It can also be argued that Puritan society is what molded him to be that way. The townspeople were extremely harsh on Hester Prynne for committing an act of adultery. While judgment for such an action is to be expected, the extent of the cruelty was unwarranted. “At the very least, they should have put the brand of a hot iron on Hester Prynne’s forehead. Madame Hester would have winced at that, I warrant me.
He states, “A son of sin and sorrows.” This shows that he knows the mistakes he have committed during his life and reign as king. His decision-making resulted in him losing his family and doing wrong in Apollo’s design. He also states, “ A prince of evil.” This means that the moment he took throne he was brought down from a fatal flaw, his flaw was hubris, he thought that he could get away from fate and in the Greek and Roman tragedies and in their life they believed strongly in fate. He also utilizes empathy to make others feel what he feels. He states, “For whom I should be hanged.” This shows that e is unhappy of the truth and how sick it makes him feel.
There were both short and long term reasons for the petition and why it was presented to the new King. The Puritans were not happy with Elizabeth’s middle way she created that was meant to be a mixture of regulations from both the catholic and protestant churches in order to please as many people as she could. They thought that there were more elements of the church that were in agreement with the Catholic Church rules than the protestant ones though. The Puritans wanted the church to be a lot plainer, with not a lot of colours, whereas the Catholic Church was full of colours and stain glass windows. Hence the reason that a part to the petition was that ministers should not to wear gowns.
Puritans were extreme Protestants who believed that Elizabeth's religious settlement was not enough – they believed that the Anglican church was still too much like the Roman Catholic Church. As a consequence of this belief, the Puritans posed potential threats to the Elizabethan church, however little action was taken by the Puritans towards this and there was little support for their ideas. Therefore the Puritans were no real threat, at least not compared to the threat from the Catholics. The Puritans posed many potential threats to the country under Elizabeth, particularly in church and in Parliament. Initially, the Puritans were focused on trying to achieve their aims through Parliament.
This indicates that he knows of how mean and irresponsible he has been, possibly reflecting the fact many people say life ‘flashes before your eyes’ at death. His change is important to the story as it gives a possible reason for the death of the heirs of Durin (Thorin’s nephews Fili and Kili) because they would have succumbed to the same sickness of the mind that catalysed this change in Thorin (which, it is implied, also affected his father and grandfather, Thrain and Thror) and also because it shows a downfall of humanity: avarice. Throughout the story Bilbo acts as a character through
Who do you consider is most responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet all ends in a terrible tragedy, however there has to be someone to blame for this, but who? I strongly believe that Friar Lawrence is responsible for the tragedy. The main reasons why I think he is to blame is because he married Romeo and Juliet without anyone’s permission; he also helped them to have a secret night together; gave Juliet a dangerous potion; faked her funeral breaking the hearts of her family and he continued abusing the use of confession throughout the play. The most disgraceful thing is that he is a man of god and he committed all of these horrendous sins!
I personally believed that Creon had the most moral conflict. He was very cruel and selfish. Ismene and Antigone’s conflict fell more towards whether it was right or wrong to follow the god’s word or the ruler’s word. On pages 1070 and 1071 in our textbook, Antigone and Ismene discuss burying their brother that Creon has sworn no one should bury him. That is the beginning of all the moral conflict throughout this entire story.
Macbeth responds, in brief, as a loyal thane to the Scottish king, but the prospect unnerves him. * The audience could see Macbeth’s ambition leading him to cursed thoughts which has been greatly *enforced and twisted* by the* malicious* witches. *The caution from the first apparition causes Macbeth to start a bloody massacre across England, killing families of people who may threaten his position. After this point in the play, we see *that *Macbeth* has* turn*ed* into a ruthless tyrant* in the hope of avoiding fate*, so desensitized to humanity that even the suicide of his wife *could not arouse grief from him. * All he could muster was* “She should have died hereafter”.
He doesn’t say “Frailty, thy name is Gertrude!”, he says “Frailty, thy name is woman!”. Which shows that he is disgusted by women altogether. This shows very vividly how Hamlet feels about his mother’s actions and how all women are the same. Not only is Hamlet disgusted by women - he thinks he may be just as bad as a woman. He talks of how his is just as much of a coward as his mother or any other woman if he is not to avenge his father.
“A Good Man is Hard to Find” In O’Connor’s short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” there are a couple of themes that can be pointed out. The gist of the story is how the actions of a grandmother get her and her family killed. From the events in the story I garnered that violence cause’s change. Violence is never a good thing, but in this story it serves a purpose, in terms of the grandmother. It gets her to see how hateful her prejudice is towards others; not until her family is killed is she able to make a connection with someone else and accept GOD’s grace.