Everything is Not What it Seems Part 1 (Theme): Deception Deception seems to occur on every page of the Summoning of Everyman, printed by John Skot. The play begins with God informing us that Everyman has deceived him by living his life loving riches instead of worshipping and acknowledging the Lord. God sends Death to summon Everyman to his reckoning, and Death informs him that he can bring along whoever or whatever he sees beneficial to him. After Everyman learns this, he begs several people in his life to join him on his journey. They all agree until they find out that Everyman will not be returning.
After finding Pete’s cousin, Washington Hogwallop, having a place to stay and later getting caught by the sheriff the three men are saved by Hogwallop’s son. They take the car and make it to the crossroads. The crossroads represent a place where a life altering decision is to be made. After Pete and Delmar go through the baptism process they think they are going to be good people so when they see Tommy, a random person standing on the crossroads, they give him a ride. Tommy tells them that he sold his soul to the devil and from there the men know that they are making a mistake and something bad is going to happen.
Disillusionment of a Professor: Faust As you read, fill in the chart comparing and contrasting the two stories. At the bottom, be sure to write a paragraph explaining the meaning gained by Goethe’s allusion to the story of Job in his “Prologue in Heaven.” Facts unique to Job|Similarities|Facts unique to Faust| Job’s faith is tested by the devil taking things away.Job is a man of God.|Both strive for understanding/salvationBoth men end up in heaven.In both stories, the devil comes to god with a complaint and they make a bet about the faith of men.God seems to be very kind to the devil in each story. Both bets are over the men’s souls.|Faust’s faith is tested by Mephistopheles giving him things. Faust is not a man of god. | Goeth’s allusion to Job was used to compare one man’s path to enlightenment/salvation, to another man’s path.
Newman was a man who refused to accept failure, and demanded the appearance of great confidence in his family. Thus, it was this chance meeting with his uncle that inspired Miller to create Loman and the Loman household characters as they are. Wealth, hard work, job security and family union are some of the concepts that involves the well-known term, the American Dream. Few people think this dream is something that is automatically granted. Many others however, as in the story Death of a Salesman, view it as something that has to be achieved in order to be successful.
Extending his criminal reach to the rug signals that Abner’s resentment now encompasses the domestic sphere as well. The expensive rug represents for Abner every comfort, opportunity, and privilege he feels he has been unfairly denied, and in destroying it he renounces all regard for his life and his family’s future. The visit to the de Spain mansion
Kazan cements the idea of Father Barry being an angle sent down from heaven to redeem the longshoremen when the holy Father ascends upwards out of the hull of the ship with Dugan’s dead body, as if Father Barry is an angle guiding Dugan’s spirit to heaven, this also shows that Dugan had redeemed himself in the eyes of the church because he was standing up against the mob with Father Barry. In this scene Terry is touched by the holy Fathers words and even goes as far as knocking out one of Johnny’s goons to protect Father Barry as he stands over Dugan’s body, Kazan has terry punch the goon to show that even Terry, for all the sins he has committed, can still be touched by the hand of god and that no one is past redemption in the eyes of god. In this scene Kazan cast a shadow of a cross behind Father Barry as he addresses the longshoremen in the hull of the boat, Kazan does this to further support the symbolism the Father Barry is a messenger of god and that he is here to put and end to Johnny’s rain and show that everyone can be
"Patriotism," a wise man once observed, "is the last refuge of scoundrels." And the braided, he might of added. Braided Scoundrel-in-Chief, George Junior, lacking even the sense to be careful what he wished for, has teamed up with a gaggle of fundamentalist Christian clerics like Billy Graham to proclaim a "New Crusade" called "Infinite Justice" aimed at "ridding the world of evil." One could easily make light of such rhetoric, remarking upon how unseemly it is for a son to threaten his father in such fashion – or a president to so publicly contemplate the murder/suicide of himself and his cabinet – but the matter is deadly serious. They are preparing once again to sally forth for the purpose of roasting brown-skinned children by the scores of thousands.
In this story, the author presents a lot of impending meanings or central themes for the readers to interpret. The first theme of the story could be about an ordinary old man who has an unfortunate life being treated poorly in society. The second theme could be about how society disrespects and mistreats a helpless old man. The third theme could be about the Catholic church, which is supposed to help an old man with tragedy, describing him as an impostor and devil. The fourth theme could be about how greedy it is for someone to ignore other person's needs or use other people to enrich their life, just like Pelayo and Elisenda; they use the old man to make money.
In conclusion, John Proctor is a tragic hero described by Aristotle. His position in the community is a well-known farmer, who is respected and feared. Some of his flaws are being weak-minded, lustful, and committing adultery. His reversal, or downfall, from not being able to communicate well is being arrested and executed. Then, when it is too late, he recognizes the value in his name.
Chapter ten The Leech And His Patient is about Chillingworth's "investigation" of Dimmesdale to clarify that he is the father of Pearl. Chillingwoth goes to extremes when he becomes "fiercely obsessed by his search into Dimmesdale's heart". When having a heated convesation with Dimmesdale, Chillingworth raises a question about "why a man would be willing to carry "secret sins" to his grave rather than confess them during his lifetime." Dimmesdale reminds Chillingworth that most men do not confess their sins and that they are rewarded peace. But Pearl shocks the men in this chapter when she and Hester show up and Pearl flicks a prickly bur and Dimmesdale.