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- 10381: Beowulf and Hrothgar: Anglo-Saxon Ideal Code of Conduct
- ... warrior, You shall lack no earthly riches I can offer you. The people of the land also trust their king, who holds a strong belief in God. In the scene where Hrothgar celebrates Grendel's death, he holds the monsters hand as he says, Let us give thanks at once to God Almighty for this sight. The followers of the king both respect and trust their ruler, and through his generosity ...
- 10382: Abbey, and His Fear of Progress
- ... mule, bicycle or feet, and come on in. Enjoy yourselves. This here park is for people. The above plan probably will never happen, but it would save the parks system from a fate worse than death. The parks should be regarded as more than just a roadside tourist trap. Abbey asked, "Are men no better than sheep or cattle, that they must live always in view of on another in order ...
- 10383: Van Gennep's "Rites of Passage", Durkheim and Turner's Theory of Communitas
- ... mountains. To the Chamula, the north is also good because it is to the right of God in the east. Negative qualities are ascribed to the south. The south is associated with killing frosts and death. The west is "down." Three different levels constitute the Chamula's sky. The bottom level is what people on earth can see. The second level (in ascending order) is where the Virgin Mary and the ...
- 10384: The Lives of Confucius and Guatama Siddhartha
- ... intrigued him. Upon his encounter with the recluse man he asked: What gain is there in the life of a recluse? the person answered and said: I depart from the impermanence of age, illness, and death, and gain the freedom of deliverance. I forsake the illusive love of life, walk the path of Right Dharma, and save living beings with compassion. The prince exclaimed: What could be more noble than the ...
- 10385: How Is The Greek Idea of a Sound Mind and Body Essential for The Successful Characters of The Odyssey?
- ... this is exactly what Telemachos and Odysseus do. They struck down the Dogs!Who never thought that (Odysseus) would return from Troy.{page 243}. The Poor fools! they did not know that the cords of death were made fast about them all,{page 245} now were in their rightful place, in the land of the dead. They trespassed into another man's home, all the time being absent of a sound ...
- 10386: Greek Literature
- ... government. There are also treatises on 'The Soul' and 'Rhetoric'. His 'Poetics' has had an enormous influence on literary theory and served as an interpretation of tragedy for more than 2,000 years. With the death of Aristotle in 322 BC, the classical era of Greek literature drew to a close. In the successive centuries of Greek writing there was never again such a brilliant flowering of genius as appeared in ...
- 10387: Epic Works
- ... Knowledge. Realizing her folly, Eve shares the fruit with Adam, who also eats it. This is considered the fall of man. In Heaven God tells of the final victory of the Son over Sin and Death. This epic is told in a context of extensive drama using profound speculations. Milton's main goal was to "justify the ways of God to men." (Norton 2179) All three works are long narrative poems ...
- 10388: Literal Interpretation in Literature
- ... lives it is against Creon's laws. Other problems which exist in Antigone are also caused by actions of a father or "father figure". One such situation is when Creon wants to punish Antigone to death even though his son, Haimon, is to marry her. It is easy to see how this biblical quote pertains, in particular, to the circumstances in the Greek drama Antigone. The above examples also show that ...
- 10389: The Capitalist Future: A Consequence of Calvinist Annunciation
- ... ethic originated from the Calvinist doctrine of predestination and the notion of a transcendental God. Predestination decrees that God has already picked out who those "predestined into everlasting life" (100) and those "foreordained to everlasting death" (100). Calvinists also believe that God, a distant "grand conception" (164) who is "beyond all human comprehension," (164) is unreachable. Both these beliefs together eliminated any possibility of appeasing God through service or sacrifice. The ...
- 10390: The Myth of Perfection
- ... dug for himself. Instead of fighting back and becoming stronger, Gregor becomes addicted to the "love" he recieves from his family, and slowly degenerates until his untimely demise. Ironically, near the time of Gregor's death, they preferred the image of Gregor from the photo as opposed to what he had become to help them. If we wish to become better people, we must learn to percieve our imperfections and accept ...
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