Absalom

Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury tales contains three fabliaux that value cleverness over morality. One of those is present within The Miller’s tale. A fabliau is defined as a “funny short story that is produced in verse form and deals with sexual or economic deception”. (Black et. al, 46) Canterbury tales contains three fabliaux which are all related together creating a pattern of moral deterioration, starting with the Miller’s tale of rivalry for love then moving on to the Reeves tales of…

The Bible tells us that Demons are fallen angels that followed after Satan when he decided to think he was higher than God. These angels could've stayed in heaven, but they didn't want to release the evil intentions they had. Demons are one third of the angles that left when Satan was kicked of of heaven. Like when God sends his angels to protect us, Satan will send out his demons to take out Christians and he will do his best to come against God and his people. Demons are like the great angles…

The Holy Bible depicts many different symbolic meanings. Amongst the various interpretations of the Bible, the numerology within the book holds high significance. Many numbers are repeated throughout the bible and each of them are strategically placed. Numbers are so frequent in scripture that you can find a number in about one in five spiritual verses (Biblestudy.org). The numbers one, three, six, seven, twelve, and forty, are some of the most symbolic in the Old Testament. When reading the…

In George Orwell’s Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, a futuristic firefighter, whose day to day job requires him to rid the everyday streets of illegal reading materials. In a world where you cannot read books, and futuristic technological advances rules the lives of all citizens, Guy Montag began to rethink such ideals when he met a book-loving girl named Clarisse. Ultimately, Montag has escaped the war-destroyed city. He has joined a group of survivors who devoted themselves to memorizing and…

The Formation of Delaware The forming of the colony that would be known as Delaware was an ongoing show of strength. The first settlers included the Dutch and the Swedes. The Swedes moved in territory occupied by the Dutch in a successful attempt to gain power and presence in the new colony. The Swedish takeover was only a temporary one because of a successful ploy set by the Dutch ruler Peter Stuyvesant. The Dutch regain of power was met only by the presence of the English, eventually drove…

Congreve’s The Way of the World consists of various themes and ideas about men and women during the 17th century. Some of these themes that were more prominent in this play included the problem between men and women and the ideal way of maintaining a romantic relationship. The ideas of how romantic relationships should be conducted are also questioned and critiqued by other writers. Of these writers, most of their works complement Congreve’s play. The main concept that he and others had when it…

In high school, I remember where my biggest dream changed into a reality. I was a member of the Greenville High School Tiger Pride Marching Band. I played the alto saxophone. Unlike my bandmates, I did not know how to read music then. I played by ear, and whatever scale, jazz run, or chromatic I heard, I could play it back just like that. I played at numerous of black history programs and different events at school. My favorite saxophonist was Kenneth Williams, and I told myself that I want to…

Throughout history men were always seen as the superior sex, and women as the downfall of men. But in recent years women have made extraordinary advances in social and economic power, becoming the 21st century equals of their male counterparts. However, if one were to be skeptical of these beliefs they need only look into the past and see the way women were perceived in historical literature. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is such a window one can look into and see the perception of…

ignore the life of the baby. There is even biblical support for not aborting a baby conceived during rape. In Samuel II chapter 13, David’s daughter Tamar was raped by her half-brother Amnon. She and her baby lived in the house of her full brother Absalom for the rest of their lives (The Rape of Tamar,…

Lucy has lived a life of depression, constantly feeling alone, upset or worthless. Living with alcoholic parents drove her to become an alcoholic as well. Week after week she would come home to find her parents arguing about her. She found everything to be her fault, and she regretted being alive. Lucy was affected by depression. For example, she attempted to commit suicide multiple times in an effort to make her parents lives easier. Eventually after a while she began drinking uncontrollably…