Cain Rosetta Quotes

In both of the passages, the characters ' intentions to build or justify their pride lead them to compromise or completely disregard on the qualities that make them a human and humane.

Cain and Abel in biblical history was the first instance of murder. The Cain and Abel story foreshadows that Aron would be killed directly or indirectly by Caleb. These connections were made when Adam backed away from his children. This childhood brought emotional turmoil all through Caleb’s life. Even after their childhood when Caleb brought his father money after Adam’s failed lettuce investment he refused to take it, which drove Caleb insane.

Cain is very much like each and every one of us and it seems that we are fascinated with him. This could be because there is good and evil in every one of us. Of Abel, we basically just hear that he was born and murdered by his brother. Without a lot of explanation we are left with the nagging mystery of the death of an innocent man. We deal with that continuing mystery each day as innocent people are killed. In some ways you find out that murderers are more like you than different from you. Most of them have snapped during a horrible time in their life and taken the life of a loved one. For them it was not a logical move because none of them really were thinking logically at the time. Typically it was an action coming out of being totally absorbed in the other person.

An additional theme heavily shown throughout the book is “people are defined by the choices they make”. Ben left his little sister, Sissy, to die, even though he could have made an effort to save her; because he left her, he now vows not to run from danger or those things which scare him. Furthermore, Cassie promises Sammy that she will find him and, because she makes that promise, she will stop at nothing to be with him again.

Being poverty stricken is something that really humiliates him because people view him differently. He tried his best to take care of himself and look clean so he could fit in. He would go to Mister Ben’s grocery store to get ice and wait for it to melt so he could was his clothes. He felt shame when he received any help. Gregory explains, “There was shame in going to the Worthy Boy’s Annual Christmas dinner for you and your kind, because everybody knew what a worthy boy was” (167).

Earl and Harlan never got along because of their conflicting positions and outlooks on how colored people should be treated. Hiram and his father, Harlan, also had a similarly adversarial relationship. Originally, Hiram didn’t understand why his father was continuously dragging him away from Earl and would lecture him about hate, but by the end of his stay in Greenwood, he had a much better understanding and consideration for his father’s intent. He was even beginning to approve with his father and his principles. He says, “But Emmett Till is dead, Grampa, for no good reason. He had as much right to be here in Leflore County as I do. He was just a kid, …” Proving that he is a good person who believes that everyone should be treated equally. By the end of the novel Hiram’s motivations were leaning more towards doing what was just, which he knew wasn’t supporting to keep the hate and prejudiced traditions of the

Character Analysis: Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale In particular why would a man, a minister at that, who preaches against sin, lie of a sin he committed, how could he be so selfish? Dimmesdale did wrong doings; never owning up to them instead he decided to desert the women he sinned along with, and act as if he never taken part in it. At the day of her confrontation he said "... I charge thee to speak out the name of thy fellow-sinner and fellow-sufferer! Be not silent from any mistaken pity and tenderness for him; for, believe me, Hester, though he were to step down from a high place, and stand there beside thee, on thy pedestal of shame..."(Hawthorne 26).

Prince Harry honor seems to be associated with noble behavior, but for long stretches of time Harry is willing to sacrifice the appearance of honor for the sake of his own goals, confident that he can regain his honor at will. Harry’s conception of honor is so all-inclusive that he believes that, by killing Hotspur, Hotspurs honor becomes his own. However, honor is perceived differently by each character, which in turn leads them to very different courses of action. Hotspurs honor relates to feelings of duty on the battlefield and reputation, while Hal thinks of honor as something that relates to virtuous behavior: he works on redeeming his own image by striving to achieve honor through his behavior. The idea of honor does not change between

I the reading Benton explains each sin and how it relates from the concept of it to the student’s actions in school. The sins can be used to make an ethical statement, because as students we try to take the easiest way out without thinking about if is it right or wrong. Benton choice the order of how to explain the sins of students by getting worst as you read. Helping him increase his argument by giving the audience the feeling of this sin is bad and this one worse and by the time you get to the end you are like wow students are horrible. For prides the father of all sins is the last and it is believed to be the deadliest. While the first one sloth tends to be least because it doesn’t cause so much damage. His use of pathos to make us feel

Aaron himself acknowledges his anger and his hate towards those around him (Incidentally those around him are all white). The only individual with whom he takes complete trust and compassion is his own child who is as black as he is. Up until his child has been born he has no allies and certainly no friends. He has been good enough to be Tamora's lover, a teacher to her children and a quiet part within the court but he has not been good enough to technically be raised above the station of a slave or servant. It is also ironic to point out the concept of family and colour. Both Titus and Tamora are white people yet their treatment of their own children leaves something to be desired. Titus himself follows the rules and codes of Rome without fail, though his parenting skills are much to be desired. However Aaron who never keeps his word to anyone else (save himself), causes deaths, rapes and

According to philosopher Thomas Hill, servility betrays the absence of a certain kind of self-respect. Servility is an excessive willingness to serve or please others even if it means hurting yourself. A servile person tends to deny moral rights to himself because he does not understand them or he has little concern for the status they give him. Hill uses an example of the Uncle Tom. This is a black man who always steps aside for men and does not complain if he gets the shorter end of the stick because he believes, as a black man, that is what he deserves. He accepts without question that because he is black he is owed less than whites, he has no ulterior motive in order to get revenge nor does he mock them behind their backs. He is not happy, but does not feel he deserves to be. However, servility is not just standing up for yourself. If Uncle Tom were not standing up for himself because he would lose his job and then not be able to feed his family, that doesn’t qualify as servility. Instead, servility is to have a certain attitude concerning one’s rightful place in the moral community.

Among pages 27 and 94 in The Forty Rules of Love, one conflict that stands out to me is the innkeeper’s personal conflict. He believes, “when He [God] abandons his lambs, they won’t meekly wait to be slaughtered. They will turn into wolves” (31). In this claim, he implies that he was once a meek, gentle person, whose experiences shaped him into a rapacious, ferocious thing. We learn that the death of the innkeeper’s pregnant wife, along with “blaming yourself for not giving her a proper funeral” (32) are the root causes of his personal conflict. He feels guilty for something that he shouldn’t feel guilty about. Guilt is a way we have of recognizing that we have not lived up to our own values and standards. At its best, it is an opportunity

Another folly displayed by Lear is that of blindness. He is ignorant to the true feelings and intentions of his closest family members. When Regan and Goneril shower him with false praises and declarations of their love, he egotistically believes them and bases his division of the kingdom on their deceitful words. Eventually, however, Lear's heart is broken when their true nature is exposed. Lear repeats his mistake of blindness when he fails to realize that Regan and Goneril are plotting against him. The two sisters deviously agree to "hit together" and take full control of the kingdom (1.1.332). Had Lear "seen" better, he would have realized the true intentions of his daughters and saved himself from tremendous grief.

He also bore a mark that nobody who came in contact with him would kill him. This signifies that as people are young they will make mistakes and by just punishment will realize that they were wrong. Cain now had a lifetime to think about his murder.

            The downfall of Lear is not just the suffering of him alone but the suffering of everyone down the chain of being.  For instance, Lear's pride and anger caused Cordelia and Kent to be banished, and Gloucester loses his position and eyes.  Everything that happened to these characters are in a chain of reaction and affected by Lear's tragic flaw.  If Lear did not lack of personal insight and if he did not have  such an obstinate pride, he would not have banished Cordelia and Kent, then Goneril and Regan would not be able to conspire against Lear. Without the plot of Goneril and Regan, Gloucester would not have been betrayed by Edmund and lose his eyes and status due to the charge of treason.  Moreover, the chain of reaction was continuous