However, in modern times society is a lot less prejudice, and audiences are more sympathetic for Shylock. The Elizabethan audience would also be more religious than a modern audience, and Shylock was a character that went against everything they believed in as Christians. Therefore, especially with an Elizabethan audience, the main feeling towards Shylock would not be sympathy, but hostility and loathing. Our first glimpse of Shylocks character is in Act 1, Scene 3, where Shylock reveals to the audience the reason he hates Antonio. The first reason he gives is because he is a Christian.
Previous to Elizabethan times, plays generally consisted of some form of religion, whether it be bible stories, or worshipping the many Greek Gods. Therefore, this time allowed audiences to see and relate plays to their own lives, as they incorporated our true nature as humans and our responses to different circumstances, including love and death. These discoveries have had a major influence on theatre today as when people go to the theatre, they want to be drawn into the play and almost believe what they are seeing is real. There are many plays today that deal with real issues people face, therefore it is easier for the audience to be convinced that the play real. However, what may have been considered “real” in the Elizabethan period, and what is considered “real” now has very much changed, so theatre has been forced to change with the times and adapt their representation of human nature to suit the audience of the present.
Antipas replied to Luke saying, “If the goal of your narrative is to demonstrate Jesus’ claim to honor, it will have a lot of ground to cover” (Lost Letters of Pergamum 63). Naturally, curious Antipas was very interested in Luke’s words about Christ, and even though these new ideas were against his faith at the time, and it seemed that it would take eternity to learn all about them, he engaged in the monograph provided by Luke. Luke started to tell first about Jesus and his influence and the kind actions on Earth. The apostle told about how Jesus healed another apostle Peter’s mother in law and many other ill people, how he calmed a huge storm, and how he taught one of the most important lessons, “Ask, and it will be given you,” for people (Matthew 7:7). Luke then continues on teaching how a true believer should live his or her life and how to distinguish who is a real Christian and who just calls him or herself as one.
However, the play itself is specifically meant to be presented to an Elizabethan era audience, despite some of the more modern adaptations of the play. As such, the conversation in Act IV Scene III between Hamlet and Claudius as to where Polonius’ body is hidden, is meant to target the original Elizabethan audience by using religious allusions that would have been better understood by such an audience along with the treatment of the mentally ill, and the relations between England and Denmark. To begin with, the religious allusions that Shakespeare uses in this scene are difficult to fully understand today, unless one has a good knowledge of history, however, they would have been easily understood back when the play was first performed. In Act IV Scene III, Shakespeare deliberately has Hamlet voice a pun about the Diet of Worms, which would have been much more known to a portion of the Elizabethan audience, as religion played a much larger role in the world back then, especially in a country where there had been so many changes in religion such as England. Similarly, he also alludes to the fact that the Diet of Worms is the “best of all diets”, as it was about what the Holy Roman Empire -- who England was briefly tied to by the marriage of Elizabeth’s older sister Mary to Philip I of Spain, who was the son of Charles V, who was
A tragic hero is someone of noble birth with heroic qualities, but the hero struggles mightly against this fate and this cosmic conflict wins our admiration. One of the qualities of John Proctor being a tragic hero include his strong conviction. “But I wilted, and, like a Christian, I confessed. Confessed" (Miller 163)! This quote proves that he is really a Christian because he confesses his sins to God.
It tries to target an audience that is religious and spiritual by having a picture of Creflo Dollar for a credible spokesperson that is very trustworthy ,also with a certain halo effect in the religious community . But the most persuasive item about the envelope is the slogan on which it says “When you need a miracle JESUS.” And plus the name JESUS in all caps, that brings in tremendous source of creditability brand loyalty which also hints at pure persuasions. It seem to me that if you just use the envelop its say it all: if you give to CREFLO/JESUS miracles will happen. The impact of that alone affects Behavior, believes and values. Now, let’s look at the rest of the Mail pieces.
In any case, Steinbeck creates an exceptional story in The Grapes of Wrath by use of prose, symbolism, and true events. Many critics agree that the main literary device used is Christian Symbolism, which is used countless times by Steinbeck in the plot. It has been considered strange to run a parallel between Jesus Christ and Jim Casy but Steinbeck pulls it off well. Critics see the connection between Casy and Jesus Christ by looking at each of their introductions into the world as changed men. In The Grapes of Wrath, Jim Casy is introduced after his mission to find the true meaning of life and himself (Steinbeck 24).
Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is- his good, pleasing, and perfect will.” Paul was speaking about how as Christians, we should not strive to follow the mold of society, but rather follow the will of the Lord. At times, this can be difficult for a Christian business owner, yet the rewards for the Lord will outweigh the financial gains from following society. Kotler and Keller explain that one area of marketing that Romans 12:2 applies to is that of social responsibility marketing. “Because the effects of marketing extend beyond the company and the customer to society as a whole, marketers must consider the ethical, environmental, legal, and social context of their roles and activities” (Kotler and Keller, 2012, p. 22).
Miller seems to support Elizabeth's position, for it is by giving self-preserving lies that Tituba and Sarah Good perpetuated the witch-hunts. In conclusion, over the course of the play, The Crucible utilizes Reverend Hale in a profound way. He is the scientific thinker of the two religious quarrels and the role Reverend Hale plays is one of a reoccurring sense of justice within the framework of the play. Yet, while Hale attempts to be a thinker who depends on the virtues of the Bible, he does not really have a real grasp as an enlightened thinker because, ultimately, he shifts like a politico in almost every
“[The church] should be purified of their unregenerate members…heretical clergymen…bishops and archbishops, but they were nevertheless churches and must be embraced as churches” (Morgan 31). These non-separating Puritans made it their goal to create a superlative Christian community in the New World. In doing so they hoped to serve as an example to encourage reform within the Church of England. Morgan, author of The Puritan Dilemma, describes the non-separating Puritans overall view of the Church of England to be more positive than negative. “[The church] had bought the means of salvation to many of their members and might still do so” (Morgan 31).