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    Christ the Master Teacher

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    Christ is known as the Master Teacher because of many reasons. Yet I think that the main ones are that everything he said was something that we could use and learn from‚ he never judged anyone by their reputation‚ and he was always more than willing to help. I feel that these are some of the bigger reasons that people refer to Christ as the Master Teacher. While Christ was alive with a flesh and bone body here on earth I feel that he always was teaching a lesson. He always did what was asked of

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    Williams. Committing adultery and telling lies are some examples of sinning in the Puritan community. John Proctor is breaking from the mores‚ beliefs and ethical codes of the Puritan community because not only does he commit adultery‚ but he also hides it from the community. His actions were the main cause of false accusation of witchcraft in this society. Eventually‚ when he realizes everyone else’s life is at risk because of him‚ he confesses. John proctor chose to hide his adultery because he was afraid

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    literally forgot that adultery is a commandment‚ considering his affair with Abigail being a prime example of adultery and the fact that he forgot to recite it. "We are given to understand that at one time you dismissed your servant‚ Abigail Williams...Why did you dismiss Abigail Williams?" "She - dissatisfied me. [Pause.] And my husband." (page 112) Speakers: Judge Danforth and Elizabeth Proctor Irony: Dramatic Explanation: The reader already knows that John has confessed to adultery‚ but Elizabeth

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    Taboo

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    What is taboo? Taboo is human activity that is forbidden based on moral judgment. Anything that is not accepted by society or by your peers is considered taboo. This perfectly awful word has so many meanings ‚yet no matter what race‚ religion‚ or culture your in it means forbidden or banned. No matter how hard you try not to be taboo you are. So is being taboo part of human nature‚ or is it how we try to stand out from everybody else and show individuality? Are you taboo‚ do you know someone

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    and play “ The Crucible ” that he had published in 1953. Because reputation and respect was so important throughout the village‚ Elizabeth is known around the town as Goodie Proctor. She lies under oath to the court by saying John did not commit adultery to save her husband and their reputation.Later on John Proctor gets accused of witchcraft by Mary warren. Where he first agrees to lying to the townspeople about committing witchcraft so he would not get hanged‚ but later on realizes that he does

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    Sin and Punishments In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ there are three main sinners. They are Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth. These three people all commit terrible sins including revenge‚ adultery‚ and murder. Of these sinners‚ Roger Chillingworth is the guiltiest of them all‚ and this is because he never felt remorse for the terrible things he did throughout the novel. Chillingworth sins were aimed to bring pain and suffering to others where as Hester’s

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    mean more than the author leads on to? Symbolization is used throughout literature to foreshadow and define certain situation or characters. In “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne the main character‚ Hester Prynne is guilty of committing adultery. Hester is punished to stand on the scaffold for three hours to be shamed by the townspeople and to wear a crimson letter A. Hester’s tombstone will have the letter A engraved on it so Hester’s sin will never be forgotten. Hester has an affair with

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    assumptions or moral values. A good example of alienation in literature would be Hester Prynne’s role in The Scarlet Letter. Because Hester Prynne has a child out of wedlock she is looked down upon by society and labeled with a scarlet let “A” for adultery/adulteress. This alienation highlights the values of society in the time period of the story based on women and pregnancies. Hester’s suffering reveals societies true feelings and assumptions based on her actions as a woman. As a woman in her

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    In his masterpiece The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne outlines the narrative of Hester Prynne‚ a young woman who is forced to bear an embroidered scarlet letter “A” on her breast for her sin of adultery. Alone in the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ with her husband in another country‚ Hester has sexual relations with a Puritan minister‚ Reverend Dimmesdale‚ and together they have a child‚ whom Hester names Pearl. After the Puritan community in which she resides discovers Hester’s sin‚ as she is unable

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    for highway robbery. Hadood Islam has recognized that there are crimes that occur as a result of the unchanging aspects of man’s life - FIXED LAWS No society is free of these crimes – it’s a part of human nature These are crimes like murder‚ adultery‚ fornication‚ theft‚ etc. It also recognizes that there are crimes that are the result of social development and advances in knowledge - these crimes are solved by using general principles and universal rules by the

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