Jonathan Edwards And Nathaniel Hawthorne

Edwards’ tone of the sermon is threatening. Edwards begins to compare how God handles sinners, he says, “The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over the fire…” (431). Edwards uses imagery in this quote to strike fear into the minds of the sinners. It creates a fearful environment for the readers, as Edwards is trying to do for the congregation. Edwards states that God has the ultimate power. When he talks about how God can make any decision at any time Edward says, “‘There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God”’ (426). The quote demonstrates how no one is safe in the hands of God, he can make any decision he

Edwards opens his sermon by expressing the idea that men are subject to the whims of God and that those who refuse to welcome God are held out of hell by nothing more than the simple pleasure and mercy of God’s hand. He appeals to the pathos of his listeners

By looking at Benjamin Franklin’s use of metaphor in comparing the attempt at perfection in a human to that in an axe, it is evident that he believes perfection is a laborious task, which proves that, in explaining the difficulty of fulfillment, he is attempting to persuade people to adhere to his lifestyle, as it will produce the desired results. Benjamin Franklin, throughout his life, wrote many articles about his ideas regarding the achievement of perfection in all aspects of life. Immediately succeeding one such article, he explains the difficulty of obtaining said superiority by using the metaphor of a man grinding a speckled axe upon a stone repeatedly to make its surface flawless before conceding that an imperfect axe is easier to attain and therefore best.. To illustrate the cause of the man’s failure, Franklin says that “...this may have been the case with many who, having, for want of some such means as I employed, found the difficulty of obtaining good... have given up the struggle, and concluded that a speckled axe was best…” He states that many people who do not have the instruments for perfection that he himself wields, have found that obtaining it is too challenging, which leads to capitulation.

Perfection? Can any one person be perfect? Benjamin Franklin believed that he could accomplish this task. Benjamin Franklin was known for being a cognizant and diligent perfectionist. During his lifetime, many people were concerned with correcting themselves of any fault that they may have had. Benjamin Franklin did have an interesting way to proclaim how he, could show everyone how to be perfect. He believes that he can make himself perfect. Even though his ways of being perfect are not the same as everyone else's ideas, he still tries to show them he can be perfect. In his essay "Arriving at Perfection" Benjamin Franklin tries to tell everyone how he will be perfect and how he is going to actually accomplish this task.

In the piece “The Birthmark” it is impossible and foolish to try to reach perfection. Because we all have been stamped with the imperfections of nature when Adam and Eve took a bite from the tree in the garden of Eden…..

Edwards appeals to ethos by quoting a text from the bible at the beginning of his sermon. He uses outside “facts” from a Bible which is well known and studied by many of the Lin 5 people. Edwards also appeals to logos by basing his sermon on reality of God and the existence of hell. The only way to be saved from hell is to believe and have faith in God. Though he uses both logos and ethos, Edwards appeals to pathos the most. Throughout the sermon, he is constantly using figures of speech to describe consequences of hell to force the audience to be fearful.

Edwards is smart in that he simply yet methodically calls out to everyone in the room. He makes sure that he starts with his oldest churchgoers and asks if they have learned from their deceased friends who are currently in the perils of hell. “Do you not see how generality persons of your years are passed over and left, in the present remarkable and wonderful dispensation of God's mercy? You had need to consider yourselves, and awake thoroughly out of sleep.” He then shouts to the youth: “And you, young men, and young women, will you neglect this precious season which you now enjoy, when so many others of your age are renouncing all youthful vanities, and flocking to Christ? You especially have

Edwards' creative choice of words that he uses describes the power of God and the terrible Hell awaiting sinners. These words easily infiltrate into the minds of his congregation and frighten them beyond belief. These choices of words and his use of such vivid images are mostly successful in their intent, to scare and put fear into his audience. Edwards held his audience locked up with his promises of eternal damnation if proper steps were not taken. The congregation felt the intense impact of his rhetorical strategies and lived on the fear of the power of God. In this way, he was able to keep his followers from sin and away from the fiery pits of Hell.

Society experienced to achieve perfection in many ways, almost since the beginning of humanity, and is almost impossible so many attempts fail and cause severe consequences. In “the perfect match” by Ken Liu, short story and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, short story. Perfection is people ignoring what really matter. People are not unique anymore because society is limiting with an idea of what is not accepted or normal is not perfect. Societies’ desire of perfection makes people go desperate and feel alone.

We can break through to the other side and should. Anti Transcendentalists argue perfection is only in immortals. Hawthorne shows how Earth is imperfect in ‘ The Birthmark’, "Ah, upon another face perhaps it might," replied her husband; "but never on yours. No, dearest Georgiana, you came so nearly perfect from the hand of Nature that this slightest possible defect,

The difficulty associated with perfection is first seen during the plays opening when Sam is teaching Willie how to perform the quickstep

Is it foolish to try to achieve perfection? if it not, could it means you have change to try to be perfect In ¨The Birthmark¨ Nathaniel Hawthorne believes it is foolish to strive for perfection.

Edwards uses Deus ex Machina in order to relay the plausibility of salvation and inspire hope within the congregation. Edward's discussion of human hopelessness is interlaced throughout the entirety of the document, but especially illustrated when he says, "Ten thousand times greater than the strength of the stoutest, sturdiest devil in hell." Edwards claims that even if human beings were as strong as the strongest being in hell, we would still be unable to defend God's wrath. His intent is to show that God is all powerful and humanity can do nothing to escape their damnation.In contrast, Edwards presents the impossibly effective solution to an aforementioned fate of damnation: "Christ has thrown the door of mercy wide open." With this phrase

First and foremost, the phrase ‘perfect human’ is oxymoronic. Perfection means, “the condition, state, or quality of being free or as free as

It can be said that all fiction is autobiographical in that no matter how different from the author’s life experience it may be, marks of their life can be found in any of their works and characters. One such example is Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, which is largely based on Hemingway’s own personal life experiences. Frederick Henry, the main character in the story, experiences many of the same situations that Hemingway lived out in his own life. Some of events and situations are exact, while others are less similar, and some have a completely different outcome all together.