...Doubt has been a great way to get back into the acting field with new breath. Upon reading the play and having a moment to think about it, it’s a brilliant piece to dive into as an mid-aged actor. The opening of the play was very interesting, in that Father Flynn is standing alone on stage. To me the fact that he delivers several monologue’s, alone, he himself is a loner. As stated in the play, a young Donald Muller might need to have a friend to make him feel comfortable. Father Flynn might have need to have the same friendship as a child and might have noticed it in young Muller. Although the times might have not been on the side of integration, Flynn might/not might have been on the side of integration, which is why this might be his standing alone. Looking at sister Aloysius’s view of incidents, her school must not get out of her control. When Sister James compares her to running the school as that of a jail, Sis Aloysius seems to have an under lying delight in keeping order her way. Although the times warranted keeping children in order, due to such things as rock and roll, Elvis and the death of Kennedy. To a certain degree Sis Aloysius appears as someone hell bent on keeping order Somewhere underneath it all i feel she has a hidden agenda. It seems she might have been in the position before and refuses to let it go. It is as if the very idea of him not being guilty is worse than being guilty. By planting in the head of Sister James that there might be something...
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...O’Connor exemplifies the ideas of certainty and doubt through characters such as Hazel Motes. While the novel shows cases of certainty and doubt in the past, contemporary articles such as “The Certainty of Doubt” by Cullen Murphy expresses how Certainty and Doubt is exemplified in society. Having certainty creates a clear path as it seems that life is easier...
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...Mike Hopkins Essay 3 Prof. Dowd Final Draft Doubt In the 1960’s, American society was going through drastic times of change. The civil rights movement was in full force, and the women’s rights groups were joining together for the same purpose of equality among all. Due to the societal changes, instability was present in schools, places of employment, and religious institutions and generally regarded gender, race, sexual preference and religion. In John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt,” all of these variables were used to create an open ended play that allowed the audience to decide the guilt or innocence of the character Father Flynn, the integrity of Sister Aloysius, judgment of Donald Muller, the inconceivable acceptance of Mrs. Muller, and finally the varying perceptions of Sister James. Upon reflection I firmly believe that Donald Muller was the victim of Father Flynn’s sexual deviance who was chosen because of his anticipated short stay at the school, and the color of skin. I also believe that Sister Aloysius only struggled with doubt because her suspicions were never validated or disproven. The era for which this play was set provides a means to understand why Father Flynn was never tried among a jury of his peers. John Jay College of Criminal Justice published a report stating “clergy sexual abuse of minors in the American Catholic Church is a historical problem with the vast majority of cases occurring from the mid 1960's to the mid 1980's” (Plante). The hierarchies...
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...exists is a crucial question in philosophy. René Descartes formulates the idea of the all good being, God, in Meditation Three of his essay entitled, Meditations on First Philosophy. The philosopher begins his essay doubting everything that is around him, his senses, his thoughts, and even basic arithmetic. The reason he wrote the essay was to find truth to his existence. It seems logical that Descartes introduced the evil demon, one that tries to instill doubt into the simplest of things, but the introduction of God being an all perfect being that does not let him be deceived, is not logically adequate. Descartes begins criticizing everything around him, essentially being a skeptic, but he ends up introducing an explanation, God, in order to answer the questions of doubt. I strongly disagree with Descartes’ introduction of God in Meditation Three because he is not being consistent with the methods of the first two meditations therefore not achieving his goal of solving questions of doubt. In Meditation One, Descartes begins to doubt everything he has experienced to date. He asks himself whether he exists, whether has past experiences actually happened and whether his senses are true to him. He finds senses to be deceptive sometimes and therefore believes that he cannot completely trust them. He even states the most obvious truths, such as arithmetic and geometry, could be false. Descartes supposes that everything he sees is false; that he has no senses whatever and that his body...
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...“I can well imagine an atheist’s last words: “White, white! L-L-Love! My God!”—and the deathbed leap of faith. Whereas the agnostic, if he stays true to his reasonable self, if he stays beholden to dry, yeastless factuality, might try to explain the warm light bathing him by saying, “Possibly a f-f-failing oxygenation of the b-b-brain,” and, to the very end, lack imagination and miss the better story.” 1. This quote is said by Pi, and is the entire chapter twenty-two. In short, this quote is Pi’s idea of how an atheist would die, still in doubt until the last second, and unable to give any credit to God. This seems like Pi is making assumptions about these people without understanding why somebody would feel this way, or have these beliefs. This quote stood out to me solely because it bothers me when people make assumptions or judge others without having the full story. The way this is worded, it looks like Pi is grouping all people who lack belief together, and for him either you can believe or not. I do not agree with his assumptions. 2. For me, religion is drowned by unclarity. I have never been one to believe, mostly because my pursuit of proof. When I was younger, and my grandmother passed away, I wanted to believe. Except, I didn't really understand what honest faith was. When I was eight years old, I would sit awake all night wondering about faith, and the heavens, and what happened to my grandma. I would wake my mom up, crying because of my fear for the afterlife, and...
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...Manuel Suber Ms. Hayes- AP Lang Doubt & Certainty I believe the dispute between certainty and doubt is controversial. Despite the clear sides that people have chosen, there are pros and cons to both. A person’s doubt can cloud their judgment. Yet it can also aid them in making the better decision, by questioning and eliminating the other options. On the other hand, a person’s certainty can blind them from seeing the truth. Never the less, both are necessary in everyday choices of life. Think of certainty and doubt as parts of an automobile. Certainty is the accelerator, and doubt is the steering wheel. You can get nowhere without driving but without steering through the obstacles in your way, you will surely crash. An excess of either is damaging to a person. It is necessary to balance certainty and doubt in order to accomplish all of one’s life goals. Doubt is often viewed as a negative idea, but in it is beneficial. It is not completely contradictory of certainty, but more somewhere in between them. The World English Dictionary’s definition of doubt is “a lack of belief or conviction about something.” We should accept the fact that doubt is a part of us, because it is part of our nature. We are curious from birth, and to question anything and everything that we want to know more about is perfectly acceptable. I feel that it’s more how much doubt that we use, that we should start to feel worried. For example, building a house of cards. Every card we add brings the...
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...The 1960’s were a time of change in the Catholic Church and the church’s unwavering stances were being challenged during Vatican II. War and birth control were subjects that were being brought up and questioned in ways that the church had never previously seen. The idea that the church could change and was actually being changed by the events happening during the 1960’s was uncomfortable for some people within the church and caused great strife between leaders. The change that was occurring within and surrounding the Church had many people questioning God, his sovereignty, and even his existence. In John Shanley’s short story, “Doubt: A Parable”, Sister Aloysius begins to question her commitment to the church as well as her faith as her certainty about many things like the evilness of using secular songs in Christmas plays, and the morality of the Church were questioned by other leaders within the church. Sister Aloysius’ certainty about even just little things in life begin to be questioned by others in the church causing her to become very resistant to the change and tries to enforce what she has always known. Sister Aloysius was accustomed to Christian songs being played during Christmas performances and believed that secular songs exposed, “a pagan belief in magic,” (Shanley 29) and should not be allowed in the church. She had understood the lyrics to be heretical, but with the Church progresses not everyone had the same strong feelings towards the secular songs...
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...English essay A teenage-life isne Isaksen like an adventure. Each day brings something new and you never know what to expect. For me, a teenager-life is hard to live. I can feel how the body changes. Many thoughts go into my mind. Many problems accurse; problems I did not have to deal with when I was 13 years old. Problems with my boyfriend and at home; that is a new task for me. It is hard to focus when these problems are in my head. To pretend to be happy at all times is difficult in the age of 13-17. All kinds of problems pop into my head and I have no idea how to handle them. For me the exams are just around the corner and it is not exactly easy to cope with the pressure when I don’t feel ready. Perhaps I grew up to fast; I did not focus on my schooling – it was much more fun to smoke and drink with my friends weekend after weekend. I am paying for it now. I really want to make an effort when it comes to my schooling. My parents are divorced and it is not easy to be a child and listen to what they have to say to each other. My parents’ divorce was stressful to me and I never wanted them to separate. My mother moves to Dubai for five years – I will see my mother ten times during ten years. I wish I could see her more. Love is difficult. It has been a struggle for me to find a boyfriend but I have been very lucky to meet a young man who loves me. He treats me like a princess and I feel happy and safe with him. I have made a lot of mistakes the last two years and...
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...Following are a few dummy doubts created by us, just to see how you will handle student's queries, before giving you an access of doubts on Toppr Instructions: • Option shown in bold is the correct option visible to students. It might not be correct sometimes. So, while answering doubts, please check the question and option very carefully • Answer the doubt only when you understand the doubt completely. • Please note all the doubts should be up to the point and very well explained. • You can write your responses in a ‘Word Doc’ file and send it back with this PDF on doubts-on-chat@toppr.com ___________________________________________________________________ Question 1: Doubt: Why not option B is the answer? Your response- Question 2: Doubt: Please explain with a detailed solution. Your response- Question 3: Doubt: How concentration become 8 times if volume is half and concentration is doubled? Your response- Question 4: Doubt: Please give solution if same is in acidic medium. Your response- Question 5: Doubt: Why is SnCl4 more covalent than all others? Your response- Question 6: Doubt: Electrical neutrality should be there, so answer should be 14. Please explain me how the answer is 13? Your response- Question 7: Doubt: Why not the answer is ZnS and Ag2S? Your response- Question 8: Doubt: How option B is correct? Please give proper explanation. Your response- Question 9: Doubt: Option d is also right as LiCl is covalent in nature, hence it should be a poor...
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...Direction each wanted to be solo artists. Yet if it hadn't been for that twist of fate and the discovery from "X Factor", One Direction wouldn't have been where they are today! Other than music videos, the boy band has no acting experience, yet they have 80 MILLION views on YouTube! The closest this boy band has gotten to acting is when Nickelodeon made their online diaries into a weekly television show as of March 2012. Only one of their singles, "That's What Makes You Beautiful" was on the Billboard Top 100, but that doesn't mean they aren't famous! They have performed on news broadcasts like the Today Show, where over 10,000 screaming fans came to New York to watch them perform. Zayn, Liam, Harry, Niall, and Louis are already famous, but no doubt they'll keep their fans by making more songs! Big Time Rush. The early morning "only thing to watch" band with a television show. Okay, okay. I have to admit their show is a bit cheesy. But there's no question...
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...Would You Rather Live in Ignorant Bliss or the Horrible Truth? Liberty University Online Phil 201: Fall Semester 2014 Most of us have watched the movie, “The Matrix.” What some people might not know is that this is not a new concept. There have been philosophers, namely Plato and Descartes, who have been pondering concepts like this, way before the movie was released. Is there a way to prove that the world we live in is real, and not just some sort of dream? Can we trust the five senses that we depend on so much? How can we be sure that how we live, where we live, and what we live for is real? Let’s explore. The Matrix talks about how we are all being deceived in this world, being hooked up to brain stimulating cable that produces the lives we know in our minds. Descartes played with the same question but found a different solution. “From this foundational idea, Descartes went on to argue for the existence of God, who would not, due to his goodness, allow us to be continually deceived by an evil demon.” (Dew, p.152) What I got from Descartes’ words was; what would be the point? God created us, he loves us; He is good, so why would he want to deceive us for our entire lives, what is the point? Plato’s concept is very similar to the creation of The Matrix. Through a dialogue, he was questioning the fact of reality. Stating that what if we were all just standing in one spot, forced to look in only one direction, the only things we saw were objects passing...
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...C * She will enjoy various tasks again. Negative: * She cannot help her aunt. * Her aunt will be offended. * Mr. Oscar will feel bad about Ofelia because she didn’t help her aunt to straighten her business. * Mr. Oscar will doubt to the managing ability of Ofelia. * She won’t know the answers of her questions about the entertainment business of her aunt. * * Continue her job in entertainment business. Positive: - Ofelia will help her aunt, and she will give contribution on her aunts’ business. - The trust of Mr. Pascua and Milagros to Ofelia will remain, and no doubts will happen. - She will still have the authority to lead business. - Ofelia won’t receive a bad comment about her from family and relatives. - Ofelia proves that her aunt is not mistaken for asking him to Mr. Pascua. * Negative: - She’ll adjust, and study the behaviors of the organization on how to discipline and straighten out the organization. 4) Best alternative course of action. * Continue her job to entertainment in which, this institution will help her grow and learn about the differences of managing construction business from entertainment business. It would also help her lift her name from her family and relatives. 5) Conclusion and recommendation. * So I conclude that she must stay in Milagros business. Never give up on doing your work. If you want people change from their bad attitudes, you must take the first action. And...
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...Strengths- I Work well with people and under pressure, having been around the military for a while I have learned to adapt to an ever changing environment. I work hard because i want to achieve something in life and not just sit around waiting for the end of the day, week, or month to come with nothing to show for. Weakness- I am a bit of a perfectionist and can be a bit hard on myself. I expect a lot from myself and often times dwell on small details. Fortunately this kind of OCD is concentrated solely on myself and I don’t bother others with it. About Me- I Enlisted as a Finance Specialist 2006 and came to Germany 2007 as an Active Duty Soldier, I deployed in 2008 thru 2009 to Kuwait and Africa. I departed the Army with a honourable discharge after serving my initial term but continued serving the Army as a Civilian. I served as a Lead Finance Specialist at the Wiesbaden Finance Office from Nov 2010 until July 2012 and then seen a promotion opportunity in Kaiserslautern working for our Headquarters. This is where I currently work as a Tier level 2.5 DTS Helpdesk and a DA level LDTA for all of Europe. I also serve as a APC 3 for the GTCC Program. Currently I commute every day to and from (work) located on Kleber Kaserne in Kaiserslautern and home roughly 100 klm each way. It has become dire that I find something a little closer to home. I love our military community, the mission at hand and the since of comodiary working as a federal service member gives me. Hobbies-...
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...BOOK REVIEW Title of the Film : Doubt Subject : Curriculum Development in Basic and Hgher Education Professor : Dr. Erico M. Habijan Submitted by : Juan C. Obierna Date Submitted : March 16, 2013 I. Introduction: The film Doubt was written and directed by John Patrick Shanley. It is based on his Pulitzer-winning play which has been performed all over the world. This film was produced in the USA in 2008. The cast of characters are Amy Adams, Joseph Foster II, Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Viola Davis. II. Objectives: This review seeks to determine the kind of instruction at Saint Nicholas Parish School and relate it with the instruction we have in our schools. III. Synopsis: The setting of the Film Doubt is St Nicholas's Church in the Bronx, a largely Irish-American parish, where the priest is Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and the principal of the attached grade school is Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep). The time is the autumn of 1964, a year after the assassination of the country's first Catholic president and shortly after the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council. The opening scene is set at when cheerful, fair-haired Father Flynn preaches a sermon about sharing doubts with others in the community and facing them in one's own life, beginning with the words: "What do you do when you are not sure?" As he preaches with compelling informality, Sister Aloysius stalks the aisles, reprimanding inattentive children...
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...Opposing Thoughts in a Coexisting World The foundation of life of this world, is coexisting with one another at the same time or in the same place in peace. In the story “Twelve Angry Men” written by Reginald Rose, he creates a theoretical question, if opposing ideas can coexist as well. Justice verses mercy and certainty versus doubt is the underlying conflict throughout the story displayed by each juror with their personal backgrounds either leading to condemning or saving a teen’s life. After act one, we see the struggle between each juror going from certainty and pushing for justice only to be later filled with doubt and demanding mercy. These opposing ideas disrupt the vary balance of peace leading for any coexisting out the door. The Idea of justice versus mercy is constantly questioned and played out by juror number eight and juror number three. The struggle for justice by juror number three using laws to fairly judge and punish the teen for his father’s murder is contradicted by juror number eight as he seeks for merciful truth. In act one, juror number three says, “I never saw a guiltier man in my life. You sat right in court and heard the same thing I did. The man’s a dangerous killer…”(Rose 3) followed by juror number eight explaining his not guilty vote saying, “… this boy’s been kicked around all his life. You know, living in a slum, his mother dead since he was nine … I think maybe we owe him a few words, that’s all” (3). Juror number three is an extremely opinionated...
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