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- 381: Utopia
- ... author is in effect to surrender at the outset any hope of determining what that intent was. More nevertheless takes considerable pain by mean of two devices to draw the Utopian commonwealth as near to Christianity as his literary form will let him. More is in a sense recapitulating, in a sense reversing, the historical development of the Christian faith itself More's reconstruction of a philosophy and a religion for ...
- 382: The Crucible
- ... could get you hanged unless you confessed to having had contact with the Devil. After all, only the Devil could lend such powers of visible transport to confederates, in his everlasting plot to bring down Christianity. Naturally, the best proof of the sincerity of your confession was your naming others whom you had seen in the Devil company--an invitation to private vengeance, but made of official by the seal of ...
- 383: Assimilation of the Native Americans
- ... or, if a Native got a University degree, his status would be taken away. Church Influences The churches also had a big part in assimilating Natives. William Duncan was among the missionaries who believed that Christianity was best for the Natives The churches wanted to convert all Natives and abolish Native culture, this was when the potlatches were prohibited . The potlatch prohibition is easily one of the most monstrous acts of ...
- 384: Tennessee Williams - Outcasts In His Plays
- ... can be placed: first are sexual outcasts who, like the playwright, offer insight into Williams's feelings about his own sexuality; second are religious outcasts, who are vehicles for the playwright's commentary on contemporary Christianity; and third, fugitive outcasts, whose flight reflects Williams's own insecurity and alienation. These categories loosely reflect those noted by T.E. Kalem, in his examination of Williams's work: "the odd, the lonely, the ...
- 385: A Developmental Study of Alex in Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
- ... serpent convinced eve to disobey her god and to eat an apple from the tree of life, thus causing man to not be eternal, and for woman's childbirth to be complex and painful. In Christianity, the snake is the originator of sin. Alex feels that he is the modern bringer of sin. Alex often finds himself in many situations where he is surrounded with scenes of graphic sex or some ...
- 386: Art
- ... wonders and the world along with the naturalness, movement and structure of the human form. They give these an order which enables us to see and understand the past and past life with greater depth. Christianity spread slowly throughout the western world, becoming an official religion of the roman empire in the fourth century. By this time, the empire was falling apart, so there was a stiff and formal style of ...
- 387: Rocking Horse Winner
- ... and it contained a great amount of Catholicism. Crusoe becomes a good Christian during his lonely stay on the deserted island and converts his companion Friday when he arrives on the island from cannibalism to Christianity. Crusoe has been placed on this barren island as a punishment for his sins (disobeying his father) and for leaving his middle station of life. Being lonely, home stricken and afraid has allowed Robinson Crusoe ...
- 388: Finland
- ... total. Nearly all of the remainder speaks Finnish; the language is an important nationalist feature, although it is spoken in strong regional dialects. The Sami-speaking minority in the extreme north numbers some 6,000. Christianity entered Finland from both the west and the east as early as the 12th century. The great majority of the people belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church, a national church whose bishops are nominated by ...
- 389: Pocahontas
- ... Pocahontas remained Argalls prisoner for one year afterward. During this time, she became aquatinted with John Rolfe, a pious widower noted as the first colonist to grow tobacco as a crop. Pocahontas converted to Christianity and took the name Rebecca. She then married Rolfe in April of 1614 and from that time forward was known as Rebecca Rolfe. It is uncertain as to why Pocahontas was wed to John Rolfe ...
- 390: God In The Details
- ... mean, this is Jesus Christ we are talking about. How could anyone expect the Son of God to be simple and easily understandable? There are also other mysteries surrounding the Life of Jesus Christ, and Christianity in general. I believe that some answers will never be found, and it is these mysteries that make religion much more interesting.
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