Susan's Transformation In The Case Against Satan

The novel A Delusion of Satan written by Frances Hill describes the history of the Salem Witch Trials (“Salem”) in 1692, the causes and effects of the witch hysteria, and the biographies of major characters associated with the trials. In the novel, Hill started out explaining the Puritans’ beliefs and customs, the gender roles of men and women in Salem and why women were easily accused of being witches and practicing witchcraft in the 17th century. During that time, women were easily accused of practicing witchcraft because they were viewed as physically, politically and spiritually weaker than men. Men were perceived as the power, status, and worthy in the society, and they dominated women’s behavior and social status. In the 17th century, “Hegemonic Masculinity” was the criterion, and women were seen as “physically weaker” and inferior compared to men in the society, which made them easily become the targets of witch hunt (Mammone). Women were politically weaker than men because all of the high positions in the society and the Puritan Church were held by men, such as the position of judge, prosecutor and minister. As the Puritan believed in the biblical story of Adam and Eve, women were viewed as spiritually weaker than men. The souls of women were perceived as vulnerable to the devil’s traps, while the souls of men were less susceptible to the devil’s temptations (“The Salem Hysteria”). Therefore, the gender roles of men and women in the 17th century Salem society showed

“I bear I will be born this is a crime I will not acknowledge leaves and wind hold onto me I will not give in”(Atwood 3). In the selections The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Half- Hanged Mary by Margaret Atwood scapegoating is found in both. A society under stress can affect a person or a group of people more likely by the cause of scapegoating then it can others.

In Susan Wolf’s, “Happiness and Meaning: Two Aspects of the Good Life” Susan writes what makes a meaningful life, her belief is as followed “Active engagement in objective worthwhile activities.” Wolf believe this is the solution to a happy life instead of a depressing and sad one. Wolf said that both Active engagement and objective worthwhile activities need to be present to have a meaningful life. Thought the page, we will see how Wolf arguments requires both parts to accomplish meaningful life then we will make an objection to the arguments which I will then respond to argue against showing why the objection is false.

In this paper, I will explain Susan Wolf’s description of the Moral Saint ideal and her objection to this ideal. Then, I will outline an argument against Wolf’s objection and evaluate if said argument will hold when faced with a counter-argument. My thesis is that Wolf’s argument for her objection to the Moral Saint ideal is invalid.

Susan R. Wolf (born 1952) is a moral philosopher who works extensively on the meaning of human life and is the Edna J. Koury Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Wolf addresses the questions of the meaning of life in hope to distinguish the characteristics and reasoning that gives meaning to life. According to Susan Wolf view about the meaning in life, “I would say that meaningful life are lives of active engagement in projects of worth… two key phrases, ‘active engagement’ and ‘projects of worth’” (Wolf, 205). However, I believe that her proposal leaves out our basic motives and reasoning that’s

Our eyes unconsciously record thousands upon thousands of bits of information every second. Our brain then acts as a filter to sort out what it thinks is useful and what is not. By doing this, the brain guides us into seeing only what is important. We never see the full picture; just what our brain guides us to see. Metaphors act in the same way in that they guide how people view certain topics and issues. A specific metaphor that becomes accepted by a large enough population of community will determine how most people in the community view that issue. In a way the metaphor skews the perception of those who hear it. This was the case for the metaphors of cancer in the late 20th century which we can see through Susan Sontag’s piece, “Illness as Metaphor”. We can also see this manifested in metaphors associated with people diagnosed with Morgellons’ disease in Leslie Johnson’s narrative, “The Devil’s Bait”. Both pieces deal with how metaphors have shaped the outlook of patients of their respective diseases. Metaphors obscure and shift our understanding of disease and pain away from the full truth into a smaller and less understanding perspective. The similarities between the metaphor of cancer as death and Morgellons as a farce prove that metaphors of disease isolate patients diagnosed with those diseases.

Everyone wants to be in control of their own lives and have a bit of freedom, sadly this doesn’t happen for some. I have chosen to look at films,novels and short stories that are to do with being controlled. This includes the novel ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ written by Melina Marchetta, a short story ‘On the sidewalk bleeding’ by Evan Hunter and the films ‘The Hunger games’ directed by Gary Ross and ‘The boy in the striped pyjamas’ directed by Mark Herman.

Carol Karlsen was born in 1940. She is currently a professor in the history department a the University of Michigan. A graduate of Yale University (Ph.D, 1980), she has taught history and women’s study courses at Union College and Bard College.

“The Devil in the Shape of a Woman” was an excellent book that focuses on the unjusts that have been done to women in the name of witchcraft in Salem, and many other areas as well. It goes over statistical data surrounding gender, property inherence, and the perceptions of women in colonial New England. Unlike the other studies of colonial witchcraft, this book examines it as a whole, other then the usual Salem outbreaks in the late 17th century.

his power and control, but clearly underestimates them. It is with this man that Life decides to change her ways. Life who represents all that is nontraditional clashes with the traditional Lesego.

The picture seen was when the Lost Boys needed to shoot Wendy. Tinker Bell told us that Peter Pan wants us to shoot her down. Slightly, one of the lost boys, shoot the Wendy and that's why you see her on the ground with an arrow thru her. Of course all the other lost boys are around her body, because we are fascinated by the fact that Slightly has just shoot Wendy and none of them have never seen a real women before. We later leaned that Peter never told us to shoot Wendy, it was Tinker Bell who wanted us to shoot the Wendy.

This quote connects to the topic of paranoia. Hale seems to be paranoid because he is obsessed with finding the Devil and how he basically believes that everyone could be the work of the Devil. Hale has so many books about the Devil which shows how dependent about this information and how he is paranoid because of this dependency that it makes him suspect that everyone could be working with the Devil or that they could actually be the Devil. This all connects to xenophobia because of the paranoia and fear of supernatural occurrences and that no one is safe unless he has his books that shows the “Devil’s true disguises”.

The book The Devil And Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho and the movie Hero starring Jet Li even though in different languages, share a plethora of similarities.

The Devil and Miss Prym is about a man, named Carlos, who sets out to find if there is good in people, and whether they can make the right choice when tempted to make the wrong one. Carlos comes to Viscos with an ultimatum, kill one person and receive ten gold bars. He gave Chantal Prym the option to tell the entire town his plan, if she refused, he would tell the people himself, placing a target on Chantal. Miss Prym made the decision to tell the them because she believed they would turn his offer down. Thinking the money would save their dying town, they decide to murder an elderly woman, Berta. Miss Prym convinces them that murdering Berta for gold is corrupt and would backfire, which in turn does not prove Carlos right or wrong. Comparatively, “The Lottery” is about a tradition to make a yearly sacrifice, which ensures that the town’s crops will grow. The people gather in the town square and get ready for the lottery and Mr. Summers, the annual host, goes through the beginning of the tradition, like mixing the papers and making sure everyone is present. Tessie Hutcherson is announced late, forgetting it was the day of the lottery. The rules are read and the lottery starts, after everyone has picked a paper, they open them simultaneously. It is revealed that Bill Hutcherson has the black dot. Upset that Bill didn’t have enough time to pick his paper, Tessie complains, allowing for another drawing within the family. After each family member draws again, it is revealed that

Are people intrinsically great or wickedness? "The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation," by celebrated around the world creator Paulo Coelho, is planned to be an investigation of this topic. For those of us searching for confirmation about our own integrity, however, "The Devil and Miss Prym" does not give any conclusions. Through his investigation of the causes of the town of Viscos and its later battle amongst Good and Evil, at last Coelho enlightens us there is no answer regarding whether people are great or terrible, but instead it is each of the a matter of individual decision.