In "Doubt: A Parable"," both Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn are the antithesis of each other. Father Flynn seems to be amiable, open-minded, and flexible, while Sister Aloysius appears to be a rigid, conservative and doctrinaire. However, at the end of the play, they both change into the person th...
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...
Doubt: A Parable, written by John Patrick Shanley, is a play that takes place at a Catholic School in the Bronx in 1964. The story is focused on the principle of St. Nicholas, Sister Aloysius, and her suspicions of Father Flynn, a well-liked priest of the school. Sister Aloysius is certain that Fa...
