Arthur Dimmesdale committed the greater sin because he was a man of faith. He was not true to his sacred vows. He committed an adultary which is considered to be the worst sin because it is against one of the ten commandments. He told the people of lord to be true and faithful to their religion when he was not himself. He did not tell the people about his sin like Hester Prynne's was told.
Puritan by nature, he followed a moral code of life well intertwined within the Ten Commandments. Though he was religious, proctor was not without his faults, one being his expressed distaste toward those who did not follow his own law, such as reverend Parris. His distrust and hate toward reverend parris stems from his own idea that such a man could simply not be a holy one. His mood toward Parris came from such actions like the preaching toward golden candles, and how Parris was a self absorbed minister, and the third minister in the town in 7 years. “There is either obedience or the church will burn like Hell is burning!” (pg 30) Parris tried to defend himself with such passionate and heartfelt comments but Proctor would have none of it.
Rev Parris is not so much worried for the children as he is for himself. Rev Parris is a very strict Christian man, he is smart and fearful of the Salem people. Rev Parris requests the deed to the house as he believes the people of Salem might take it from him, he makes clear how he feel persecuted when he and Proctor are arguing. Abigail, his niece, is clearly the leader of the children and controls them through intimidation. In what ways does she exert her power over them?
Naturally,For he knows the explanation:Its sedition,Working through bribery".Creon is the type of person that need bribery inorder for him to do the right things for society. Creon ruled the entire state but does not listen to the societys good intensions. "For me, a man who rules the entire state and does not take the best advice there is,but through fear keeps his mouth forever shut..."Creon may rule the entire state but he keeps his mouth "forever shut" becasue he is afraid of the
Jesus Rodriguez English 4th block October 11, 2010 To Hell or To Veil After reading Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil” and Jonathan Edwards's “Sinner’s in the hands of an Angry God” the differences are punishment, damnation, and who the sinners are, while the similarities are focused on their strong believe in God. Edwards’s` depiction of God frightens the congregation through his extensive talk about God, while Mr. Hooper’s service hardly ever mentions God, the fear of his parishioners draws them towards the black veil. Over all Mr. Hooper would be the best and more efficient preacher than Edwards because he does not uses hell as a final damnation for the sins that are committed by human beings. Instead he uses the black veil to show punishment and to repent from you sins.
As Quoted in Millers book by the Character Mr. Hale, he states:” We must not blame each other but fear god and his Wrath.” This quote helps us to understand that we cannot blame others but must go through what trails an tribulations that god has intended. Mr. Hale also goes onto say that “we must look into ourselves to find what has thy done to anger god.” With all accusations going around our ancient society there is always going to be a minority in society. Lastly the connections with the McCarthy era and the people of Salem portrayed in Arthur Miller’s play of the Crucible are the impact of the government and the opinions of society. The government in tiny ways gives the public an image of what a problem is and then follows public opinion for popularity. A great example of this is given by Miller’s Character Reverend Paris a minister in Salem that is blaming others so that his reputation may not ceed.
The Sermon on the Mount is one hundred percent anti retaliation. If someone even does anything evil to you, you’re supposed to turn the other cheek, forgive, and pray for the ones who did you wrong. As a people we have a hard time following this simple rule because we don’t want to let people walk all over us, but apparently that’s the ideal way to live one’s life. The main reasons for this rule of living a moral life is that everyone, righteous or evil, are children of the all mighty God above. “That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” (Matthews 676).
The Christian worldview understands that everything is the Lords and we are to treat it as such. Sometimes it is the lack of understanding regarding the ways of God and the principles of His word that can keep leaders from treating their employees with respect and with moral love. Nash (1992) stated, “Christianity simply will not make sense to people who fail to understand and appreciate the Christian doctrine of sin” (p. 48). It is easy to look at our ways as right when if they were put against the word of God we would see how wrong they really
I look around me and, lo! On every visage a black veil” (Hawthorne 275). Mr. Hooper is saying that everyone else sins just like he has, yet he is judged more than anyone because he is a reverend and also because he wears the black veil. He is not afraid to say that he sins and make peace with his mistakes. Also, because of Mr. Hooper’s belief in predestination, the belief that an elect group of people are selected by God to go to Heaven, his sins do not matter.
All though it is not a rule, people try even harder to fit into society by doing what is sociably ‘in’, even if this means breaking the rules, as this is seen as more important than the rules. It is only in the 21st century that what is ‘in’, even if it being disobedient is more important than the rules. Back in the time when this play was set, in 1692 people were shunned if they did not follow the rules and regulations of society, and society was majorly run by a theocracy and the authority of the church decided all decisions. Therefore, people were punished severely for disobeying the rules of the theocracy. People were encouraged to display modest behaviour.