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- 5481: Hobbit Essay
- ... creatures at an instant, is an excellent example of such fiction. The dragon, Smaug, is the main adversary of the fourteen adventurers and is a type of creature that has long been used in fantasy writing. Although most of the characters' species are merely creations of the author, they all exhibit a sense of realism that causes them to seem almost human. There is a vast difference between Middle Earth and ...
- 5482: Who is the Christ of First Corinthians?
- ... able to spend the time learning. However, they were spending time learning the wrong information. The rulers of the time had spent their entire life learning how to control others so as to increase their personal wealth. They had been consumed by their lust for greed and power. When Jesus Christ came proclaiming the word of God, he was branded a fool by these so called "wise men." Throughout his life ...
- 5483: Allegorical “Young Goodman Brown”
- ... Goodman Brown” An allegory is a narrative in which the characters and objects personify deeper meanings than what the reader can see on the surface. The allegorical meaning is the writer’s real purpose in writing the narrative so that a lesson can be found when reading below the surface. “Young Goodman Brown”, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a perfect example of an allegorical story and is filled with many symbolic ...
- 5484: The Flamboyant Hester Prynne
- ... both wild and passionate, as well as, caring, conservative, and alien. Towards Hester Prynne, by David Reynolds, expressed Hester as a heroine composed of many different stereotypes of females from the time period Hawthorne was writing. Hawthorne created some of the most skeptical and politically uncommitted characters in pre-civil war history. Reynolds went on to say, His [Hawthorne's] career illustrates the success of an especially responsive author in gathering ...
- 5485: What Is A Hindu?
- ... is the reclusive state, and finally, Sannyaasa, which is the state of being a religious mendicant. Also dependant on your caste, is your "afterlife" or what happens after you die. In each caste, there are personal duties to fulfill called Dharma. (article, WWW, hindunet.org) If one fulfills one's Dharma, then that person is destined to move up to a better, higher caste in the next life. If one commits ...
- 5486: The History of the Catholic Church in St. Augustine
- ... the right is purely bias. One person published their opinion, and here it is,“When speaking of Menendez and Degourges people look on DeGourges with sympathy for the bitter provocation under which he acted, both personal and national. This sympathy is not shared with Menendez, who visited his wrath upon the Religious opinions of men, while DeGourges was an unauthorized avenger of undoubted crime and inhumanity. Both, however acted in violation ...
- 5487: Early Roman Religion
- ... better and in depth sense of man's destiny than traditional polytheism. In the Hellenistic period there were mystery cults such as those of Isis, Cybele, Mithra, and Demeter, which payed more attention and to personal concerns with salvation than did the official and civic cults. Under the mid 4th century emperor Julian, a last attempt was made to restore this type of worship over the fast spreading Christianity. In the ...
- 5488: Confucianism
- ... of culture and economic stature of each civilization. It plays a large part in its history and future. For example, if Europe were not almost entirely Christian would they have had the Crusades? Definitely not. Writing about the different religions opened my eyes to other religions, I did not know that much about. I think if a person is deeply involved in a religion, seeing another religion objectively is hard. I ...
- 5489: Hinduism
- Hinduism Hinduism is a unique religion that embodies an enormous range of spiritual customs. Although many of these practices differ from my own personal beliefs, the information that I have attained during my studies in the classroom permits me to give substantial respect for the Hindu religion and its followers. This paper will attempt to analyze the living spirituality ...
- 5490: Religion: Taoism
- ... the religions and teachings of Lao-tzu were passed on to another thinker in classical Chinese philosophy, Chuang-tzu or Zhuangzi. Taoism and its philosophical teaching were spread by the men mentioned above and their writing, Lao-tzu wrote the Loa-tzu (or the Tao-te-ching) and Zhuangzi wrote the Chuang-tzu. Although there is some discrepancy as to whether or not Lao-tzu actually wrote the Tao-te-ching ...
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