half-sister of Helen of Troy‚ and husband of Agamemnon‚ ruler of Mycenae. She is infamous for plotting to murder her husband and Cassandra with Aegisthus‚ enemy of Agamemnon. She is a villain for her murder of innocent Cassandra and of her committing adultery. Clytemnestra is a murderer‚ slaughtering Cassandra for no reason besides for her own pride. Cassandra was a slave brought back by Agamemnon as a prize from the Trojan War (Clarke). She was just a slave and nothing more than that‚ so she never even
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the world. Salt because they are of the earth‚ but also light because they “shine in the presence of others” and perform good deeds of God. Jesus says he is following the law and prophets and that others should too. He goes on to describe anger and adultery in terms of intention. One may not kill a person‚ but having the intention and
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have to marginalize Abigail because they need a good reputation to live in Salem where gossip is powerful enough to murder. Firstly‚ adultery is a big sin in a Christian society and John Proctor feels guilty about his affair with Abigail. In the book‚ Mr. Hale tells John to recite The Commandments‚ but John forgets one of them. When Elizabeth reminds him it is “adultery”‚ “Proctor‚ as though a secret arrow had pained his heart: Aye. Trying to grin it away--- to Hale: You see‚ sir‚ between the two of
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The Scarlett Letter Guilt clutches at the lives of many of the Earth’s inhabitants. Some feel it more than others‚ and for different reasons. The Scarlet Letter portrays one of the more serious reasons for guilt‚ adultery. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlett Letter in 1850. This book is about the adulterous lives of Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale. Hester has been forced to wear a “Scarlett” letter A for the rest of her life to repent for her crime. Dimmesdale‚ while he bares no direct
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WOMEN‚ SEXUALITY AND INDIAN CINEMA By Shoma A. Chatterji WORD-COUNT: 1900 Recent films like Tauba Tauba‚ Murder‚ Julie and Jism have focussed on something not explored before in mainstream cinema - the sexuality of the Indian woman. Though this has given the director and producer ample scope for exploring the anatomy of the woman in a hundred different ways to lure the box office‚ the one positive spin-off of these films is that they have uncovered the sexual desires of the Indian woman
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Philemon’s character changes throughout the story. Can Themba takes us on a journey to see why he transforms. At first Philemon is a devoted husband. And then as a hard working man and a fine friend. The news of his wife’s adultery makes him become a detached‚ controlling and rancorous husband. He turns into a cruel man‚ taking pleasure in humiliating his wife. Philemon’s actions cause his own remorse and pain. We note that the language in the story and Philemon’s actions are related to religion
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he doesn’t know that Hester gets pregnant while he was in England. He gets to Massachusetts after escaping from the Native Americans. Hester has to stand everyday for three hours in a scaffold to pay her sin for committing adultery and wears a Scarlet "A"that stands for Adultery. Thats when she sees somebody
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Hester can atone for her sin of adultery‚ but every day that she keeps the secret of her lover‚ and the true identity of Rodger Chillingworth a secret she is committing a sin. If Hester would have “Take heeds how thou deniest to him---who‚ perchance‚ hath not the courage to grasp it for
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(committed about a year before the novel begins) is the sin which gives the book its title and around which the action of the book revolves. Adultery‚ prohibited by the Seventh Commandment‚ was so seriously condemned by the Puritans of seventeenth century Massachusetts that is was often punished by dead. In contrast‚ Hawthorne does not condone Hester’s adultery‚ but he does find it less serious a sin that the sins of Dimmesdale and Chillingworth. Clearly‚ Hawthorne sees Hester as a victim. He emphasizes
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Salem Witch Trials. One such character that displays these qualities of redemption is John Proctor. In the beginning of the play Proctor presents himself as a man full of honor and integrity with a loathing towards hypocrisy. Eventually though‚ his adultery is revealed and he is knocked off his obsequious pedestal‚ but he does reclaim some semblance of his former character at the end. Though John Proctor experiences a downfall‚ he redeems himself completely through his death. First off‚ one of Proctor’s
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