...The Inferno Essay Dante's The Inferno, is an epic poem that has thrilled and informed the common man for centuries. He portrays a vivid description of one man's journey through hell and back with the past poet Virgil at his side. This epic has lead many through the depths of Medieval Christianity, displaying its importance on every society since then. With this description, man is awakened to the ethical, political, social, and philosophical aspects of Dante's time, later introducing the Renaissance era. Society in the Middle Ages consisted of two focuses; survival and God. These focuses lead many to forget the developed areas of knowledge and reason before their time. This society's people were believed to be laborers, or otherwise known as the hands of God, as displayed in their art work and literature. All actions were taken not for themselves but for God alone. This was described clearly, by Dante's witnessing of the thirteenth circle of hell containing the suicides. Those within this circle committed an act completely self centered, altering their intentions from God to themselves, leading them to a circle lower then murder. God and the church were not only a primary religious focus, but a structured hierarchy system for all society to follow. With God at the absolute highest position, his principles created an ethical map structuring nine circles of hell along with a social structure in the Middle Ages. This social structure was a fixed hierarchy where individuals never...
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...Sun Hwa Choi English 3 Thursday Evening Class Professor Humphrey Due May 21, 2015 Essay 4: Development of Heroes (+Hamlet) The Heroes of the Greek and Rome poetries share few common uniqueness. They are heroic in that they all sacrifice, they are all intelligent, they all have their own faith or luck, they are all remembered or also known as Kleos and they all wander and deal with many problems. We have read many of them in this course such as Odysseus, Oedipus, Aeneas, Achilles and Beowulf. Then there is the great Hamlet who is not one of the Greek Heroes but a character from a play by William Shakespeare. Today in this essay, I want to compare some of the Greek poetry characters with the Prince Hamlet. First of all, I want to talk about few similarities between Hamlet and one of the Greek poet characters we have learned from this course. In my opinion, the story of Hamlet itself can be very analogous to the story of the poetry Oedipus. Both of the story have a plague or a outbreak going on from the beginning of the story. In the Oedipus the King, it starts with the Plague of Thebes where then Oedipus start to take actions for his people. This is where he shows his heroic features being a great leader for his city and sacrificing himself to solve the problem. The play Hamlet also starts with an outbreak and there seems to be something strange. The play starts with, "who’s there?" (Act 1 scene 1 line 1) by one of the guards. The fact that the play starts out with a question...
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...aspects of the world. Through beliefs, opinions are formulated about subjects such as music, art, religion and politics. My grandmother raised me to believe in God, Jesus as our Lord and Savior. As a young adult I gave my life to Christ and continued believing the truths of God that I was taught as a child. As a Christian, I believe that the Bible is the word of God, and it stands as the lenses of how the world is viewed in a Christina/Biblical view. In Romans chapters 1-8, the apostle Paul writes about the views a Christian should have and how they should live. In the next paragraphs of this essay, it will be briefly discussed how the Bible guides us through tough life questions such as: Who we are? Where do we come from? What is the meaning/purpose of life, Relationships, and our Destiny? The Natural World A Christian’s Biblical world view of this world is seen in Psalm 139.16, the Psalmist describes how God personally created him in the womb of his mother. We are humbled at the fact that Good took the time to create us in His image. Since the creation of the world humans have been given the revelation of the truth (Romans 1:18) Gen1:1 shows God as the creator of all things. God in his all-knowing power formed the Natural world in detail to perfection. Human Identity Mankind was created in the image of God. Adam and Eve were tasked to be caretakers of the land of Eden (Gen 2:15). They were above the animals. Therefore the misconception some people may have concerning...
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...Project In English IV Compilations of Essays IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY ACADEMY-KITCHARAO, INC. Songkoy, Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirement for English IV Submitted by: Kim Lorenz C. Batangoso IV- Sts. Peter & Paul Submitted to: Mr. Jyrnell B. Salino Instructor December 13, 2012 Table of Contents 1. Morally Upright Man-Character Sketch essay 2. City Of Island Adventure-Descriptive essay 3. True Happiness-Philosophical essay 4. Cybercrime Law does not threaten the freedom of Expression-Editorial essay 5. Criticizing Sonnet 307-Critical essay 6. The Basis of Life-Scientific essay 7. Unwise Decision-Semi-narrative essay 8. Angel of Mine-Biographical essay Morally Upright Man My first day in IHMA Campus was not so good as I expect it to be. It’s like making a journey to a place you don’t know where you are; going straight to a nowhere and deep in the darkest part of the world with no person to talk with. This is what I’ve experienced when I first step to a new school that I don’t know how to deal with and make some adjustments but even in the darkest part of the world where there is no light that you are so alone, there’s a tall, black and possess a physical fitness of a Filipino man who help me in the middle of curiosity and adjustments. That man was John Paul Cayamay Galviso who is not afraid and fear in helping a stranger like me. Difference in personality and physical appearance doesn’t matter if you have the...
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...Essay Question 1: Biblical Worldview Rationale for the Biblical Worldview Essay Genesis 1-11 gives an excellent explanation of the beginning of many important realities which are some of the world’s most highly discussed topics including creation, existence, identity, relationships, early nations and civilizations. Genesis teaches of the natural world through the scriptures found in Genesis chapters 1 and 2 with the creation. Genesis chapters 3-5 tell of the fall of Adam and Eve into sin and how it would affect human relationships with each other and God. Genesis chapters 6-9 tell of the growing power of sin and God’s intent to restore creation through the Noahic covenant after the Great Flood. Finally in Genesis chapter 10 there is the table of nations as they descended from Noah’s sons, Genesis 11 speaks of the tower of Babel and begins to introduce Abram’s family beginning with his father Terah. Genesis chapters 1-11 provide lots of information pertinent to the rest of the bible and the way things are to be carried out across the nations. The Creation begins in Genesis 1:1, the first day, God creates the heavens and the earth but seen the earth as formless and empty, then its continued in verse 3 with God creating light and separating light (day) from darkness (night). In verse 6, the second day, God creates a vault (sky) to separate the water from water and in verses 9 and 10, the third day, dry ground appears it is called land and the water is called seas then God...
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...Compare and Contrast the Maya, Aztec & Inca The following Essay must be a minimum of 5 paragraphs of 10-12 sentences each (a sentence is 10 words or more) . It must contain location, time periods, and capitals for each civilization. You must compare and contrast at least three of the following five topics ( Economy, Religion, Social System, Government, Technology). You will also describe the end of each civilization and it contributions. INTRO The Maya, Inca, and Aztec all have different things in common.The comparisons and differences about the 3 different groups. The comparisons and differences that will be throughout the essay is the Economy,technology and lastly government. Economy First the differences for the Maya is that they had their own prized possession. The possession that the Mayans traded was called Jade, they also carved humans (like gods and animals).The gods helped the Maya trade. Jade was a rare gemstone. The Maya traded goods with people living to the South for jade. Also The economy was based on trade. They participated in long distant trade. Wealthy merchants traveled further. What the Aztecs difference is that they fished a lot more than the other two groups. They fished for abundant crayfish. Lastly...
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...God’s power. Jesus Christ condemned the church of Laodicea due to its lack of awareness of the spiritual wealth need. The church was located in a wealthy city and this resulted in the believers being immature, self satisfied and lacking vision. The present essay gives an interpretation of Revelation 13: 14-22. Socio-historical context Laodicea city was located in South-western Asia Minor on one of the ancient highways that was connecting Ephesus and Syria. At the time the letter to Laodicea was being written, the city of Laodicea already existed and had lasted for some hundred years. The city of Laodicea was founded by King Antiochus II during (261-246BC).The city of Laodicea was famous for its riches and wealth. This wealth was as a result of black wool garments’ production that took place in the city. Under the rule of Roman, Laodicea was made a banking center, and its residents mainly associated themselves with black wool production. The city was associated with black wool production, which was the raw material for making garments. Due to its riches and wealth, the city became a self-sufficient city. After the destructions caused by the earthquake in 60AD, Laodicea city due to its self-sufficiency refused the financial help that Rome was offering to its neighboring town for reconstruction. Apart from its wealth, the city of Laodicea was also known due to its eye medication. An eye salve known as Phrygian was greatly produced in Laodicea, and this is one of the factors that...
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...Essay – By the Waters of Babylon Written by Christian Dall In this essay I will analyze the text By the Waters of Babylon, which is a post-apocalyptic text. In the analyze, I will look at the following aspects of the text: Setting, Persons, the relationship between father and son, The title, the messages and the themes. We are in a savage land, and meet a young boy named John. John is the son of a priest, and now he must go on a journey to become a real man. On Johns journey his spirit leads him to the forbidden land, which is called the “God place”, the god place is an abandoned city, and here John finds out that the god place, aren’t where the god lived, but it was ordinary men, destroyed themselves, with war and nuclear weapons. The story takes place in a savaged land “Everywhere there are the ruins of the towers of the gods” (19. 38-39), there are the hill people, where john lives and then there are the forest people. The two different people can be compared to two different rival tribes. You don’t really know how long the story stretches across but I guess it is about a week, otherwise john wouldn’t have time to get to the god place and back. John is very curious; he is an explorer and wants to know more and more “my knowledge and my lack of knowledge burned in me – I wished to know more” (17. 7-8) At the start John is just a young boy, but on his journey he grows up and becomes a real man and sees the world for what it really is “I am a priest” (22. 56) This is what...
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...their identity. When I went to a concert, they had a guest speaker at the concert that talked about his past and how he created his identity. He came from a broken family. His mom was a prostitute and his dad left him and his mom when he was at a very little age. Instead of letting his past bother him and making that his identity, he set out to create his own identity by using his past as how not to treat his family. He talked to us about how he found Jesus Christ and made him his savior and accepted him at the center of his life, and now he goes from city to city talking about God and how he has created his own identity for himself with the help of God. The speaker told us about how through all of those things that have happened in his past have caused him to become a strong person, but how anyone can make their own identity regardless of their background or the actions that they have done in the past. In the essay “On Being a Cripple”, Nancy Mairs talks about being crippled and what it is like. She says “I made the choice” of whether to be called handicapped, disabled, crippled, or another term used for physically disabled people. (Mairs, 231) She goes onto to talk about how she doesn’t let her disability bother her as much, and how she has become the person she is today. When people let their disabilities or other problems affect them it changes the way they think, and the way they act towards other people, hence creating a poor identity for themselves. Mairs tells...
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...Gender is more than that. It has more complexity that represents way of thinking, ideas, styles, patterns, habits, and many other aspects beyond biological sex status. One notion argues that gender in an essence is natural, stable and something given by God, which means that gender cannot be changed. Most scholars would perceive such theory as Gender Classification by Nature. Other argue that gender is a result of modification and influence of the shape of social institution that constructs and develops its profile on an individual. Thus, gender is based on social-view perception instead of being given and determined biologically. Gender also is recongnised as being derived from Nurture (Nurture Theory). This essays attempts to discuss the application of the above mentioned theories and ideas related to the writer’s social environment and cultural background in Indonesia, where gender is considered as a term derived naturally from God and granted as it is through biological status. Due to globalization and influence of international culture in Asian countries, this notion of gender has changed. In Indonesia, the interpretation of gender has been developed through social constructivism. In conclusive remarks, the essay will...
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...and Tolerance - Religion Essay Peace and tolerance are two of the most important aspects that make up Islam. Muslims are to understand these aspects of Islam. However in recent years there are groups of extremist Muslims who have given Islam a bad name by doing terroristic acts to other human beings for their own reasons and personal gains. By addressing these questions can give anyone a better understanding of the religion of Islam. 1. Where did the religion of Islam come from? What does the Religion of Islam teach? How does Islam relate to other Religion of the world? The focus of this essay is to answer these questions with research and studies learned. Where did the religion of Islam come from? The Religion of Islam is believed to have been established in the year of Six Hundred and Ten CE (Common Era). Islam is believed to be the youngest of all the different religions A prophet by the name of Adam is said to be the man whom created the religion but was preached throughout the city of Mecca by a prophet named Muhammad. Muhammad was born in Five Hundred and Seventy CE in the city of Mecca where he worked as a merchant and as a shepherd. According to Islamic beliefs by age forty in the month of Ramadan was where he received his first revelation from God while being in the surrounding mountains in a cave. Years later he started preaching these revelations publicly, proclaiming that “ God is One” and that complete...
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...Hamartia in Oedipus the King According to the Aristotelian characteristics of good tragedy, the tragic character should not fall due to either excessive virtue or excessive wickedness, but due to what Aristotle called hamartia. Hamartia may be interpreted as either a flaw in character or an error in judgement. Oedipus, the tragic character in Sophocles’ Oedipus the King, certainly makes several such mistakes; however, the pervasive pattern of his judgemental errors seems to indicate a basic character flaw that precipitates them. Oedipus’ character flaw is ego. This is made evident in the opening lines of the prologue when he states "Here I am myself--you all know me, the world knows my fame: I am Oedipus." (ll. 7-9) His conceit is the root cause of a number of related problems. Among these are recklessness, disrespect, and stubbornness. Oedipus displays an attitude of recklessness and disrespect throughout the play. When he makes his proclamation and no one confesses to the murder of Laius, Oedipus loses patience immediately and rushes into his curse. Later, he displays a short temper to Tiresias: "You, you scum of the earth . . . out with it, once and for all!," (ll. 381, 383) and "Enough! Such filth from him? Insufferable--what, still alive? Get out--faster, back where you came from--vanish!" (ll. 490-492) If an unwillingness to listen may be considered stubbornness, certainly Oedipus would take advice from no one who would tell him to drop the matter of his...
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...University of Sharjah International Relations Political Theory Ideas on States and Justice in the thought of Augustine and Rousseau Essay Assignment By: May Ramez Mahrat Supervised by: Dr. Jeremy Kleidosty Arguments and philosophical explanations for what justifies power and states, inspired by the European Enlightenment thought, has headed closer toward reasoning and further from faith. The thought of Rousseau and Saint Augustine is a clear representation of the two poles of reason and faith in political thought. Rousseau, outlining the basis of his social contract on the natural goodness of human beings and putting sovereignty in the hand s of people, differs widely from Augustine who addresses the state as an “essential evil” put to discipline men who are sinners by nature. The political arguments of these two philosophers, who lived in two different ages, represent a different kind of Enlightenment for the both ages that they lived in. This essay will discuss Rousseau’s and Augustine’s regards to state, justice and property and will examine the effects of their thoughts on modern politics. Augustine and Rousseau in Comparison Wrapping his political and social beliefs with virtuous, deist and theological Christian discourse, Augustine, the Christian bishop, presents a leap in the Western thought at a time close to the beginning of the middle ages. His political views in his writings are interpreted differently by various scholars as he rarely expresses direct...
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...Mary Jane Valenzuela of the Divine Word Mission Seminary College New Manila Quezon City ___________________ In Partial Fulfillment for the Requirement on the course English ____________________ Submitted by: Gocotano, Josh Uriel Paul P. March 16, 2016 The Hope for Child Beggars I. Introduction II. On Hope A. Definition of Hope A.1 The Christian View on Hope III. Child Beggars A. The Reality of Child beggars B. They are Victims B.1 Poverty B.2 Family Problem IV. The Hope for Child Beggars Conclusion Bibliography Chapter I Introduction In the Philippines’ current condition the populations live below poverty level. The basic cost of foods and transportations are growing rapidly while employment opportunities remain low. It is not surprising that children are often forced by circumstances to help their family in eking out a living or fend for their selves to live in the street, that’s why they engage in begging. They are also ‘engage in begging to help their parents in eking out the subsistence of the family.’As they remain in the streets begging they remain ‘unschooled, unskilled and with no future, if they don’t beg, they will starve’and probably begging is their last resort to live. In the Philippines, especially in the Quezon City, beggars are common sight, especially the children. Child beggars in the streets of Quezon City are eye-catchers since they can be seen in the streets, in front of the convenience stores...
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...films, the city can be used for multiple purposes and makes up the ‘cinematic city plot’, comprised of the city’s buildings, streets, cars, and the actions of the people within the city using these structures for travel, self-reflection, and escape (7). In the essay, the authors dissect how the city plays a role in Brazilian film, particularly exploring films with that are set in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. They analyze how films make use of urban space and what these spaces represent and function as in each particular film, especially those that mimic the classical Hollywood film aesthetic. Throughout the essay, Braga and Costa go into great detail on the connection between Hollywood cinema and the “’urban-oriented’ Brazilian films that emerged later in the 1980s” (9). During this period, a lot of films emerged with a primary focus on the urban problem of the country, particularly violence. Through the incorporation of real lived space in the films, an aesthetic of realism was created. The authors note, “Rather than being an accidental setting, the city in any given film functions as a particularly privileged site for representing an important alternative to the dominant discourses of and about the culture they represent” (8). The city is used as more of a character in itself, incorporating buildings, landmarks, and views that have meaning to the country. Even further, they go on to explain that “‘objects’, buildings for instance, or even the entire city, …have meanings...
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