They believed that anyone who was punished for their sin should be treated as a sinner. This drove them to lose communication with her. They isolated her because that was the law. They felt that there was too much power on them. In the book, there was no one who actually tried to make a good act of their own towards her.
He didn’t want to harm anyone but the circumstances and the way people treated him forced him to appear as a monster. In addition he was left into a world that was prejudiced against him, and he was immediately rejected and stereotyped as an abominable and vile
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.
Injustice is basically when somebody has been wronged and when adding collector is when somebody has been wronged many times over their life. Society in my opinion cannot protect themselves against these types of people because we have no way of knowing who they are. For all we know our teachers or best friend could be just like Cho, but we will never know until they lash out. The only possible way would to mandate a law requiring everybody to never wrong anybody in the world, which as we all know could not be
To her, the religious laws were more important than the governmental laws she was being asked to follow. Antigone and Creon would never see eye to eye on which law ultimately should be followed because of their own individuality. While Antigone had to pay the price for disobeying the governmental law, she ultimately had the right to give her brother a proper burial. One of the main themes in the play Antigone is Civil Disobedience. Often society has laws that individuals feel are immoral, or unjust.
Mr. Hooper, the minister in The Black Veil is a man of secret sin and darkness. Hooper could represent secret sin within his heart or specific sin which could be adultery. The congregation of the church was surprised to see the minister with the black veil on that covered his face. Though they never saw the minister’s actions change, the way people reacted to him did, even his love Elizabeth’s actions. People were afraid and intimidated by the veil that the minister wore and believed it hid some secret sin and reminded them of their own transgressions, which should never happen with the minister.
“The law can never save us; and he is nearest to the forgiveness of the gospel who, with a contrite heart, discerns most clearly and feels most profoundly that perfection of the Divine statute which impeaches and condemns him.” Is public punishment really required to feel penitent for your sin? To feel penitent you must express humble or regretful pain or sorrow for the sins or offenses you have committed. This is a very controversial issue between the government and those governed under its laws, the general public. Many people in today's government feel that public punishment isn't required for one to feel penitent for the sin they've committed. However, in a Puritan society, the view on punishment in relation to sin would have been very
The title relates to this story b/c Eric was the bystander that didn't do anything when Griffin beat up David. He didn't want to get involved, but he also knew what they ( Griffin and his group) were doing was wrong and bad. I learned that even if your not the one being bulled you should always tell a teacher or a parent that someone is getting physically or mentally bulled. No form of bullying is right and shouldn't be done in the first
Danforth was far too afraid to face his God and be incorrect when judging the guiltiness of the accused. Never did Judge Danforth demand evidence from the victims of the Devil, but he always did when people such as John Proctor cried innocence for the people who were prosecuted. Danforth’s lack of strength causes him to resort to the only option he knows, which is constantly avoiding his
After confessing honestly to committing adultery against his wife, and refusing to testify against Abigail ultimately lead to his down fall. John was thought to be associated with the devil, although he had an opportunity to make a false confession, he refused to tarnish his good name and congenial reputation. Reputation was undeniably important and the fear of guilt by association was evident. People refused to be affiliated with individuals whose behavior was thought to be unscrupulous in order not to afflict their reputations. Although morality was apparent in some individuals, others lacked it undoubtedly.