Serpent

Prose Comparison - European Baccalaureate 2016 Both prose pieces revolve around a common event: the eruption of the volcano Vesuvius in Pompeii. On the one hand, Passage b) recalls the eruption from the present time - an article published in The Guardian - whereas Passage a) narrates the incident in real time - an extract from the novel Naples ‘44. However, these two pieces of prose do not appear to concern themselves with the same eruption. Passage a) relates to the eruption during the Roman…

Shakespeare’s play Macbeth and Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s film All About Eve, explores the fatal effect ambition has not only on others but on oneself. Within both, it is the willpower of the main characters, Macbeth and Eve whose desire dissembles their morals, inflicting harm and distress on those around them, consequently leading them to their downfall. While both Macbeth and Eve are alike in their ambition, they have different instigators. Each of those however can be regarded as equally…

apostates, heretics and false teachers that fill the church today. Without adequate knowledge of the Word of God, biblical illiterates can only base their decisions on what seems right. That's an especially dangerous road to travel in a world plagued by serpents such as Rick Warren, dubbed as 'America's Pastor'. There must be an especially hot spot reserved in hell just for Rick Warren. The one thing more than any other that makes Rick Warren stand out as the Chief Apostate among apostates is…

What makes an animal good? Is it their benefit to the ecosystem, their evolved skills, or how nice they are to look at? In all three categories the victor may be surprising. Snakes. Snakes are amazing, talented, and gorgeous. Their ecologic benefits are rooted in their prey, as I’m sure you know, snakes eat mice and rats. If snakes were less talented they wouldn’t be able to catch the rats, or even the harmful insects they keep at bay. Then the prey would multiply and eat until its food source…

Dia dhuit, which means hello in Irish! I am Brigid, but also known as Brigit, Bride, Brighid and many others. My name means “Exalted One.” I am one of the most important goddesses to Ireland and England. I am the patroness of fire, unity, poetry, healing, and childbirth. I am also known as the Triple Goddess, the three goddesses stand for: the fire of inspiration, the fire of forge, and the fire of earth. Most deities about me were passed orally from generation to generation. This is the main…

Life can have meaning when it is lived with God and life without God is vanity. Adam and Eve experienced vanity the moment they stopped believing God. The theology of Genesis 1 is of work which begins with a theology of creation and goes on Genesis 2 where man worked in the garden of Eden. This work brought fulfillment in Genesis 2 and pain in Genesis 3 because God cursed the ground that man works on. Humans males experiences and find their highest us fulfillment in their work (job). Work is…

change of response and emotion with creation. Genesis 1 v.28 “God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth,” we are able to know by God’s tone that He is pleased. In Genesis 3:14 “The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle,” we are able to perceive that God’s response and emotion has changed by the downcast of his words towards the…

on the footprints, they revealed that the footprints belonged to a hippo. In the year of 1934, a year after the Loch Ness monster made headlines, a British surgeon, Robert Kenneth Wilson, came forward with a picture that appeared to be a head of a serpent-like creature. Wilson claimed he took the picture on April 19, 1934, as he was driving around the Loch when he spotted something moving in the waters. For many decades, Wilson’s photo, “The Surgeon’s Photo,” was believed to be the best evidence…

In William Shakespeare’s tragedy, “Hamlet,” deception is an essential element that is used throughout the play. Hamlet continuously seeks for revenge on the murder of his beloved father, and in search of the truth, he plays a game of deception. He uses the appearances of other people, and the dishonesty throughout the world he lives in, to discover whom actually murdered his father. The acceptance of his inability to find out the certainty behind the murder, by himself, leads him to use a…

I was pleased to see the latest copy of the Serpent, and to read about three of my elderly brothers. Both Randy Butterfield and Jack Lorenz were great buddies of mine back then, and it was fitting that Randy also spoke about Jim Fisher in his flashback. We all had a great time together and have continued our friendship for over 60 years. Back when we were Littleton Street Sigma Nus, Lorenz, Fisher, and (I think) Tom Pickford joined forces and bought a car. It was a huge c.1930 Packard. It had…