Heloise and Abelard: Focus on Right and Wrong Essay

A voice is given to the mother in this poem, who is representative of all women who have suffered under the churches morals and values and still hold a high regard for religion, in this case, Christianity. It is clear from Heaney’s depiction of suffering that the mother does share a maternal bond with

Sin is the foundation of good and evil in today’s society. Without out this factor there would be no judging in society but peacefulness everywhere. We live in a society where sin is the tool that runs our culture. When many of us consider "What is sin?" we think of violations of the Ten Commandments. Some other people consider murder, adultery, theft, etc as sins too. In the Tokens of Trust by Rowan Williams he illustrates the language of the “orginal sin” “ is a tangle that goes back to our very roots of humanity”. According to the Marriam-Webster dictionary sin is defined as an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.

Heloise was a noble girl under the care of her uncle, when Abelard heard of her. He decided he wanted to be her teacher and her lover, because she was the "best one to bring to my [his] bed." He believed that the" philosophical discussion" that the two could engage in would "provide added intimacy," rather than just finding someone to have a sexual relationship with. Abelard and Heloise became lovers, Heloise became pregnant with Abelard's child, the two married, and then, on Abelard's command, separated to live out monastic lives. The letters written by Heloise are extremely important to the history of the Middle Ages because, according to historian, Barbara Tuchman, women of the Middle Ages are known "through the pens

Though Helga finds “peace and contentment” (1553) in Harlem, she establishes here her flight from anxiety that is to become characteristic. When she meets Dr. Anderson again, Helga notes the return of her “vague yearning” (1558) for the man. She does not precisely explain why she runs away from him despite her “long[ing] to stay,” (1559) but she probably chooses to leave instead of testing the reality of her feelings. Though Helga seems to regret this decision in retrospect, citing her “disappointment” (1559) over the missed opportunity, she does not take responsibility for her actions and consequent feelings, as she

Section one: Miracles at the Jesus Oak is the third of Harline’s contextual biographies. The others include, A bishop’s Tale: Mathias Hovius among His Flock in seventeenth –Century Flanders and Conversions: Two Family Stories From the Reformation and Modern America. His books were adopted by the Yale Printing Press and are used widely in many Universities all across the country. Many Religious groups have taken Harline’s scholarly works and used them as educational tools and belief strengtheners in the Church. Harline is now a history professor at Brigham Young University. Harline received inspiration for his historical texts from extensive

In the book The Letters of Abelard and Heloise, Abelard and Heloise’s relationship changes dramatically as seen in their love letters. At first, their relationship was very sexual based while they were together. I feel that the shift in their relationship happened when they became physically separated. As soon as the separation occurred, their relationship became a primarily chaste relationship. My goal in this paper is to demonstrate why I feel that Abelard and Heloise’s relationship changed from a sexual based relationship to a chaste based relationship because of the material realities and the change in the understanding of their relationship. To do this, I will first analyze the change in material realities and how that effected the relationship. Next, I will talk about what I think the initial understanding of the relationship is for both Abelard and Heloise. Then, I will tell how Abelard changed Heloise’s understanding of the relationship. Then, I will explain their Heloise’s new understanding of the relationship. Finally I will conclude by summarizing the how the relationship changed and why the change happened.

Abelard is torn between loyalty to God and loyalty to Heloise. In other words, he was torn between his past love and affection with and for Heloise and his present love for God. Abelard throughout his many letters is shown as someone who is a very affectionate person. In order to try to preserve Heloise, Abelard puts her in a convent to protect her, but instead, all he does is make her more upset. Heloise at this point cares more about her love for Abelard than her devotion to the convent. She believes that being in the convent is only hurting her and keeping her from fulfillment. She writes, “If there is anything that may properly be called happiness here below, I am persuaded it is the union of two persons who love each other with perfect liberty…” She clearly thinks that in order to reach her full happiness and goodness is to be present with her true love, which is Abelard. Abelard believes that his perfection and good is in his loyalty to God and trying to forget about his love for Heloise. At this moment, he feels as if his love and loyalty to God is the most important thing in his life. During all of this, Heloise keeps her loyalty to Abelard and her love for him. Because of this, Abelard seems disloyal. In reality, he is only looking towards his own perfection and good for his own life. Abelard acknowledges his need for separation from Heloise. Not only does Abelard want to

The discovery of Hela is from a woman named Henrietta Lacks, a woman who was a strong and hard working mother. HeLa is the first immortal cell line that was experimented by experts. Henrietta Lacks who was a woman who put her family always first, while battling a cancerous disease. Henrietta’s disease would be famous all over the world, but without her consent of her medical condition being tested and observed. The Hela cells were derived from Henrietta Lacks’ name but shortened to Hela. For the experts studying these cancerous cells, it was a great discovery and that Henrietta was the hub of all HeLa cells. Henrietta was the mother of virology, cell and tissue culture, and biotechnology, but, Henrietta

Over time the people begin to see her as one who can bring them comfort when they are in distress. People even refuse to see her as one who has sinned but as one who represents the strength of women. As a result of all she has done people begin to be unable to discern the difference between Hester wearing the scarlet letter to that of a nun who wears a cross (Hawthorne 153). Hester’s identity has changed from “adulterer” to “able”. People no longer see her as much as a symbol of sin but of charity, as she has continuously shown her generosity with others, “In such emergencies, Hester’s nature showed itself warm and rich; a well - spring of human tenderness, unfailing to every real demand, and inexhaustible by the largest” (Hawthorne 152). Due to her actions Hester begins to change her identity from one of infamy to one who represents charity.

By establishing this relationship on a lustful foundation, Abelard and Heloise were creating a relationship leading to a sinful life. As stated by Abelard, “My love, which brought us both to sin, should be called lust, not love” (Letter 5, Abelard to Heloise 86). When two people are actually in love, the relationship built is symbiotic and mutualistic. Part of that establishment is for the sole purpose that it, in some way, benefits both party members. In the case of Abelard and Heloise, the relationship was not symbiotic; it led both Abelard and Heloise to live a life with one another built on lust. Even Heloise shows how the relationship is not entirely out of true love for Abelard. She states, “…we enjoyed the pleasures of an uneasy love and abandoned ourselves to fornication” (Letter 4, Heloise to Abelard 65-66). This facet directly relates to how the relationship between the two is not based on love, if it were then both Abelard and Heloise would not resort to unfaithfulness and strained love, neither shows pure commitment to the other.

Throughout the letters, Abelard and Heloise’s perspectives on gender roles were strictly based upon the traditional views on sexuality. For instance, in the egotistical mind of Abelard, women in the medieval society were viewed as a weaker sex who need help of the a stronger male since there were certainly things that “cannot be carried out by women”5. Moreover, Heloise, despite her being a woman, did not seem to be shocked at the idea that men are superior to women. Instead, she instinctively acknowledged the weaker nature of women indicated by her discussion of her abbey which she called “feminine”; she also described it as weak, frail, and needing a more careful attention6. Throughout the first four letters from Abelard and Heloise, they both held congruent views regarding masculinity and femininity, and this dichotomous way of looking at gender indeed did not deviate much from the conventional thinking of the medieval society.

In this passage from Hegel he is saying that freedom is terribly misunderstood in it's formal subjective sense, and has been far removed from its essential purpose and goals. People think they should be able to do whatever they want and that is what freedom is, and that anything limiting there desires, impulses , and passions is a limit of there freedom. Hegel is saying this is not true, but these limitations are simply the condition from which they must free themselves from, and that society and the government are where freedom is actualized.

     If we use the Weslyan definition of sin we find that there are four elements that lead to sin a personal voluntary act. The first of these is to use God as a standard. He is perfect and flawless, as we should strive to be. The second is man as a free personality. God gave us free will to decide our own actions; He did not just make us drones. The third makes sin a live option. It is something that is always there and we can always choose to do what God would have us do or go against His will. The fourth is a deed committed. This goes back to the third one. Sin is a willful act against God. We must choose right or wrong.

Being confident is one of the most important leadership quality to me. I choose Winston Churchill because he was confident in his opinion to Adolf Hitler, that no one should believe or think that Adolf Hitler was being honest. Winston Churchill said that Hitler will not keep his promise and he will do whatever he thinks is right.

These feminists aimed to defend their silenced voices. One motive for the dissent of inequality could have resulted from the strict government regulation of conformity. Everyone was trained to evade individualistic thinking, which in turn, led to the questioning of leaders. “It was an age in which the human intellect had taken a more active and a wider range than for many centuries before,” (149). This quote illustrates the possibility of a change in people’s mind regarding the injustice towards women. Hester represents the story’s population that thinks freely. She is not content with fulfilling the pre-determined destiny of a silent wife under Christ, and demonstrates it by challenging that role and attempting to reorganize the archaic system in which she lives. The women of the town are outraged by her actions, demonstrating that they are afraid that if women start acting out of passion, the entire structure they depend on would dilapidate. Hester made it clear that it is possible to survive outside of prejudice, which is still exemplified today. She displays that the idea of feminism and the reasons leading up to it have not changed for decades.