I have known her” (115). John does not want to tell the court about his sin though, he does it for the purpose of protecting Elizabeth from Abigail’s untruthfulness. This feeling is displayed when he says,”...A man will not cast away his good name. You surely know that” (115). What Proctor means by this that no man would blacken his own name without having a reason for doing so.
was against the traditional views and unjust laws, which discriminated against him and his fellow people. He felt that the only way that these unjust laws and traditional beliefs would ever change would be by protestesting. He also felt that without protest the laws and traditions would remain the same forever. Along with encouraging protest, King's letter was also a justification of his actions. By taking the time to answer his critics (or persecutors, as he is in prison) with patience, logic and intelligence, as opposed to retaliating, King was also able to justify his actions.
Parliament and Crown had opposing views on whether or not to have a military group to fight the British. Henry enthusiastically proclaimed his stance on the situation at hand. Henry thought very highly of patriotism and felt that he had the ability to address the House. Even though he did not want to be disrespectful to any of the members, he did not hold anything back. With insisting that there was no time for formality, he realized that this was a terrible time for the country.
I would force myself into the Southerner’s capital and force them to give up. Preferably, no violence would be necessary. He did a good job in trying to unite the people through peaceful means in his speech, but the South just did not want it. No sane person (or in this case, state) would want to be ruled according to another person’s will. The South had their reasons and the determination, so as Lincoln, I would’ve tried to crush their will and determination without violence at first, but if it is necessary, I wouldn’t mind resorting to violence.
De las Casas knew that it was incorrect to mistreat another human being, but no one else supported him. Bartolome used to have his own slaves, but he gave up that live style for a life with god and that’s when he started to think differently. The narrator later goes on explaining what should and should not be done towards Columbus. “My point is not that we must, in telling history, accuse, judge, condemn Columbus in absentia. It is too late for that…”, what the narrator is saying is that we should not feel betrayed from the actions of Columbus, but we should learn from them and prevent them from ever happening again.
Soldiers from Continental Army had not been paid, and they feared that Congress would not meet their promises. By early 1783, some officers were considering forcing Congress to pay, but, obviously, Congress had no money. Disappointed by his fellow soldiers, George Washington gave a passionate speech. His message opposed anyone "who wickedly attempts to open the floodgates of civil discord and deluge our rising empire in blood." Not only was the country indebt but also the colonist fought so hard for their independence and their country.
Knowing that he could have been less obstinate and changed his assessment of power would have prevented Creon's son and wife from dying the way they did. Although Antigone was also persistent in not changing her own viewpoints, this worked in her favor because she was stubborn for a better reason than Creon. She stood up for her family because she knew it was the right thing to do. Creon did not show that he cared about anything but his own appearance for the fear that he will be observed as weak, until it was too late. By comparing and contrasting the characters of Creon and Antigone, one can assume that a lesson to be learnt from reading this play is that one should do what they believe is right based on their values and not concentrate on the thoughts of those who aren't important to him or
Dubose take on an unwinnable challenge and they are aware of their own limitations. But still they proceed to fight the battle that they will lose in the end. Atticus takes a case that is impossible to win but hopes to win the appeal, Mrs. Dubose gets rid of the addiction, but she knows that she going to die. Atticus, like Mrs. Dubose, also knows just winning Tom’s appeal will not win the war of racism. Atticus’ courage shows to be more moral in the book because he is doing this for everyone and not just himself.
With Henry appealing to something like faith that the audience members held so dearly he was able to not only capture their attention, but keep their attention and ultimately persuaded them to his sentiments. Henry untimely wanted the audience to know he would rather die for his country then to be without freedom. Within his speech Henry informed the Virginians what they had been doing in an attempt to achieve peace, was not successful nor would it ever be. (2) The receptive audience felt the same sentiments as Henry. Henry’s speech was a pivotal point in American History.
One would say that Lennie didn’t have to kill her, but then again, Lennie did not understand the situation or what was happening. One would also say that he did not have to take things that far but all he wanted to do was make her stop yelling at him. “Now don’t, I don’t want you to yell. You gonna get me in trouble,” is what he told her because all he wanted was for her to stay quiet (Steinbeck 91). He didn’t mean to kill her, but since Lennie does not understand certain things, he also does not know his own strength.