Both Cates‚ in Inherit the Wind by Lee and Lawrence‚ and Procter‚ in The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ are both subjected to unjust laws. Both demonstrated that ‚ "if the law is of such a nature that it requires one to be an agent of injustice toward another‚ then I say break the law‚" as stated by Henry David Thoreau. When a law is put into effect that will convict a person who is a free thinker then it is a unjust law. One might as well break it because if no one stands up for the principle then
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McCarthyism in the 1950s echoed the outrage caused by the 1925 “Scopes Monkey Trial” case‚ as people in both cases were fighting either for or against the right to hold varying opinions. Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee wrote the play Inherit the Wind in response to McCarthyism and based it on the Scopes Trial‚ warning that threats to freedom of thought will continue in the future if such hysteria is repeated. The play follows fictional characters based on the real participants of the trial as Bertram
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Limbo The Inferno was part of the three-part poem called The Divine Comedy written by Dante Alighieri. Dante‚who lived from 1265 to 1321‚ was born in Florence to a middle class family and grew up during the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance. While Dante was away on a diplomatic trip‚ the Black Guelfs took over Florence and banished Dante from the city. During his life in exile‚ Dante wrote the epic poem The Divine Comedy and finished it shortly before his death. The nine circles
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As Gone with the Wind begins‚ Scarlett O’Hara is illustrated as an attractive wealthy spoiled brat. She is just that. She can get any man in her vicinity; well‚ she can get all but the one she has wanted for some time. She is rather haughty with the knowledge of her being able to do what she wants. She has a very provocative demeanor. The way she bats her eye lashes‚ fidgets with clothing‚ or what she wears. Jeannie Campbell writes‚ “Scarlett had a tendency to select husbands” (Campbell‚ 2011).
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their sins and find peace with God. This is an element with which modern readers can identify‚ as present society is conscious of an individual’s right to find peace within themselves and the universe. While there are many different religions and divine beings which are worshipped today‚ the medieval view of personal salvation and spiritual peace is still applicable to any of these variations. Dante’s journey throughout the Inferno also gives readers a glimpse into his own perception of what constitutes
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Doing the dishes and vacuuming the house are simple everyday chores‚ but adult tasks are like stepping into a whole different world. I have had some experiences stepping up into the adult world‚ and it was not easy. In the book‚ No Promises In the Wind‚ Josh had some experiences dealing with adult responsibilities. When Josh left home with Howie and Joey he did not have people to help and take care of them. He did not have someone to help him get food‚ and needed to get money on his own. He had plans
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Wind in the Willows is an excellent book written by Kenneth Grahame‚ which explores friendship and morals in a pastoral-industrial world of anthropomorphic animals‚ which exhibit human-like behavior. Even though it consists of controversial material for a conventional children’s book like crime‚ it is widely considered a children’s book as the effect of talking animal’s inclines towards friendlier storytelling with sketches of its characters in the book. In this essay‚ using quotes and content found
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Anabella Morabito 02/23/2015 Spirituality and Justice The Divine Milieu: Theology of Suffering In speaking of the Holocaust and a theology and suffering and solidarity‚ Rabbi Irving Greenberg gave an image which compelled me when I first heard of it in my Liberation Christology class. Goizueta paraphrased the statement in saying “To stand over a pit of burning children and say ‘God is love’‚ is incredible and obscene. In the face of that kind of unconscionable cruelty the only credible statement
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It is common knowledge that winners write history. In Inherit the wind‚ by Lawrence and Lee‚ this is obvious by how they portray religion and sciences. Theology‚ the side that lost the case‚ is shown as a deleterious force‚ smothering all ideas that disagree with it without reason. The religious town of Hillsboro causes the setting to put a negative connotation on religion. When it is described as being a “sleepy‚ obscure country town” (Lawrence 3) it implies that this is what happens to places
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India 2011-Winds of change and its impact on our lives. In India‚ corruption is something we all learn to live with. We have been breast-beating over the sorry state of affairs from the times India marched on a Sovereign nation. Why do I start my essay with a negative note of corruption? We need not be resigned to it or remain cynical about the issue. The economy of India was under socialist-inspired policies for an entire generation from the 1950s until the late 1980s. The economy was characterized
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