Through love, he is accepting and compassionate, but the narrator’s love for Doodle is hindered by pride and the cruelty that derives from it. It becomes obvious early on that the theme of “The Scarlet Ibis” is the strong conflict between love and pride. Hurst explores this theme when the narrator tries to kill his brother, when he cries after his family praises him, and when Doodle dies and the narrator is devastated. First, the theme of love verses pride is strongly demonstrated when the narrator plans to kill his baby brother, Doodle. The narrator is only slightly upset by the fact that his brother is an invalid, but when confronted with the information that Doodle might be “not all there” his pride is absolutely destroyed.
The Scarlet Letter (Themes) Sin “ With the superstition common to his brotherhood, he fancied himself given over to a friend, to be tortured with frightful dreams, and desperate thoughts, the sting of remorse, and despair of pardon; as a foretaste of what awaits him beyond the grave. But it was the constant shadow of my presence!-the closest propinquity of the man whom he had most vilely wronged!- and who had grown to exist only by this perpetual poison of the direst revenge! Yea, Indeed!-he did not err!-there was a friend at his elbow! A mortal man, with once a human heart, has become a friend for his especial torment!” (Chapter 14: Page18) Revenge Certainly, if the meteor kindled up the sky, and disclosed the earth, with an awfulness that admonished Hester Prynne and the clergyman of the day of judgement, then might Roger Chillingworth have passed with them for the arch-Friend, standing there, with a smile and scowl, to claim his won. SO vivid was the expression, or so intense the minister's perception of it, that it seemed still to remain painted on the darkness, after the meteor had vanished, with and effect as if the street and all things else were at once annihilated.
John Proctor who was only a victim of vengeance had to be persecuted. I did what I should to save Mr Proctor’s life as it felt that I was responsible for his ordeal. But I am nothing but a disgrace. What kind of man is to plead someone to blemish his own name? I should be damned for persuading men to lie.
The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." Plato * "It's not so important who starts the game, but who finishes it." John Wooden * "Evil brings men together." Aristotle * "From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate." Socrates * "I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects."
Harlan 1 Chloe Harlan Mrs. Tubbs Period 3 02 May 2013 John Proctor; The Tragic Hero In the play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, John Proctor is portrayed as the tragic hero. He is a man of dignity and integrity, but beneath his tough outer exterior lays a defeated man. Having knowledge of committing adultery, he is gnawed by his feeling of guilt, which leaves him powerless to do anything about it. As the plot of the play unfolds, his admirable characteristics are presented to the reader by his actions that contrast him against other characters in the Puritan town of Salem. Back in the day, Proctor had everything your average Puritan man could want: a goodly farm to ceaselessly toil upon, three goodly sons to discipline, and a goodly wife with whom to make a home.
He uses Chillingworth actions as an irony act, as an example, that even the evilest person can still reach redemption and forgiveness; as long as they accept their sin and the consequences. Chillingworth develops from a kind scholar into an obsessed fiend; he is less of a character and more of a symbol doing the devil’s bidding. In this last chapter the reader discovers that Chillingworth “positively withered up, shriveled away.” Obsession, vengeance, and hatred consumed him, but, despite all this, he leaves his fortune to pearl, which is somewhat ironic, because of all the evil he has done; perhaps this act can, to some level, redeem the person whose
Dorian thinks that he can escape from the consequences of his immoral life because the portrait takes the blame for him. But he goes too far by killing his old friend Basil Hallward and then suffers from guilt. Both authors demonstrate morality and its consequences through the given
Thy strength Hester; but let it be guided by the will which God hath granted me!”(Hawthorne 230). Through displaying his affection for Hester, Dimmesdale expends his last bit of energy and falls to an unfortunate death while finally confessing his sin and accepting responsibility for his actions. Through personal sacrifice and agony Dimmesdale grows to realize that he must announce his crime to the community and accept the consequences that come with
How we cite the quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph) |Quote #1 | |"Yea, woman, thou sayest truly!" cried old Roger Chillingworth, letting the lurid fire of his heart blaze out before her | |eyes. "Better had he died at once! Never did mortal suffer what this man has suffered. And all, all, in the sight of his | |worst enemy!
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.