It is only after the second scaffold scene in which Dimmesdale begins to seem happy again. Dimmesdale only truly achieves atonement after the third scaffold scene in which he reveals his scarlet letter, and dies. Through Hawthorne’s development of Dimmesdale in which it is seen that atonement of one’s sin leads to morality. As the famous Buddhist Philosopher Daisaku Ikeda once said, “With love and patience, nothing is impossible”. Dimmesdale is a prime example of this, as with the love he has for Hester and Pearl is he truly able to accomplish the impossible, and achieve
The Great Gatsby Matt Givens 10/28/11 Prompt 1 “I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known”. What does this quote mean to you? To me it indicates a sort of slight arrogance and almost seems to cancel itself out; saying that you yourself are an honest person means that you believe your are but is does not necessarily mean that you are perceived that way by everyone else. Everyone has their own lens to look through and the biases that come with that. This quote comes from the narrator Nick Carraway towards the beginning of the book.
Your neighbour is anybody, agape love shuld go out to anybody, not jst to those we like but to those we don’t like aswell. Agape love is unconditional and nothing is reuired in return. Fourth fundamental principle is “only the end justifies the means, nothing else. Actions acquire moral status as a means to an end. For fletcher the end must be the most loving result.
Was Cool Hand Luke Honest? One of the most famous quotes from the movie, “Cool Hand Luke” was, “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” I feel that there really was not a failure to communicate, but a failure to conform. Luke’s unbreakable spirit kept him from being the tamed animal the institution wanted him to be. It is because of the spirit he had that I think that he was an honest man. Honesty can be defined in a lot of ways.
Given Socrates’ statement, toward the beginning of the Apology, that he has gained his reputation by “a sort of wisdom” that he calls “human wisdom” (par. 8), and, given that he does assert in several other places that he is reputed to be a “wise man” whom people think of as knowing things that others do not, one might imagine that this phrase “human wisdom” could therefore be applied to anyone who has achieved a certain level of knowledge. However, taking into account Socrates’ persistent claims about his own lack of knowledge as well as the fact that the only other places in the dialogue that he ever admits to having any wisdom at all are moments in which he is also claiming to be ignorant, Socrates’ apparent admission that he has the kind of wisdom that his reputation suggests would appear to be ironic, and that what he really means by the phrase “human wisdom” is knowing and admitting one’s own ignorance. Towards the beginning of the text, after discussing how the Sophists came to obtain their reputation for being wise and differentiating himself from them, Socrates introduces his argument against his earlier accusers by saying: Men of Athens, this reputation of mine has come of a certain sort of wisdom. What kind of wisdom?
‘Life would be relieved of all that was unbearable; the unjust might go his way, delivered from the aspirations and remorse of his more upright twin.’ This is where he is basically saying he want the good and bad to be separate and not to bug each other, so that his good, upright part of himself can walk with its head held high. Mr Jekyll has clearly got a highly tuned
In both stories the people of the towns are alright with sacrificing one so that everyone else can be happy. We as moral human beings know that this is wrong, but that is exactly a Utilitarian, whatever brings the most overall happiness even if that means sacrificing an innocent. Both stories represent the Utilitarian theme in their own way and are very powerful moral stories. Works Cited Brandt, Bruce E. “Two additional antecedents for Ursula LeGuin’s ‘The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’ (essays)” ANQ 16.3 (2003) S/T Literature Resource Center. Web.
In the end it is John who rejects society himself. This inversion presents some interesting points. The reader presumably already knows that the key characteristic of Brave New World's setting is moral decadence. It is explicitly stated many times that the citizens enjoy soma, sex, "sports", and not much else. With all these details of morality and value already given, what does the introduction of John add?
Rarely is the idea discussed that the fall from innocence may be a good thing. While it is accepted as necessary, people assume that it would be better if it didn’t happen. Nathanial Hawthorne breaks this stereotype of literature; instead he decided to show the great things that can come from the fall. The Scarlet Letter is an allegory of the fortunate fall, the idea that while sin is a reality it can be a source of wisdom and spiritual enlightenment.
Many will argue that pride can cause a person to become blind, not literally but in a sense that they do not see things the way the should, or as most would view a situation. Its almost as if pride has the ability to alter a persons view of reality, causing them to believe that they are better than others, entitled to more, and some may even believe they have the power to punish with impunity. A perfect example of this is illustrated in Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado" . Pride is a high or inordinate opinion of ones own dignity, importance, merit or superity ; the state or feeling of being proud.The Cask of Amontillado is about two men Montressor and Fortunado. Fortunado has been insulted by Montressor and now he is out for revenge.