Essays Tagged: "transgression"

TO (blank) or not to (blank) that is the question

To jump or not to jump that is the question,So what if it's a transgressionI would rather burn in hellAt least then it will be without choice that I sufferI could ...

(1 pages) 61 1 3.4 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

The Effects and Implications of Sin in the Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne

Sin is the transgression of a moral code designated by either society or the transgressor. The Puritans of Bost ... himself to so much painful, bodily harm. In addition, this guilt induces him to publicly reveal his transgressions. The extremity of this act is an evident contrast to Dimmesdale's usual cowardice. Ti ... s vilifications knowingly to inspire awe and reverence among his audience. The pronouncement of his transgressions at the closing scaffold scene is thus an aberrant action on Dimmesdale's part and mus ...

(3 pages) 52 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Is evil part of Human Nature? Discuss with regards to "The Minister's Black Veil" and "Young Goodman Brown" by Hawthorne

rays sins as an unavoidable part of human nature. What is sin? In the bible, sin is regarded as any transgression of, or any lack of conformity to the holy will and nature of God. There is still evil ...

(8 pages) 141 0 4.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

This essay was fro an assignment to write an argumentative essay about a current event/controversial issue. Thos essay discussed the legitimacy of Megan's Law in the U.S.- it is pro- Megan's Law

second view. The cycle of sex offenders needs to end somewhere and after committing such a heinous transgression it can be said that these people are ill and do not deserve to have their privacy.Mega ...

(4 pages) 340 1 4.1 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Nuremberg Trials.

er international enforcement of justice might be patterned like. To many, the trials indicated that transgression against basic, human values would no longer be tolerated by the world. A process would ...

(2 pages) 69 0 3.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Miracles happening in today's world? It is all a matter of faith.

they did. Living people experienced these phenomenon's it is all a matter of faith. A miracle is "a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of s ... ure through acts of will in consort with paranormal or occult powers. They generally refer to these transgressions not as miracles, but as magic. All religions report numerous and equally credible mir ...

(5 pages) 83 3 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

This essay deals with Dante's Inferno and how sin and love compare and contrast to each other throughout Inferno.

n of Dante's journey through hell. His passage through hell symbolizes the connection between love, transgression and punishment. These connections can be best understood through cantos 2,3,5 and 15. ...

(6 pages) 201 0 4.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

In the 'Afterword' to her novel, "I'm The King of the Castle", Susan Hill refers to "the evil of Hooper". To what extent do you consider Hooper to be evil?

what we consider to be the accepted boundaries of behaviour. "I'm The King of The Castle," presents transgression through the behaviour of a ten year old boy; Edmund Hooper. The extent of Hooper's bul ...

(12 pages) 23 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Problem of Evil in Hume's Dialouges on Natural Religion and "Candide"

oped by Augustine, is that of original sin. The belief is that man is born evil, as a result of the transgression of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. At the moment of sin evil entered the world, an ...

(6 pages) 53 1 3.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

The Scarlet Letter- Analysis on Pearl

le, who doesn't take responsibility for the same sin Hester has perpetrated. The byproduct of their transgression results in a daughter by the name of Pearl. She presents herself as a free-spirited an ...

(2 pages) 14 0 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

What is Nudity?

k of Genesis of the Bible, the first two humans ever, Adam and Eve, were nude at first, but after a transgression against God's rules( the original sin), no longer felt comfortable like that and made ...

(8 pages) 92 2 3.5 Feb/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

The Scarlet Letter, about hypocracy in the Scarlet Letter

ture is dealt with at the personal level. In the time of the plot of The Scarlet Letter, a Hester's transgression was dealt with publicly. The story has it that a scarlet letter "A" would be worn by H ...

(2 pages) 26 0 3.5 Mar/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorn's "Young Goodman Brown" symbolizes the abundance of sin within society

nd inescapable sin is within our world. According to The Holy Bible and Puritan belief, sin is the transgression of the Ten Commandments, which was introduced into society after Adam broke the covena ...

(7 pages) 109 0 4.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Good Things Do Not Always Come in Small Packages

urces, world-wide hunger and corporate greed, we should never relax ourvigilance to bring forth any transgression on these points. And so I say that although "ShreddedWheat" has been a widely accepted ...

(2 pages) 11 0 1.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

The Doctrines of Mary

given the grace of being free from original sin which was lost to the human race by Adam and Eve's transgression. This special grace "comes from Christ." Some common misunderstandings about the Immac ...

(3 pages) 19 0 0.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

What explanations do Christians offer for the origin of sin?

ll used but sometimes replace by one of several other words. The meaning of the word 'paraptoma' is transgression or deviation - an idea closely linked with the missing of the mark suggested by 'hamar ...

(5 pages) 47 0 1.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Scarlett Letter

ligion. They were very much into abiding by the Lords word and any violations were looked upon as a transgression against God and man and were subject to heavy punishment. Religious value was a big pa ... ey lived their lives, In this Puritan Society based novel, Hester Prynne committed one of the worst transgressions that ever could be committed against God and his rules for men. Mrs. Prynee committed ...

(5 pages) 943 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Homo

ink Ayn Rand places the allusion to Prometheus is because of the similarity of his story to the one transgression of Equality's that made him run to the Uncharted Forest. Prometheus, a great titan, st ...

(2 pages) 1454 0 0.0 Jun/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Hybridist Limit Transgression Of Anzaldua

 (Geyh 185). It is this "montage" that sets the tone for what Linda Hutcheon calls the "transgression of previously accepted limits" (Hutcheon 9). It is this "transgression of limits ...

(3 pages) 1233 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Wbyeats

William Butler Yeats Transgression of poems William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was a twelfth century poet of great knowledg ... of his poems. In two of his works I Dreamed of Death and In Tara's Halls, one is able to follow the transgressional path of this mans evolving life and works.W.B. Yeats earlier work from the 1910-1920 ...

(4 pages) 1188 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers