Galileo's Acts Of Moral Courage

Asking the invisible for more is rude. It might seem also wrong for many of us that are religious to call God “invisible” in this writing. Only because he is not invisible he “lives through the church and our hearts.” Even if there was a God, why do we tend to ask him for more. Have we grown lazy enough that we ask the invisible for the impossible? To change things that are ruled by nature.

Deviation – The important issue of the intolerance towards Deviations is shown through the extreme reaction of Joseph to David’s comment; “I could have managed it all by myself if I’d had another hand” in which Joseph responded with “… You – my own son – were calling upon the Devil to give you another hand!” (Chapter 3. Page 26). Throughout the novel, the theme of Deviation is a constant them that is continuously carried along the story and is in fact the main focus of the book. The attitudes brought forward to the protagonists, for this reason, is an important factor in deciding how the reader will view them and will also impact their choices on their future course of action. However, if they had been accepted by society, the telepaths including David, Rosalind, and Petra would not have chosen to run away from society and run such a risk to their lives.

Martyrdom is the act of suffering greatly for a religion, or cause. Equality suffers greatly from his cause. Equality’s cause is to be able to create an invention that will appease the council of scholars, and further the knowledge of the society. He also wants to use this as forgiveness for his sins. However despite Equality’s best intentions, he is persecuted for his individuality.

It’s more entertaining than surprising to watch John struggle with his pride, as he attempts to convince himself that he is a man of God who simply committed a deed as a will of social deterioration, rather than a blasphemous mistake that would call into question his character. Christian men of the seventeenth century were entirely reliant on the social constructs of not only having a tough stereotypically male nature, but also holding on to faith as a means of filling in his heart. This is seen by his demand that Mary tell Judge Danforth the women are liars, as he is not willing to complete the task himself. Danforth, sees through the plot and traps John by telling him that his wife, Elizabeth, is pregnant. The moment is furthered when Abigail enters the room, and gets rid of John’s hope at convicting her by accusing Mary herself of being a

His wife did not only have a flaw he also thought it was a defect on her soul. He wanted to feel powerful and better than nature. His faith was in the power of science to control nature. The obsession of love for science and not his wife was so overwhelming it almost canceled out the romantic he should have actually felt towards

However, some viewed Darwin’s theories as a call for change, and used his racists and sexists remarks to bring forth positive change in society. Thus, Darwin made racists and sexists remarks in his works that were read by many causing some people to either agree with his radical ideas of inequality and others to bring forth a change. In Darwin’s “ The Descent of Man,” he argued many ideas that went against the norm for what people believed in the mid- nineteenth century. Religion was a very important aspect in the European culture and was valued dearly but Darwin came up with a scientific theory that he believed disproved the existence of God. He believed that “the Bible “ gave a ‘ manifestly false history of the world.’” ( Textbook 752).

In the story, Beowulf refers to religion and how God has helped him win wars, "The fight would have ended straightaway if God had not guarded me.” Nowadays, we have the same values but they are not strong as in the past. Courage for example, sometimes we are afraid to act or defend a friend because we are afraid of the consequences. We are afraid of become a victim or being judged for our actions.Wiglaf shows courage when he refuses to withdraw from war saying, “A warrior will sooner / die than live a life of shame” (2890-2891). Beowulf also talks about destiny, “fate goes ever as fate must”(455). In my opinion, we are the masters of our destiny.

To some he can be described as a Hero Archetype and to others a Rebel Archetype. From reading my paper you can tell that I think he is both archetypes. I can relate to Proctor in some ways because in the end Proctor became truthful and confessed to everything that he had done. Although he had confessed to the truth people tried to shun him and make him feel even worse for what he did. Instead of Proctor getting his name on the church doors he wanted to die to save his good name.

However, it seems that his disdain for the Ghibellines spread to the Guelphs, and then to a broader sense of the Italian political scene and the Church, the more he got involved and especially after his exile. However, it is important to remember that Dante was very supportive of the Catholic religion and the pope as long as he thought the pope was not being corrupted by wealth (Murphy 483). Dante was very supportive of the Church in most cases, but its corruption was greatly disappointing to him. It seems that religion and politics in Florence were very connected, therefore so were Dante’s political and religious

Chaucer is sending them a slap in the face with this example because he is showing that the world knows they are not as perfect and pious as they seem. Religion is a theme in many works of literature throughout the ages. In the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer is no different. In the Miller’s Tale, Chaucer uses the most unlikely character to reveal the hypocritical ways of the Roman Catholic Church during the Middle Ages. He shows that they are all materialistic, using religion to trick people, and not honestly having the heart of a true believer.

An example of a false representation of the dictator is Stalin or Hitler. They both showed pride with posters, books, for the public to convince on how they were such good leaders but really they were not as they had killed millions, in The Holocaust or Stalin Purges. (OI) Trujillo was one of those guys, and he affected Alvarez mother as pulling her into this trap of mesmerising him as a hero.

The assassination of John F. Kennedy was unjust because his main goal and priority was to have an ara of peace in the United States. He helped pass The Civil Rights Act. He played a hero role in the United States. John F. Kennedy contributed greatly to this Country. Even though he had a religion, he stated more that one time that “not what kind of church i believed in -for that should only be important to me -but what kind of america i believe in.” He always found a more peaceful resolution to problems.