This quote shows that Dimmesdale was more wrong to hide this fact to maintain his role in society than he was for being a coward and not admitting his action because he thought it was wrong. By Dimmesdale
The quote shows how Jerry continuously doubts himself, but can do the things he is working towards much easier than he believes he
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s play “Inherit the Wind” contains occurrences that are so outlandish it is hard to believe that the play was heavily based on an actual trial. Most of the play was fictionalized for entertainment’s sake but it still kept the main themes from the trial of The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes The most significant theme of the play is the importance of an individual being able to think freely and not worry about being discriminated and punished for his beliefs, which is displayed in the quote above The quote above is spoken from a broken man, a “sovereign schoolteacher” (Lawrence Lee 22) who chose to share his harmless ideals to a community but then was treated as if he were a “criminal” (Lawrence
Meaning don't take issues at face value look deeper. We see conflict everywhere in the story, but it's not as simple as just black or white. Characters like sal trying to do the right thing, but unfortunately they are unable to continue that trend. The complexity that made these matters so
He states, “The real wet is going to drink, I don’t care what your laws are, and a real dry is going to lecture him while he is drinking, no matter what your laws about it are.” This statement establishes that nothing can be done to end the conflict, and so the conflict is not worth having. Rogers phrases it in a balanced sentence in order to emphasize that people on both sides of the argument are unwilling to change, not just the wets or just the drys. He also emphasizes his tiredness of the Prohibition debate by claiming, “I have often said that I wish the wets would become so soused they would be speechless and couldn’t say anything, and that the drys would become so perfect that the Lord would come down and take them away from here…” Again, he uses a balanced sentence in order to show his contempt for both
This quote is said by Tennyson. However, it is said about Uncle Hoyt. I believe Uncle Hoyt cares what Brewster thinks because if Brewster doesn’t care, his pain won’t be taken away. On page 173, Uncle Hoyt says, “I’m going to teach you a lesson.
In our courts, when it's a white man's statement against a dark man's, the white man dependably wins. They're revolting, however those are the unavoidable issues facing everyone." (Lee 220). This quote is from a discussion amongst Jem and Atticus, however with Scout listening intently. To her dislike, Scout discovers that no matter what, whites will dependably stay better than blacks.
This relates to a quote from The Pearl by John Steinbeck that says,
When arguing for racial equality, James Farmer Jr. quotes St.Augustine, “An unjust law is no law at all.” He claims that just laws are meant to protect all citizens; whereas, unjust laws that discriminate Negroes are not laws to be followed, thus raising awareness of racial discrimination by using emotional and logical appeals. In The Great Debaters, Henry Lowe appeals to the audience’s emotions during a debate about Negro integration into state universities. To challenge his opponent’s claim that the South isn 't ready to integrate Negroes into universities, he affirms that if change wasn’t forcefully brought upon the South, Negroes would “still be in chains,” which is an allusion to slavery. With this point, he is able to raise awareness of
During the Salem witch trials, in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693, more than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft, and more than half were executed. These accused citizens would be placed on trial with a judge and they would either plead guilty or face a series of tests to prove they weren’t witches. In the novel, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller a group of young teenage girls are caught in the act of witchcraft and are used to help seek out the following witches in the village. They become the jury of the court and their judge who is brought in to accuse and place the victims on trial is Judge Thomas Danforth. Danforth, however, is not an effective judge for the fact that he was very closed minded, and only cared about
This quote just shows how angry and fed up he is with the court. Even the stage directions indicate that he leaves in anger. He came to his senses in the courtroom, but only after how unfair the court was being to the
In his letter he writes, “An unjust law is no law at all”. He provided a simile. A law is to enforce justice the “right way”. If a law is unjust to begin with, it is not a law just like he had said. An example of first and second person is when he used,” I hope, Sirs, you can understand our legitimate and unavoidable impatience”.
This quote shows that even though the miners were treated harshly, they want fight together for their free will. This is the period of time in which the Eureka Rebellion started, there were thousands of miners who were apart of the
Muhammad Ali was stripped of his World Heavyweight championship and suspended from boxing for three years because of his conviction. In a interview about his conviction in Houston Muhammad Ali said, “I felt happy because I knew I wasn't going and people didn't think I had the nerve or they don't have the nerve to buck the draft board or the government.” In this quote Muhammad is showing that he didn’t care about his boxing career and that he is defending his faith and his people are what are the
He then goes on to expand on the consequences of the Basic Argument. He announces that the result of this is "that there is a fundamental sense in which no punishment or reward is ever ultimately just"(221). This would mean it is just as fair to punish or reward people for their actions as it is the color of their hair or face
