...Case 1: Road to Hell Description The “Road to Hell” case is about two professional engineers that came from different backgrounds, have different personalities, but with similar educational background as far as their work goes. Based on the description of the two professionals, John Baker comes across as a white man from either Europe or the Americas and Matthew Rennalls is a minority, presumably black, from a developing country. Diagnosis The problem is that there are apparent cultural differences between the two professionals. This cultural difference can be perceived as racism based on the way these two professionals interact with each other. Europeans and Americans tend to have a lot of pride and can make themselves seem superior to others. This superiority that is portrayed can be looked at as racial. First, John Baker initial approach when he called Matthew Rennalls into his office for a meeting was not welcoming. After offering Matt a cigarette, which is a tactic to bring down his guard, he started off by saying he’s older and more experienced which came across as if he’s looking down on Matthew. Secondly, his choice of words, like when he compared the longevity of his ancestors in the industry to that of Matthew Rennalls’s was very insulting. Again, he came across like he was better and more superior to Matthew because his ancestors have been in the industry for some 200 to 300 years compared to 50 to 60 years that Matthew’s ancestors have been in the industry...
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...1. During a vital final interview of John Baker, an European English expatriate and chief engineer of the Caribbean Bauxite Company of Barracania in West Indies who was about to leave its current position because of a promotion, and Matthew Rennalls, a young Barracanian who was his prominent successor, John Baker made the mistake to unintentionally insult to Rennalls, by made him feel ashamed and betrayed in trying to make him understand that the European commercial environment is much better than his Barracanian commercial environment just because there is gab from 200 or 300 years of experience by the Europeans compared with only 50 years of the Barracanian experience. Baker also reproached Rennalls that is friendlier and gets along better with his fellow Barracanians than with Europeans. Baker, based on appearance of some attitude taken by Rennalls, has the strong believe that Rennalls has a racial prejudice, and the worst thing is that he feels disappointed and frustrated because Rennalls denies that this is true. Baker did not know very well in that moment that for the Barracanians, the issue of race and the European alleged superiority was a big deal for them. And this is something that chiefs and executives must have always clear when they are working in host countries, they must know perfectly the values, beliefs and cultures of these countries. So, in consequence, Baker did not realize this mistake when it occurred because he did not think that he was saying anything...
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...UNIVERSITY THEOLOGICAL CRITIQUE: FOUR VIEWS ON HELL A THEOLOGICAL CRITIQUE SUBMITTED TO DR. ROBERT WETMORE IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE THEO 530 LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BY PETER J. FILIPIAK SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................1 SUMMARY.............................................................................................................1 CRITICAL INTERACTION...................................................................................2 The Literal View...........................................................................................2 The Metaphorical View................................................................................4 The Purgatorial View....................................................................................5 The Conditional View..................................................................................6 CONCLUSION........................................................................................................7 BIBLIOGRAPHY....................................................................................................9 Introduction Four Views on Hell is a book edited by William Crockett in which four contributing...
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...Life After Death, What Happens After We Die? Contents Introduction 3 Ideas on Life After Death in Different Religions 4 Perception of Life After Death in Literature: Dante's “Inferno” 6 Life After Death in Art: Rodin's “The Gates of Hell” 8 Conclusion 10 References 11 Introduction The question associated with life after death is associated with people of all races, genders, ages and world religions. It is understandable that people cannot live forever, and death is an inevitable event. But still people are interested what will happen to them after death, and what it means to die. There are great numbers of assumptions on this issue, and people's opinions differ, but still it is difficult to reveal the truth, as nobody knows this for sure. This paper will focus on different assumptions and possible events taking place after people's death. Of course every person thinks about afterlife concept in the current period of time, as it would be really strange not to consider this issue at least once. People should understand and be aware of possible events happened to them after life in order to value the current state of affairs and life in the present period of time. It is necessary to make the right choice and build proper relationships with people surrounding you, as every day is unique, and it would be impossible to return it again. D'Souza (2009) stated that the Bible teaches people “that...
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... they transform their beliefs and ideas. They go beyond their horizon and expand their knowledge. In Dante's Inferno, Dante Alighieri tells his voyage through Hell in a poem in order to display his journey to God in a time when he had lost his way. The Inferno, symbolizes Dante's recognition of sin and the need to deny the temptations of man in order to obtain paradise with God. The Hero's Journey is depicted throughout the poem. The Call: The Call is the beginning of the Hero's Journey. It is when the protagonist or hero of the book is brought out of their domain and into the unknown. They are called to pass the horizon and enter into a mystery that will lead them to their destiny. The poem of "Dante's Inferno" opens up with Dante being lost in his pathway to God. On the morning light of Good Friday he realizes the error of his ways and turns to go up the Mount of Joy in order to leave the Dark Wood of worldliness and enter into Paradise. After being denied entry into the pathway towards god by three beasts, Dante's...
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...The book "Inferno", portrays the journey of its creator through what he says is Hell, consisting of nine circles which people who committed sin suffer in. In his adventure Dante is guided through the nine circles by the artist Virgil, who speaks to Human Reason. Every circle in the book speaks to an alternate kind of wrongdoing with an alternate sort of discipline, fluctuating according to the level of offense they conferred in life. In his outing through each one of these circles, Dante acknowledges and underlines the perfection of God's Justice and the seriousness of every offense towards the maker of all life. Dante as a Christian understands the perfection of God's justice. He can make an association between a spirit's wrongdoing on Earth and the discipline he or she gets in Hell. In Inferno, Dante clarifies that God made Hell by justice, a particular case of this, may be the point at which he was entering the Gates of Hell, he read on the passageway of the entryway the sign that said, "Sacred Justice moved my Architect I was raised here by the Divine Omnipotence..." (Alighieri Canto III) without a doubt, ascribing the making of Hell to God and his heavenly justice. God's perfect justice is precisely what shapes...
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...While Dante’s placement of Mohammed in Hell is, in itself, implied, the latter’s damnation not only comes from a sense of divine justice but also acts as a reflection on and a warning to Dante on his individual journey to God. Dante, along with many of his peers and influences, views Islam as a false sect broken off from the core of Christianity and Mohammed as a Christian with a corrupted view of doctrine that lures potential followers from a true path of righteousness. Mohammed, like Dante, feels a spiritual discontentment that leads him on a reflective journey; however, as Mohammed turns his personal path, beliefs, and interpretations into its own doctrine, he varies from Dante’s poetic but applicable tale of salvation. Dante’s encounter...
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...depicts in Inferno. In this Hell, Dante uses the character Virgil as a symbol of Human reason. With Virgil, Dante can show how Human reasoning can outsmart Christian sins. As Dante, the pilgrim works his way through the nine circles of hell, Dante encounters a multitude of sinners who attempt to trick or harm Dante. The sinners try to trick Dante the pilgrim through the means of the sin he or she is guilty of. However, because of Dante’s reliance on Virgil, he can outsmart the sinners and move on further into Hell. Dante’s Virgil leads Dante the pilgrim through his spiritual...
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...201 Character Analysis: Lucifer in Dante's Inferno Dante's Inferno in the Divine Comedy portrays Dante accompanied by Virgil, famous author to the Aeneid, journeying through the nine circles of Hell, encountering all sorts of demons, monsters, and the damned. Throughout this journey it is inevitable that Dante and Virgil will confront the greatest of the fallen, the lord Diabolus, Lucifer himself. Satan was once the greatest of God's angels, his beauty and magnificence was only matched by his arrogance and ambition for God's throne. Proving to be no match against his omnipotence and eternal power of the Lord, Satan was banished from Heaven for his treachery. His crashing descent into Earth left the deep pit that is Hell and the Mountain of Purgatory was raised on the opposite side. The popular conception of Dante's era depicted Satan as the ultimate master over the dominion of Hell and who always attempted to dissuade humanity from God's eternal light and join Lucifer in his damnation. Dante presents an almost polar opposite of the devil as just another powerless victim in Hell's tortures, based on his appearance, actions, and the ungodly center of hell in which the Devil resides. Dante's Satan is a truly horrific and yet almost pitiful being that resides n the lowest portion of Hell, the ninth circle that held the betrayers. Dante's apprehension to enter the ninth circle was well deserved, as it was truly a horrid place for the punished partly for its simplicity. "I heard this...
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...The red face represents anger, the yellow representing impotence and the black representing ignorance. To prove the point on his appearance, Each face represents a sin, therefore, Satan should appear in different circles, and not just one. Contrapasso means that the punishment fits the sin; in this case, the ninth circle portrays the treacherous, as well as all three face of Satan. Satan’s appearance also strives from Dante’s fear of Satan. Before they approach the final circle of hell, Virgil warns Dante that to beware of what he is about to see. To add, Satan’s actions also prove why this circle is not proving contrapasso. Satan’s faces proves this when Dante says, “Each face had two eyes, which continually cried. Each mouth chewed on a sinner.” (Dante 49). Due note that that treachery is the worst sin you commit, it is a bit ironic that Satan is allowed to deal punishment on to Judas, Brutus, and Cassius though he rebelled...
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...HELL ! what the Bible says about it… Dr. John R. Rice “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (Jn. 8:32) ©1997 by Trumpet Publications P. O. Box 1969, 0700 PIETERSBURG, South Africa. All rights reserved. Published with the permission of Sword of the Lord Publishers, Tennessee, USA. This version was edited by Prof. Johan Malan. This booklet may, however, be duplicated and distributed among interested persons without gain. Charges are only to cover the cost of duplication and distribution. No changes may be introduced to the text. For translation, or commercial publishing, please write to the above address. Scripture quotations are from the Authorised King James Version. The titles in this series on Internet are: Who is Jesus? From darkness to the light The judgement seat of Christ The Antichrist Israel The rapture Revival Hell - what the Bible says about it Spiritual warfare 2 1. How can we know about Hell? “There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus...
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...characters' motives arise as these themes are portrayed. Questions regarding Hamlet's love for Ophelia or his sanity arise. However, these questions develop throughout the story. The most important question arises at the beginning of the story in Act 1, and affects Hamlet’s every thought and action thereafter. Is the King's ghost a good spirit, merely seeking justice or an evil spirit sent to corrupt Hamlet? Perhaps the ghost is genuinely that of the dead king, but the fact that the ghost uses Hamlet to exact revenge and demands he commit the mortal sin of murder, clearly shows it to be an evil, malicious demon from hell. During the era in which Hamlet was written, there was a common belief of demonic intrusion, and corruption by the devil. Even today, it is not too difficult to find people who will agree that specters are evil demons, sent up from the bowels of hell to corrupt and destroy the living. In fact, a recent CBS poll reveals that almost half of all Americans believe in evil spirits, and that the dead can return in certain places and situations (Alfano). Because of this belief, the appearance of the spirit, along with the assumption of its wickedness, would not be considered unusual then or now. Subsequently, it is believed that demons can take any form in order to deceive another into committing a sin which will cost them their soul. Often times this was written about in plays, such as William Shakespeare’s King Lear where the character Edgar, pretending to be an...
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...Underworld, Hell, Hades ECT (A comparison of the underworld from The Odyssey and The Aneid.) Where one goes after death is a mystery. No scientist has proof, no Christian has proof, no ONE has any proof. All this world has is guesses, and what we are told through religious texts; and from there is where people draw their own personal opinion. “I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither can I nor would I want to conceive of an individual that survives his physical death; let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egoism, cherish such thoughts. I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life and with the awareness and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the existing world, together with the devoted striving to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the Reason that manifests itself in nature.” (Einstein) However in ancient Greece and Rome the afterlife did not have the illusive idea of a heaven and hell, they simply had an underworld ruled by the brother of the great god Zeus; Hades, or in Latin Pluto. However the underworld was described differently and similarly in several different cases, in several different takes of the stories. For example, Edith Hamilton in part IV of her book Greek Mythology, describes the visits of Odysseus and Aeneas to the underworld. Although they do relate in some ways, in others they are completely different. The decent into the underworld...
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...underworld, this poet in a vision." However, it is worth noting that "in the" Divine Comedy "the central character - not an abstract" I "and Dante with all the features of his personality and life events of the past ... At the same time," Comedy "is a fiction that develops on the literary laws." Dobrokhotov draws our attention to the fact that "the combination of real and personal fate of the literary scene was made possible by some middle managers - Chosen sense. Dante does not consider himself an ordinary man: first, he was a poet, and secondly, he is a prophet in the sense that they were the Old Testament poets - reformers and prophets of evil, he was finally chosen, entrusted with a great mission. What kind of - it reveals the poem. " Hell In the...
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...Prompt #3: Complete Chaos In many Shakespeare plays involving a tragic figure, due to multiple inherent personality traits, the illy fated character inevitably dooms their future to destruction. Often times everyday people will not doom themselves to self destruction because of flawed personality traits but may bring much misfortune on themselves. As the story unfolds, in an attempt to seek vengeance for his father, suffocated by his own flaws such as his obsession with revenge, confusion on the meaning of life, and procrastination in taking action, Hamlet dooms himself to the misfortune of self destruction. Often times, in outrage people will seek revenge and occasionally become obsessed with the idea, much like Hamlet did. Hamlet was overcome with anger when he discovered his father's murderer; in all his frustration and bitterness he became infatuated with the idea of revenge, surrendering to insanity, and eventually leading himself to self destruction. While contemplating a decision Hamlet debates with himself, “Now might I do it pat. Now he is a-praying. And now I’ll do ’t. And so he goes to heaven. And so am I revenged.—That would be scanned. A villain kills my father, and, for that, I, his sole son, do this same villain send to heaven. Oh, this is hire and salary, not revenge”(3.3.74-80). This reveals his insanity to me because he is investing far too much thought into it his deed. I think that Hamlet so desperately wishes his uncle pure misery that he believes...
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