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- 3271: The Last Temptation of Christ
- ... the way he is portrayed in this movie tells of a new and different Judas. Judas is the most notorious figure within Christian lore and mythology. It is impossible to deny Judas' involvement in the death of Jesus, but the blame for this act should not rest solely upon his shoulders. There were many contributing factors, which brought about the death of Jesus of Nazareth. Religious scholars as well as filmmakers have offered a variety of interpretations concerning the extent to which Judas was involved in Jesus death. Film-makers like Martin Scorcese have come to new conclusions as part of a trend in the past century that alters the amount of responsibility and guilt which rests on Judas' shoulders. The setting ...
- 3272: Impact Of Graphic Art On The French Revolution
- ... new artists, known as the neoclassicists. This era of art was to be known as the neoclassical era due to its heavy reliance on classical Greek and republican Roman themes. Oath of the Horatii (1784), Death of Marat (1793), Junius Brutus (1789), and Death of Socrates (1787), all prominent historical pieces by David, were painted in the middle 1780's. The neoclassical era was an important instigator of the French Revolution; not because it depicted ancient scenes, but because ... the National Convention, France's new representative body, and was appointed to the Committee for Public Safety, which was responsible for suppressing political dissent during the Reign of Terror. In this position, David signed the death warrants of hundreds of people, including Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. David's only credentials were his works of art. He had no experience in government, business, or any related field. Clearly, Revolutionary leaders ...
- 3273: Sacraments According To St. Th
- ... the principle agent of a sacrament's interior effects9. Aquinas argues that baptism was instituted after Christ's Passion, citing Romans 6:3: All we, who are baptized in Christ Jesus, are baptized in His death, etc. Also, the Lord's words in John 3:5 to Nicodemus: Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Thus, by deductive ... sacrament of Eucharist becomes absolutely sacred because it is representative of Christ's own body14. During the sacrament of penitence both the sinner and the priest perform ritual duties15. Penance is necessary for sinners because death results from sin and for salvation to occur sins must be removed. The priest operates as Christ's vehicle for salvation, symbolically speaking, and completes the sacramental action of penitence and forgiveness16. Without penance a ... performed at the end of a person's life. Because anointing the sick is usually performed at the end of a person's life it allows the person to become infinitely close to perfection at death just before meeting Christ21. For man to share in governing the community the sacrament of holy orders is necessary. A holy orders grant priests the ability to offer sacrifice not only for themselves but ...
- 3274: Violence In Hockey
- ... will always be key ingredients of the physical aspect of hockey. But, along with it follow the consequences. Usually, with the an action of violence comes the punishment. The disciplinary action may consist of a penalty called by the referee, or if the wrongdoing was an extreme case of violence, the criminal aspect enters the play. A player can be charged with assault and battery or even murder in the utmost ... players trying to defend a teammate or teaching an opponent some icely manners. Enforcers are usually used sparingly and at the coach's mercy. The only ice time they get is either skating to the penalty box or when the game needs to get physical. These players are mainly the cause of violence in the sport. But leagues all over the world are trying, time after time, to regulate this problem ... exact truth. But what are sports coming to? Violence has taken over and we must do something to reduce it. The NHL is enforcing new rules to try to prevent it. For example the instigator penalty, punishes the player that started the whole affair. Contestants are also ejected from the game when roughing penalties or any other in that case, exceeds three. Most of all our common sense should tell ...
- 3275: World Art
- ... both male and female. An Androgyne was thought to have achieved balance of reason and intuition, of wisdom and compassion; they are supreme beings. She is the creator of the universe, of life and of death and special rituals would be carried out to insure that she would continue to create. One of the first images of the Great Goddess is represented in Illustration 1-8 (Venus of Willendorf (Australia), c ... a initiation ritual is illustrated in 4-7 (Bull-leaping (Toreador Fresco), from the palace of Knossos, c. 1450-1400 b.c. Approx. 32 high, including border. Archeological Museum, Herakleion.) . Initiation rituals were life and death acts that altered the mindset of a child into a young adult. In the Bull-leaping scene, young men and women face death head on at the horns of a Bull. They are meant to grab on to the horns and leap over the Bull. Even in this particular initiation ritual, the presence of gender equality is ...
- 3276: Concentration Camps
- ... deported from the Polish and Baltic territories annexed in 1939; groups such as the Volga Germans considered potentially disloyal during World War II; Axis prisoners of war; and Russians returning from German captivity. After the death of Joseph Stalin (1953), when many inmates received amnesty and were released, the camps continued on a smaller scale. In 1919 the Russian secret police, then known as the Cheka and later under successive other ... In addition to the central camps, the WVHA operated hundreds of subsidiary camps, and local offices of the security police in the occupied territories maintained large numbers of forced labor camps. Inmates were worked to death in industries such as the I. G. Farben chemical works and the V-2 rocket factories. Those no longer able to work were killed by gassing, shooting, or fatal injections. Inmates were also used for ... more were built. Some of the important ones included: Auschwitz-Birkenau, Natzweiler, Neuengamme, Gross-Rosen, Stutthof, Lublin-Majdanek, Hinzert, Vught, Dora, and Bergen-Belsen. In 1942, the prisoners of the concentration camps were worked to death in several industries, including chemical works and construction of V2 rockets. Those who could not continue to work, were gassed or killed by other means. In 1945, the number of people in the camps ...
- 3277: Slavery - Life On The Plantations
- ... Katz 3-5). With the invention of the cotton gin, expansion of the country occurred. This called for the spread of slavery (Foster). Slaves, owned by one in four families, were controlled from birth to death by their white owners. Black men, women, and children toiled in the fields and houses under horrible conditions (Katz 3-5). The slave system attempted to destroy black family structure and take away human dignity ... were very malnourished. The slaves were given one set of clothing to wear for years, and most did not have shoes (Ploski and Williams 1439). As a result of the poor living conditions, disease and death rates were kept high (Starobin 7). Most adult slaves were worked to death in eight to ten years (Ploski and Williams 1437). Slavery was a terrible institution. It took peoples lives and tore them apart. Many black people suffered for decades. Slaves were exposed to prejudice ...
- 3278: King Arthur
- ... king. The real Arthur may have been buried at Glastonbury Abbey, which lays around twelve miles north-west of the castle. It is said to have been a secret burial, so the news of his death would not raise Saxon morale; the mystery may have given rise to the rumors that he still lived on. In 1190, the monks of Glastonbury Abbey reported that they had dug up a coffin made ... to be no more than her friend. Tennyson made her sad tale one of his Arthurian poems, and his other work, The Lady Of Shallot, is also based upon Elaine, who requested that after her death, her family place her body in a barge and float it down the river, with a letter in her hand to tell Lancelot and the royal court of the reason for her death. The Faerie Queene Morgan le Fay may be the figure present in the Arthurian saga with the oldest history. The earliest form of her name is found as the Morrigan, an Irish goddess of ...
- 3279: Salt Garden
- ... control on the outcome. Munro's short story, Miles City Montana, displays a distinct loss of power when the narrator is confronted with the unendurable thought of not being capable of protecting her child from death. The story opens with the narrator's recollection of a childhood memory of a little boy drowning near her home. At the boy's funeral she also recalls thinking of how no one, not ever ... in life that she realized what this had actually meant. The instant in her life that she came to this realization, was not until she, herself was put in a position where her child's death was non preventable, even by her. It was at this time that she figured out that, even as a parent, your power over your children is limited and there will come a time when not ... over the men. This struggle is also resolved at the end of the story, but in this case, the balance of power is transferred from the bikers to the narrator once the bikers are near death. At this point the author, Valgardson, relieves to the readers that once the balance of power is restored, it is more than possible to unbalance it again into the other direction, turning the tables ...
- 3280: Political Morality In Colonial Times
- In Webster's dictionary, morality is defined as "principles of right and wrong in conduct; ethics." The principles of morality have countless times evolved over the ages. In earlier times, death was an easy penalty for many crimes. These crimes today are considered minor and are penalized with a slap on the hand. Is this considered wrong? Who is the correct authority to consult on what is right or wrong ...
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