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Morality can be interpreted in many different ways. The technical definition is a set of principles or values that distinguish between right and wrong, good and bad. In the play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, and the book The … Continue reading →

How do we justifiably define good and evil? Is a soldier following orders to defend his country a hero, or a murderous foreigner? This theme of right and wrong, light and dark, is played out by Nathaniel Hawthorne throughout The … Continue reading →

How would you feel if you were judged by what someone else did in their past? In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Pearl is classified by her mother’s indiscretions. She is said to be a demonic spirit, the embodiment … Continue reading →

In The Road by Cormac McCarthy, he plays off of themes of death, corruption, and faith. His use of imagery between the bodies and land creat a world that is dark and hopeless, yet he still preserves his faith; though now it … Continue reading →

Looming pressure hanging over you all your life is no way to live. However, I go through it everyday and it is not by choice. At no point in my life have I ever attended a public school and my … Continue reading →

In The Sun Also Rises, Jake Barnes struggles with the concept that he will never be able to be with Brett Ashley. As the novel goes on, Jake and Brett’s relationship does not change and stays relatively the same. They … Continue reading →

The occasional “you won’t” dare goes a long way in defining what kind of morals a person has. Speaking from the perspective of a teenage male these two words have shaped me and my friend group over the course of … Continue reading →

Throughout the novella Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, author Stephen Crane uses the setting of different Dance Halls to represent the change of the main character. Crane used this scene to show change like how Hawthorne used the scaffold … Continue reading →

Missing Morals Society is defined as the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community. People are responsible for how society functions and they decide the difference between right and wrong. Society in the 1600’s is … Continue reading →

God has sent the worst human being on the planet to punish Hester for her crime of adultery in the book The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. He completely ruined Hester’s life. Pearl is the embodiment of sin and has … Continue reading →