, seems more and more irrefutable—is nowadays practically a hallmark of modern science, many Americans still doubt it, and many even lobby and shape legislation that prevents it from being taught in classrooms. A…

Salem in the late 1600s was tortured by witch hunts, with neighbors turning on each other to save themselves from death. Ruled by a theocracy, the Salem community was thoroughly examined to see who was a witch, with reasons ranging from reading a book to murmuring under their breath to not attending church. Nobody was safe, and with everyone lying to protect themselves, the court took drastic measures and sentenced people to hang. John Proctor and Abigail Williams are most directly to blame for…

era. John Winthrop had devised a set of parameters and instructions for his fellow compatriots to build a utopia of Puritan ideals, however, it seems that in practice such ideals failed to establish a “city upon the hill”, but rather a temporary theocracy that did not fulfill his expectations. Only after the most intense of Puritans beliefs had been evicted from American governing, did America become a great…

a Salesman and The Crucible. First staged in 1953, The Crucible is a play based on the Salem witch trials of 1692. When Reverend Parris’s daughter falls into a deathly coma, the villagers quickly assume that the devil is present in Salem. The theocracy soon establishes a court to “melt down all concealment.” As the court increases the pressure, the judges test everyone’s mettle, especially that of John and Elizabeth Proctor. Along with being repeatedly questioned by the court for their…

The way a person is raised sets the path for the rest of their life. Parents have drilled their ideas and beliefs into us since the day we were borne. Beliefs ranging from religion to political views. If we heard anything different than what we were told was right, it was wrong. Once we start to get older is when we as young adults start to make our own opinions, but we still hold onto some of our beliefs. Whether we like to admit it or not, we do. I come from a Roman Catholic family. I was…

In the town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, fear and hysteria overpowered all reason and logic and led to the massacre of nineteen people. Already filled with fear and instinctual need to survive in an unknown world, and with fear of Native Americans and the Devil circling in their heads; this town was destroyed by the introduction of the idea of witchcraft. Accusation after accusation, false confession after false confession, the town authorities who delivered the scourge of God in the fight…

Do you know two of the best historic authors? Have you seen or heard how they display and forwards their messages? Have you ever seen one of the best historic plays The Crucible , written by Arthur Miller? Have you heard the great sermon preached by Jonathan Edwards (Sinners in the hands of an angry god)? Both authors use great tactics and literary devices to forward their messages. Imagery, allegory and figurative language are both great literary elements to use to forward messages and forward…

How did revolution and resistance reshape the Middle East during this time period? Chapter 18 of Gelvin’s book The Modern Middle East: A History discusses the resistance and revolutions that emerged in the Middle East during the contemporary era. He, also, discusses the impacts these revolutions have had in the Middle East. Gelvin focus is on the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1789, and the subsequent effects of the revolution in the Middle East. This paper will discuss the how the revolutions in…