Ransom's Virtue In Out Of The Silent Planet

In Nathanial Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the deceptive Roger Chillingworth could most certainly be considered a morally ambiguous character. Throughout the novel, Roger Chillingworth everlastingly remains misleading as to whether he lies on the side of good or evil. Even at the end of The Scarlet Letter, the knowledge of Roger Chillingworth is extremely nebulous. The mysterious Roger Chillingworth, although ultimately emanating to be evil, attests to be a challenge when determining his morality. Roger Chillingworth attempts to beguile us by enacting the role of a physician, and ensconces his relationship with Hester Prynne. He lives with Arthur Dimmesdale, vindicating that he is serving Arthur Dimmesdale a helpful medicine, while

Roger Chillingworth is the symbol for evil in this novel with a personal agenda in place of a moral code making him the perfect example of how duplicity is never beneficial. Hawthorne conveys Chillingworth’s deception in the quote, “It seemed to be his wish and purpose to mask this expression with a smile.” Time and again Chillingworth hid his true identity by presenting himself as a gentle friend and preforming good deeds. For example, he insisted on the priest minimizing his workload in order to prevent an early death. Nevertheless, when Roger made the decision to seek revenge on his wife’s lover, Arthur Dimmesdale, he descended into a deep evil derangement becoming somewhat of a heartbroken devil. Consequently, this sealed his own tragic fate. "In a word, old Roger Chillingworth was a striking evidence of man's faculty of transforming himself into a devil, if he will only, for a reasonable space of time, undertake a devil's office." Chillingworth was an extremely learned scholar void of compassion who in the end, was the cause of his own demise. Roger Chillingworth was another character used by Hawthorne to show that deceit and dishonesty can do no good in the long

Grief can play with one’s mind twisting and manipulating one to not be the same person they used to be, while grief can also change one for the better. In the book, Ransom, by David Malouf, Hector kills Achilles’ friend, Patroclus, so Achilles kills Hector. Priam wants to see his son one last time so he makes a plan to get to him. Somax takes Priam on a carriage to go find his son Hector. They have some troubles along the way, but they eventually get to Priam’s son. Priam brings Hector back to Troy and Hector is buried. In Ransom by David Malouf, the author teaches the reader the power of grief through the experiences of Priam and Achilles. Grief can be a controlling force, it can cause and individual to change as a person, and grief can strongly influence one’s actions.

When the creature finally decided to come into contact with the family, he waited until the “old man, at his own desire, was left alone in the cottage”. (p. 107) He knocked, and upon being admitted, made conversation with the old man. The creature explained that he was “an unfortunate and deserted creature”. (p. 108) When the heard the younger people returning, he told the old man to “save and protect” him. (p. 110) As soon as the younger people saw him, they were horrified. “Agatha fainted; and Safie, unable to attend her friend, rushed out of the cottage. Felix darted forward and …

During the night, Ransom hears a voice, telling him to confront Weston physically, though reluctant at the beginning, he soon realizes that it was a divine voice telling him to fight this demon possessing Weston. When Weston arrived at Perelandra, Ransom noticed that he exhibited signs of demonic possession and was hesitant to accept that Ransom was a reformed man and he was free from sin. When Weston found the Queen of Peralandra, Tinidril, he tempted her to disobey Maledil’s orders and to stay the night on the island. Ransom, noticed that if the Queen were to sin, it would be the fall of the utopia that is Perelandra. So Ransom began to counter Weston’s tempts to the Queen. Soon, Ransom was being advised by a divine being to confront Weston physically as he was possessed by a demon. Ransom confronted Weston and attacked him. Weston fled, but was followed by Ransom across the ocean. As the fight continues, the conflict escalates and becomes gradually more difficult for Ransom to

Reverend Dimmesdale is thin and sickly and always clutches at his chest so Chillingworth becomes his hope for getting better. Though Dimmesdale doesn’t believe medicine can heal him, he caves and agrees to let Chillingworth help him. The two men spend time together and Chillingworth believes that he should analyze the reverend spiritually, physically, and mentally in order to cure him. Over time, they think it is a good idea for them ot temporarily move in together, being that Dimmesdale wasn’t married. Some of the townspeople think it is wise but others start thinking Chillingworth has “ugly and evil in his face” and that he has changed. Chillingowrth is dedicated to finding out who committed adultery with Hester. I think this shows shis darker side that he would do anything to reveal whom his wife cheated on him with.

The hero trope is used in many different genres in many different ways, but the genre in which this trope and the ‘hero’s quest’ appear in their traditional form is that of narrative heroic poetry. One such example being the eight century poem Beowulf. Which when tied and compared to a much more modern take on the traditional hero genre in the form of David Malouf’s “ransom” showcase the different ways in which the hero trope can be explored. Throughout both these texts, the author directs and challenges the reader's ideas of heroism. Within Beowulf especially where the traditional ideals of being a hero are challenged and reformed, to create depth and interesting new ideas thus come into play that co-exist with traditional hero tropes and the unique genre to become a new thing. Also within David Malouf’s ‘Ransom’ the genre is challenged by modernising a familiar traditional hero tale and inter-textualising it. Creating a whole new form of telling the heroes quest, without relying heavily on the original tale for details and instead brings forth more attention to characters that are in the background or barely mentioned in the original text.

In the movie, Stoddard repeatedly contridicts himself and therefore perverts justice.Stoddard contradicts himself and sends mixed signals by accepting a gun from Peabody, after declaring Tom’s advice to carry a gun, is exactly what Liberty Valance he goes on to further differentiate himself by saying“He is a lawyer”, seemingly saying that he is above such things. Stoddard continues his contradictions in the scene where Tom is showing Stoddard how to shoot, Tom shoots a paint can and splatters paint all over Stoddards suit. Instead of containing himself Ransom lashes out and punches Tom. Finally Stoddard’s ethics, integrity, and definition of justice is called into question with the stand off scene with Liberty. Sotddard shows up to the standoff with guns blazing and is conveniently devoid of talks of laws and ethics. In this scene Stoddard “kills” Valance, which under laws of self defense, is justifiable. However, the arguments for Ransom cease as the viewer considers that not only has Stoddard gone against his very vocal opposition to guns, but now is also basing his entire campaign on a lie, that he in fact did not kill

Henry so that he can stay and work on his project. Victor, despite working for weeks on the creature, realizes that he cannot bring such a creature into the world. Victor brings the creature out to the ocean to get rid of it and while out there, the wind picks up and he cannot get back to the shore for a while. When he does return, he finds out that he is a suspect for a murder and has multiple witnesses there to testify against him. The town magistrate, Mr. Kirwin, decides to take Victor to see the body and observe whether or not he has any emotional reaction. On seeing the body, Victor goes into shock seeing that it is his dear friend, Henry Clerval. He knows now that it was definitely the monster who did this to him and Victor becomes ill for months while he remains on the island. Once Victor has become better, his father comes to see him and within a short amount of time, Victor is declared innocent

As a result of Victor's neglect and rejection of the creature, society also denies the creature acceptance which creates a life of loneliness for it. The creature, after being rejected by Victor, is left helpless, wanders into a forest, and experiences what hunger and pain are for the first time in life. The creature longs for acceptance, especially from Victor, but is denied. For example, the creature first learns of its rejection from society when it enters the house of an old man that is cooking; it as at the sight of the creature that the man "shrieked loudly" (90) and runs out of his hut. From that moment the creature realizes it is deformed and unlike anyone else. While the creature is roaming through the woods one day it comes upon a cottage. The creature notes the inhabitants of the cottage, the DeLacey family, as being beautiful in comparison to its

After this, the creature describes the melancholy, sadness and bitterness he felt toward his own situation and to his creator (a very much repeated theme throughout the novel) as he passed his time watching the family that lived nearby. However, soon

Chillingworth is not a very amiable character to the reader , but on the other hand he is a very shrewd and sharp person, with a

Tavington put Gabriel Martin under arrest for treason, and escorts him away, when the second eldest Martin boy tries to free his brother, but is shot and killed by Tavington. In horror, Benjamin Martin, holds his dying child in his arms, this sparks Martin’s involvement in the Revolutionary War.

Roger Chillingworth’s corrupt behavior is filled with revenge, cruelty and evilness. He is a fiend as he obsesses over plotting his revenge. Obsession, vengeance, and hatred consume him throughout the novel. Once Dimmesdale is dead , Chillingworth no longer has an object for his hatred or revenge. Upon his death, Chillingworth leaves his entire fortune to his daughter Pearl. This act could be seen as a redemption for his own

Virtue is, by definition, the excellent performance of an object’s function (Nic. Ethics, 1097b25-30). A thing’s function is determined by eliminating every ability that isn’t exclusive to what it is to be that thing (Nic. Ethics, 1097b30-1098a5). For example, a