In John Proctor’s argument with Reverend Hale regarding his devotion to religion, Miller uses ethos and pathos to propel the plot forward. His ethos are aimed towards revealing Parris’s lack of devotion to the church by using decorum to show how he fails to be concomitant with Hale’s archetype of a trustworthy leader. The replacement of the handmade pewter candles with the artificial golden candles symbolized how the trials encouraged religious pretense in Salem rather than sincere devotion to religion. The trials promoted the superficial/materialistic aspect of faith in Salem because people were deemed to be pious by their attendance at Church on Sabbath day rather than by their innate devoutness to religion. Similarly, Miller vilified his
No one recalls how the feud started, but know two people have been killed that year, one from each family. The two feuding families attend church together, holding rifles in their laps, while the minister preaches about brotherly love. Later, Huck’s slave takes Huck deep into the swamp to show him some “water-moccasins”, but really they find Jim there who tells about how he followed Huck to shore the night they wrecked, but did not try to call out to him being scared of being caught. The next day Huck learns that Sophia ran off with Harney Shepherdson and later in the woods he witnesses Buck and another Grangerford get killed a gunfight with the Shepherdsons. Extremely disturbed, Huck goes down to Jim and the raft and they take off downstream.
At the same time Inigo and Fezzik were searching for Westley, Prince Humperdinck turned a torture device Westley was on to its highest setting. This caused
The novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, takes place in a dystopian society that strictly forbids reading or have a printed book in your possession. The protagonist named Guy Montag, is a firefighter who burns any illegal books that are found. Montag in the beginning of the novel is an average citizen who hates books and does not understand the true value of them. He is known as a salamander, Montag can walk among the books he is burning, but he won’t get affected by them. But as the story continues, he begins his transformation.
His fantasy of a future with Martha has helped create a nice escape but knows that the escape didn’t help save his friend. He burns his letters with Martha because he blames them for the death of
Martha is being questioned about being a witch which she denies. Giles Corey later enters the courtroom saying he has evidence for the court, but his evidence is denied, and he is pulled out by Cheever. Through his interactions and relationships with other characters, we get to know his personalities. We
He reveals to Mildred all the books he stole over the years. At the sight of the books, Mildred was terrified and wanted nothing to do with the books. She would rather listen to her “family” than her
Reverend Hale tries to defend the innocent, but Hathorne take Samuel’s side. Danforth decides to take Samuels advice and ends up calling Giles. When Giles is told to show evidence that George Jacobs is a false
And there is none but Putnam with the coin to buy so great a piece. This man is killing his neighbors for their land!” (Miller, 89). People start to use the witchcraft trials to their advantage. Putnam, for example, uses his daughter to accuse George Jacobs, an old man who can barely walk, of witchcraft by stating that he flew to her window in the middle of the night.
Other characters such as Deputy Governor Danforth, Reverend Parris and Reverend Hale likewise share obligation regarding the various passings coming about because of the witch trials. This essay will be focusing on how Reverend Hale was also the reason for the tragic ending. Reverend Hale's confidence and his faith in the individual divided him. Hales comes to Salem in light of a need.
Erin Joel Mrs. Janosy English 2H P 5 22 October 2015 Quote Explication Dimmesdale is trying to overcome a conflict within his own soul, defying his own religion, and choosing to do wrong by keeping his sin to himself. In a theocracy type community like Dimmesdale's, God is known as the supreme civil ruler, and a crime would be known as a sin. On the other hand, Hester’s sin was made known to the public, receiving the public shame and ridicule she deserved. During the duration of time when the public knew Dimmesdale was hiding his sin, “the agony with which this public tortured him” (Hawthorne 119).
In 1964, Lawrence Kohlberg, a psychologist introduced the idea that humans evolved through different stages of morality. In the novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne male characters exemplify a moral development as the story unfolds. In particular, Arthur Dimmesdale’s morality differs from the beginning of the novel to the ending of the novel. His morality undergoes continuity and change by constantly changing from selfishness, social order, and social contract. Dimmesdale undergoes the morality maintaining the social order and being considerate of others to eventually being selfish and only thinks about himself.
Death deeply affects how he leads his men and also his love life after the war. By being ashamed of this moment, he never ends up with Martha and is not mentioned to have a wife after the war. After this event he makes the rules of the squadron more strict to try to avoid unnecessary out-of-combat casualties. Jimmy also burns the pictures he has of Martha to try to lessen the shame he feels for letting his friends death occur but he knows that, “You can’t burn the blame” (22). If he could take away the blame of his death, he would not learn the importance of humility and accepting the ugly truth of the situation.
The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes place in a Puritan community of Boston during the 17th century, during which Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne commit the grave sin of adultery. Although the young woman, Hester Prynne, was accused and discovered guilty of this sin, she refused to give up the name of her partner in sin throughout her public punishment at the scaffold. Furthermore, when the young minister, Dimmesdale, was asked to question Hester, he did not push her to reveal his name due to fear for himself. However, the concealment of his identity drove Dimmesdale to more guilt, leading him to believe it would have been better if everyone had known. Thus, Dimmesdale began a series of self-penances, including a secret confession at the scaffold during the night.
When Richard’s heard the news of her husband’s death, he assumed Mrs. Mallard would be devastated. While everyone knew Mrs. Mallard was “afflicted with heart trouble” (57), him and her sister, Josephine, wanted to give her the news with “great care” (57). Josephine broke the news to Mrs. Mallard in “broken sentences”
