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- 1751: The Scarlet Letter: The False Qualities of Life
- ... Gross stated, "Dimmesdale must struggle to make himself a fit receptacle for God's grace before his "A" can be purged" (338). Dimmesdale himself gave us a glimpse into his personal sufferings, by asking the Lord to ease the hell in which he lived daily. He begged God for his help and forgiveness by staring skyward at the heavens and saying, "O Thou to whom I dare not lift mine eyes ...
- 1752: Elie Wiesel
- ... first few hours he learned of the crematories and what he needed to do to survive. He also began to question his beliefs in God . He said “Why should I bless His name? The Eternal, Lord of the universe...What had I to thank him for?” (Wiesel 31). When they arrived at their barracks they were forced to strip and given new clothing. They also saw a barber and had their ...
- 1753: Critical Essay on Billy Budd
- ... led them to murder were beyond their control; they had been stranded at sea and forced to kill and eat their fourth companion, who had fallen ill and was about to die anyway. The Judge, Lord Coleridge, found them guilty because "law cannot follow nature's principle of self-preservation." In other words, necessity is not a justification for killing, even when this necessity is beyond human control. Since Billy is ...
- 1754: Christianity in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment: An Overview
- ... him, and He will say: ‘You are swine, made in the image of the Beast, with his seal upon you, but you, too come unto me!' And the wise and the clever will cry out: ‘Lord! why dost thou receive these men ?' And he will say: ‘I receive them, O wise and clever ones, because not one among them considers himself worthy of this.” (Dostoyevsky 33) Through Marmeladov's drunken rambling ...
- 1755: A Critical Analysis of Herman Melville's Moby Dick
- ... the rejected one. In the Bible (Gen:16) an angel speaks to Ishmael's mother Hagar saying; Behold, you are with a child and shall bear a son; you shall call him Ishmael; because the Lord has given heed to your affliction. He shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against every man and every mans' hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsman ...
- 1756: Symbolism in Hopkin's "The Windhover"
- ... the face of violent motion, and both admiration of the transcendental example of Christ. The poems argument then is Hopkins interpretation of Christ and Christian action. "The Windhover" bears a religious dedication: "to Christ our Lord", and yet contains no explicit element of traditional religious symbolism except possibly the falcon. Its imagery expresses ease and balance. The mention of "blue-black embers" comes from the tinge of coals in full heat ...
- 1757: Gillian by Laurel Oke Logan
- ... her friends that she was going to be married. Gillian was so very happy because she had found a wonderful man who loved her a lot and she also found Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior. I really enjoyed the book and recommend it to anyone who is interested in romance stories. It's a very interesting book and it keeps you going because you never know what will ...
- 1758: Pierre Elliot Trudeau's Federalism and the French Canadians
- ... in the book which, in effect, could be viewed as a strength; he supports the majority of his Federalist arguments with quotes from noted dignitaries and political leaders from the past and present such as Lord Acton (while defending Federalism in Canada), Mao Tse-Tung (when referring to Quebec's hostile and intolerance with Canada), Aristotle (when discussing the perfect democratic union with Quebec) and Nikita Khrushchev (in support of constitutional ...
- 1759: Harper Lee: Introduction to Harper Lee
- ... for Finch's Landing for the customary family Christmas celebration with Uncle Jack, Aunt Alexandra and cousin Francis. Francis taunts Scout by calling Atticus a "nigger-lover," saying that "he's ruinin' the family." Scout flies to her father's defense with fists and "bathroom invective," but gets a spanking from Uncle Jack. Later he apologizes when he hears her side of the story, and promises not to tell Atticus what ...
- 1760: Jonathan Swifts Gulliver's Travels
- ... with the utmost astonishment that I witnessed these creatures playing the flute and dancing a Vienese waltz. To my mind, they seemed like the greatest humans ever seen in court, even more dextrous than the Lord Edmund Burke" (162). As this quote demonstrates, Gulliver is terribly impressed, but his admiration for the Houyhnhnms is short-lived because they are so prideful. For instance, the leader of the Houyhnhnms claims that he ...
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