Film Analysis: Doubt By John Patrick Shanley

Sister Aloysius finds it odd that Father

His flaws have started to prevail over his mind but he holds strong This is a serious burden as father Flynn struggles to meet the criteria for being good. Throughout the movie, the nun named sister Aloysius constantly views Father Flinn as a curse to her church. Flynn shows his attentiveness to the church by preaching to the people and connecting with the boys. He’s a mentor and coach

‘Oh! My dear sweet Lord Jesus asleep in a manger! What we goin’ to do now?’” (Steinbeck 413) The whole family is confused.

First off, Father Flynn is being victimized by the fixated principal Sister Aloysius. She accuses him of inappropriately having relations with a child. Every action Father Flynn makes, Sister Aloysius seems to have a certain reprisal for his decision. Sister James, the history teacher for the 8th graders realizes that Sister Aloysius is adjudging Father Flynn’s opinions and calls her out on it: You just don’t like him!

Aloysius tells Flynn she called a nun from his past, and: “found out his prior history of infringements” (Shanley 58). This causes Father Flynn to leave the church, which shows some doubt in the case between purity and wrongdoings. This position is flawed not only because she was lying, but also the made up infringements could just be other mistakes. Again, there is no evidence that his histories of violations are sexual assaults. Instead, they might be relationships with nuns, breaking of the Church Laws, or just a speeding ticket.

Throughout John Patrick Shanley’s play Doubt, Sister Aloysius tries to expose the truth about how Father Flynn could be having an inappropriate relationship with Donald Muller. Sister Aloysius becomes aware of this possibly inappropriate relationship after Sister James tells Sister Aloysius that Father Flynn had a private meeting with Donald. Then, Sister Aloysius talks to many people to see if her speculations are true, and by doing that, she hopes that the truth will cause Father Flynn to leave St. Nicholas. After reading the play Doubt, I believe that Father Flynn is having an inappropriate relationship with Donald Muller because of Father Flynn’s behaviors and Sister Aloysius’ conversations with many

This last sermon transmits back to the relationship between Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn on how Sister Aloysius gossiping could affect Father Flynn career as a Priest. In his sermons, Father Flynn says, “Now I want you to go back and gather every last feather that flew out in the wind… It cannot be done father. I do not know where they went; the wind took them all over” (Shanley 36). The feather represents the gossip and how when the feather is released into the wind, no would know where the feather went or to whom the feather reached. Father Flynn explains how it is impossible to take back your actions once you have committed to them by giving the example of a feather from his sermon.

As “the patient” continues his journey choosing whether to be faithful or not, Wormwood, being the amateur “tempter” he is, fails to give clear direction to “the patient.” “[Temporary success] has gone to your head…” (Lewis 21). A tempter’s, such as Wormwood, biggest task is to continue keeping their patient straying away from Christianity their whole lives. However, Wormwood, getting caught up in mini success along the way, let it get to him and becomes his own stumbling block.

In 2015, HBO aired a six-part, true crime documentary series titled, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst. Writer and director, Andrew Jarecki, examined the details of three crimes associated with Durst, including the disappearance of Durst’s first wife Kathy, the murder of his dear friend, Susan, and the murder and dismemberment of his neighbor, Morris Black. While the mini-series was met with acclaim, many – including myself – criticize The Jinx for its storytelling approach. The series seemingly blurs the lines of storytelling – for entertainment purposes – and journalism; raising many questions regarding ethics. Initially, Durst approached Jarecki regarding an interview after he saw All Good Things, a film Jarecki had released

After reading this passage, the reader is informed of the scary, ‘out of the blue’ situation which includes the protagonist, Paul Fisher. The sinkhole incident that is described by similes, affects how Paul sees his town, Tangerine; and not in a beneficial

Father Flynn also tries to stop and changer direction in his conversation with the Sisters. If Flynn had nothing to hide he should have just told the Sisters the truth. Flynn stands and tells the Sisters that he does not wish to continue the conversation when in my opinion; he should try to clear his name here and now. I believe whether or not he abused the boys in the Nicholas school, he definitely had a secret to hide. Sister Aloysius lied and told Father Flynn that she had called his last parish and she spoke to one of the nuns.

Sometimes one might think they are doing the right thing despite everyone else telling them otherwise. This can easily be seen in Doubt, a play written by John Patrick Shanley. In this play, Sister Aloysius starts to suspect that Father Brendan Flynn is starting to become incredibly intimate with one of the students at the school though she has no evidence say that it is true or not. Based on what little evidence she had and her overall attitude towards his smaller habits, I believe that he is innocent and that Sister Aloysius is making a false claim.

I don’t want to see that.” (Shanley 17). Flynn had a weird obsession with how clean nails are. He told the boys that he had a friend when he was younger that had dirty nails and he died. Father Flynn loved teaching all of his boys but he cared

He could imagine his deception of this town “nestled in a paper landscape,” (Collins 534). This image of the speaker shows the first sign of his delusional ideas of the people in his town. Collins create a connection between the speaker’s teacher teaching life and retired life in lines five and six of the poem. These connections are “ chalk dust flurrying down in winter, nights dark as a blackboard,” which compares images that the readers can picture.

In Wayne Johnston’s novel, The Divine Ryans the Momary dreams are significant because they represent much of what the novel is about. The dreams signify sexuality, secrecy, and Draper Doyle coming-of-age. Draper Doyle is visited by the ghost of his father and these visitations are always followed by the dreams of Momary. The connection between the ghost and the dreams signify Draper’s repressed memories. It is through these dreams that Draper is able to uncover those memories and ultimately save his family.