Posted in Authenticity, Implication of the Master, conscience, family, hierarchy, passion on Jun 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Implication of the master- In class, we have discussed at length the importance of the hierarchy in early American society. Rebelling against a master is a small treason. Barrick has an irreverent attitude, however, and does not pander to that tradition. He describes his first master only briefly, but it is [...]
Posted in Infallible, divine, god, hierarchy, performance, power, spectacle, theatrical on May 29th, 2007 1 Comment »
Infallible: immune from error because of ties to the church or God
According to the introduction to Pillars of Salt, the Christian state was comfortable playing the role of God and revoking life. Those responsible for Morgan’s death described it not as an execution but as his life being “turn’d off” by God. [...]
acceptance accomplice account acquittal adaptation admonishent admonishment affection Alibi alliance ambiguity Authenticity awful sin believing blame body bravery brutal creation charity childlike community confession conscience Consistency conspire conversion convictions counsel courage covetous crime Cruelty curiosity curious death deceit degrade demonstration denial deprived desert deserve diagnostic disguise dishonor disobedience distrust divine dollars donor drinking dungeon duty education enmity envy escape eternal excessiveness experience experiment family fatality fear fear of God fixation flame Flash Phrases force forgiveness Foucault friend gentlemen god grace guilt habitual Happy harshness help hierarchy holy honesty Humanization humiliation ignomonious ignorant illegitimate Implication of the Master Impurity inconsequence inconsequential individual industrious Infallible innocence instill intention Intrigue Jealous jollity judge justice justification lenity liberty life list love of money lust marriage merciless mercy metamorphosis minister mischief misrule Molly money money-maker monster murder naturally nature nocturnal excursion notorious number organized pain paradox pardon parents pariah participate passion pathetic peace performance Personalization Pilfering pirate politics pollution poverty power pride prison profession Propoganda psychotic public publicity quintalis Reality Recompense regret repentance repression resistance retribution return Ritual Robbery routine ruthless salvation scourge secrecy Seducer of Souls sermon servant sin sincerity soul spectacle spirit stage stealing stupidity submission sucky sympathy systematic terror theatrical theatrics todo torture touched transformation tremble trial truth unconcern unrepentant Unwilling vagabond vengeance venturesome villain visibility wages war warning weakness wicked wickedness woman women wrath youth
