Big Question Related to Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts:
Blood Brothers is a science fiction story about three boys who have unlocked an evil demon and are now forced to destroy it. At the time the demon was released, the boys were only ten years old and were oblivious to the fact that their actions would result in such a dangerous outcome. Are the boys accountable for this wrong-doing? The boys were forced to live with this decision for the rest of their lives, punished by the decision made in their ignorance, is this fair? Should the ignorant be counted as innocent?
Big Question Related to Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky:
Crime and Punishment depicts the murder of two women and the consequences a man endures for having committed the crime. In the mind of this insane man, the murders were not wrong, but were his duty to society. Is this character guilty of a sin even though he thought he was doing the right thing?
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
Is an act wrong when the person does not know it is wrong?
Big Question Related to Ghosts:
Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen shows the example of a character, Oswald, who fell in love with a girl named Regina. Oswald later discovers that Regina is his half sister. Does this new knowledge make Oswald's decision wrong? At the time of committing the action, Oswald had no reason to believe he was doing something gross, is he guilty?
Related to Oedipus Rex:
Oedipus Rex depicts a young man that murders his father and marries his mother. At the time, Oedipus does not know that it is his mother he is marrying, so is it still wrong? Being ignorant, he is also innocent. The murder of his father was done in cold blood and was an act committed in knowledge that it was wrong. However, Oedipus thought this act was justified because he was royalty, does that make the crime excusable?
Related to Tortilla Curtain:
The Tortilla Curtain begins with the description of an event tragic to two parties. Delaney and Candido run into each other one hot summer day while Candido is traveling to his home in the hills and Delaney set for a hike. When Delaney hits Candido with his car he offers him $20 to cover the damages. However, Delaney is unaware of the severe pain Candido is forced to endure and the amount of work he is forced to miss because of the accident. Does not knowing the extent of the damage excuse Delaney from not offering further help to the victim of this accident?
Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen shows the example of a character, Oswald, who fell in love with a girl named Regina. Oswald later discovers that Regina is his half sister. Does this new knowledge make Oswald's decision wrong? At the time of committing the action, Oswald had no reason to believe he was doing something gross, is he guilty?
Related to Oedipus Rex:
Oedipus Rex depicts a young man that murders his father and marries his mother. At the time, Oedipus does not know that it is his mother he is marrying, so is it still wrong? Being ignorant, he is also innocent. The murder of his father was done in cold blood and was an act committed in knowledge that it was wrong. However, Oedipus thought this act was justified because he was royalty, does that make the crime excusable?
Related to Tortilla Curtain:
The Tortilla Curtain begins with the description of an event tragic to two parties. Delaney and Candido run into each other one hot summer day while Candido is traveling to his home in the hills and Delaney set for a hike. When Delaney hits Candido with his car he offers him $20 to cover the damages. However, Delaney is unaware of the severe pain Candido is forced to endure and the amount of work he is forced to miss because of the accident. Does not knowing the extent of the damage excuse Delaney from not offering further help to the victim of this accident?
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