Abyss

The history of writing the hymn «Amazing Grace» Amazing! One can hardly find another word to describe the incredible transformation that occurred in the life of John Newton. Newton was born in London in 1725 His mother died when he was seven years old. Father gave him to learn seamanship when Newton was eleven. At the beginning of Newton was a cabin boy, then became deckhand. Naturally, the boy ran to the ship's way of life, rich blasphemy, drunkenness, immoral behavior. Newton without…

What are the characteristics of a tale that make it epic? Some factors make some epic poems stand out from other stories. To make a poem epic it needs a universal theme such as good vs evil, supernatural events, and the actions of one person determine the fate of a nation. All of these recurring events happen in the book The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. The theme that is constantly present is good vs evil, an example of this is Gandalf against the Balrog. A supernatural event happens…

pathway of light. Using the remaining strength from her arms, she crawled towards the door, but felt her body sinking while doing so. "My escape." The only two words she spoke. Her body was becoming engulfed in total darkness. Where the bottomless abyss once was. Her arms crawled faster ignoring the stinging pain of her muscles. The darkness had swallowed her legs and lower body. She was so close to freedom. A few more steps forward was all she hoped for. Her body tensed up as her hands sensed…

In every story ever told Joseph Campbell’s concept of the Hero’s Journey works its way into the plot. Of course most people only notice Campbell’s concept when the author of a story clearly states that the protagonist is a hero. What most people don’t know is that you could be watching a sappy love story and still be following along with the concept. I recently put the Hero’s Journey to a test by watching The Proposal. The movie started out with, Meredith, the hero of the movie. I consider…

Maguire, goes through an unconventional, but still overall relatable, version of the hero’s journey, in which she is changed for good and maybe for the better. Elphaba’s main goal and her critical confrontation of her worst fear, or encounter with the Abyss, lead her to the revelation of her true powers. Throughout Wicked, Elphaba’s primary goal is to make Oz a better and more accepting place. However, the way she goes about…

be fulfilled. We do not know if they can reach up to Him but they start relishing the suffering and pain of the journey towards him, the journey of love. According to Kierkegaard, there is an immeasurable abyss between man and God (Palmer, 27). Love is the journey through this never-ending abyss, at the end of which stands only God. It is only the longing that takes them to new possibilities, to explore themselves. It makes them see the world differently and minutely. They start to rediscover…

try and unravel. We took on the task of trying to unravel the knot. We started by using an analogy of a balance beam with a weight stuck to one end and on the opposite end 1001 children. Under the balance beam would be over an abyss. The beam is learning towards the abyss potentially endangering the lives of all 1001 children. So we raised the question, do you throw one off to save them all or let them all fall off? We had to ask ourselves was this a matter of consequence or of principle? In a…

The novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, tells the spiritual journey of a boy named Siddhartha and how he ultimately achieves true enlightenment within himself. As the novel is structured primarily around Siddhartha’s inner spiritual struggle, the moment that he deters from his path physically by entering the alluring material world is a huge event within the novel as his pain and thoughts of hopelessness are not confined within the mind but rather dangerously externalized. This deviation itself…

and discovers light. Light symbolizes truth and runs throughout the novel. For example, “We blew out the candle, darkness swallowed us. There was nothing left around us…in that moment nothing existed save our two hands over a wire glowing in a dark abyss.” (59-60) In this moment, the candlelight represented the little truth that Equality was on the verge of discovering, and when he blew it out darkness, or in contrast, lies, surrounded him. The light shines light on human error and dignity. Also…

and is long and slender, with pointed snout. Their elongated teeth are visible even when the mouth is closed, giving these sharks a menacing appearance. This has led many to believe that these are dangerous sharks, a reputation they don't deserve. ("Abyss Scuba Diving", 2005; "Sensory Biology of Sharks, Skates,…