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- 801: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... In 1837, he gave a well-known address called "The American Scholar" in which he outlined his philosophy of humanism. A year later, he gave another address, called "The Divinity School Address." This argued about Christianity at that time for being too traditional and ritualistic in its ways. These methods didn't fill the people's spiritual need. Emerson showed his liking under a new religion founded by nature. Truly, by ...
- 802: Mystical Caves Used Throughout
- ... the Nymphs of the Wellsprings. It is were his treasures are placed upon reaching Ithaka. Although this location never becomes familiar to Odysseus, the treasure kept inside is symbolic of the caves fertility. In Christianity as well, a legend exists in which Jesus was tempted by the devil in a cave upon the Mount of Temptation. Jesus was also eventually buried in a cave after being taken down from the ...
- 803: Papyrus
- ... the quotidian affairs of government, commerce, and personal life in much the same way that modern records do. From the papyri, moreover, have come abundant new works of religious literature not only for Judaism and Christianity but also for traditional Greek and Roman cults, for Manicheism, and for the early history of Islam. The papyri are also our most important source for the actual working of law in ancient societies. . In ...
- 804: No Sugar
- ... the white authority and will stand up for herself and people at any given time. Through the use of the character's names within the text Davis has been able to make symbolic references to Christianity. For example Jimmy's middle name "Emanuel" is Hebrew for "god is with us and the character Joe is short for "Joeseph" who eventually has a child with another character named "Mary". Davis has done ...
- 805: Journey Of The Magi
- T.S. Eliots Journey of the Magi This Christmas poem is about the Epiphany and was created the very year of Eliots conversion to Christianity (Fleisner, 66). Therefore the theme of religion is an important one if we are to analyse the poem correctly. In the book of Ephesians in the Bible, Paul describes the rebirth of the world upon ...
- 806: Young Goodman Brown
- ... hair. The speaking figure's "once angelic nature" vs. his "despairing awfulness" further underscores the dualistic nature of the story. The Norton Anthology describes the difficulties that the dominant writers of the period had with Christianity and Calvinism (p 394). Hawthorne's attitudes are no doubt partially a reaction to the Puritan mores of the era. There was no room in between the extremes of good and evil for individuals to ...
- 807: Slavery
- ... using Black slaves. They could be caught easily because of their color and they could be bought and kept until they died. "Negroes, from a pagan land and without exposure to the ethical ideals of Christianity, could be handled with more rigid methods of discipline and could be morally and spiritually degraded for the sake of stability on the plantation, wrote historians John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss Jr. in ...
- 808: Work Of A Masterpiece
- ... each other with an equal clasp (456)." Emotions are found in people no matter what color, class, or creed. Stowe uses climactic events to get the reader to rid themselves of their prejudices. Stowe uses Christianity as means of bonding two peoples together. In the novel, the majority of the women and the slaves are Christian. The Christians are also usually the ones that are good hearted, and the ones that ...
- 809: Charles Darwin and Imperialism
- ... the English the "jurisdiction" philosophically, to exploit the colonies to a greater level than previously attained. The drive to "Christianize" the colonies was abandoned, politically. The view shifted from "owing the primitive world" education and Christianity, to a more self-interested "we English are naturally better". Therefore, the we should be exploiting you, because, that is why you are here. Charles Darwin had a tremendous amount of influence on the scientific ...
- 810: William Blake
- ... Blake is celebrating nature and the beauty of creation. He is also praising God for enabling man and creation to live in harmony in this merry scene . This is evidence of Blake s value of Christianity and Christian beliefs. Through his poem, Blake places importance on the philosophy of love life while you can . London , however, has a more sinister tone. Blake is critical of society, particularly the industrialists. The green ...
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