Don't discuss something you've never fully "seen"
John Keats was not blind. It was John Milton, for a period.
John Milton was blind. He wrote "Paradise Lost"- one of his masterpieces during his blindness...
John Proctor is often viewed as a complex character embodying both moral and ethical dimensions. He struggles with his own guilt and flaws, particularly his infidelity, yet ultimately demonstrates a strong moral compass by refusing to falsely confess to witchcraft, even at the cost of his life. His actions reflect a commitment to truth and integrity, highlighting his ethical stance against societal pressures and injustice. In the end, Proctor's choice to uphold his principles defines him as a fundamentally moral individual.
In Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible," John Proctor expresses that he has "no tongue" for hypocrisy. This reflects his disdain for the dishonesty and moral duplicity he sees in the Salem community, especially in the context of the witch trials. Proctor struggles with his own guilt and the moral compromises he has made, leading him to reject falsehood and stand for truth, even at great personal cost.
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In John Godfrey Saxe's "The Blind Men and the Elephant," each man touches a different part of the elephant (such as the trunk, tusk, or tail) and forms a limited understanding of the animal based on their individual experience. The poem serves as a metaphor for how different perspectives can lead to incomplete truths.
So oft in theologic wars,The disputants, I ween,Rail on in utter ignoranceOf what each other mean,And prate about an ElephantNot one of them has seen!More often than not people will talk and dispute subjects about which they have absolutely no knowledge.
None of the men actually experienced these things; they just thought they had.
It's a poem called "The Blind Men and the Elephant". It starts out "It was six men of Industan to learning much inclined/who went to see the elephant though each of them was blind." It's by John Godfrey Saxe. See attached link. Many versions exist of it in prose forms.
It is difficult to find references - just about all occurrences of the poem on the Internet only give the author's birth and death year (1816-1887). The only references I found give either 1872 and 1873.
John Godfrey Saxe died in 1887.
John Godfrey Saxe was born in 1816.
John Henry Godfrey was born in 1888.
John Henry Godfrey died in 1970.
John Trevor Godfrey was born in 1922.
John Trevor Godfrey died in 1958.
John Godfrey was born on 1942-12-19.