Father Flynn is he really a man of god or does he have the devil inside him? The play Doubt by Patrick Shanley is based around Sister Aloysius accusation of rape against Father Flynn. Sister Aloysius believes this because after the boy Donald Muller had a private talk with Father Flynn he had alcohol breath. Sister Aloysius tries to prove Father Flynn forced Donald to drink the alcohol to allow him access. While Father Flynn claims he was scolding Donald Muller for drinking alcohol from the altar and didn’t want to reveal what had happened because it would force him to remove Donald Muller from the altar boys. Based on the Evidence in Patrick Shanley’s play, Doubt: A Parable, I conclude Father Flynn is Innocent because of Sister Aloysius fixed opinion and Sister Aloysius belief of human nature. …show more content…
Sister Aloysius has such different views from Father Flynn that she refuses to see any good in him. Due to this she always suspects the worst and, refuses to accept any other explanation. So when she finds out Father Flynn had a private talk with Donald Muller instead of thinking about what is best for the boy Sister Aloysius accuses Father Flynn of rape forcing Flynn to reveal what happened. This accusation not only forced Father Flynn to have to remove Donald Muller from the alter boys being the only group he enjoyed it also removed Father Flynn the only person Donald Muller would look for guidance from his
The play is pretty clear that Father Flynn is innocent. Father Brendan Flynn is a very conservative priest, who wants to help the students. He also tried to make changes such that student would use ball pen and sing frosty the snowman. In the other hand, Sister Aloysius is a progressive nun, who does not like the school to change. Father Flynn caught Donald drinking wine, and to save the boy from getting discharged as an altar boy, he made a promise to Donald to not to tell anyone. Sister Aloysius drove Father Flynn to the point that he had to tell the truth about Donald drinking the altar wine. The church will now have to discharge Donald as an altar boy, which Father Flynn had been trying to avoid this entire time. Before leaving Sister Aloysius’s office, Father Flynn tells her that, “He is displeased with her handling of the situation.”(Shanley 35)
How do Mrs. Ryan and the priest influence Jackie's attitude to religion? "First Confession" is the story of how Jackie, a seven year old boy, makes his first confession before his first communion. The story takes place in Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century and is based on O'Connor's own childhood. It is interesting to see how two opposite characters, Mrs. Ryan and the priest, can influence so much the kid's thoughts: Mrs. Ryan instills fear while the priest helps him to overcome this fear.
Throughout the play, Sister Aloysius contradicts herself in her statements, demonstrating that an audience can’t know what she is thinking. When she first brings up the subject of Donald Muller, Aloysius tells Father Flynn that they “must neither hide Donald Muller, nor put him forward,” in other words, they must treat him differently from the other students (Shanley 30). Yet, when Flynn mentions that he was giving Muller special protections, she insists that Muller “must be held to the same
Firstly, Father Flynn is much more modern than Sister Aloysius would like him to be. Father Flynn suggests that in the Christmas Pageant the school should, “include a secular song” (Shanley 28). The reader is now aware that Father Flynn is not a traditional priest. The reader now thinks that Father Flynn wants to modernize the church. This statement is significant because it reveals the gap in ideals between Father Flynn and Sister Aloysius. Sister Aloysius does not want modern ideas in the church because she thinks that the corrupt the good nature of the current traditions. Also, Father Flynn uses a ballpoint pen. Sister Aloysius found a ballpoint pen in Sister James’s room once and commanded Sister James to take away any ballpoint pens she found because ballpoint pens do not promote good penmanship. Because Father Flynn uses a ballpoint pen, Sister Aloysius has a hatred for Father Flynn. Finally, Father Flynn adds sugar to his tea. While this fact may seem insignificant, it is not that way at all. Sister Aloysius and Sister James do not add sugar to their tea because it is considered sinful. It is more traditional to drink tea without sugar. However, Father Flynn puts three spoons of sugar into his tea. This contemporary style to drinking tea enrages Sister Aloysius because she does not want any modern customs in her
Without finding any evidence to prove her allegations are true against Father Flynn, Sister Aloysius pursues her beliefs. She speaks with Father Flynn saying “You will request a transfer from this parish. You will take a leave of absence until it is granted.” (Shanley 49). By saying this Father Flynn is in fear of his reputation and has nowhere to go to as he tries to convince her to give him mercy. “Please! Are we people? Am I a person flesh and blood like you? Even if you feel certainty, it is an emotion and not a fact”
In order for the play to be defamation, which is defined as “being defamed or slandered” (Defamation), Durang would have had to explicitly lie about Catholicism or claim untrue things to be fact in order to damage the church’s reputation, but his aim was never to hurt the church, it was to bring forward a truth about the church that he experienced firsthand. The now-grown students of Sister Mary paint a vivid picture of the bad conditions in which they were taught in their catholic school. Philomena attests to Sister Mary that “when I didn 't know how to do long division, you slammed my head against the blackboard,” (Durang 404) and Aloysius reminds her that she would never let him go to the bathroom, up to the point where he would wet his pants every day and still has issues with his bladder. Because of Durang’s personal experience with being in a catholic school himself, he most likely draws these examples from experience rather than having made up things about the church. He exaggerated their experiences in order to emphasize his point about Catholicism being hypocritical and enforcing students to blindly follow dogmatic
...der further than what we have in front of us. We want to impose our opinion on everything. We want to relate to it in a way that can only be done through out imagination. So, due to this, when we are not given the flexibility, then the context no longer becomes entertaining. The viewers do not want to be told how to think. Given these points, if they are influenced to believe that Sister Aloysius is a cruel individual like the movie portrays, then at the end of the movie and book when Sister Aloysius says, “ I have doubts! I have such doubts!” they will take that as a confession from her, and be further lead to believe that the accusations against Father Flynn are false. I think John Patrick Shanley chooses specific diction to create a conflict that has no precise resolution,he wanted the reader get lost in story and enter into their own story manifested within.
Prince Leopold is noting things he thinks makes Alyss special. The author conceded that her Beauty was undeniable and that Prince Leopold thought her a delectable puzzle creature. Although Beddor conceded that Alyss is beautiful he also writes about how mature she is according to (Beddor 98). The author implies that Alyss has matured over the years by saying “She would not allow herself to think of him. She had to be realistic the marriage would please her mother. She would do it for her mother,for her family's sake. Alyss has grown up and is now basing her decisions, not from what would make her happy, but what would make her mother happy and that is hard for her. So when Alyss says “The marriage would please her mother”(Beddor 98). She is really trying to convince herself that marrying Prince Leopold is the right thing to do. Despite the fact that, Beddor implies that Alyss is mature he also suggest that she is well-mannered. On page (90 and 97 Beddor) suggests that Alyss is well-mannered by allowing Alyss to say “Yes Mother...Yes father” and “If you think it’s best your highness”. Alyss says “Yes mother” and “Yes Father because she has just realized that she will not be returning home. Since Alyss realized that she will never return to wonderland she decides to make the most of what she got by being nice to the
Alyss’s parents are killed by Redd’s evil army, her father King Nolan was ambushed by Redd’s troops led by her best fighter the Cat and her mother Queen Genevieve was killed by Redd. Alyss was forced to flee Wonderland through the Pool of Tears. She ends up in London and meets a man named Leopold. Leopold proposes to Alyss and she says yes. Whenever she talks about Wonderland they just make fun of her. She said “I had to turn my back on Wonderland.” But on her wedding day she sees Dodge and notices the scar on his face and realizes it’s him. Redd’s troops attack and Dodge defends Alyss and they flee back to Wonderland through the Pool of Tears. She led an army to attack Redd and her forces but they didn’t know if she was capable of leading them. They were all asking “‘But can she lead
In the aftershock of the horrific event at her high school, Alys appears to be an emotional wreck. She fails to comprehend how her brother could act in such a way. Her and her family deal with reporters lined up in their driveway, and people distrusting their family, despite the fact that it was Alys’ brother who was at fault and not his family. For example, Alys’ boyfriend Ben had always been at her side no matter what. But after the tragedy and the fact that Luke had shot his little sister, Katie, Ben’s family even threatened Alys and her parents to stay away from them at all costs.
John Patrick Shanley creates a movie as a whole I feel was more informative than the play. In the play you have 4 characters Sister Aloysius, Father Flynn, Sister James, and Mrs. Muller. While the movie introduces a few other characters, for instance the children. For me the children made a difference because they for one made me understand what kind of kids Sister James was dealing with. I really thought that being able to see the way Father Flynn interacted with all of the young boys including Donald Muller was really helpful when trying to draw your conclusion of Father Flynn versus when reading it your left to imagine for instance; what some of the kids are like. The way the book sets you up your left leaning to Father Flynn being exactly what Sister Aloysius accuses him to be. We also get to see how sister James interacts with the kids and how Sister Aloysius influences her to change the way she deals with and teaches her class.
In the beginning of the novel, Alyss is characterized as immature, ingenious, and troublesome. The author portrayed Alyss as immature when she states ‘“It’s pretty good, I suppose,”
Over the course of the play, Albus completes the archetypal hero cycle. His call to action comes in the form of a plea for help from a stranger. Delphi asks indirectly asks Albus to bring her cousin back from the dead by changing the course of time. Once he hears this, Albus is set into action, advancing to the next step. He gains a follower by recruiting his best, and only, friend, Scorpius, who reluctantly agrees to tag along. Once, Albus and Scorpius make their plan, they cross the threshold by exiting through a train window and immediately face their first task. The trolley lady confronts them on the roof of the train and transforms into a sort of monster. Once they get past her, Albus and his companion face many other tasks ranging from a fight with a bookcase to attempting to change one aspect of the past without destroying the world as they know it. Eventually, after the tests have all been tackled and mostly go wrong in some way, they discover that Delphi has been deceiving them all along and is actually evil. Upon this realization, the two teens get their parents and other adults involved through another test, and prepare for the epic battle, going back to the day when Harry’s parents were killed. They wait for Delphi to appear and once she does, she gains the upper hand over the adults.
... Nonetheless, the signs also point to Father Flynn hurting him, because he was violating him. People’s assumptions are based upon personal experience and gut feeling, also on their upbringing; nature and nurture. Shanley uses inference in this play to create doubt in the audience’s minds'. The verdict is never in, on Flynn; guilty or not guilty. Shanley’s audience is left to be the jury.
Father Flynn tells Sister Aloysius, “Even if you feel certainty, it is an emotion and not a fact.” I think he means that without concrete evidence, you cannot rely on your emotions for the truth. In Father Flynn’s sermon he discusses doubt and truth. He says, “Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty.” Sister Aloysius treats her doubt as the truth, and ignores any uncertainty she has. Throughout the story, Father Flynn denies and wrong doing and cites that there is no evidence of any misconduct. Doubt becomes battle with two viewpoints. When questions are asked, they are answered with more questions, leading to more