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- 3771: Robert Browning
- ... he begins to develop a dislike for the church. Around 1845, Browning found himself focusing his anger on the church as an institution, especially the Catholic Church. In 1845, Robert Browning wrote " The Confessional", a short poem berating the Catholic Church. Browning writes: It is a lie - their priests, their pope, Their Saints, their... all they fear or hope Are lies...No part in aught they hope or fear! No heaven ...
- 3772: Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
- ... they ask for salvation, they are forgiven and their loads are taken away. They will always find their way home because He leads them there. And they are told in the Bible to tell their stories to anyone who will listen for the glory of the Kingdom.
- 3773: Ride Of The Second Horseman
- ... a person. Most of our government works like that today; by listening to the big problems they feel they can resolve most of the smaller ones as well. Although this does work sometimes it falls short a lot as well. ` Finally the horseman is coming for the heart of the traditional art of warfare. But we are only offered one concluding chapter that vaguely covers the subject of the demise of ...
- 3774: Rescue Of Susanna
- ... to them. As Susanna is being carried to her death God hears her prayers and aroused the hold spirit of a young lad named Daniel. Daniel pointed out the weaknesses in the two elder’s stories and the Jews rose against them. This story is memorable for several reasons. One is the fact that Susanna doesn’t give in to the elders’ requests even when they threatened her life and her ...
- 3775: Remains Of The Day
- ... not mean that many of us, consciously or not, do not behave in ways similar to Stevens in everyday life. Generally unquestioning obedience to the "household" --the school board, board of directors, union committee, in short, the cultural structure of most jobs—means that Americans’ jobs are a lot more similar to Stevens’ than we would like to think. Fortunately, we are usually allowed to express more of our personality (or ...
- 3776: The Major Jewish Holidays
- ... performed by the women of the house, officially marks the beginning of the Shabbath. Two candles are lit, representing the two commandments zachor and shamor. Now the family attends evening service. The service is very short at about 45 minutes long. After service, everyone goes home for festive dinner. After dinner the birkat ha-mazon is recited. The birkat ha mazon is recited everyday, but on Shabbat it is done with ...
- 3777: Red Badge Of Courage
- ... on his feet, until a cheery man comes around and helps Henry to get back to his regiment. At his regiment he confronts Wilson and has his wound on his head attended to. After a short rest he again gets back into battle. After the regiment lost that battle, the generals had the regiment marching again. Henry felt the generals’ were a lot of "lunkheads" for making them retreat instead of ...
- 3778: Rebecca
- ... Romance (Masterplots 3). The main character is a poor, inexperienced girl who falls in love with a wealthy, lonely, man. Mrs. Danvers is equivalent to the evil stepsisters, trying to destroy the main character. Both stories also have a ballroom scene in the middle that ends unexpectedly. Rebecca has a twist though, that changes the story dramatically. An investigation begins to find the cause of death of Maxim's former wife ...
- 3779: Reading The Light
- ... alive. I think that this story will stay in my mind for a long time. I think that this story portrayed a great theme: enjoy life to it’s fullest, while you can. All these stories were written well. They all had their own message that was being portrayed. I think that they each had their own style of portraying emotions into words, however, they all accomplished the same thing.
- 3780: Rainer Maria Rilke
- ... gathered his dominant themes of love and the idolization of women, life and death, God and religion, into something all encompassing, a unity. Rilke died at the age of 51 from leukemia. In his relatively short life Rilke produced a body of poetry and writings unsurpassed in its genius of emotion, insight, and sensuality. Rilke’s poetry has attracted many people, especially in America where translations of his works and biographies ...
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