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- 5701: The Merchant Of Venicethe Merc
- ... know temptation and be able to help us when we are tempted. He overcame the devil by using the same weapons available to us today: the Word of God, the power of the Spirit, and prayer. The Sermon on the Mount presents a picture of the truly righteous person and shows the spiritual principles that control his or her life. Jesus defined what sin is (5:21-48) and what real ...
- 5702: The Iliad
- ... he wants revenge by killing hector. First off, Achilles talks about how sad he is about the death of Patroclus. Achilles groaned and answered, Mother, Olympian Zeus has indeed vouchsafed me the fulfillment of my prayer, but what pleasure is it to me, seeing that my dear comrade Patroclus has fallen he whom I valued more than all others, and loved as dearly as my own life? Here, Achilles talks about ...
- 5703: The Greeks Versus Their Gods I
- ... of mankind and the gods also needs to be discussed. This relationship seems to be a sort of give-and-take relationship, in part. The Greeks believed that if they gave to the gods, through prayer and sacrifices, that the gods would help them out. This is especially true of Hippolytus and his almost excessive worship of Artemis. Also, Theseus praying to his father Poseidon is another example of this, only ...
- 5704: The Display Of Peer Pressures
- ... Gene shook the tree. His feelings overwhelmed him and it was comparable to a spontaneous act of will. Finny fell and was seriously wounded. He was disabled from playing sports anymore. He had previously broken school records effortlessly. The boys taunted Gene because they had blamed him for this accident. When Gene visited Finny, he pushed Gene on to be the best at sports like he once was. This was Finny ...
- 5705: Book Report On Thomas Jefferson
- ... on New Year's Day, 1772. With the Virginia legislature from 1776 to 1779, Jefferson formed the groundwork for abolition of entail and primogeniture, for the establishment of religious freedom, and not for the public school system. Jefferson was of course the author of the Declaration of Independence, and because he had set this document in motion, he waited out the Revolutionary War to see if the colonies would win. If ...
- 5706: Johann Sebastian Bach
- ... a chorister at Luneburg and at 19 organist at Arnstadt. Subsequent appointments included positions at the courts of Weimar and Anhalt-Kother, and finally in 1723, that of musical director at St Thomas's choir school in Leipzig, where, apart from his brief visit to the court of Frederick the Great of Prussia in 1747, he remained there until his death. Bach married twice and had 21 children, ten of whom ...
- 5707: The Changing Roles Of Women In
- ... family and her home. This is shown when she uses $3,500 of her late husband's insurance money to buy a house for the family. Beneatha, by contrast, looks outward towards college and medical school. Lena is very proud of Beneatha's plans to become a doctor. Beneatha knows that a doctor helps people and therefore wants to become one. She is committed to blacks improving themselves and society through ...
- 5708: The Cathcer In The Rye
- ... everyone a phony, because they do not conform themselves to the way he thinks. Holden needs self-esteem so he likes to think of other people as being lesser that he is. When Holden leaves school and ventures out into the real world, he finds that most people are "phony," and it drives him insane. In order for him to stay safe he must evaluate other people and make sure that ...
- 5709: The Book Of Matthew
- ... know temptation and be able to help us when we are tempted. He overcame the devil by using the same weapons available to us today: the Word of God, the power of the Spirit, and prayer. The Sermon on the Mount presents a picture of the truly righteous person and shows the spiritual principles that control his or her life. Jesus defined what sin is (5:21-48) and what real ...
- 5710: Turn Of The Screw
- ... lady (never given a proper name) instantly falls in love with the two children, and is quite content with her job. However, some strange and ominous things start to happen. First, Miles is withdrawn from school, and then the young lady begins to see people where she shouldn't be seeing anyone. Upon questioning, Mrs. Grose (the housekeeper) tells the young lady about two previous residents of the house and their ...
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