Altar

Films are type of visual communication which uses moving pictures and sound to tell stories and information. Romantic comedies are usually love stories about two people from different worlds. “Coming to America is a romantic comedy type of film” the movie was about a black African Prince that traveled to America to find a wife who will respect his personality and not his title as a Prince On the day of his 21st birthday, Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy), heir to the throne of African country of…

her life. He is placed in a conflict between fate and free will; “Obey, obey, or a heavy doom will crush me! - Oh but doom will crush me once I rend my child, the glory of my house - a father’s hands are stained, blood of a young girl streaks the altar. Pain both ways and what is worse” (Agamemnon, lines 206-213)? He is aware of the consequences if he spares Iphigenia but at the same time he knows guilt will haunt him if he kills her. He consciously chooses to “stop the winds with a virgin’s…

One common problem in the eight century was the cycle of endless debt forced labor. The class structure of this time individuals of the elite class would lend money to someone that would belong to the poor class. The individual who was poor would take the money and use it to survive. However, these poor individuals will never be able to pay off the debt they acquire from the elite members of society. Because the poor can never pay off their debts, they pay back the elite that they owe with the…

in God and His promises. Continuing with Abraham’s journey of faith, Abraham arrives at Shechem where God appears to him and tells him of one promise, “To your offspring I will give this land,” (Genesis 12: 6-7) accordingly, Abraham builds an altar to thank God for this blessing. From there Abraham travels toward the hills east of Bethel, to Negev, to Egypt, back to Negev, and stops in Bethel. During this journey, Abraham and Lot had become very wealthy with livestock, silver, and gold…

Sex refers to the biology of maleness and femaleness; the biological distinction between both males and females. That may include the chromosomal, chemical, and anatomical differences between both sexes as well. Since sex is biological, the Orthodox Church views sex in the same way. Biologically speaking, I am addressed as a male and I identify myself as a male as well. Although recently people argue that there are more than just two sexes, I was brought up and taught that God created both man…

walls welcomed me as i take my first steps on to the deep lavender church carpet, as angels hang from the ceiling and play their mini hearps, my heart is enlighten and tears of joy are brought to my eyes. Michael looks stunned as i waddle down the altar, in my lace, white dress with my face covered by my mother's old wedding veil. Little Emily is truly a bundle of joy. Every step i take she kicks and i've began to think that she's more excited than me. I had to tell her to calm down before that…

The Struggles to Find Your Identity as a Young Women In both the stories, “Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros and “Girl by Jamaica Kincaid" go into in a way a deep dive into all the social expectations that are placed upon young girls. But they were specifically about the young girls who are brought up by old immigrant families who have come to another country for a better life. Each of the stories has a specific character or in other words, the protagonist of the story, for example in “Girl” she was…

with conquest by the fearsome Gauls. The Attalids fought the Gauls and defeated them. They were proud of their victory and even compared it to the Athenian victory over Persians. They even dubbed themselves the new Athens. They constructed a great altar engraved in sculpture showing the battle between the gods and the giants for their god Zeus. This was very similar to what Athenians had done centuries before. The sculpture of Zeus body was similar to that of Poseidon that was located at the…

revenge plots and hatred to be central parts of a person’s life. The man who was engaged to Miss Havisham was chasing after her fortune, and did not love her. It was for her money alone that he pursued a relationship, and his abandonment of her on the altar set the stage for Miss Havisham’s warped perspective. She channeled all of her energy into raising her adopted daughter to be a lady that would despise men and purposefully break their hearts because of her traumatic past. Consequently, this…

The service was more traditional than I anticipated, although they didn’t recite creeds, which was done at my church. The liturgical elements consisted of altar calls and doxology instead of Communion, which didn’t occur. While the same hymns were sung, different words accompanied each song. In times of prayer, specific requests were spoken, while in my church the priest issued general prayers for the congregation…