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    allegory of McCarthyism and he used a lot of ironies to express he’s overall message. Through the whole play‚ Miller shows that‚ John Proctor‚ Reverend Hale‚ Judge Danforth are three characters which could mostly represent the overall theme of absolute morality. John Proctor‚ a median age farmer‚ husband of Elizabeth Proctor‚ has been guilty of adultery but is also hesitating to confess. When the hysteria begins‚ he hesitates to expose the secret with Abigail William because he worries his good name

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    “I want to photosynthesize” (Theodore Roethke). Representing the parallels between photosynthesizing and growth‚ transcendentalist poet Theodore Huebner Roethke focuses on the experiences he has with the symbolic greenhouse‚ which his childhood centers on‚ in Saginaw‚ Michigan. The American poet illustrates the association of nature with freedom in the coming of age poem “Child On top of a Greenhouse. The poem involves a persona that is breaking free of the confinement of the greenhouse; a child

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    The Great Awakening (1730s)- In the 1730s‚ ministers were stressed that many people in America were turning away from religion towards science and reasoning‚ thus causing a religious revival in the colonies. Ministers began travelling around the colonies holding large

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    There are two types of morality‚ justified and unjustified. Justified morality can usually stand on its own. It does not require intense reasoning because it is common sense. For example‚ “Do not kill” and “Do not steal” are justified moral commands because if you kill or steal‚ you are bringing evil upon someone else and that is immoral. Unjustified morals are harder to find reason for because they are “unjustifiable” in nature. An example of an unjustifiable moral is “Do not have sexual relations

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    Sacrifice in A Tale of Two Cities The French Revolution was a time of great chaos‚ violence‚ and trouble during the late 1700s. Many sacrifices were made out of freedom‚ loyalty‚ morality‚ and love. Throughout Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities‚ the theme of sacrifice in the name of love is developed through the characters Miss Pross‚ Doctor Alexandre Manette‚ and Sydney Carton. Out of admiration and love for Lucie‚ Miss Pross made everyday sacrifices‚ including her life in a battle with Madame

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    themselves. Bribing children has also been a great weakness of many parents‚ although it sounds absurd to bribe a child‚ it happens in the simplest ways. In “Money for Morality” by Mary Arguelles she talks of how her son would always go to her‚ telling her about his classmates that would receive 10 dollars for

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    The Stranger vs. The Awakening The two novels The Stranger by Albert Camus and The Awakening by Kate Chopin have a similar theme that the power of society will crush anyone who goes against it. Both of the authors end their novels with the death of the main character. The difference in these deaths is Edna committed suicide as if she could not handle like any longer‚ and Mersault was killed by society’s blade. In the end Mersault is a stronger character because he was not broken by society

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    Morality is concerned with the theory of right and wrong characteristics or good and bad behaviors; its role can shape an individual’s personality which can affect his or her call of action. It is only natural that we should have some kind of moral laws since our experiences are dwelled from our sense of duty and physical forces. It’s an aspect in humanity which helps them make rational decisions and it also serves as guidance for mere goodness. Our existence defines who we are as an individual

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    The case under discussion seeks to deal with Law and Morality. This subject area brings about much debate and various views on whether morality should be made a part of law or whether it should be separate. Law can be described as the body of rules which are recognized as binding among the people of a community or state‚ so that they will be imposed upon and enforced by those persons with appropriate sanctions. According to Austin’s positivism view‚ law is sovereign and needs not know relationship

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    Events Leading Up to the American Revolutionary War Great Awakening (1730s-1740s) The Great Awakening was a sort of religious revival that swept through the English colonies and was a reaction against the Enlightenment which had started due to the mass of wealth and greed of the church and upper class‚ leading to up to the American Revolution by inspiring an idea of democracy and independence in the colonists. It connected the colonies by a religious bond and made many colonists feel they were equal

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