Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 Scene 9 Themes All Themes Moral Responsibility Power and Accountability Doubt and Uncertainty Tradition vs. Change Doubt - Scene 8, Part 1 Summary & Analysis. Scene 6 Summary. This section contains 1,162 words This Study Guide consists of approximately 64 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Doubt. Print Word PDF. Father Flynn preaches another sermon, this one on the evils of gossip. John Patrick Shanley. He recounts a parable about a woman who had bad dreams about being judged by God for being a gossip, and who was told by her priest to stand on the roof of her house, rip open a feather pillow, scatter the feathers to the wind, and then go about picking them all up. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 Scene 9 Themes All Themes Moral Responsibility Power and Accountability Doubt and Uncertainty Tradition vs. Change