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    In this novel, The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, one character stands out above all. Pearl, the walking scarlet letter, at several points in this novel, serves as a bridge between sin and happiness. Unity is a key part in this novel, and is displayed by and through Pearl at various parts of this novel. Pearl is constantly used to symbolize several different things, and is essential to understanding each individual character and also essential to understanding the novel in…

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    Human Motivation for Good Deeds The human moral compass is a faulty and deceptive device prone to mistakes and unreliable bouts of avarice. The Puritans were a religious sect of 17th century New England who agreed with this philosophy of human corruptness. The cornerstone of Puritan ideology was predestination: the belief in a predetermined fate from God which inspired faith out of fear of Hell. On the contrary, an opposing school of thought was born from the 18th century intellectuals’ Age…

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    Definition Essay On Pride

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    word. A more concrete definition of pride is an inwardly directed emotion that can offend others. Pride denotes a sense of superiority over others and can easily make a prideful person look condescendingly at others. Pride is also one of the seven deadly sins listed in the Bible. Even believers struggle with pride and the ability to remain humble. The definition of pride has a meaning of evil according to biblical living. Consequently, in the worldly sense…

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    Life 's Journey Everyone knows that life is hard, and sometimes people make mistakes. To move past what they have done and better themselves one must look at the mistakes in their past and see fault in oneself . Dante Alighieri wrote the epic Dante 's Inferno when he was 35 years old and going through a midlife crisis He was going through a rough time, as he had just been tricked into being exiled from Florence Italy, his home he loved. He wanted to move on with his life and grow as a person…

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    The work ‘sin’ has different meanings for different people. Most of the people believe that sin is a transgression of the law of God (The New Testament). There are people who do not feel strongly about the mere existence of such a divine power and, therefore, consider sin to be nothing more than an act that is not acceptable in a society regardless of the fact whether it goes against any religious views or not. Hence, I, to some extent, do not agree with Dante’s ranking of sins. This is mostly…

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    In Troilus in Cressida, there’s much disorder and chaos that makes it a very unpleasant story to read/watch. One of the central themes of the play is disorder in hierarchal society; this is discussed in Ulysses’ speech (figure out where speech is and quotes). The desire of Paris and Troilus to fight a war purely for the purpose of dominance. Ironically they state that it is in the name of ‘dignity’, but the actions they take are far from honorable. Lechery is defined in this play as the greed…

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    How to save your relationship 7 Relationship deadly sins Communication, Sex, Money, Not prioritizing relationship, Conflict, Trust, Expectations (Struggle home chores) Who should read this book? Anyone who had relationship problems knows someone who is having issues with a significant person in their lives or if you are trying to avoid present or future problems with someone, you want to keep in your life. My inspiration to write this book was my own failure to get closure in past…

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    Every writer has a different way to express themselves, some are better than others and some it even comes naturally to. One of the greatest writers but also a great philosopher and minister in the 1700’s that stood out over the rest was Jonathan Edwards. The reason he stood out from the rest of the writers was because he had different approaches and reasoning’s than any other writer in his time. It all started when he became concerned that the individuals in the colonies had lost their focus on…

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    Clerks Character Analysis

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    analyzed the different themes.As there was so many to choose from, I made it clearn to myself that I did not want to be like everyone else. Kevin Smith used some of these insightful scenes to capture and exaggerate a hidden meaning of the seven deadly sins. In this first scene Dante is standing behind the desk at his job of a store clerk. A customer presumes in asking…

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    The Secret Closet Analysis

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    Purpose of secret closet Dimmesdale has peculiar night activities. Hidden from the public eye, Dimmesdale practices mortification of the flesh in his “secret closet” as his way of coping with his guilty conscious. “In Mr. Dimmesdale 's secret closet, under lock and key, there was a bloody scourge. [Dimmesdale] plied it on his own shoulders; laughing bitterly at himself the while, and smiting so much the more pitilessly, because of that bitter laugh” (132). The poor minister suffered from…

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