Thy strength, Hester; but let it be guided by the will which God hath granted me! This wretched and wronged old man is opposing it with all his The Scarlet Letter might!—with all his own might, and the fiend’s! Come, Hester—come! Support me up yonder scaffold’” (Hawthorne 263). Dimmesdale wanted to die in Hester’s hands when he confessed that he is truly Pearl’s father.
In a grand demonstration of his cowardice he says, "Be not silent from any mistaken pity and tenderness for him; for, believe me, Hester, though he were to step down from a high place, and stand there beside thee, on thy pedestal of shame, yet better were it so, than to hide a guilty heart through life. What can thy silence do for him, except it tempt him--yea, compel him, as it were--to add hypocrisy to sin? "(Hawthorn 49). His extreme cowerdice led him to attack Hester publically atop thee scaffold along with Governor Bellingham and Reverend Wilson. He let Hester be judged solely by her effect on the two men implicated in the adulterous triangle, and be shamed and alienated from the rest of the community, while Dimmesdale, himself, was becoming more popular and admired
Out I say..” “The queen my lord, is dead.” Sick from guilt and died Loyalty “For Brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name” captain “O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman” Duncan talk about malcolm “Fit to govern? No, not to live. O nation miserable!...” macduff loyalty to malcolm Deception ‘Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it’ “Against those honours deep and broad… your majesty loads our house” “this castle hath a pleasant seat…” ironic since duncan gonna
This event proves that Dunstan is the type of a person who would rather follow his own mind and heart then go along with the mob mentality. Ramsay sees Mrs. Dempster as his accidental creation, and he must “hate her or love her” (pg 167). This sense of possession shows up when Mrs. Dempster becomes his charge, and he pays for her care and visits her on a weekly basis. At this point Dunstan thinks of her as a part of himself: “a part of my own soul that was condemned to live in hell” (pg 176). He blames himself for having broken her spirits and is assured that he is the cause of her “saintful” suffering.
To start, the lukewarm spirits are stung to the point that their “faces irrigate with blood,” which brings with it a feeling of justification (Alighieri III). As the Bible clearly states that it is better to be completely against God than a lukewarm, uncaring soul, the neutral sinners are given the punishment that they deserve, proving God to be one of justice, and supremacy. Next, as Dante travels on to the first circle of Hell the reader comes across a mood of hopelessness; moreover, the sinners are “without hope” as they “live on in desire,” replicating a humanly life without God (Alighieri IV). The mood in this canto acts as a tool to show “the holy power” of God in the way that dark feelings arrive in the midst of his absence, making him light (Acocella). After this, Dante approaches an “infernal hurricane that never rests,” and creates a chaotic atmosphere for the reader (Alighieri V).
Why was his spirit tormented and unable to cross the River Styx? Because this King, King Creon, wanted to make a point to his people. The point that he is cruel, unfair, self-centered, pompous, stubborn, and incoherent king, who is not fit to rule. King Creon’s unfounded command is seen in all his actions and decrees. His fickle favor toward his servants, and not to mention his family, proves his inconsistency and instability.
Who's to hinder, I wonder?" And Legree clenched his fist, and shook it, as if he had something in his hands that he could rend in pieces. (40.6) 463| Simon Legree’s malicious hatred of Tom is utterly evil – and utterly unrestrained. No law, no person, no religion will stand in his way if he wants to vent his psychopathic fury on an innocent man. This is the moment at which Stowe wants every 19th century reader to realize the full horror of slavery.
Covey as the cold, iron hearted man that he truly is in order to highlight the truth that there was virtually no discrepancy between a slave and a man and effectively broadcast how inhumane and cruel slavery was. Douglass’ point is that slaves were consistently robbed of their dignity and forced to submit to their masters even if they are inherently incapable of laboring –in order to crush the little self-worth slaves possessed. I found it interesting that Mr. Covey refused to send Douglass to the whipping post in order to spare his dignity, when he often beat Frederick Douglass in an attempt to rob Douglass of his dignity. This truly shows that Mr.
Winston Churchill * "When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him." Euripides * "Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable." (attributed to) William Shakespeare * "The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone." Harriet Beecher Stowe * "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves." Confucius * "It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us."
DANTE’S PURGATORY “O Christians, arrogant, exhausted, wretched, whose intellects are sick and cannot see, who place your confidence in backward steps…why does your mind presume to flight when you are still like the imperfect grub, the worm before it has attained its final form?” (Purgatorio 10. 121-128) Dante and Virgil take visit the first terrace which is revolved around pride and as we know pride is recognized as one of the most terrible sins that will lead one to hell (Inferno) because pride is revolved around the concept of greed and loving oneself to the extent of being oblivious of the accomplishments of others. Not only is pride one of the most notorious sins in both the Inferno and Purgatory but recognized as one of the most seven deadly sins according to the