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- 681: The Second Coming: Analysis
- ... or evil. The metaphor demonstrates Yeats’ socio-religious idea that because mankind has lost order, morality, and obedience to God, the Second Coming might not bring about a new beginning, but rather the end of Christianity. Through these metaphors, Yeats highlights his socio-religious belief that the breakdown of societal morals has reached the point where even the anticipated “Second Coming” is questioned as to whether it will be a positive ...
- 682: Capital Punishment - Injustice
- ... Cases.” Boston University Law Review 75 (1995): 768-69. Cavanagh, Suzanne, and David Teasley. “Capital Punishment: A Brief Overview.” CRS Report For Congress 95-505GOV (1995): 4. Frame, Randy. “A Matter Of Life and Death.” Christianity Today 14 Aug. 1995: 50 Grisham, John. The Chamber. New York: Island Books, 1994. Stewart, David O. “Dealing with Death.” American Bar Association Journal 80.11 (1994): 50 Tabak, Ronald J. “Report: Ineffective Assistance of ...
- 683: Emily Dickinson: Individuality
- ... Amherst Academy. After attending Amherst Academy with many other conscientious thinkers, and after reading many of Emerson’s essays, she began to develop into a free willed person. Many of her friends had converted to Christianity. Her family was also putting an enormous amount of pressure for her to convert. No longer the submissive youngster she would not bend her will on such issues as religion, literature, and personal associations. She ...
- 684: E. M. Forster
- ... use of the same character traits is most likely part of the fact that all of Forster's themes seem to remain constant. "Forster's three major themes are: salvation through love, deficiency of traditional Christianity, and repressiveness of English culture." (Marowski, 130). This overuse of these themes is the major criticism of Forster. His story line had quiet wit, a lyrical streak, and imaginative sympathy. His works were once criticized ...
- 685: Blake's "London" and "The Garden of Love"
- ... felt when seeing this image of the garden being filled with death. Death is symbolizing the inadequacies of the Church during this time. What is most disturbing is that Blake was a renowned religious man: "Christianity was beautiful to him. . . accepted even more because it satisfied his love of spiritual beauty. . ." (Alexander Gilchrist 13:164). The next line extends the violent imagery of death and decay as the ". . .tomb-stones where ...
- 686: Beowulf: The Ultimate Hero
- ... heart" and "make you my son too..." When a heroic deed is done such as Beowulf has done, it is common practice for them to accept you into their family. Once again, the influence of Christianity shows in Hrothgar's speech to Beowulf. It was the "Almighty" who sent Beowulf and it was "with the Lord's help" that Beowulf was able to defeat Grendel. Hrothgar wants to make it known ...
- 687: Emerson
- ... the students to learn from life, know the past through books, and express themselves through actions. On July 15, 1838, Emerson gives another address at Harvard "The Divinity School Address." In it, he rejected "historical Christianity" for a "religion founded in nature." Emerson's best written work was done between 1836 and 1860. His first book, "Nature," was published on September 9, 1836. It was about the main principles of Transcendentalism ...
- 688: Christian Morals in Beowulf
- ... is also evident that the original story dealt with the concept of a higher being or beings. The overriding christian view has many facets and deals with them all as a new way of proposing christianity into the theme of the story. The reason that Grendel becomes outraged is that the bard in the mead hall is singing a song that has to do with creation. This shows Grendel's apparent ...
- 689: Hawaiian Music
- ... passed down in Indonesia. The dancers were trained from when they were very young because of the complex intricacies of the dance. When the missionaries came and some of Hawaii’s leaders were converted to Christianity, the hula became banned because it was seen as “filthy and licentious” meaning of course that they thought it was too sensual because the dancers were topless. The dancers of the hula were not only ...
- 690: Aztec Mythology: Quetzalcoatl
- ... priest is based on pre-Columbian contact between the Old World and the new. The early western explorers of Mexico tended to see parallels between the pious nature of the High priest Topiltzin and early Christianity. Many early chroniclers in Mexico, among these; Garcia, Becerra Tanco, and Siguenza y Gongora, believed that the Apostle St. Thomas was the original Topiltzin. These authors base their assumptions that the cross was in Mexico ...
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