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A History of the Olympic Games (1120 words, 2 pages)

The Olympic Games are an international sports festival that began in ancient Greece. The original Greek games were staged every fourth year for several hundred years, until they were abolished in the early Christian era. The revival of the Olympic Games took place in 1896, and since then they have ... Read More

A Discussion on the Old Testament (4326 words, 13 pages)

Old Testament The Old Testament is a compilation, and like every compilation it has a wide variety of contributors who, in turn, have their individual influence upon the final work. It is no surprise, then, that there exist certain parallels between the Enuma Elish, the cosmogony of the Babylonians, and ... Read More

The Role of Choir in Oedipus the King by Sophocles (659 words, 1 pages)

The choir represents the voice of the people, the voice of the masses. People often conform to this uniform truth, they want to be like other people. This conformation leads to a uniform voice from the public. This voice is often ignorant to the truth, seemingly to the point that ... Read More

The Myth of Oedipus: Was He a Hero or an Antihero? (932 words, 2 pages)

What exactly is a hero? Is it someone who rushes into a burning house to rescue a child? Or is it a monk who abstains from worldly pleasures and comforts in order to be closer to the Gods? Joseph Cambell, one of the foremost authorities of Greek mythology, defined the ... Read More

An Analysis of Sophocles’ Oedipus the King as a Tragedy (600 words, 1 pages)

Oedipus as a Tragedy by Aristotles Definition A tragedy by definition is a drama which recounts an important and casually related series of events in the life of a person of significance, such events culminating in an unhappy catastrophe, the whole treated with great dignity and seriousness. The Greek tragedies ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of Predestination in Sophocles’ Play Oedipus the King (1129 words, 2 pages)

In ancient Greek society they believed that ones life is predestined and that ones fate is sealed. What is meant to occur will happen no matter what that person does. In 'Oedipus Rex' Oedipus' fate is doomed from his birth because of the actions of his ancestors. Unlike Oedipus most ... Read More

The Irony of Sight and Blindess in Sophocles’ Oedipus the King (1610 words, 2 pages)

Oedipus the King and the Irony of Sight Throughout the play, Oedipus the King, Sophocles refers to site and blindness to relate attitudes and knowledge of the past. The irony of sight in this play can be marked by Oedipus inability to realize that which is evident to the reader. ... Read More

Odysseus’ Characteristics That Make Him a Great Epic Hero (631 words, 1 pages)

Odysseus As An Epic Hero In the story of the Odyssey, Odysseus was put through many ordeals through which we see his moral and physical characteristics. After evaluating such characteristics we can see that Odysseus is a great epic hero. We can see that not only is he superior to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of Heroism in Homer’s Odyssey (1341 words, 2 pages)

Heroism was not an invention of the Greeks. Yet, through the first hundreds years of their civilization, the Greek literature has already given birth to highly polished and complex long epics that revolved around heroes. These literature works gave many possibilities of definition of heroism. The Greeks illustrated heroism to ... Read More

Observations and Views Between Aldo Leopold and Annie Dillard (964 words, 2 pages)

Observations and Views Between Dillard and Leopold Aldo Leopold was born in 1887, died in 1948, in 1949 his book A Sand Country Almanac was published. He was a renowned scientist, scholar, teacher, philosopher, and gifted writer. His book is a collection of his nature writing, lyrical writings, praise for ... Read More

Creator of the Mankind According to Chinese Mythology (612 words, 1 pages)

"Creator of Man-Kind" In the beginning, the earth was nothing but a huge, dark, and empty piece of rock. Then an egg cracked, out came the God that separated the earth from heaven. From the "God" (Pan Ku), came lots of other deities that helped create earth as a whole. ... Read More

A History of the Human Rights Development (1221 words, 2 pages)

Human rights are a product of a philosophical debate that has been argued since the beginning of mankind. Fueling this debate is the fact that many people have been unsatisfied with the notion that what is right or good is simply what a particular society or ruling elite feels is ... Read More

A Description of Hanukkah a Jewish Festival (401 words, 1 pages)

Hanukkah, which means "dedication" and is also referred to as "The Festival of Lights", is a Jewish festival which begins on the Hebrew date of the 25th of Kislev and lasts eight days, through the 2nd of Tevet. Hanukkah has only five letters in the original Hebrew. In English there ... Read More

Assessing the Speaker’s World in Anatomy of Criticism by Northrop Frye (1158 words, 2 pages)

Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism illustrates that literature without a narrative can still be classified according to his various modes. By assessing the world of the speaker, you can learn the speaker's situation and assess which mode the speaker is classified in. This is true of Emily Dickinson's poem number ... Read More

Willy Loman of The Death of a Salesman and Oedipus as the Ideal Tragic Models (1580 words, 2 pages)

We here the word 'tragedy' in news articles and daily conversations but what is tragedy? To some people it could be a common man such as Willy Loman, from Death of a Salesman or to others it would be mighty Oedipus, from Oedipus. Who does our society consider in ideal ... Read More

Jean-Paul Sartre’s Play No Exit: The Importance of Assuming Responsibility Portrayed through the Main Character (998 words, 4 pages)

Sartre believed that one day man happened, or occurred, and after this anomalous event mans life took meaning. With this theory, Sartre articulated the premise that existence precedes essence. Through this assumption, Sartre evolves further ideas in which a human can gain a greater understanding of human nature and responsibility. ... Read More

The Debate over ‘Nature versus Nurture’ in the Issue of Same-Sex Marriage (471 words, 1 pages)

Nature versus nurture is a shorthand expression for debates about the relative importance of an individual's innate nature and experiences ("nurture") in determining or causing physical and behavioral traits. These debates arose from problems associated with reconciling the formalist definitions of classical science and philosophy, with emerging theories and new ... Read More

A Review of Philosophers in the School of Natural Law (667 words, 3 pages)

Natural Law The School of Natural Law Philosophy was an intellectual group of philosophers. They developed new ways of thinking about religion and government. Natural law was based on moral principles, but the overall outlook changed with the times. John Locke was a great philosopher from the middle of the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Influence of Christianity on the Canadian Native (4605 words, 8 pages)

Introduction Literature offers a strong and passionate voice for the past. The literature of the Native Canadian is a voice we, the people of Canada, can no longer ignore. There is little to be gained by dwelling on the past. Nevertheless, there is much to be realized by accepting what ... Read More

The Real Definition of Nationalism in Britannica as a Modern Movement (1634 words, 3 pages)

The definition of Nationalism in Britannica is a modern movement (1). Nationalism is just like a family, it is held together by a sense of kinship. The original use of the term nationalism refers to elite groups, but in modern usage it refers usually to a very large group, sometimes ... Read More

Portrayal of Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (514 words, 1 pages)

In the novel The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne undergoes both physical and emotional revelations. Hester is directly affected by the consequences of breaking moral and social codes of behavior. The novel is a story of a young woman who commits adultery, and stays strong when the ... Read More

A View into the Rebuking of David by Nathan in the Bible (535 words, 1 pages)

Nathans Rebuke Many people are familiar with Davids sins involving Bethsheba that resulted in adultery and murder. Though these were dark pages in Davids record, they were preserved so that lessons might be learned by those who followed after. These lessons to be learned not only came from Davids mistakes, ... Read More

Viewpoints to Approaching the Complex Cultural Phenomenon of Myths (445 words, 1 pages)

A myth is a complex cultural phenomenon that can be approached from a number of viewpoints (Mythology). Mythological creatures are usually developed to explain something or to give a reason why something exists. Most Gods have a supernatural power or force, which makes them a God. Some mythological heroes are ... Read More

I Will Make My Father Proud (707 words, 1 pages)

My father is the most valuable person in my life. He is the most courageous, religious, and selfless person I have ever known. My father had passed away when I was fifteen years old. He had died of T-cell lymphoma. He was an understanding father and a loving husband. He ... Read More

Welcoming God Back into My Life (417 words, 1 pages)

I have always considered myself a Christian. I have grown-up in a Christian household with loving parents who also love the Lord. I have always sensed what is right and what is wrong, but sometimes I can give into what I know is wrong. I was baptized on January 23rd, ... Read More

My Views of the World and the Bible (1214 words, 2 pages)

Professor Stringer Humanities 101 October 26, 2000 My World View and the Bible We tend to think of mankind as the center of the world we live in. We are the smartest, the most intellectual, the most dominant, and the most common thing that we relate to. How did we ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on Buying a VW Beetle (399 words, 1 pages)

I have given some thought to a big purchase after I get out of college. It will probably be a new car. I have always loved Volkswagens , and I think I would like to purchase a New Beetle. I own a 1961 VW Beetle, also known as a type ... Read More

The Symbolism in the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (344 words, 1 pages)

Symbolism in "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner" When the Albatross first shows up, the ice breaks and a Northern wind starts to blow. The sailors begin to believe the bird is a good omen. The Mariner then shoots the Albatross with a CROSSbow. At first the sailors tell him ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on Discovering a Relationship with God (433 words, 1 pages)

My Relationship With God My relationship with God started when I was a child. I was raised in a practicing Roman Catholic home, with my mother, three brothers and one sister. When I was fifteen, my relationship with God had developed in such a way that structured my spirituality till ... Read More

A Study of a Dialogue between a Christian and a Muslim (11966 words, 31 pages)

Muslim-Christian Dialogue A deep study in religion science. Contents Dialogue The First Contact between a Christian and a Muslim The Holy Bible The Doctrine of the Trinity The Doctrine of the Divinity of Jesus Christ The Doctrine of the Divine Son ship of Jesus Christ Was Jesus Crucified? The Doctrine ... Read More

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Published: Friday 25th of January 2013