It will explain the light of God and how I want the sweet love of Jesus. Last, I will explain how it is my name and I cannot have another in my life. In Act IV, Reverend Hale stated, “Let you not mistake your duty as I mistake my own. I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion, the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up” Fear and suspicion can destroy society. Reverend Hale, who enters Salem Naïve and convinced of his greatness in discerning spirits, realizes he has cause irreparable damage.
Moliere’s Tartuffe In Moliere’s satire, Tartuffe, the author fires his caustic wit upon the social topics of religious hypocrisy and the inability of obsessed characters to hear the voices of reason around them. At first glance, the focus of this work seems to be religious hypocrisy; however, it is the underlying subplots of obsessive behaviors stay in the mind’s eye until end. Moliere’s portrayal of obsessive characters is certainly exaggerated, but there is a clear note of truth that rings through in their powerlessness to hear reason. Until the spell that binds them to their compulsion is broken, these characters are unable to hear the voices of reason that are shouting the truth to them. The main actor of this play who displays the deafness that comes with obsession is Orgon with his religious fervor that blinds him to his responsibility to his family.
He uses the conflict between Brady and Drummond, the lawyers who represent both sides respectively, to convey the struggle for freedom and the need to respect differing opinions. As a defence lawyer shows, all opinions have value, "While we may not agree with your ideas, we respect your right to voice them". It can be seen how the director, Stanley Kramer, is on the side of evolutionism. This is evident as Kramer portrays the highly religious people from Hillsboro as unpleasant and narrow minded. 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”.
"Wilde exploits the conventions of comedy merely for sensational effects. He fails to present a critical view of society" Explore your different responses to this view. The Importance of Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde, instructed to have "no real interest" and be "light comedy for serious people". This defines the notion that Wilde's purpose was to simply make his audience react. It is suggested by this then that the play holds no deeper meaning or message of morality; it is simply designed to fulfill a purpose through usage of traditional comedic techniques.
Francesca Milone Mrs. Holton AP Language (P2) 10 September 2011 The Things They Carried: Fact Versus Fiction Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried emphasizes not only the surreality of war, but also where to draw the line into reality. The makes up characters, places, and stories to get his argument across throughout the novel, making it contradictory and fictitious, but at the same time creating a sense of reality. In The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien illuminates the differences between fact and fiction, mainly within the context of war, to demonstrate that no person can understand what takes place in a war unless he or she has actually been there. Tim O'Brien contradicts himself and others by highlighting fact and claiming later
These mataphors sent a message to his audience back then, and convey a powerful meaning to society today. Jonathan Edwards uses very intense metaphors to depicct the reoccuring idea of God having the ultimate decision. One of the metaphors in teh passage is that "natural men are held in the hand of God over the pit of hell." The word "pit" gives hell an endless depth, which goes along with the use of "hand" and to make it seem that this small part of the body is the only thing saving everyone. The reason for the author choosing these words is to establish hell's gruesome quality.
His accusers are called “wicked” in the first line while they are known as “workers of evil” in the second. These synonyms reiterate his stance towards those who have sinned who speak peace with unfaithful hearts. The psalmist is saying that people can speak about peace and God but peoples intentions will not always coincide with what is right. The use of synonymous parallelism is used once again in the fourth verse. Both of the lines emphasize repayment, as the deeds of the wicked should receive punishment that is justly deserved.
The poem repeats the mention of Gawain’s deep fears and anxieties, but Gawain’s desire to maintain his personal integrity at all costs enables him to conquer his fears in his quest for the Green Knight. When he questions things he reverences the Virgin Mary and God. Gawain is tempted three times by Lady Bertilak much like Jesus was tempted three times by the devil. The parallels formed here are a very Anglo-Saxon quality made to appeal to pagan audiences. Gawain is far from a static character and his beliefs help with that change.
Seamus Heaney’s translation of the epic poem “Beowulf” successfully explores the reconciliation of Christian, mythological and Pagan influences. It analyses the text’s depiction of the archetypal hero and it’s symbol allusions through the indeterminable battle between Good and Evil, the concept of Fate, and the ‘superhuman’ within a mortal realm. Beowulf utilises poetic themes of religion in the way it manages to blend pagan and Christian morals and values and displace paradoxical notions. Heaney manages to combine his Christian perception of the loving but demanding virtues of an all-powerful and Judgmental God with the insane futility of the Germanic’s thirst for vengeance. Myth helped define the ancestral Germanic people’s existence, in
In both of these stories the authors use imagery to help drive home their main points, although in a somewhat different manner. In “Desiree’s Baby" Chopin uses imagery to hint at the “truth” and lead up to the ironic ending. While in Carver’s “Cathedral” imagery is used to reinforce his main theme of don’t judge a book by its cover. Now we will take a closer look at imagery, and examine the intricacies of how these great authors use it in their works. So what is imagery?