During the Age of Enlightenment, a religious war was taking place called the Spanish Inquisition. The Spanish Inquisition was when Catholics persecuted heretics, Jews, Protestants, Muslims, etc. These persecutions ultimately lead to the execution or torture of most of the persecuted people. And these Inquisitors killed in the name of God and for God. These killings would cause contradictions between the church's action and its teachings from the Bible.
However, it also says that torture and imprisonment was common in that time period and it is true. Many people of high power around Henry VIII were known for being ruthless and cruel towards many people, and torture was a common way of getting information or people to come over to bend to their will. Source N is based on several other post-Reformation texts, however, they are more than likely going to be against More because he was well known as someone who refused to accept Anne Boleyn as Queen and take the Oath of Succession in 1534. The reliability of the source does come into question because John Foxe was a Protestant and would naturally oppose a man like More who was a devout Catholic. The Source does not make it clear whether More did torture those people or not, but does make him seem uncompassionate and cruel.
Josh Kirkpatrick The Puritan Way: Oppressive Laws Followed to the Tee. Why? Hester Prynne is the epitome of what citizens of The Scarlet Letter’s Puritan society wanted to avoid by following laws, even if they are oppressive and restricting of free will. Rather than being sentenced to death she was sentenced to a dead life; she lost everything except for her personal values and Pearl (which was a curse in itself). Puritan society came down hard on lawbreakers and held to strict traditions set on the interpretations of the bible by the Magistrates.
One of the Puritan ladies in the crowd suggests that Hestor has “brought shame upon us all, and ought to die. Is there no law for it? Truly there is, both in scripture and statute book.” The Puritans wish further torture on Hestor, even though they themselves too have committed similar crimes. But in looking for a reason to bring more harm to Hestor, they break a commandment worse than Hestor’s; using the Lord’s name in vain. Just for their own satisfaction they look to manipulate the writings of their
Though the prisoner has committed the crime of not saluting, he should not be executed and that too in such a punishable manner. The officer possesses a character of a person who follows his own set of rules no matter what. Tortured execution was the prime source of discipline. Hence, the breakdown of the machine adds to the officer’s degrading character. A man who once was all powerful and very stern broke down into a man who became limp and like a ragdoll when his own machine turned against him.
Though, man’s world is a harsh and judgmental society. The reader can see this misjudged character by Grendel’s first encounter with man, the ability to show human emotions, and Grendel’s opinion towards the shaper. Grendel’s first encounter with man was the first time the reader can realize that Grendel is a misunderstood character. Grendel believes man is proud, vain, and unobservant to the world around him. “The world resists me and I resist the world.” (pg.
But have you ever thought of an evil doer to be just someone who messes with your thoughts and emotions? Most of us would answer no, but by reading the Scarlet Letter we see a truly evil man. His name is Chillingworth. He is an example of how one can be truly dastardly without physically harming somebody personally. From the beginning of the story we sense that Hawthorne emphasizes the deformed man in the crowd.
The shame pressed down on his shoulders with an unbearable weight. He also describes the injustices in detail, using vivid pictures like 'The wretched prisoners huddling in the stinking cages…'; (Orwell,277). This does not come from someone who condones such behavior. It stems from a troubled, remorseful soul. The mob, thousands by his description, also pressured him.
Source N agrees with the view that More was a cruel man with little compassion. It states that More was ‘personally responsible’ for burning several people and more things similar to torture. However, it also says that torture and imprisonment was common in that time period and it is true. Many people of high power around Henry VIII were known for being ruthless and cruel towards many people, and torture was a common way of getting information or people to come over to bend to their will. Source N is based on several other post-Reformation texts, however, they are more than likely going to be predisposed against More because he was well known as someone who refused to accept Anne Boleyn as Queen and take the Oath of Succession in 1534.
Christians commit hate crimes against Jews, homosexuals, and other religious groups all of the time and yet we get upset when they do the same thing in response. We say that we are showing others the way of Christ when really all we are doing is trying to shove something down their throat that they do not like the taste of. Sir Galahad was a sinless virgin and was as close to a Jesus Christ figure as anyone could get without actually being Christ himself but how would the story have gone if he were a Jew like Jesus was rather than a Catholic? All of