Gluttony. Br. Brady, obviously symbolizes this attribute in part one of the play. His constant "snacking" or actually what we see as feasting, is constantly being brought up. His excessive need for "Oh, just a little more" shows how we are always "needing" more. Also, I guess you could look at it in a way where gluttony is exemplifying how we always have to want to be right. In a court case, this seems to sprout quite a lot...greed just gets in the way sometimes and really does just cause problems...is that bad though? I mean gluttony is known as a bad thing, and I'm definitely not denying it, but does it create good controversy to lead to discussions/battles? Hm...idk....this is getting too large for my brain to spit out...
Ignorance. Hahahahahahaha. This is one of the most debatable topics. It creates our points of view, our beliefs, morals, ideas, etc... whether it fully controls them, or not at all. This point definitely arouses conflict. Let's see, Brady is completely blinded by his ignorance of evolution because of religion, and then in his point of view, Cates is completely ignorant because he opposes the religious theory of creationism and believes in evolution. Hehe. I think that if people don't necessarily agree with us, they are ignorant in our minds. Interesting, eh?
Church&State. Oh Boy. This subject is always fun to discuss! Basically, they should just be separated...always...they should never intertwine. Not everyone abides by the same religion, so it just simply doesn't make sense to teach religious concepts in a public setting. This idea is the entire background on the Scopes trial, or I should say Cates trial really...It disrespects the non-included religions and just brings up too much uproar. Sure, you're always going to have people opposing, but in the case of something this big, it should satisfy the majority of the people. If you do go by hardcore religion, then you should be enrolled in a private, religious school. There. Problem solved. Separate the two and keep them that way.
2 comments:
As always, char did an amazing job but, try not to make your posts too long. By writing copious amounts of writing, you loose the reader in a perplexing plethora of writing.
Gluttony......I like the thouhght that it creates good controversy but I don't believe that is a good thing. Although it might be interesting that "need" for more should never have to be argued. We know it is in human nature to crave but in a discussion/battle it may come out so gluttony does not seem so bad. It may come out as,"oh if it is already here I might as well take one more......"
Ignorance.....I completely agree with everything you said. Go you!
The seperation of church and state is always going to be a problem. Although you say they should always be spereated in a town like Hillboro where everyone is super religous, and all practice the same religion, it is not so easy.
-NINA
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