Last week we had to write an essay on how "The Crucible" focused on the theme of redemption and explain the examples we used. I heard someone say, "That was the worst essay I have ever written," and another said, "I feel like I'm repeating myself." Why was writing that essay so difficult for most of us? Is it possibly because we do not really know what redemption truly means since we don't usually use the word in everyday parlance nor experience it? Well, the truth is that redemption is a big part of Catholicism. The meaning of redemption in light of the religion is "the restoration of man from the bondage of sin to the liberty of the children of God through the satisfactions and merits of Christ." (www.newadvent.org) This basically means that Jesus sacrificed his life on the cross to redeem the world of humanity's sinfulness.
For a better understanding of the term in relation to Christ, click on the link below.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12677d.htm
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I understand what you are trying to say here sir, but who or what exactly are you referring in the first sentence? Who is we? Are you referring to someone or another group of people not mentioned in this post? My apologies for asking, but I am having quite the conundrum trying to figure this out.
ReplyDeleteThat is a good point about redemption in "The Crucible." But, LaMar has a point. It sounds like you are writing this blog to a certain group of people, possibly a high school class of some sort. Next time address your blog to the world so that people like myself, who happen to stumble upon it, won't feel discouraged to post.
ReplyDeleteI think that if I had to write this essay it would have difficult for me as well. I personally don't use or hear the word "redemption" frequently, so a good definition or explanation of the word escapes me. I think that the more we incorporate words into our everyday vocabulary, the more we being to understand their meanings. That is, of course, if we use the words correctly.
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ReplyDeleteMaybe these people who felt like they were repeating themselves were facing these frustrations because they did not fully understand the aspected of redemption in "the Crucible" in the first place.
ReplyDeleteOn the contrary, we may not use the word "redemption" but we experience it in one form or another in everyday life. Forgiveness and liberation are other forms of a kind of redemption.
Also, redemption is not only a Catholic concept nor is it strictly a religious one. People of all different faiths, from Buddhists to Mormans to agnostics, have some sort of understanding of a form of redemption. Salvation may not neccessarily deal with achieving absolution from a benevolent creator but still is relevent to all walks of life.