A Kindred Spirit

Language Law of the Spirit of life in Christ (v 2)/ Law of sin and death (v 2)/ Law (v 3)/ Just requirement of the Law (v 4)/ God”s Law (v 7) Paul makes it clear that the the good news is still supported by law; it is not an anarchical system where people can do whatever they want, and God acts arbitrarily. Once the Jew relied upon the written law of Moses, Paul shows here that there is still law, it just looks different than what was originally thought. Recurrence: “Spirit” Language Life in…

In James Tiptree, Jr.’s “The Girl Who Was Plugged In” as well as Greg Egan’s “Learning To Be Me,” the ways in which identity can change along with the how bodies are perceived or not are emphasized. The contrast between the two stories lies in their differences as sub-genres, as Tiptree writes about feminist science fiction and Egan focuses on cyberpunk. Even the ways in which the two main characters are developed in relation to their bodies seem completely unrelated, and yet by comparing them,…

He immediately returned from the dead so as not to miss the adulation of the crowd. His spirit has been encountered with many workers. They say he is not a threatening spirit. The theatre even has a tradition of saving him a seat for every opening night performance. “Fred is very much benevolent presence, nothing nasty ever happens” (Ghost 2). “ Many present and former staff…

The existence of ghosts is a concept often disputed. When found in the situation where there is no rational explanation to something that happened, it is easy for us to create our own rational explanation in our minds. Perhaps the true rational explanation is right in front of us but we just cannot see it, much less explain it; because we do not understand it. This was the case for for the families living in a house in Amityville. Their stories lead to the labeling of the commonly heard Haunting…

the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was -- but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.” This could have to deal with something supernatural, because when he seen the House of Usher an “insufferable gloom pervaded his spirit.…

In his work Phaedo, Plato, through the voice of Socrates, voices his opinions on the immortality of the soul. Throughout the novel, Socrates asserts that he does not fear death, but welcomes it. Because Socrates is a philosopher, he has spent his life embracing the idea that the soul can only obtain pure knowledge upon being separated from the body. Socrates thus welcomes death because his soul will be from the body and surrounded by pure knowledge. In his Argument from Recollection, Socrates…

the fire blasts that end earth, then further torments forevermore). This is a joking type of style with weeping and gnashing of teeth in several ways in view of all the other types of illusion torments one gets in hell besides crying in their evil spirits and the basic idea of pain (once in hell after the earth style is over, their pain levels will be more than one thousand times worse than the worst pain levels of earth) with illusions and other styles so, mostly, saying the weeping and the…

Hamlet is the dramatic play of a son who tries to make the death of his father right. Death is never something that one can erase from memory, but many people try to take actions that will validate the death of their loved one. Whether it is putting blame on the person for doing this to you, or putting the blame on yourself, death causes uncontrollable emotions. In Hamlet’s case, he finds revenge through means of deception to be what helps him cope with the tragic death. He uses a facade and…

Ghosts Real, by Radford et al., written in standard from. 1. People believed that ghosts are widely believed of paranormal phenomena. 2. They are many ghost stories included from the past. 3. Some people believe that they can communicate with the spirits. 4. Ghost hunters are not finding strong evidence of ghosts existing. 5. Many people have different views whether the ghosts move on or they stay behind. 6. Personal experience is one thing and scientific evidence is another matter. 7.…

The ghost in act one scene one of Hamlet represents many different things. The first appearance of the ghost (1.1.47) shows that there is something ominous looming over the state of Denmark. The ghost appears and is silent. He simply stands there and watches Marcellus, Barnardo, and Horatio. Barnardo says “Looks he not like the King?” (1.1.50). By the ghost taking on the image of the deceased King Hamlet, the ghost is enlarging the shadow left over Denmark by the king’s untimely and unexpected…