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- 10221: Confucius and Confucianism
- ... BC., in the state of Lu, known today as the Shandong province. His parents, who died while he was a child, named him Kong Qui. Confucius was derived from the Latin word Kongfuzi which means Great Master Kong. Confucius was the most influential and respected philosopher in Chinese history. His ideas were the single strongest influence on Chinese society from around 100 BC. to the AD. 1900's. The Chinese government ...
- 10222: Genesis As Myth: Different Views
- ... the world itself for ever dividing into opposites on either side: male and female, living and dead, good and evil, first and last. In a different example Edmund Leach stated that Solomon the wise, the great king, the builder of the temple, nevertheless is a sinner in that he loved many strange woman, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, woman of the moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians and hittites. Taken as its ...
- 10223: Zeus, a Good God
- ... and ruler of both the Olympian family and of the human race. He preserved and ruled the world. Zeus was believed by the people to posses of almost every form of power and endued with great wisdom. Zeus observed attentively the general intercourse and dealing of people-everywhere demanding and rewarding uprightness, truth, faithfulness, and kindness; everywhere punishing wrong, falseness, faithlessness, and cruelty. As the eternal father of man, Zeus was ...
- 10224: Injustice In To Kill A Mocking
- ... it to others. In the novel, " To Kill A Mockingbird " written by Harper Lee, there are three characters who suffer the most injustice. They are Atticus, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. Atticus, a man with great wisdom, suffers from the fact that he had taken on a Negro case. He was constantly persecuted for his decision, which made him work even harder at winning the case. Even though his family was ...
- 10225: Midsummer Nights Dream
- ... he needs to manipulate to attain the love he desires and perseveres for. The themes of waking and dreaming, reality and illusion, reason and imagination, change and transformation are all experienced by Demetrius to a great extent, especially with his lovers and enemies. His vile, yet sensitive personality really kept the reader examining what he could change into next, which the seem as if they were more than just a single ...
- 10226: Breaking Down Racial Barriers
- ... something that most of us would never be able to imagine experiencing. The author was raised in Texas a prejudice state. So it made his task even harder. The book, Black Like Me, is a great piece of literature. It shows us how far we have come nut how far we need to go before the race barriers can be broken. It shows people how harshly blacks were treated in the ...
- 10227: Odysseus A Hero
- ... beats a god; Odysseus battles with Poseidon through the whole story. All these conflicts earn Odysseus his rightful title of Hero in ancient Greece. In order to encounter all these conflicts, Odysseus has to endure great suffering. He is kept from his lovely wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, for twenty years. Not only that but he has to suffer by watching monsters such as Polypheums and Scylla devour his crew. And ...
- 10228: The Reformation of European Religion
- ... bishops and abbots as part of a wealthy and oppressive ruling class and rebelled against the Roman Catholic Church for reasons primarily pertaining to the lavish adornments used by those aforementioned, their power was not great enough, nor did their reasons carry enough clout to start a reformation movement throughout Europe: that job was accomplished by those already having some, however small, social or religious power, such as the monk Martin ...
- 10229: Grapes of Wrath Essay
- ... an infinite number of time since we are unable to say when exactly the planet was born. Some changes are natural, such as, natural disasters: earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, fires etc. Human actions also cause a great deal of changes to the planet and its surrounding environment, as well to themselves. Human actions tremendously affect their own environment, community, and life style. One of humans main instincts is to survive; and ...
- 10230: Odysseus Personal Qualities (f
- ... dead. When he arrives, he takes out a cup of blood for the prophet, Teiresias, which attracts all of the dead souls. All this crowd gathered about the pit from every side, with a dreadful great noise, which made me pale with fear. (Pg.124) Despite Odysseus fear, he shows his courage by remaining calm, protecting the cup, and talking to the souls. In another adventure, Odysseus is forced to sail ...
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