Essays on Adultery

When the Puritan came to the New World after being rejected in England for their beliefs, they knew the demand of perfection in God’s eyes could never be fully accomplish. Humans could never live up to the standards that God set out. After settling in New England, the Puritan became well aware they needed to…

ry and its Consequences Crucible EssaysThe Crucible – John Proctor’s Adultery and its Consequences A topic of The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is how John Proctor’s adultery eventually makes him a better husband. Adultery is voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a partner other than the lawful spouse. First, John Proctor willingly commits…

In the Bible it says, in Matthew 5: 27-28, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery. ‘ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart”. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character Hester Prynne was…

Attitudes toward sexual and martial fidelity. The attitudes of the two protagonists of those stories, Calixta and Mrs. Baroda to the marital fidelity are quite alike. It’s obvious that Calixta sees the occasional sex she had with Alicee, the man she liked in her adolescence, as a perfect way to resolve the tension she has….

In the passage “Puritans and Sex” Edmund S. Morgan discusses the puritans in an unusual way, instead of just explaining all the laws and beliefs the Puritans were expected to follow, Morgan also tells the readers the way the Puritans disobeyed and rejected their government. In 1630 John Winthrop lead and settled a small group…

First of all, the scarlet letter stands for Hester’s sin. By forcing Hester to wear the letter A on her bosom, the Puritan community not only punishes this weak young woman for her adultery but labels her identity as an adulteress and immoral human being as well. “Thus the young and the pure would be…

Fully discuss the attitudes towards the fallen: dangers of judging others use the short story Shilling and the woman caught in adultery. The setting of the story Shilling took place in an urban area in Kingston where she was able to maintain her character which allowed her to feel isolated and lonely at times because…

The Kreutzer Sonata, named after Beethoven’s violin sonata no. 9, is a novella written by Leo Tolstoy in 1889. As the anti-hero, Pozdnyshev, relays his life story to the audience on the train, he introduces a conflict between human nature and spirituality, what one is versus what one should strive to be, and challenges the…

Sam Vaknin’s Psychology, Philosophy, Economics and Foreign Affairs Web SitesIn the hallways of the Smithsonian, two moralists are debating the impeachment of the President of the United States of America, Mr. William Jefferson Clinton. One is clearly Anti-Clinton (AC) the other, a Democrat (DC), is not so much for him as he is for the…

John Proctor experiences intense torment as a result of his actions. He feels that his affair with Abigail has permanently marred his reputation with God, his wife Elizabeth, and even with himself. Although Proctor did indeed give in to temptation and commit adultery, he finds it nearly impossible to grant himself forgiveness. Not surprisingly, his…