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- 961: The Crucible - Characters Hidden Motives
- ... how much wood he was getting and how much he was being paid. This is an example of his self-absorbency and greed. One of the true motives of Abigail Williams was to be with John Proctor, a married man she had an affair with a year before. When the opportunity arose, she took advantage of it, naming Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctors wife, a witch. She did this without thinking about anyone except herself and did not realize whom she was hurting. This is an example of her selfishness. Other people in the book demonstrated motives of kindness and caring for other people. John and Elizabeth Proctor were a couple that looked out for the good of the people. Their true motives were to correct the witchcraft hysteria taking place in Salem that that time. When John realized ...
- 962: Faces Of The Diamond - Essay O
- ... of those who crave for luxury are slaves to materials and money. The simple piety prevalent in Hades has the earnest worship of and respect for riches as the first article of its creed had John felt other wise than radiantly humble before them, his parents would have turned away in horror at the blasphemy. Human lives should be cherished and people should not be considered as personal property. However, through ... regarding the absurdity that exists within the bounds of civilization. Individuals are no longer judged by who they are, but rather by what they have. The richer a fella is, the better I like him. John T. Unger, the eighteen year old protagonist of the story, originated from a small town called Hades, which is named after the Greek mythological underworld where the spirits of the dead dwelled. John and his family belonged to the richer class of the society and they strictly believed in the concepts of materialism. John recognizes the evils in Braddocks work but he did not despise it ...
- 963: The Cherry Orchard
- ... of his actions is his incisive billiard shot calls. Sparatically in the conversation or in mid sentence he will call a shot as if he has a cue in his hand at a pool hall. John Fiero writes in his critical analysis of The Cherry Orchard: Madame Ranevsky is a foolish woman only too anxious to return to a worthless young lover; Gayev is an amiable ass who talks too much ... Trofimov a solemn windbag; Lopakhin, the practical self-made man, is confused and unhappy; Epihodov a clumsy idiot; Dunyasha a foolish girl; Yasha an insufferable jumped-up lad; and Firs far gone in senility (Corbin, John 33-37). This quote shows the comic elements of the character s personalities and how they are put to work in the play. Apathy and passivity contrast the comic side of the characters by roping ... to interpret The Cherry Orchard did so as a tragedy. Clearly it is neither. It incorporates both. Works Cited Chekhov, Anton. The Cherry Orchard. Best Plays by Chekhov. New York: Young, 1956. 226-296. Corbin, John. Russian High Comedy. Galens 38-39. Fiero, John. Galens 33-37. Galens, David and Spampinato, Lynn. Drama For Students. Detroit: Gale, 1998. 21-39. Pritchett, V.S. Chekhov: A Spirit Set Free. Galens 37- ...
- 964: The Challenges Faced In Jane E
- ... forced to endure many hardships before finding them. First, she must cope with the betrayal of the people who are supposed to be her family - her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and her children, Eliza, Georgiana, and John. Then there is the issue of Jane s time at Lowood School, and how Jane goes out on her own after her best friend leaves. She takes a position at Thornfield Hall as a tutor ... places. At the start of Jane Eyre, Jane is living with her widowed aunt, Mrs. Reed, and her family after being orphaned. Jane is bitterly unhappy there because she is constantly tormented by her cousins, John, Eliza, and Georgiana. After reading the entire book you realize that Jane was perfectly capable of dealing with that issue on her own, but what made it unbearable was that Mrs. Reed always sided with ... or even hope. She has no idea where she is going this time, unlike before when she left Lowood. Luckily Jane is taken in by some friendly strangers, Mary and Diana Rivers. Their brother St. John helps Jane also by helping her find a teaching position at a local school. But Jane has a secret. She has not told them her real name because she is fearful of the scandal ...
- 965: The Grapes Of Wrath 2
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a story about life in the great depression and how difficult it was to make ends meet. Steinbeck tells the story through the Joad family and how they struggle to survive. Also he ... many of the farmers, including the Joads and Muleys family, of the land, and that tractors now plowed the earth instead of men. Then Muley tells Tom that his family is staying with his Uncle John. The next morning Tom and the preacher set out to Uncle John's house. When they get there Tom surprises his dad and whole family with his sudden arrival. Soon after Tom learns that the entire family is going to go west, to California. After little ...
- 966: The Case For The Existence of God
- ... that the concept is unreasonable), and that it has not come from revelation. Campbell pressed Owen to tell him from whence the idea of God `had' come. Owen retorted, "by imagination." Campbell then quoted both John Locke and David Hume, two philosophers who are highly respected in the secular community. Hume stated that the "creative power of the mind amounts to nothing more than the faculty of combining, transposing, augmenting and ... If the word God were written upon every blowing leaf, embossed on every passing cloud, engraved on every granite rock, the inductive evidence of God in the world would be no stronger than it is." John C. Monsma, in the text which he edited entitled, `The Evidence of God in an Expanding Universe' (which is a compilation of testimony from forty outstanding American scientists), affirmed "that science can establish, by the ... 2. Dummelow, J.R. (Editor). `The One-Volume Bible Commentary'. MacMillan. New York. 1944. p vi. 3. Hume, David. Quoted in: `The Campbell-Owen Debate'. Gospel Advocate Co. Nashville Tennessee. 1957. p 124. 4. Monsma, John C. (Editor). `The Evidence of God in an Expanding Universe'. G.P.Putnam's Sons. New York. 1958. p 12. 5. Morrison, A. Cressy. `Man Does Not Stand Alone'. Revell. Westwood, New Jersey. 1944. ...
- 967: The Holy Trinity of Masaccio
- ... It consists of two levels of unequal height. Christ is represented on the top half, in a coffered, barrel-vaulted chapel. On one side of him is the Virgin Mary, and on the other, St. John. Christ himself is supported by God the Father, and the Dove of the Holy Spirit rests on Christ's halo. In front of the pilasters that enframe the chapel kneel the donors (h usband and ... positions of his fingers. Up to this point, no other artist has ever produced such an image of pain. The sharp, angular shapes of anguish appear in the figures of the swooning Virgin and St. John, and in the shrill delirium of the Magdalene. On the other side, John the Baptist, a gaunt form, points a finge r at the body of the dead Christ. Even though death and suffering are dominant in the altarpiece, there are symbols of hope: The river behind ...
- 968: God Speaks Through The Mouths Of Poets
- ... life, food, clothing. We would have none! And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst." John 6:33 William Blake saw that the individual man was so removed from Nature and his Creator. As science progressed, and society seemed so wrapped up in it's money making, it's industry and ... ourselves, and stop this pain we cause. Just as God told us to love one another, Blake tells us the same. "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. John 15:12 This is Blake's message to the oppressors of this world! Yet, in the same short poem, Blake has a message for the oppressed: the young chimney sweeper child will still have hope ... just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. John 15:10-11 The two above quotes give us the same message! No matter how painful your life may be, God will give us joy if we follow his commandments. It is as if ...
- 969: "Woe be to thee, O Constantinople, seated on seven hills, thou shall not continue a thousand years"
- ... Empire could not survive. Politicians, philosophers and intellectuals realized the importance and imperativeness of a church union with a Christian adversary instead of conquest by a much worse infidel enemy. Both Michael VIII and afterwards John V saw the political advantages of the union, but soon understood that the tradition is too much imbedded in the minds of the people and the schism between the Roman and the Orthodox church is ... bread at the Sacrament leaved or unleaved and fundamentally contradicting themselves about the ecclesiastic system. Even when a symbolic union with Rome was reached in Florence in 1439, due to the decisiveness and persistence of John VIII, it was impossible to implement it. It only precipitated internal dissension in Constantinople. Further attempts were abandoned because John feared that this would only increase the division amongst people. The union also meant a submission of the Eastern tradition to the rules and authority of Rome which was quite unacceptable to the majority ...
- 970: The Roots of Christianity
- ... ministry of Jesus Christ. He proclaimed himself to be the Messiah. Messiah is an Aramaic word which means "anointed king or deliverer." The name Christ is the Greek equivalent of Messiah. Jesus called Peter, James, John, and other disciples to assist him with his ministry. He taught his disciples that he was sent by God to do the work of the Father. The disciples testified that Jesus was the Christ. On one occasion, Peter replied to Jesus, "And we believe and are sure that thou art Christ, the Son of the living God." (John 6:69) Jesus performed many miracles among the people of Jerusalem and the surrounding communities. He healed the sick, restored the sight of the blind, and raised the dead. Pharisees, priests, and other Jewish leaders ... Greece and Rome establishing Christian churches. Eventually, most of the early disciples were imprisoned and executed. Paul suffered martyrdom in Rome, probably in AD. 65. Peter was likewise executed in Rome at about this time. John was banished to the island of Patios. When Christianity started out, they did believe that they were Jewish. It is one of the early controversies spelled out in the New Testament. Nonetheless, when something ( ...
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