In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Sometimes it takes a certain situation or problem to occur in life, that makes an individual realize what really matters in life. A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others and their loved ones. There is nothing in the world so wonderful as to love and be loved; there is nothing as devastating as losing a loved one. A relationship that has turned sour is very difficult, both emotionally and mentally. A failing relationship can take away the energy to move forward in life.
Many people reverse the idea and believe life is material cares and wants. These men understand this distinction and shortcut their way to true happiness by skipping the fruitless chase of more and more. They have enough. So much in fact that they are willing to share everything they get because there is no attachment. Without attachment there is no longing or pain when whatever it is runs out.
Book 2-“Ring of Gyges” Glaucon talks about the advantages of the injustice compared to the justice. He says and I certainly agree that unjust are treated with much more respect and valor than the just for unjust are capable of taking what doesn’t belong to them therefore creating wealth with which he can than be of use to his family, friends and acquaintances as well as being able to harm his enemies more. He can please gods with sacrifices, and gods will honor him for it. Unjust are happy and content while just are suffering. In an example he provides for us about a shepard and the ring he points to us that most everyone would’ve done the same, taken what isn’t rightfully his and those who wouldn’t would be looked upon and laughed
At the very moment in chapter 1, when you meet Tom, you immediately get the impression that he’s a bully. He has a big body with a menacing attitude. He is obviously used to getting what he wants, and it can be seen that he is used to getting what he wants. He doesn’t need to work because of his wealth and is very relaxed about his stature in life. “ ‘Now, don’t think my opinion on these matters is final,’ he seemed to
6. It means when Hamlet says “ This is the importance of much wealth and peace”, that when a country is so rich and powerful, as well as peaceful they still find a reason to make war, just purely because they are bored and have nothing better to do with
It is the only time he thinks of what he has left behind. Also the reason why he laughs is that He discovers he does not look like his brothers, because they are shapeless, formless, and downtrodden while he is thin, strong, and lithe. He is hard and strong and concludes that he can trust himself and has nothing to fear of his own company. 8. The uncharted forest symbolizes our society being burned and hidden in the leafs it symbolizes free thought action and freedom in general. Here is where equality opens up and sees his reflection and sees he looks much better than his brothers and he can become scientifically greater to. 9.
This jealousy causes conflicts. Phineas assumes that everyone thinks like he does, and often acts selfishly, insisting that he and Gene do whatever he wants. His carefree, self-centered attitude adds to Gene’s resentment toward Phineas. Phineas, only aware of himself and seeing only the good in others, never seems to pick up on Gene’s inner uproar. Phineas is an influential, charming figure, and a genuine good guy.
Both boys have pride in themselves because they both are pushing themselves for the better, and they believe vanity is utterly unimportant. The characters have great love and compassion for the people around them who believe in them, and friendship
His vengeance actually becomes a crazed obsession that will never cease. When Chillingworth sees little Pearl in the arms of her mother, he is deeply hurt that Hester has betrayed him, but more than that, hateful towards the adulterous man. He hates the man more and more as time goes by. He makes it his primary goal to find this man and hurt him. After he discovers that the man he is looking for is Reverend Dimmesdale, he creates an evil plot to destroy him.
Money and wealth are virtues, and the man who has them is virtuous. “Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to be the tool by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of