A SHRED OF GOODNESS. “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” This speech is said by John Proctor near to the end of Act IV a moment before he tears up his confession; it is the moment where he finds the shred of goodness in himself. To understand how he finds it‚ we first need to understand the
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PAUL RICOEUR’S Concept of Man’s Fallibility As a way of Hoping in Man’s Innate Goodness ------------------ A Research Study Submitted to Sacred Heart Seminary-Bacolod ----------------- In Partial Fulfillment to the Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy By: Sem. Rommel Falc G. Palivino February 22‚ 2013 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION From the beginning humans have tried to transcend the condition of fallibility. One of the oldest stories in the
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Cruelty‚ the “deliberate and malicious infliction of mental or physical pain‚” appears in innumerable examples from human history (Legal Dictionary). Cruelty has played enormous roles in shaping social and political structures‚ with the most relevant and prominent example of institutionalized cruelty in American history that has contributed significantly to social order and hierarchy being the practice of slavery. The novel Beloved captures the story of freed slaves struggling to reconstruct their
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The Desire to Justify Cruelty When do we overlook malicious behavior? Is our emotional appeal to like a person enough for us to look past deliberate cruelty? Bound up in the play A Streetcar Named Desire is the fundamental question of how the characters are dialectically cruel and the ways they justify their desires. By means of a theme of cruelty when whiteness is evoked‚ author Tennessee Williams displays when we justify the actions of others to reinforce gender identities‚ and the emotions which
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Countee Cullen’s poem “Yet Do I Marvel” is a poem with unsubtle religious themes. It questions the goodness of “God” and asks why His cruelty is necessary‚ or if what He does is cruel at all. Cullen goes on to then question the purpose of himself‚ or another unknown black poet‚ and why he was made the way he is. He uses a few different examples to illustrate God’s unusual cruelty‚ and while at first glance they may seem random‚ all three share the same theme‚ a theme that is extremely important to
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So why did Stevenson go to such lengths to evoke pathos in his readers? While reading “Just Mercy”‚ it started to dawn on me that anonymity lay at the root of cruelty. In other words‚ it is much easier to issue a harsh sentence to a total stranger than to an acquaintance‚ in the same way as it is easier to shoot at an enemy at a distance than to thrust a knife into his body while looking him in the eyes. From the
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or neglect perpetrated against animals are considered animal cruelty‚” according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). Recently‚ there has been a lack of attention toward animal20abuse and very little study has been made into the relationship between domestic violence and pet cruelty. Animals for store bought meat and dairy products bought go though harsh labor‚ abuse‚ and unfit lives. This cruelty has been overlooked for an extended amount of time‚ numerous animals
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Compare and contrast Ralph and Simon. Both seem to be “good” characters. Is there a difference in their goodness? Both Ralph and Simon are motivated toward goodness throughout the novel. Both boys work to establish and maintain order and harmony with the rest of the group and are kind and protective in their interactions with the littluns. However‚ as the novel progresses‚ we get the sense that Ralph’s and Simon’s motivations for doing good stem from different sources. Ralph behaves and acts
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What Are the Effects of Animal Cruelty? Dalvi Herrera English 135 Professor Michael Gurin August.25‚ 2012 Do you know what animal cruelty is? This is a common question where people would probably answer with the same response. The thing is that do you really know what animal cruelty is? Animal cruelty is not only physical abuse that animals receive but also on many other factors. This type of animal cruelty mostly occurs on industrial farms. You’re also probably wondering what an industrial
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animals that exhibits animal cruelty and abuse. Colier is correct that the circus exhibits animal cruelty and abuse‚ but I do not agree that the solution she states would be enough to notice the problem with the circus. In her essay‚ Colier argues that the circus is an act of violence for the animals. She states that wild animals do not naturally flips‚ juggle‚ jump through
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