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- 261: The Merchant Of Venice
- ... made [her] a Christian (Pg. 63, lines 17-18). Launcelot also jokingly tells her that making of Christians will raise the price of hogs (Pg. 63, lines 21-22). The reason why Jessica converts to Christianity is because she was unhappy being a Jew, feeling that it brought despair and grief for her. There are times when a religion is not fulfilling to a person s religious need. In Jessica s case, she feels that Christianity has more to offer than staying a Jew. During the play s time, which was the age of Renaissance, blindness was a common flaw and was seen throughout its society. Men were blind toward women ...
- 262: Song For Simeon
- ... the change toward modernity is on the horizon at the time "A Song for Simeon" was written. The image of asking God to console the people of Israel (the Jewish people) before the birth of Christianity, is a metaphor for the way the speaker would like to be consoled before the changes in his future. The fourth stanza also begins with a biblical reference. "According to thy word / They shall praise ... represent the Judeo-Christian split after the death of Christ. Perhaps the speaker is conveying that he believes the changes in the future are likely to have an impact as large as the birth of Christianity. It also may represent that the speaker believes the people in the era to come will not believe in God, and religion will die or become much less common. The lack of concrete statements in ...
- 263: Periods Of English Literature
- ... literature back then consisted of songs, sang by bards, who embellished the story with every telling. It was only in later years that the tales were written down. This came about during the reign of Christianity, where the monks had tried to write down all of the tales that the bards sang, the ancient folk tales of the Anglo-Saxons. The monks also tried to infuse the Anglo-Saxons with a love for Christianity, where the heroes were Christ and his Apostles, by writing poetry such as “Cinewulf”, “The Dream of the Rood” and “Elene”. It was a monk, in fact, who wrote down the tale ...
- 264: Lord Of The Flies As A Religio
- ... most people think about when they hear this name? The Devil, Satan himself... Lord of the Flies is an allegeory showing the fight between Christian and Pagan values. The character that more than anyone represetns Christianity in the book is Simon. The first time you read through the story, he is probably the character that is the hardest to describe and find a purpose for. He is different and does not ... of their prey, THey leave meat so that the Beast shall like them and leave them alone. The most abstract and symbolic incident in the book occurs when Simon sees this sacrifice. The symbol of Christianity, and what is good, meets the symbol of the Devil, and all that is evil. We know that SImon is only hallucinating because of his epilepsy, but a lot of what he sees make sense ...
- 265: Loneliness=craziness In Robins
- ... talk to, someone to share his thoughts with and help him out. To fulfill his desires of wanting company, Crusoe decides to let God become his companion. He starts to read the Bible and learn Christianity. Defoe seems to be a very strong believer in God. He believes that God’s providence shapes the lives of all men and that any unusual circumstances or misfortunes that occur happen because that is ... contained a great amount of Catholicism. Crusoe becomes a good Christian during his lonely stay on the deserted island and he also converts his companion Friday when he arrives on the island from cannibalism to Christianity. Crusoe believes that God put him on the island because that was his fate and that he must be happy with what God has chosen for him. This is the reason why Crusoe looks at ...
- 266: Dantes Reconciliation Of A Lov
- ... demonstrating the concept of operant conditioning. He is punishing those who sin and rewarding those who have excepted God's grace and, therefore, are refraining from sin. The Inferno was written in accordance to orthodox Christianity, which is outlined in the Bible. The Bible states many times that evildoers will be punished. Many characteristics of Dante's hell, such as weeping, pain, burning flames, and eternal punishment are mentioned in the ... and gory detail described are merely creations of the author. God, however, being omnipotent and knowledgeable, knows the shortcomings of man. The promise of eternal paradise is not always enough to convert a man to Christianity, which leads to salvation. Therefore, God uses His wrath to instill fear into a man who has fallen onto the wrong path, such as Dante. Dante, the writer, reconciles this action with God's character ...
- 267: Dracula
- ... weeping after his wife in the next scene. Then the priest comes and tells Dracula that his wife would not be sanctified due to the fact that she should not have committed suicide according to Christianity. And it happens all at that point where he denies god and pierces the cross by saying "I will raise from my own death." Blood flows out of the cross and he is cursed by ... and the bad. Consequently, Dracula dies but the curse on him is lifted. If we concentrate on Dracula as a figure, we note the anti-christ theme after he’s been cursed by God. For Christianity, Dracula is exacly what Christ isn’t. He is often referred as the son of the devil. He portrays the sinner that has once followed the God’s path. This makes up the religious part ...
- 268: Mimosa
- ... now Lucia clutches to religion in hopes to better express herself through one of the few things she does, poetry. Lucia explores many religions looking for this type of explanation and hope. She searches from Christianity to the ancient mythology. It is quit plausible that indirectly she is searching for a savior, searching for Jesus, which we gather from her faith to religion as well as when we are told; I ... distant to herself....she wished to remain as herself and win the love of her father with what she was, not as a cheap imitation of his favorite child. Though she had her faith toward Christianity and mocked Lucia for her exploration into other various religions, she herself eventually found herself unconsciously slowly becoming into what she has dreaded for so very long, she started to begin to be influenced by ...
- 269: Historical Significance Of Beo
- ... a great leader. Crucial to understanding the importance of Beowulf's place in society is the ideas of Christian and pagan thought found within the poem's twelve episodes. Most obvious are the references to Christianity. These points are easily recognizable by the mentions of there existing one God. Many quotes from the text are evidence of this. When Beowulf and his men arrived safely on the shore, "they thanked God ... of Beowulf, exemplifies the teachings of both beliefs in society. The third and fourth major characters in Beowulf are Grendel and his Mother. This monster, Grendel, also exhibits characteristics common to both pagan thought and Christianity. Direct mentions are made of Grendel being a descendant of the Biblical figure, Cain. By alluding to these similarities, the author is describing Grendel as chaotic and his presence being evidence of the presence of ...
- 270: The Beak Of The Finch
- ... explained most geological sediments and fossils. (Gillispie, 1960, 299) It appears that Darwin and Lyell were kindred spirits since Darwin had admitted that the Genesis Flood was one of the teachings which kept him from Christianity. The author's misinformation on Darwin here is relatively minor. It perhaps suggests that the author wants his reader to convert from religious belief, too, but the detail itself is not that significant. Perhaps the ... effect of the book much at all unless he is suggesting that Darwin is deceiving us in his autobiography. Indeed, one impression from reading Darwin's autobiography is that even though he gradually changed from Christianity to universalism to deism to atheism, he remained a man of conscience.5 How The Beak Attempts to Rewrite History The second historical misstatement in The Beak is downright misleading. In fact, it changes the ...
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