As both Danforth and the judges oppress over him, Proctor cannot bring himself to sign, and ultimately leads himself to his own death. “How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” (Miller 133) In saying this, Proctor emphasizes the emotional strain which people were brought under during the trials. The reluctancy of Proctor to sign away his name allows him to make a much greater impact on the trials, and ultimately serve as a martyr against the corrupt system. The belief that people should not have to lie is one which comes up a lot in Proctor’s life.
RESEARCH PAPER EVERYMAN Christol Council Liberty University August 19, 2012 Thesis The play “Everyman” uses characters that are spiritual to tell the story of Everyman. Everyman has to give an account of his life no one can stand with us before God we have to stand alone. Everyman realizes that death is inevitable and man has to an account for his sins. Everyman often does not think of their spiritual life, but in the end finds way to repent of their sins. The summons of Death makes Everyman realize he is not ready to die and does not want to take the journey alone, but ultimately has to stand alone.
I myself am an Atheist, and therefore in my opinion believe miracles are impossible as all miracles are by, definition impossible if they claim to be the action of a deity. There are four different definitions of miracles, A ‘radical change for the better’ in a person, an ordinary event which has Religious significance for the believer, A remarkable or unusual event which has been directly caused by God but does not go against or break the laws of nature and The ‘laws of nature’ are being broken by God, which is the definition David Hume (18th Century) uses. This more traditional understanding of a miracle is the understanding of classical Theism, namely that God is omnipotent and omnibenevolent, and therefore he does intervene on occasion to perform miracles. As an atheist, David Hume refutes miracles, he does not believe that they can happen, although he has one of the most famous definitions of the traditional understanding of a miracle. Hume
The man in this story saved useless stuff such as bent nails and pieces of string. The man is considered crazy because why would you want waste your life away by saving useless things. Both of the authors have a character that seems to be crazy. They both let the things that normal people will consider useless and make it into something that eventually turns out being a waste. In A Hundred Thousand Straightened Nails written by Donald Hall, is the type of story that recyclers and pack rats will like.
It is at this point that Herrick enters the room requesting Tituba to come with him, most likely for execution. The next scene is seen in a courthouse atmosphere most likely, in a conversation between Danford and Herrick. At this time reverend Parris enters the room exclaiming that Hale might be able to convince the “witches” to confess and re unite with God, in a great joy, they all request him to see Proctor. A tortured Proctor takes a moment alone with his wife, they both seem like 2 very different people. A very calm atmosphere is felt while reading this section of the story, they discuss love between each other, judgement, life, the family and the future.
In his sermon he did not include scripture. He preached about the plush carpet all over his house, the type of car he drives, the brand of clothing he had on, and how the birds disturbed him in the morning. My first thoughts were how a man of God can preach only about his blessings, neglect to preach the word and indicated how much his disapproved of the birds chirping in the morning. At that moment I felt as if he was putting on a production and not preaching the word. Needless to say that was my last time I attended that church.
Reverend Parris is a priest who is supposed to preach about the good will of God, but Reverend Parris abuses his power by preaching instead about “golden candlesticks” and pensioning the townspeople to give him more salary, give him the deed to his house, and to do so he was willing to kill innocents. “And yet silent, minister? It is fraud you know it is fraud! What keeps you man? Said Giles (78).
The Crucibles New Ending Scene 1 (The stage lights come up as you see John Proctor chained to the wall, the door creeps opens as Abigail enters) ABIGAIL: John (no answer) John (still no answer) John will you answer me. JOHN: How can I. ABIGAIL: What do you mean? JOHN: How can I talk to you after you have done this to all these people? ABIGAIL: John I never meant for this to happen to you. JOHN: Then what were you expecting to come from this.
1.) The action of The Scarlet Letter takes place in 1645. Investigate the puritan age to discover how the Puritans viewed the world. Puritans thought the world was nothing but a place where God has sent you to worship him. They believed that life on Earth was only a test made by God to see if you get into heaven, or not.
After reading Beowulf, it was very obvious that Grendel is an evil character and has nothing but bad in him. Throughout Beowulf Grendel is not accepted in society and not wanted on any terms, and this upsets him. Grendel is very different than those around him which make things in life difficult. He isn’t accepted because in the peoples eyes Grendel is a killer and kills out of anger and what he holds inside. An example of Grendel killing the innocent people around him is, when Beowulf’s warriors are sleeping Grendel sneaks into the room, attacks the men and tares them to pieces.