When he returned it seemed that he felt nothing; especially love. He told his mother that he couldn’t love at all, and God was apparently included in that statement. He probably could not pray to God after all he experienced, because he could not deal with the thought that the same God that let so many people die could love him. He couldn’t bring about the emotion or love for God, and hence wanted his mother to pray for him
Throughout the story Huck has had to deal with other people’s views on religion. At the beginning of the story when Widow Douglass was sivilizin’ Huck, she explained all about the good place and the bad place. But, Huck, “Didn’t think much of [the good place],” because Tom Sawyer wasn’t going there “by a considerable sight. [He] was glad about that, because [he] wanted [Tom] and [him] to be together.” (Twain, 5). Since the beginning, Huck was wary of religion.
In “Letter to Birmingham Jail”, by Martin Luther King Jr., King uses many techniques to strengthen his argument against segregation. Three techniques that King uses are biblical references,emotion, and logic. First, King uses allusions to biblical figures and events to appeal to his audience of eight clergymen. The biblical figures and events King makes reference to have a strong impact on his readers, and help him effectively make his point. Since King is a preacher and is communicating to a fellow group of clergymen, he appropriately uses biblical references which draw a tighter connection to his audience.
Through the characterisation of the Reverend, his narrow mindedness can be seen when he says “lord, we ask the same curse for those who ask grace for this sinner”. Kramer is trying to show that even highly regarded religious figures can be blinded by faith and have double standards, which is evident when the Reverend disagrees with his daughter about differing opinions on religion. However, Kramer does not want to be seen as anti-religious “religion’s supposed to comfort
It was like he never did stop thing about her and what he wanted to do to her. Jimmy Cross, for example, feels denied after the war because his hope for happiness in Martha is dashed by her rejection. One day they were talking and she was telling him that you’re not like other guys at first he didn’t know what she was talking about until she gave him a little more information. That was when he was telling her that he wanted to and she said I’m glad that you didn’t try it. During the story it also describes their attempts to converse with an A&W employee, but no one will offer them consolation.
“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. To him Parris was not in his society. Also, his relationship with Abigail Williams was a strained one, plagued with affair, scandal, and betrayal. He did love her, but soon after seeing what she truly was he resented his connection to her and, like what his old true nature told him, he confessed, causing a resent to appear within the town that never gave him his old trust
In looking at the Sabbath, he points out that we sometimes live out the Bible by not doing something in the Bible. His thoughts on tithing assert that we sometimes live out the Bible by morphing one thing into another. In addressing the idea of foot washing, McKnight suggests that there may be a principle behind the text that is more important than what the words of the text specifically say. He makes note that some subjects found in Scripture (charismatic gifts, for example) were meant for that
When having heard an owl, she cries ‘Hark, Peace!’ This remark shows you that she is jittery, as on a normal occasion she wouldn’t have even noticed the owl because based on what we know of her character so far she isn’t the jumpy type of person. It’s also slightly ironic how she calls out for ‘peace’ because you automatically make the connection to god’s peace: whereas the audience all knows she is damned. You also surprisingly see a psychological vulnerability in Lady Macbeth. She tells Macbeth that Duncan ‘resembled my father as he slept,’ and if it weren’t for that she would have murdered him herself. This is wildly contradicting her cold persona.
This is evident in the lines ("Take my condition. The things I am supposed to be embarrassed about now — not being able to walk, not being able to wipe my ass, waking up some mornings wanting to cry — there is nothing innately embarrassing about them. It's the same for women not being thin enough, or men not being rich enough. It's just what our culture would have you believe. Don't believe it.").
“No, not I! I never gave you aught,” argued Hamlet, as he denied the gifts (3.1.95). Though he seemed like he hated her, the gifts say otherwise. They showed that he was once a loving and caring person, until recently. At “the very witching time