Paradise Lost Analysis

Always keeping in mind the aesthetic program offered by Oscar Wilde (beauty as the defining

The reader is compelled to identify tyranny, or God’s reign, as bad and Satan’s fight for free will as an enslaved angel, as good. Again, the “evil” entity’s reason for fighting is moral and good. In Paradise Lost, Satan’s reason for rebelling against God is justified because he is not rebelling for the sake of rebelling or spreading chaos and violence, but for the sake of freedom and therefore can be seen as a freedom fighter, rather than a

5.141). This reaction seems misplaced since Dante is talking to two people who committed a deadly sin; however, this reaction conveys that Dante believes that love itself is a valuable virtue, but the reader must be aware that adulterous love is not virtuous. The position that Dante the Poet establishes is that the souls in Hell are there not only because they committed sins, but because they corrupted pure virtues to work in their favor. In Purgatory, Dante encounters lust and love again, but the souls have a love for God in addition to the perverted love they had in their life. Virgil presents to Dante that there is a love that is naturally within everyone and that the “natural is always without error /

INTRODUCTION The ethical decision is challenging and probably blurry for decision-makers. Mostly, it creates a dilemma where fierce antagonism arises from listening to the voice of conscience and the voices of other opinions surrounding. Profoundly, the winner is determined by how willing the person is to pursue the goodness and freely choose to pay attention to the inner voice or mute it. Moral philosophers are contributing in providing an instrument to enable us to heed to the verdict of conscience, by which will be the compass through the decision stages.

Albert Einstein wrote, “Adversity introduces a man to himself”. This quote implies that adversity tests the potential of an individual and brings out the best in them. Great people move successfully through the worse of adversities. In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, The narrator is unable to deal with Doodle's disabilities, his concern more for himself rather than Doodle. This text suggests, if hardships come in your way, learn from them because pains strengthen and encourage us in the time of sorrows.

Seen in this light, the ending is fitting for a “good guy”. However, the ending does not seem to be sensible at all if Jack’s actions are seen in a less favorable light. Then the ending would seem to be rather forced onto the story. The reader is left wondering why a robber and murder should be rewarded with riches and a great princess as a wife and be allowed to live happily ever after. ”(1)

However, both novels also show that atonement or lack thereof can lead to inner peace. The two protagonists Gene and Amir, allow the seemingly preferential treatment of their best friends to pollute their loyal friendships. Both Gene and Amir betray Finny and Hassan without meaning to hurt them intentionally. Both novels are set in a time of war, adding tension

He suggested that although we have ‘moral leeway’ in how or when we perform imperfect duties, we must ensure that we always succeed in carrying out perfect duties: ‘they must be done’ as negative duties are ‘more stringent’ than positive duties (Kamm,

Virtue ethics is more about ‘being’ whereas moral ethics is more about ‘doing’ (Rondall, 2014). In order to act and behave in a morally correct way, one has to have a character and virtues that will support it. Being a virtuous person will enable you to act according to moral principle; however you cannot act according to moral principle and do your duty if you do not have the virtues that allow for this. Kant suggests that good will is achieved through intent, contributing to the argument that one cannot act morally if their intentions have ulterior motives (Rondall, 2014). The motivation behind duty is having the respect for moral law, thus inferring that one has to have respect which is gained through practice, learnt by habituation and taught from example (Johnson & Cureton, 2016).

INTRODUCTION The ethical decision is challenging and probably blurry for decision-makers. Mostly, it creates a dilemma where fierce antagonism arises from listening to the voice of conscience and the voices of other opinions surrounding. Profoundly, the winner is determined by how willing the person is to pursue the goodness and freely choose whether to pay attention to the inner voice or mute it. Moral philosophers are contributing in providing an instrument to enable us to heed to the verdict of conscience, by which will be the compass through the decision stages.

Ruiz attests to Hitler’s leadership of the Nazi Party and his influential voice in the organization. “The word is like a seed, and the human mind is so fertile” (Ruiz 28). There are times when the word is unintentionally misused by the people closest to us because they may be having a bad day, creating a complex within ourselves because we pay attention to their opinion and agree with it. “That is why we should forgive them; they don’t know what they do” (Ruiz 36). The only way to break these spell is to make new agreements based on truth, because the truth will set us free.

They develop many traits- their friendship, bravery, and their strong sense of morals. The duke and king are flat characters and Huck and Jim both have traits to their characters. 2. Huck thinks of his decision to help Jim escape slavery as a bad and wicked idea. Twain intended Huck 's decision to be ironic.

Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven tells the story of six characters whose lives intersect before and after the collapse of civilization due to the outbreak of a lethal pandemic. The novel depicts the lows and highs of human experience, from our obsessions with fame or the violent aftermath of the apocalypse to the pleasures of art and the eventual rebuilding of civilization. When reviewed by the New York Times, the novel is said to have faltered in its ‘imagination of disaster’ by Sigrid Nunez. While the novel doesn’t exactly delve into a staggering amount of detail during the events of the apocalypse, the authors’ writing shows the realism of human desperation during, and after a global catastrophe.

“The Trouble with Wilderness,” has become a basis for environmental movements. Cronan challenges its readers to reevaluate the way they perceive the natural world. The concept of the “wilderness” has become a societal construct. Most of its early implications were biblical and associated with negative connotations of darkness, angst, desolation and Satan himself. It was not until the end of the nineteenth century, where people began to see the wilderness as something sacred.

Lost in The Sun Lost in The Sun by Lisa Graff is a book about Trent Zimmerman, a kid who just started middle school and declares it will be better than the 5th grade. 5th grade was rough, he accidentally killed a kid. Jared Richards was born with a birth defect in his heart. The boys were playing hockey one day, and when the puck shot him in the heart, he died. Middle school was a “fresh start” for Trent.