...concerning the Servant, we conclude that the quest for thie identity of the Servant results in an impasse. This scholarly dilemma calls for a fresh approach to the Servant theme. Our attention should be directed toward discourse semantics and the communicative and theological aspects of the text in order to decipher the nuanced meaning of the text in the development of thematic variations. Based upon the observations from the literature review, we will set out the goal and scope of the study in the following section. 23 The Goal and Scope of the Study This dissertation intends to investigate the semantic possibilities of ~ydb[ and hlxn in Isaiah 40–66 as well as provide a coherent interpretation of the themes from the vantage point of the holistic reading of the Book of Isaiah.67 First, we will explore the communicative intention of the prophet who has employed the servants theme. To answer the question, we will examine the variations which the prophet has introduced into some of the themes. This will enable us to suggest that it is not so much the identity of the servant as the role of the servant that is the focus of the major communicative intention of the prophet. The probable solution lies in observing the servant as God’s agent through whom God works. Moreover, we will seek to understand how the servants theme is further developed in chapters 56–66, combining chapters 40-55 and 56-66. Are the servants nationalistic Israelites, the prophetic community in the post exilic period...
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...Truman Capote both authors demonstrate their use of characters and their change throughout the novel. In Kidnapped, the characters David and Ebenezer Balfour and the characters Herb Clutter, Perry, and Alvin Dewey in In Cold Blood are dynamic characters because they all undergo a change within the novels. Furthermore, Capote and Stevenson use suspense to promote the character dynamics within the novels. Capote and Stevenson cohesively use suspense with irony, the theme of chase and the overall structure of their novels to illustrate the character dynamics. Suspenseful irony is used to show the change in character throughout the novels. Suspense adds to the theme of chase because the characters try to converge on something they are after. The structure of the novels plays to the authors’ use of suspense in their own styles. Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, Kidnapped, depicts the adventures of David Balfour in search of his inheritance in the perilous Scottish Highlands in 1751. David comes close to retrieving his inheritance, but his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour, has other plans for David. He tries to kill David by coercing him to climb a rickety, old stair-tower. David barely manages to make it out alive because his uncle has lied to him about the condition of the stairs thus the devious side of Ebenezer Balfour emerges. Ebenezer’s failed attempt to get rid of David calls for the use of his secondary plan involving the ship Covenant and Captain Hoseason. While David walked around the...
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...refers to depriving someone of acquired or inherited movable or immovable possessions that rightfully and legally belong to that person (The South African Concise Oxford Dic tionary; Kuenyehia 2003). This study uses stripping and grabbing interchangeably as refer ring to the same act. Basing their studies in Ikot Idem in Nigeria, Okunmadewa, Aina, Ayoola, Mamman, Nweze, Odebiyi, Shedu and Zacha (2002:106) maintain: [W]omen’s wellbeing often deteriorates quickly after the loss of their husbands, when they suffer threats of both their physical security and property. A widow often loses her husband’s property to the in-laws in accordance with family traditional rules. This study proposes to explore the widows’ experiences of property inheritance in the Binga District, in the North West of Zimbabwe. Economically, people in Binga practice subsistence farming, animal rearing, and gathering natural fruits. People also enjoy the liberty of fishing in the Zambezi River and this is why they are called Basilwizi, that is people of the great river. The educational level in the district is low, more so among women in all population age groups. Socio-culturally, the Tonga people adhere strongly...
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...Joshua Clarke Prof. Bisla ENG 333 5.8.2014 How Natural is the Supernatural Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto makes frequent use of supernatural effects. The novel's uses of the supernatural are a perfect example of its predecessor status as the first gothic novel, as well as question the purpose for all of its supernatural occurrences. Is it God punishing those deserving of the sentence? Or is it all just a very big coincidence and in our characters’ imagination? Most of the supernatural incidents in the novel are directed towards the themes of succession and inheritance. They revolve around the issue of establishing the rightful heir to the seat of Otranto. Because of the murderous actions of his grandfather Don Ricardo, who poisoned the previous rightful owner Alfonso the Good, the current prince Manfred has ruled over the region contrary to the precepts of genealogical law. In fact, many of the ghostly occurrences relate to exposing the usurper Ricardo before establishing Theodore, the rightful heir, onto the throne. The apparitions are portrayed in a bizarre and exaggerated manner, allowing the story to take on a rather surreal, unbelievable route where it is safe to say that spiritual vengeance is being exacted on those “got away with it”. This is apparent in the opening scene, when Manfred discovers that his only son has been crushed to death under a giant helmet which appears to have fallen out of the sky. It would later be discovered that the helmet is similar...
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...Song of Solomon is written in chronological order, but is filled with many flashbacks from a third person “omniscient” narrative. All the while she intertwines myth and reality, using “myths to underpin her narrative” as commented by Leslie Harris, with an ever changing bipolar type tone. To reveal the theme of “fight or flight” and abandonment of women, even Milkman’s rebirth, Morrison, in the Song of Solomon uses biblical allusions, song, symbols and flashbacks. Morrison uses flashbacks to help reveal the “flight” with flashbacks of Sugarman jumping off the hospital building, the community thinks it was a victory by him going through the “escape of segregation and racism of the world”, but then it leaves a “plague on the families” stated by Jill Matus. By leaving the wife to raise the kids alone in an already bad environment in the...
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...1999:179). There are three main lessons in Joshua's account of the conquest of the Promised Land. One, obedience and submission are necessary conditions for divine blessing. Two, God hates sin and uses Israel as His instrument to purge out the sin in Canaan (Constable 1991:103-105). Three, God is faithful to His covenant promise to give Abraham's descendants an inheritance. Three characteristics are evident in the Joshua generation that entered the Promised Land. One, they submitted to God's standard of holiness....
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...content will be presented on the assumption that the respective assignments have been read. Additional reading assignments from other sources may be incorporated into the content of this course as deemed necessary by the instructor. ------------------------------------------------- COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION PROCEDURES ------------------------------------------------- A. Course and Performance Objectives Learning Outcome: Enable students to recognize the major unifying themes of biology, including evolutionary theory, cell theory, reproduction, and genetics as these relate to contemporary issues, such as biodiversity, human impact on the environment, and biotechnology. Course Goals: Upon completion of this class, the student will be able to: 1. Know the major characteristics common to all living things. 2. Understand the hierarchy of organization that exists for life from the level of the atom to the biosphere. 3. Describe the unifying theme of evolution for the...
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...Ebenezer was older than David, being the son to the owner of the Estate, and should seem to be the one who is rightfully entitled to the inheritance. However, the fact that David was the son to the older brother causes him to be the rightful heir of the estate. With this information in mind, the resolution was realistic in the sense that, David got his right, in accordance with the laws of the land. Question 7 Kidnapped is a great novel, by Robert Louis Stevenson, whose major theme is the importance of loyalty and friendship. As the title suggests, David was kidnapped and restricted from freedom of movement, as well as that to fight for his own life. From their escape from the command of Hoseason and his crew, David and Alan Breck showed friendship and loyalty to the end. They help each other, even in situations where it was not convenient, bringing out the theme of friendship. Question 8 The author has two main aims in the novel, which explains the spare plotting. First, he sheds light on the events that were happening in Scotland, as well as the consequences of the same. The, he seeks to communicate his belief that evil in the society can never prevail. In the end, he shows that the evils that take place in darkness must come to light...
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...KING LEAR Act 1-3 Review Act 1, Scene 1 Analysis The first scene sets up the action and the main theme of the play. King Lear has three daughters, and he requires from each a profession of love in exchange for a reward of inheritance. The two daughters who love him least and who are most dishonest easily fulfill his requirements, speaking elegantly but emptily of their great love for him. Lear is pleased with this superficial and deceitful proclamation of love. His honest daughter, Cordelia, will not give Lear a false declaration. She loves him, she says, simply as a father, no more and no less. Her love, unlike her sisters', is a true love, but she is unwilling to exaggerate it in false language. Lear cannot understand this, and he immediately turns on Cordelia, his most beloved daughter, and disowns her. Lear is a flawed character, valuing the external declaration of love over true and proven love. His actions are so unreasonable that the reader may wonder why Cordelia loves him, aside from her duty as his daughter and subject. Act 1, Scene 2 Analysis The second scene reveals the subplot of Edmund's machinations to wheedle his father's lands away from him. As in the story of King Lear and his daughters, Gloucester must decide which of his children is truly loyal to him. The son that seems loyal only appears loyal through his deceit. He lies and manipulates in order to appear loving and loyal. Edgar, the truly loyal son, will appear disloyal through his brother's...
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...is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.” The beautiful thing about this quote is that it is short and sweet, but still hits the nail on the head. One of the main issues preventing the escape of slaves was a lack of knowledge and education. They either did not have the knowledge to escape or the courage to go through with it. Luckily, Cora had both traits and a mother who shared them with her. In The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, the literary devices of foreshadowing and imagery are used to show that Cora was predestined to run away as the pursuit of freedom is her family inheritance. As this story is about the Underground Railroad, the setting plays an integral role....
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...deeply with Caliban, and this juxtaposition continues throughout the play and serves to illustrate the theme of colonialism, and its different levels, that his character embodies and explores. There are a number of qualities that set Caliban apart from the rest of the characters in the text. Prospero calls him names such as ‘demi-devil’, ‘hag-seed’ and ‘strange fish’ are myriad. While they might appear pejorative, and were probably meant that way by Prospero, these names also link Caliban to the island of his origin. Caliban is, indeed, a spirit of non-human form and the son of a powerful witch. Yet it could be argued that Prospero has projected his own prejudices onto these terms and appropriated their true concepts to highlight his own authority. Some choose to read this as Shakespeare’s response to Montaigne’s oxymoronic vision of the noble savage. Shakespeare’s contemporary, Montaigne argued that the uncivilised societies of the indigenous American tribes were in fact naturally noble, which he believed was superior to the artificial constraints of the civilised, western world. In his essay, Of Cannibals, he explores the perpetually conflicting relationship between nature and nature, and the intersectionality of it with cultures and customs. Caliban’s connection to the island is primal and deeply connected in nature. He repeatedly states that his connection and inheritance to it is through his mother Sycorax, a powerful woman, possibly of colour. Not only does this remind...
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...The Last of The Mohicans: Theme Analysis Theme Analysis Culture Clash In the wilderness of upper New York, two cultures clash—white Eurocentric culture and native Indian culture. Ample evidence is given in the novel of the destruction caused to the Indians by the coming of the whites—Hawkeye himself acknowledges that this is so. The reason that Magua was driven from the Hurons, for example, was because the whites introduced the Indians to alcohol, and he fell victim to it. The savagery of the conflict between whites and Indians is apparent in numerous incidents. The two races do not understand each other’s ways, even though they make many alliances with each other according to what they believe is in their best interest. Generally speaking, Hawkeye, Heyward, and David Gamut, each in his different way, represent the values of white civilization. Heyward represents the military ideal; David represents the sect of Protestantism known as Calvinism. Hawkeye is a more complex case because he in a sense lives in both worlds, Indian and white, and has great respect for some of the Indian ways. Although he thinks Indians other than Delawares and Mohicans are liars and “varlets,” he acknowledges the validity of their religion and respects many of their customs. However, Hawkeye still sees a wide gulf between the ways of the “Mingo” and those of the white man. He believes that whites have a more enlightened set of values, inspired by Christianity, although he is not an especially...
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...Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance painter who was considered as a man of “unquenchable curiosity.” Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy (which is outside of Florence, Italy). Da Vinci was the son of Ser Piero and a peasant girl, Caterina. Leonardo’s father took custody of him a short time after his birth. His mother married someone else then moved. Eventually, they kept having children, but not with each other. Later on, Leonardo had seventeen half brothers and sisters. Growing up in his father’s home in Vinci, Leonardo had access to many scholarly texts. He was exposed to Italy’s rich painting community. When he was fifteen, his father sent him to a workshop in Florence. He demonstrated his amazing talent there. One of Leonardo’s first big breaks was to paint an angel in Verrocchio’s “Baptism of Christ.” Leonardo was so much better than Verrocchio that he decided to never paint again. He stayed at this workshop until 1477. In 1482, he entered the service of Duke of Milan while leaving Florence. He spent seventeen years in Milan, leaving after Duke Sforza’s fall from power in 1499. During this time, Leonardo reached different height of artistic achievements. The Duke kept Leonardo busy painting and sculpting and designing court festivals, but at the same time he had to work on designing weapons and machinery. From 1485 to 1490, Leonardo began to study on a large variety of subjects. Some of them were nature...
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...dismay, the reconstructive surgery she undergoes leaves her with a brand new one. Once recovered, Nelly seeks out her husband Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld) despite the warnings of Lene (Nina Kunzendorf), her friend and a clerk in the Hall of Jewish Records, that it was probably Johnny who betrayed her to the Germans. Nelly finds Johnny, a pianist who now goes by Johannes, working as a busboy at a nightclub called Phoenix. Johnny does not recognize Nelly, who introduces herself as Esther, but soon notices some resemblance to his wife whom he thinks is dead. Intent on collecting his dead wife’s inheritance, Johnny convinces Esther to impersonate her with the promise of splitting the money evenly. He painstakingly remodels Esther into Nelly, schooling her in how to look and behave like his late...
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...In every word of every chapter in every story lies a different moral to be told. Since the beginning of time, humans have learned some of life’s greatest lessons through written texts, and due to intertextuality, often times these themes and lessons are shared between various novels. This can be seen within the two classic novels Grendel by John Gardner and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Both books are centralized around the theme that our strong desires for love can strengthen our need for revenge. In the novel, Wuthering Heights there is a large cycle of revenge that ensues as a result of a desperate desire to be loved. This revenge is executed by two main characters within the novel. The first is Hindley who shares a large and public disregard for Heathcliff, and an orphan his father, Mr. Earnshaw, took in when he was a child. As a child, Hindley was accustomed to being the only male in the house and receiving a fair amount of his father’s attention. With the arrival of Heathcliff, however, this all changed. Mr. Earnshaw immediately takes a strong liking to Heathcliff and treats him as if he were his own son. Similar to her father, Catherine, Hindley’s sister, gets along famously with Heathcliff, and the two eventually...
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