John Patrick Shanley's, "Doubt," is a parable, that dramatizes the issue of inappropriate relations within the Catholic Church. ... Although the concept of, "innocent until proven guilty," is ignored in Shanley's parable; it is implied that Father Flynn may be hiding a faulty action because he requested to transfer to a different church facility in the end of the play. ... Shanley's parable cautions his viewers with a moral lesson of how vulnerability plays a crucial role between ambiguity and certainty which then leaves the audience w...

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