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The Significance of Antonio’s Dreams in Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya (664 words, 1 pages)

Antonio's Dreams Through out the novel, Bless Me, Ultima, Antonio has ten dreams that unconsciously helps him understand answers to many of his questions. Without these dreams, Antonio would be lost in the world that surrounds him. When Antonio meets Ultima, he dreams of her owl as being the Saint ... Read More

The Importance and Roles of Horses in the Novel, All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (1978 words, 3 pages)

The title of Cormac McCarthy's novel - All the Pretty Horses, reflects the significance and variance of roles that horses play in this coming-of-age story, as they relate to John Grady Cole who is the focus of the novel. The horse, which was the social foundation of Western American culture ... Read More

A Review of the Story of Hansimangu and Grumalao (1069 words, 2 pages)

Hansimangu and Grumalo There is a lovely road that runs from Woodotsheni to Los Angesburg called I-10. I am led into a foreign land where great high buildings tower over me so many that I cannot count. The blinding lights swallow the darkness of night as Hansimangu and I make ... Read More

An Analysis of Grover’s Corners in the Play, Our Town (1088 words, 2 pages)

Grover's Corners is a small town in New Hampshire that shares many characteristics with Lewistown. Not only does it share characteristics of a physical nature, the people of these towns also share attitudes and philosophies towards living and dying. Some of the physical features these towns share are many churches, ... Read More

An Overview of the Cultural Diversity of Nigeria (977 words, 2 pages)

Nigeria is very rich in culture. Various ethnic groups in Nigeria have their own culture. The Durbar festival in the various emirates of the North of Nigeria symbolizes strength and dexterous skills in riding of horses. Durbars are called up during religious festivals like Id el' Fitri and Id el ... Read More

A Comparison of Pantheism and Theism in Ancient Indian Civilizations (1885 words, 3 pages)

Pantheism vs. Theism A Comparative Look at the Ancient Dravidian and Aryan Civilizations of India In today's world, the most common vision of religion seen by most people is primarily a dogmatic, overly structured skeleton of rules and ritualistic traditions. Theism is the belief that God is a transcendental being ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character of the Duke in the Play, Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare (1511 words, 3 pages)

The character of the Duke is portrayed by Shakespeare as a very complex, hypocritical and contradictory character. To many critics, he is conveyed as a Machiavellian Prince, using others for his own political ends, and to some critics, a God-like figure, testing the pathology of power in Vienna. Despite these ... Read More

Unjust Punishment in the Story of Cain and Able (929 words, 2 pages)

Bible as Literature Unjust Punishment In the Story of Cain and Able I believe that Cain was unjustly punished for the death of his brother able. How was Cain to know that killing his brother was a sin? His family were the only people on earth and no one had ... Read More

An Analysis of Soliloquies in Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1191 words, 2 pages)

Essay Topic Review Hamlet's soliloquies and write an essay that summarizes the development of his tragic character through these speeches. Among some of the most exemplary and insightful passages in English literature exists the Hamlet soliloquies. They produce age-old questions that man seeks to answer, yet fears to be answered. ... Read More

An Attempt to Understand Why There are Many Divisions in Religion (604 words, 1 pages)

I've come to the realization that if people would let go of their fear and worry about the unknown and what is strange to us that we would realize that most religions were created by ancient, un-evolved minds as a way to answer unanswerable questions as to why mankind exists, ... Read More

An Essay Review in the Skepticism of the Existence of God (1779 words, 2 pages)

How can I start this paper? Hmmmm.....??? Let's begin with the parable. Antony Flew starts off his speech by telling the audience this story of two explorers that accidentally came upon a garden in a jungle. In this garden, there were many beautiful flowers and weeds. One explorer says, 'some ... Read More

An In-Depth Comparison of Theism and Atheism (577 words, 1 pages)

Theism and Atheism In the following paper I will discuss a religious theme. After the making the decision of a theme, I decided that theism and atheism most interested me. I will be discussing the difference between the two and giving some general information about both theism and atheism. Both ... Read More

A History of the Theater Drama and Performing Arts in Ancient Greece (1998 words, 8 pages)

The drama in Greece was inextricably bound up with religious feeling and religious observance. (Cheney 33) The citizens of the Greek states were the first European communities to raise dramatic performances to the level of an art. Furthermore, the Greek playwrights still exercise a potent creative force, and many modern ... Read More

The Unnecessary Atomic Bomb (1082 words, 2 pages)

The Unnecessary Atomic Bomb The sudden technological advances of the world have lead to the development of many horrifying weapons. Weapons of such destructive capability that if a global war broke out, it would indefinitely mean an end to the human race. The one weapon that is particularly destructive is ... Read More

An Analysis of the Religion of Islam in Theology (1268 words, 2 pages)

The religion of Islam Islam has a large following around the world including communities in the United States, although this is true Islam is foreign to most Americans who are familiar with Christianity or Judaism. Because most Americans know little or about Islam, they have many misconceptions about Muslim beliefs ... Read More

An Analysis of the Education of Henry Adams (710 words, 2 pages)

In this prose, The Education of Henry Adams, Adams had chosen to use a third- person perspective to present the reader his life. In Chapter I, Quincy (1838-1848), Adams had actually acted as a narrator to describe his early life and express his special feeling about Quincy, and how his ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theory of Creation and the Importance of the Written Word (363 words, 1 pages)

What came first the chicken or the egg? In the same sense what came first the word or conscious thought? "The word" seems to be a very important motif in creation myths along with conscious thought. These seem to go together like the chicken and the egg which came first. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Teachings of Jesus in the Parables (1105 words, 2 pages)

The Gospels Gospel Paper 2 Martin Albl November 20, 2000 I.What is a parable? II.Why did Jesus teach in parables? III.What major parables did he teach? A.Parable of the Vineyard Owner B.Parable of the Mustard Seed C.Parable of the Fig Tree IV.What is the meaning of each parable? V.Personal interpretation ... Read More

An Analysis of Discrimination for Homosexuality in New South Wales (1926 words, 3 pages)

What control is the state able to exert over sexuality, and how is this done? Discuss with reference to homosexual identity for young people. Discrimination remains a reality for members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) communities in NSW. Homophobic prejudices that fuel this discrimination are often unfounded ... Read More

An Analysis of Female Characters in the Odyssey by Homer (1212 words, 2 pages)

In the Odessey, Homer has focused on the masculine characters as the most prominent. This is to be expected when one looks at the time period in which he lived, but there are some notable exceptions of some outstanding female characters. This does not mean that women were the focus ... Read More

A Discussion of the Status of Women in Contemporary India (616 words, 1 pages)

In ancient India, women occupied a very important position with, in fact a superior position to, man. Literary evidence suggests that kings and towns were destroyed because a single woman was wronged by the state. For example, Elango Adigal's Sillapathigaram teaches us Madurai, the capital of the Pandyas was burnt ... Read More

Themes of Punishment and Death in the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (628 words, 1 pages)

Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter deals with many themes, among those including punishment and death. Utilizing the theme of punishment, the central character, Hester Prynne, was forced to wear an embroidered scarlet letter on "her bosom" for the rest of her life as a sign of her sin of adultery. This ... Read More

The History of Ancient Greek Theatre (2495 words, 4 pages)

I got an A- on the paper, in an honors course. Well written, but needs more about the theater's effect on Greek society. The History of Greek Theater Theater and drama in Ancient Greece took form in about 5th century BCE, with the Sopocles, the great writer of tragedy. In ... Read More

A Discussion on the Stories of Creation (1855 words, 3 pages)

The first story of creation is written by the Priest "P", in 450 B.C. "P" functions as both author and editor - arranging the order for which we read the texts. The second story of creation was written by the Yahwist "J" in 950 B.C. "J" was a scribe of ... Read More

The Single Greatest Sacrifice a Man Can Make (624 words, 1 pages)

Jesus gave up his life. The single greatest sacrifice a man may make and it was for the sake of sinners. The best example of Jesus that might inspire Christians facing persecution today would be his arrest, trial and crucifixion. It is shown in the garden of Gesthemane that Jesus ... Read More

The Ethics of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1263 words, 2 pages)

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki marked the end to the world largest armed conflict. Many debates have surfaced over the ethics of such an attack. The bomb itself caused massive amounts of casualties while the unknown effects of radiation caused many more deaths amongst the survivors of the ... Read More

A Look at the Institution of Marriage from a Christian Perspective (508 words, 1 pages)

'Till Death Do Us Part? Marriage is a God-given responsibility. Those who choose to pick it up without knowledge of its weight will tend to get hurt. Those who choose to lift it knowing, but without consideration will tend to hurt others. Individual right overrules public good when it comes ... Read More

A Discussion on the British Colonial Experience (1297 words, 2 pages)

The British Colonial Experience When Christopher Columbus first landed on the island of Hispaniola, he had no concept of what his voyage had discovered. A New World with boundless land and new frontiers for exploration. Political issues and the powerful Spain prevented England from any ventures into New World colonization. ... Read More

The Ten Commandments of God in the Book of Exodus (1284 words, 2 pages)

Book of Exodous In Exodous, God gives the Ten Commandments to his people. These Ten Commandments is yet another indicator of God's personality and his attitudes. He does not want people to follow and see him as an object like many great worriers who are strong and has good fighting ... Read More

A DIscussion on the Similarities and Differences Between Christianity and Islam (1322 words, 2 pages)

Islam and Christianity share a lot of similarities and differences. One of the most important similarities that they share is that they are both universal religions. Both Islam and Christianity are monotheistic religions, believing in only one god, which is also believed by some religions researchers to be the same ... Read More

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Published: Friday 25th of January 2013