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- 711: Religion In American Life
- ... 1994. Apparently, people feel that they aren't getting the guidance and support that they need from Christian churches, and are turning to other sources, either religious or humanistic, for them. Many alternative belief systems stress individual faith over adherence to dogma or excessive ritual. This may be attractive to Americans who are trying to make religion once again a part of their personal lives. The percentage of members of "other ...
- 712: George Berkeley: His View of God
- ... things, and exhibits them to our view in such a manner and according to such rules as He Himself has ordained and are by us termed the 'laws of nature.'4" It is important to stress the idea that God shows people the ideas in his mind, and these ideas make up the reality beheld by the human mind. Therefore, for any person to perceive something, the idea must be in ...
- 713: A Pregenerative Souls Fear of Life
- ... she only live to be at death the food of worms? (ll. 69-70). As a result, she questions others as to how they cope with their mortality. The responses of those she asks ubiquitously stress the importance of service. The Lilly tells Thel that she rejoices because God, who as the Clod of Clay says, loves the lowly, comes to her with a promise that, even though her life seems ...
- 714: Marking Time Versus Enduring in Gwendolyn Brook's "The Bean Eater's"
- ... by freinds or relatives--children or grandchildren aare not mentioned--but by memories and a few possessions(9-11). They are "Mostly Good" (5) , words Brooks capitilizes at the end of a line, perhaps to stress the old people's adherence to traditional values as well as their lack of saintliness. They are unexceptionl, whatever message they have for readers. The isolated routine of the couple's life is something Brooks ...
- 715: The Fall of the House of Usher and The Cask of Amontillado: Madness and Insanity
- ... a behavior can leads to madness and insanity. One theme revealed in Poe's story "The Fall of the House of Usher, is mans way of wallowing in sorrow, causing self-pity and self-inflicted stress which most often leads to mental break down. The main character in the "The Fall of the House of Usher", Roderick Usher, yearns to free himself from his own mortality. Every aspect of his gloomy ...
- 716: What is Poetry
- ... definitions. What allows a poet to write? Is Jill Bourge in love when she writes this poem, or maybe she too is remembering past experiences of what she thought love was? She obviously wants to stress that love is more than a word. This leads us to believe that she has felt true love before. She is somewhat giving advice to those reading. Maybe she had thought she was in love ...
- 717: Madness And Insanity In The Fall Of The House Of Usher And The Cask Of Amontillado
- ... a behavior can leads to madness and insanity. One theme revealed in Poe's story "The Fall of the House of Usher, is mans way of wallowing in sorrow, causing self-pity and self-inflicted stress which most often leads to mental break down. The main character in the "The Fall of the House of Usher", Roderick Usher, yearns to free himself from his own mortality. Every aspect of his gloomy ...
- 718: Compare and Contrasting Two Robert Frost Poems of Spiritual Views
- ... the Things of This World", Wilbur uses laundry on a clothesline to characterize the human spirit. Wilbur uses more nouns to describe the spiritual soul than Frost's usage of adjectives. Both Frost and Wilbur stress, however, theses everyday objects pronounce the power of God. "Some are in bed-sheets, some are in blouses, Some are in smocks: but truly there they [angels] are." -Willburr "O Star (fairest one in sight ...
- 719: Humanity's Fall In The Garden of Eden In Paradise Lost
- ... to future sins. This original sin must be emphasized by writers to depict the evil involved in it. In writing Paradise Lost, John Milton recognizes this fact and uses a variety of literary techniques to stress the evil in the story over the good. The techniques used include a series of parallels with the parallel between good and evil being first and foremost as well, as symmetry to keep the poem ...
- 720: A Critical Analysis of "The Parting" by Michael Drayton
- ... the constraints of the number of lines, again causes the poem to have to be compressed, clarifying the poem's meaning, and thereby enhance it. For example, in the first line, there should be no stress on the third syllable, but the author has written the poem so that there is, stressing the "no" and giving weight to the definitivness of the first two quatrains. The author again breaks the rythem ...
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