In The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Shylock inhabits an anti-Semitic society in which he is treated as an inferior and without any esteem. In a response to these social dynamics, Shylock attempts to make an unmerciful statement to the Venetian community. During the trial, when pleaded multiple times by the Antonio and his men, he doesn’t take mercy on Antonio and demands for his bond to be followed and for Antonio to sacrifice a pound of his flesh. Declaring justice as a reason to the jury and to the judge, Shylock prepares to take revenge on Antonio by killing him. Shylock’s actions reveal a lot about his ethical beliefs: that he would go as far as to kill a man in order to get revenge.
In the article, “The Death of Jesus and the Ways of God: Jesus and the Gospels on Messianic Status and Shameful Suffering by J. B. Green” states what is presented in Luke 23:1-5; Matt. 26:63; Deut. 13, “This not only implies a motivation for Jesus' condemnation by the Jewish council, but also suggests the ease with which concerns of this nature could be parlayed into terms of Jesus' threat to the Roman empire.” This is expressing the case that not only the Jewish leaders had points for condemning Christ but so did the Roman Empire. Pilate could not afford a uprising in Judea as it would look poor on him from the perspective of the Roman Empire and the Jewish leadership could not afford the people to be swayed from their power as well as in fear of the Roman occupation over them that could take away their power, traditions and beliefs but all in all their way of life.
The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against his brother, then do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you. The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never again will such an evil thing be done among you. Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." (Deut.
Hamlet Act 4 Questions 1. When Gertrude tells the King that Hamlet is “Mad as the sea and the wind when both contend which is the mightier.” I think she is believes that she because, Gertrude explains how Hamlet was in such a wrath that he was carless enough to kill a person that was hiding behind the curtain one of which he didn’t know the true identity of the man. 2. Claudius’s immediate reaction to the news of Polonius’s death reveals about his character that he is selfish and truly only cares about his own life and not about Polonius’s life. But he is also frightened of Hamlet and he isn’t as righteous a man as he wants people to believe that he is, he as well doesn’t want his public image will be ruined by this.
Amir’s decision to leave Hassan during the rape was a significant scene in the story that provides evidence for Baba’s thoughts to be true. His lack of courage leads to a major internal conflict between guilt and Baba’s acceptance. Being envious of the way Baba treats Hassan, Amir struggles among the sacrifice of his companion and the blue kite to win Baba’s approval. He asks himself many questions during an internal dialogue as he returns home. Amir compares Hassan as ‘the lamb’ (77) he had to slay and questions whether it was a ‘fair price’ (77) for the relationship and approval from Baba that he had always longed for.
“The Devil and Tom Walker” Michael Nwaogu English 11 Mr. Ortiz Period 2 February 1, 2013 A story of tragedy in both religion and business. In the story “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving, Tom is egotistic and has an impatient approach towards everything, Tom doubts the decisions he make with the devil due to the exchange of his soul to the devil to become an usurer. Washington Irving’s story relates to the “Faustian” archetype because Tom Walker also sales his soul to the devil but, somewhat there’s differences between eachother Faust an old German character who sold his soul to the devil exchange for knowledge as for Tom Walker he exchange it for money; as for the third-person omniscient shows how people felt towards moneylenders throughout the story, this is how we can infer about cultural attitudes about the people. Washington Irving’s story relates to the Faustian archetype because Tom Walker similar to Faust, the character Faust in the German
Before Dimmesdale kills himself, he admits his sin to the whole town. Also, Dimmesdale receives treatment from Hester’s husband, Chillingworth, who knows their secret, and is trying to get revenge on them both. Chillingworth ends up realizing that he is going insane with trying to get revenge and believes that he has sinned more than both of them. The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses satire to poke fun of the Puritan attitude toward sinning and the punishments of sinning. The reader learns from the text that the Puritan religion looked down on the idea of sin and punishes sinners harshly.
“...I’d borrow two or three dollars off the judge for him, to keep from getting a cowhiding” (pg.27) In Paps case, two of the flaws lie directly within him. Greed and alcoholism. His flaws are the cause of why Huck doesn't care if he dies or not. He was not a proper father to Huck. What kind of father beats his children for a couple of dollars?
The Czars were afraid of losing power so they created laws to persecute the Jews as well. In the middle of all these years was the fact that the nobility and the peasants were on both sides of the hatred of the Jews. When Paul saw the complete rejection of Christianity by the Jews, he was livid and that anger turned to hatred (Schloss, p. 89). This is really just an egotistical person unable to deal with rejection. The first crusade is another case where a power hungry pope decided to wage war in order to unite all to obey him.
It don’t seem natural, but I reckon it’s so. (155) Huck struggles against all that was taught to him, and ultimately against what he knows is true due to his dealings with Jim. When Jim is captured, Huck’s first instinct was to report him to Miss Watson by letter since helping a slave was sinful. However, upon deeper reflection, he tears the letter and declares, “’All right, then, I’ll go to hell’” (214). Huck resolves to trade his own fate, and spend eternity in hell, for the fate of Jim and thereby acknowledging that Jim—a black man and a slave—is equal to himself.