The play, Doubt: A Parable written by John Patrick Shanley, is based purely on uncertainty. Throughout the whole play, all I felt was uncertainty and I have still not come to a firm conclusion about what Father Flynn has done. There are many pieces of evidence proving his guilt and proving his innocence. I did enjoy reading the play and I think my favorite part about it is that I will never fully know what happened and who was right. I like being able to create my own ending to a book because you get to use your imagination. Today during the debate I started out as defending Father Flynn’s innocence. I do stand by what I was defending because there is no certain evidence against him that can prove him guilty; it is all based on assumption.
The play “Doubt” by John Patrick Shanley began with a sermon by Father Brendan Flynn, a well liked and enlightened neighborhood priest, who says, "Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty". (Shanley 6) Sister Aloysius Beauvier is a strict traditional nun, who was declared to protect and secure St. Nicholas Church School. Father Flynn seems to be the protagonist in the play and Sister Aloysius is the antagonist. The whole play, sister Aloysius Beauvier suspected Father Flynn of molesting a 12-year-old boy named Donald Muller, who is the first African-American student in the St. Nicholas Church School. I think that Sister Aloysius’s overreacting, because Father Flynn is innocent. In the middle of these two characters, Sister James is a young and innocent teacher who wants to be neutral between the conflict of Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn.
The article Reasonable Doubt by Alice Camille presents reasons for defending the actions of Thomas, the apostle of Jesus Christ, and relates the factors that not only made Thomas doubt his faith, but the testimonies of the resurrection witnessed by Thomas himself. The article also discusses evidence demanded by Thomas to prove that Jesus had risen from the dead.
Most people have had some sort of conflict affect their lives at least once. That conflict could alter a person’s views of the world around them. In the play Doubt by John Patrick Shanley, conflict is used to grasp the reader’s emotions and cause the reader to rethink their preconceived notions about the characters in the play. Doubt takes place in 1964 in St. Nicholas, which is a school and Catholic Church in New York. The play focuses on a priest named Father Brendan Flynn and a nun named Sister Aloysius Beauvier. The conflict highlighted in this play is between these two characters. After Father Flynn starts taking an African American student under his wing, named Donald Muller, Sister Aloysius suspects Father Flynn is up to no good. She
The movie leaves little to viewers' imaginations. In order to be entertained by literature or art, the viewer needs to feel that they can use their imagination and not be confined to a plot that reveals all. In the parable Doubt, the controversial topics presented by John Patrick Shanley sparked differing views that the reader was torn between. It introduced a storyline revolved around a nun accusing a pastor of partaking in inappropriate engagement amongst the alter boys. Since the plot was open-ended and there were no pulmonary guidelines, the reader resolved to using their imagination to deem what direction, and whom they would agree with.... ...
The movie “Doubt” showcased two major characters a Priest who seem fun loving and modern. Then there was a strict nun, Sister Aloysius senior nun. She appears to meddle in every aspect of everyone’s life. The Priest a Father Flynn begins the movie with a sermon about doubt. At this point in the movie one may assume the priest has doubt about the nun. The more the movie plays, viewers realize this is not the case. The movie takes a horrible turn and Sister Aloysius turns out to be the movie’s protagonist. Father Flynn the antagonist who had placed doubt in viewers. Sister Aloysius has her doubts about Father Flynn. She wonders if the other nuns know anything and ask them to watch out for anything suspicious.
“Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty. When you are lost, you are not alone.” —Father Flynn. On October 2, 2015 at 7:30 P.M. in the Trahern Theatre, I went to see the play Doubt: A Parable. It was very successful at how the elements of the play brought it to life. It made you feel like you were actually a part of the whole play and not just an audience member. All the actors, scenery, costumes, lights, and sounds were very effective how it brought the play to life.
The differences between the movie doubt and the play have significant differences that would influence ones opinion about certain characters and situations in the story. Though the differences are few one would agree that at least one of these differences are game changers or at the very least they get you thinking and having doubts of your own.
Doubt is a play about a priest who is being accused of having sexual interactions with the only black boy in the Catholic school and the principal, Sister Aloysius, is determined to prove her suspicions to be true. While it can be unclear throughout the play and even at the end if Father Flynn is innocent or guilty both Patrick Shanely and the cast of Doubt, put on by The University of Alabama, keep the mind wondering if there was a chance he could have been innocent. The importance of characters, their actions, and even the design of the costumes can help one determine if Father Flynn interacted inappropriately with the boy or if it appeared wrong due to a poisoned mind (Father Flynn to Sister James, act seven). Many different things
They also emphasize how people handle uncertainty differently. Each of the narratives display a different mechanism to handle their doubt. In Doubt, Sister Aloysius decides to consciously repress her uncertainty about Father Flynn, while the other two stories show what can happen when a decision is avoided. In order to decipher how the stories face these ideas with different approaches, we must ask, what are the different motivations driving the main characters thoughts and actions?
To believe something is to know it so in order to know something, it is not enough to believe it- you have to learn it or have a good reason to believe it. Skepticism talks about two types of position: knowledge and justification. The skeptic argues that we do not know what we think we do it is only a thought. Skepticism of knowledge says there is no such thing as knowledge, and justification denies the belief of justified belief existing. These two are closely related which depends on the relationship between the factors of knowledge and justification: if knowledge entails justified belief, as theorists say, then justification skepticism entails knowledge skepticism. Gettier and Nozick broke down the subject and explain their point of views of it. To defend these views, skeptics lay out many requirements for knowledge or justified belief, and try to show that these requirements are not met. It still stand that’s why if I know something and I believe it that which I claim knowledge then why do I need a reason to believe it? Is black white?
A Comparison of the Performance of Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn We performed Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn on 28th November 2002. Since it is divided into five short plays which all relate to each other, separate groups performed different plays, or scenes. My group used the scene "A Talk in the Park" as our performance piece. I will be comparing this scene to "A View from the Bridge", written by Arthur Miller, and the television soap "Eastenders". "
"The one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind" (James 1:6). Doubt is something that everyone experiences but it is the way you handle doubt that changes everything. Those that see doubt as an obstacle to overcome are better off than those who see it as a setback. In the play "Doubt" by John Patrick Shanley, we see a conservative nun, Sister Aloysius, at St. Nicholas' Catholic school who has many doubts about the legitimacy and dignity of a certain priest, Father Flynn. Doubt is a strong theme present throughout the play and the ending reveals the negative effects of doubting without valid reason. Over the course of history, it is evident that there have been many accusations of sexual abuse
The prose “Paralogical Thinking” by Tim Freke introduces reality as being fundamentally paralogical and paradoxical. In this text, Tim Freke analyses the different perceptions of reality. The text talks about the meaning of paralogical thinking and how it is different from the logical thinking. Tim Freke defines paralogical thinking as the “both/and” thinking and logical thinking as the “either/or” thinking. The “either/or” logical thinking refers to the fact that there is only one solution and can only be used when looking at the surface of the things. In contrast to the logical thinking, the “both/and” paralogical thinking refers to the life being paradoxical and the fact that there is more than one way of looking at several concepts of
Rene Descartes made a momentary thought in which he stated that the senses cannot give us knowledge of the world around us. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy he is most famous for the phase “cogito ergo sum” which means “I think so therefore I am.” The phrase was intended to explain the most abstract questions such as how can one know that anything includes oneself exist, rather than it being a dream of some sort. Descartes explain that dreams and waking experiences are almost identical when comparing the differences.
Skepticism is the Western philosophical tradition that maintains that human beings can never arrive at any kind of certain knowledge. Originating in Greece in the middle of the fourth century BC, skepticism and its derivatives are based on the following principles: