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A 5 page essay in which the writer argues from the stance of how an Amish or Mennonite teacher might approach teaching Macbeth to Amish students. The writer uses this as a springboard to a discussion about Amish life in general and its advantages over life in mainstream culture. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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in this speech perfectly expresses a nihilistic perspective on life. To Macbeth, life has become nothing but a brief period of disillusionment, a "brief candle" that lights a play of
shadows that is "struts" for just an hour on the stage before passing into oblivion. Macbeth states that life is a tale, "Told by an idiot, full of sound and
fury, / Signifying nothing" (Act V, Scene V). It can be argued that this nihilism has become representative of modern life in this skeptical modern world, where many people
have lost the roots of religion and family, which kept previous generations centered in their world perspective. The culture of the Amish and the Mennonites stands in stark contrast with
this sort of negativism. While in the public school system, teachers are prohibited by constitutional prohibitions from incorporating religious instruction into their lessons, Amish and Mennonite teachers, who
are instructing student in private schools, are not limited by these restrictions. While any instructor can approach Macbeth from the orientation that Macbeths overwhelming ambition blocked out every other
consideration in his life and caused his downfall, the Amish or Mennonite instructor, who works in a private school, is not restricted from incorporating lessons about the Amish culture within
this framework. The Amish and the Mennonites are the antithesis of Macbeths nihilism, as these Anabaptist congregations reject the world and all that Macbeth coveted. The Amish reject
all modern technology and conveniences, such as cars and electricity. This is because the Amish believe that such modernity leads to sins such as excessive pride (Amish Government). In the
novel The Tender Herb, which features Amish life, one of the primary debates that occupies the fictional Amish community in the book concerns whether or not Amish farmers should use
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