Josh Anderson English Mod 7 Mrs. Anness English IRP In the novel Deryni Checkmate by Katherine Kurtz the protagonist Kelson who is the King of Gwynedd faces a conflict. Archbishop Edmund Loris (The leading bishop in the Holy Church), has ordered that the Deryni Duke Alaric Morgan (one of Kelson’s closest advisors and friends) must recant his “evil” Deryni powers and live a life of penance or else he will be excommunicated from the Church and the entire City of Corwyn (Morgan’s Duchy) will fall under an interdict from the church. This would cause an uproar in Corwyn and may very well start a Civil War. To make matters worse, Morgan’s Cousin Duncan (Another one of Kelson’s closest advisors) has been suspended from his duties as a bishop and …show more content…
Deryni are a race of people with inherited magical abilities who have been shunned and persecuted for centuries because of the wrongdoings of their ancestors. When the novel begins, Archbishop Loris has just signed the letter to Morgan that was mentioned above and asked his secretary to deliver it. However, the secretary tips of Kelson about Duncan’s impending suspension and trial and the threat of interdict to Corwyn. Fearing that a trial would expose Duncan’s hidden Deryni lineage; Kelson sends him to Coroth which is the capital of Corwyn to warn Morgan about Loris’ demands and threats and to hide from the …show more content…
Morgan and Duncan get wind of this however, and realize that appealing to the Curia is no longer an option. They then set out to meet with Kelson. Loris follows up the excommunication of Duncan and Morgan by attempting to have Corwyn placed under interdict, but a group of bishops refuse to take part in the action of putting an entire city under interdict merely because of the actions of one man. Loris is infuriated by this, but he and his supporters are thrown out of Dhassa, effectively dividing the Curia. Kelson travels to the city of Culdi to attend the wedding of Morgan’s sister, Bronwyn; and Duncan’s half-brother, Kevin. Unknown to everyone, a spiteful and jealous architect named Rimmell has fallen for the bride to be and is willing to win her affection by any means necessary. This drives Rimmell to visit an old women who apparently possesses magical powers that can make Bronwyn fall in love with him. However, Rimmell’s plan unexpectedly backfires horribly and the charm ends up killing Kevin and Bronwyn! By the time Morgan and Duncan arrive in Culdi, Rimmell has been executed by Duke Jared for his crimes and although Morgan is crushed by the death of his beloved sister, he knows that Kelson still urgently needs him for guidance and assistance. Facing the challenges that the Church, Torenth and Wencit de Gray were creating; Kelson cannot allow Morgan to wallow in grief and shut himself away,
Crane family came another disrespectful letter to Mrs. Harper. After the author mentioned that this letter was a follow up to the previous ones Adela already sent, it is assured that Adela is an atrocious person. These two letters further prove how Adela cruelly deceived the Crane family and Mrs. Harper into thinking she was a nice
Love, lust and infatuation all beguile the senses of the characters in this dreamy and whimsical work of Shakespeare, and leads them to act in outlandish ways, which throughly amuses the reader. True love does prevail in the end for Hermia and Lysander, and the initial charm of infatuation ends up proving to have happy consequence for Helena and Demetrius as well. Even when at first the reader thinks that, in theory, the effects the potion will wear off and Lysander will once again reject Helena, Oberon places a blessings on all the couples that they should live happily ever after.
A witch soon arrives in the castle that reads palms and tells James he would betray his fiancée on their wedding day. He doesn’t listen and the wedding continues. When he is about to put the ring on her finger, the sylphide appears and snatches the ring away from him. She soon runs off into the forest and James chases after her, leaving his fiancée at the altar.
Infatuation causes Helena to lose all sense of dignity, as can be seen when in the woods, she desperately pleads with Demetrius to ?but treat me as your spaniel?. Here, Helena also becomes irrational, obsessed with pursuing Demetrius, though it is obvious that Demetrius is fixated on winning Hermia?s hand in marriage. Helena?s infatuation also causes her to see things from a skewed perspective, for she falsely believes that when she divulges Hermia?s plans for eloping with Lysander, Demetrius? love for Helena will rekindle. As the audience, we know that the most probable course of action for Demetrius upon hearing such news is to pursue Lysander and Hermia, or to report them to Theseus or Egeus. Clearly, infatuation has clouded Helena?s ability to think clearly, and she sees things in her own idealistic way.
In the book “Spelled” by Betsy Schow, Dorthea was angry when her parents forced her to marry someone she disliked. Using the wish she was given by a little girl, she made her wish for all the rules to disappear so she didn’t have to get married. The rules said her parents could make her get married to anyone. The wished failed and the kingdom was destroyed. Her parents were sent to another land and Dorthea has to get them back. The wish let the Gray Witch loose, who is determined to kill Dorthea and take over the Emerald Kingdom. The Gray Witch was locked up because she tried to kill Dorthea’s parents. Through the journey to save the world Dorthea falls in love with Kato, the prince she once disliked and is now a chimera because of her wish,
In Brian Helgeland’s A Knight’s Tale, Sir William Thatcher and Count Adhemar display similar superficial characteristic but are ultimately different in how they portray their traits. To begin, Adhemar is awfully protective of his ego. This is evident when Adhemar forfeits a jousting match against Prince Edward. Adhemar will do anything in his power to protect his dignity because losing a match to the Prince, a royal upper class man far superior to him, is too unbearable and risky for Adhemar to encounter. Thus, withdrawing is the only way to secure Adhemar’s honour as there is no possibility of losing. Furthermore, Thatcher is full of pride. “It’s not in me to withdraw,” states Thatcher when his friends advise him to surrender a match. It is unusual of Thatcher to give up, so everything that he thinks of himself, is lost if he
This revelation is not taken lightly, as it tarnishes John Proctor’s reputation and leads to his arrest. After his confession, John says, “I have made a bell of my honor! I have rung the doom of my good name - you will believe me, Mr. Danforth!” (Miller, The Crucible, 111). However, even Proctor’s powerful statement is not enough to change the trials, and even more importantly, he has set the stage for his own arrest.
... reconciliation between the King and parliament proved futile. The relationship of the King and the parliament had reached its breaking point. With both parties refusing to yield, civil war was imminent.
Firstly, throughout the play Judge Danforth acts with pride and arrogance. At the commencement of act III Judge Danforth voices his view on the ongoing phase of the witchcraft trials by stating that “Do you take it upon yourself to determine what this court shall believe and what it shall set aside?” (Miller 85). Here Danforth establishes an ultimatum to Giles Corey when he comes to defend his wife Martha Corey from the accusation of being a witch. Danforth sarcastically questions Giles Corey whether he has the authority to make any decision on the ongoing matter and thereby silences him. He makes it clear that no one else can determine what and how the court should act. In addition, the tone with which he delivers this dialogue is filled with arrogance as displayed by the movie “The crucible”. Overall, the picture profile of Judge Danforth created while saying these lines reveals his pride and haughtiness. Another instance where Judge Danforth reveals this attitude of his is when he snubs Francis Nurse for questioning his judgment and wisdom during the trials. In return Danforth replies “ And do you know that near four hundred are in jail... upon my signature”(Miller 87) and “ seventy-two condemned to hang by that signature?” (Miller 87). These lines show that Judge Danforth is proud of his actions and his power as a judg...
“How do you call upon Heaven? As well as lying and falsely admitting to being a witch for the sake of saving himself, that there would truly be nothing worth living for, that his ‘good name’ would be blackened. That in the end all the death and sacrifice of his fellow townsmen would all go to waste and only further strengthen and justify the court. The very people who condemned them to their fates.
Danforth’s has too much confidence on his ability to distinguish the truth. His strong puritan beliefs blinds him from reality and considers people who goes against him as suspects. This demonstrated when he says, “But you must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between.” (94). This quotation proves that his decisions on court is mostly bias and he is against anything that violates his puritan beliefs. In addition, he also uses his authority as a Deputy Governor to maintain his reputation. He does not want to accept his mistakes and try to correct it because he does not want his reputation to be tainted. He displays this character by saying, “you misunderstand, sir; I cannot pardon these when twelve are already hanged for the same crime. It is not just.” (129). Danforth is too concerned about his reputation and he is afraid to that he will lose it if he admits that he has made wrong judgements. His bias opinion on what is right plays a vital on the mass hysteria that happened in
Hippolytus is secretly in love with his father’s political prisoner, Aricia, and is almost at the point of losing all of the unloving pride that he is so proud to have maintained all his life. At the same time, his step-mother, Phaedra, is almost at her breaking point of revealing her overwhelming love for her step-son. Just like any normal teenager, Hippolytus craves the relationship with the pretty young girl and is appalled at the thought of the relationship that his step-mother is attempting to pursue. Likewise, in Tartuffe there is a young man, Damise, who longs to marry the sister of his sister’s future husband. Damise’s father, Orgon, calls of the wedding between Damise’s sister and her fiancé, Voliere, and instead tells her she will marry his deceitful guest, Tartuffe. Thus, it becomes impossible for Damise to marry Voliere’s sister and Damise is appalled by the relationship of his sister and Tartuffe. Tartuffe, the hypocrite praised by Orgon, tries to warm up to Orgon’s wife when he is not around, making another forbidden relationship that Damise does not want to
One character that seemed to fall into the social trap of hypocrisy is Judge Danforth. When questioning Mary Warren about her sudden decision to tell the truth, Danforth ridicules Mary when saying, "How were you instructed in your life? Do you not know that God damns all liars?" (94). The Judge sees himself as part of the "elect" which is why he believes everyone else to be ignorant. For this same reason, is unable to see his error in forcing people to lie to save their lives. When Reverend Hale fails in his attempt to pardon the accused, Danforth states, "I cannot pardon these when twelve are already hanged for the same crime. It is not just," (119). Danforth sees himself as high enough in society that he has the God-given gift to decide what will benefit the community. The Judge believes he is showing compassion in deciding what is "just" but is ignorant to the fact that this "justness" only causes unneeded deaths. Danforth's pride causes him to be blind toward his blatant hypocritical accusations.
When Puck mistakenly applies the love potion to Lysander’s eyelids. At this point, both male characters of the main plot have fallen in love with Helena, leaving Hermia out of balance. The struggle of the four lovers is one of the more complicated conflicts in the play. The conflict could have been avoided if Puck had not misused his magic. However, because Puck mistakenly used his magic on Lysander, conflict erupted.
The Reddleman safely returns Thomasin Yeobright, to her aunt, Mrs. Yeobright. Thomasin Yeobright was to be married to Damon Wildeve that day. Mrs. Yeobright takes Thomasin with her to see Wildeve at the inn he owns, to ask for an explanation of why the two did not get married yet. The heath folk, after the bonfire, come to congratulate the supposed newlyweds. After a while, Wildeve gets rid of them and then goes off to see Eustacia Vye. Eustacia Vye watches for Wildeve and sets up a signal fire near her grandfather’s house. Wildeve, who was once her lover, finally arrives.