Biblical phrases

of symbols of grief, such as “inky cloak,” “solemn black,” and “dejected havior of visage.” Through his use of each of these phrases, Shakespeare employs rhetoric to convey the somber timbre of Hamlet’s emotions in the aftermath of…

recipes, and others were adapted from cooking websites to improve the taste and symbolism. The more complicated desserts are highly symbolic, but others are more lighthearted. The book’s title, “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry,” references the oft-repeated phrase “Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die.” This is a combination of several Bible verses, including Ecclesiastes 8:15, which says, “A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry,” and Isaiah 22:13,…

The Trinity is something discussed in evangelical churches several times, and tends to be a confusing topic for non-believers. The Trinity is described in multiple ways in Scripture, but the Trinity stands for the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 2 Corinthians 13:14 says, “the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (ESV). The Father is God, the Son is God and man, and the Spirit is God as well as a person not a force. It is…

week’s assignment the thing that I found the most interesting was learning about the history of race. I am a history buff and love learning about it, which is why I received my bachelor’s in History. The things I focused on the most from this week’s assignment was the history of race that we study on the PBS website, I did some further research into and found some interesting articles to further my knowledge. I believe there is so much that plays a role in race, from the first thought of race to…

God in the Stadium: Sports and Religion in America. By Robert J. Higgs. University Press of Kentucky, 1995. 400 pages. $17.50 cloth. God in the Stadium is a commentary on the developing relationship between sports and religion and how it has changes directly with the constant transformation of society. Parallel in some aspects to Don Johnson’s writings in Aethlon: the Journal of Sport Literature, Higgs comments on the relationship between religion, with a focus on Christianity, and sports…

“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me…” (Newton) What comes to mind when you read these words? One may recall a specific Sunday morning singing this song in church, while others may have memories of their grandparents humming the tune while grocery shopping. Hymns such as Amazing Grace are sung daily by millions of people across the world. These special songs have the power to bring people together, no matter their differences. In the Christian faith, hymns enhance…

further expanded as the mother describes her life, a "stair", to have tacks, splinters, torn up boards and areas with no light. The mother encourages the son to keep on climbing, because she will never stop even if it gets dark, or hard. Hughes uses biblical allusion with the stair metaphor to relate it to Jacob 's Ladder, The mother is climbing this difficult journey, in hopes to reach the "Promised Land", and by telling her son to keep climbing she is trying to preserve his faith and have a…

Batuhan Şen Lect. Esen Kara ENG113 18 November 2015 Symbolism in ‘The Cask of Amontillado’ Poe is a romantic gothic writer. In his stories he deals with horror, madness and dreams. As a common romantic period element, symbolism is a recurrent technique in Poe’s stories. Symbolism means representing abstract ideas or concepts using objects, characters, figures or even colors. The Whirlpool in ‘MS. Found in a Bottle’, Eyes in ‘The Tell Tale Heart’ and many other stories by Poe uses symbolism…

subconsciously. As “The Raven” shows the destruction of one's self through the mind (the self) the raven could represent many different things, but in this instance, the raven could represent an angel or death coming to take him away. The repeated phrase “nevermore” shows a powerful emotion put on the young narrator. These works express how the author's emotions influence the way they write. Many…

is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her”. Realizing that none of them could cast a stone at her they left one by one. In the beginning of the novel as Hester walked out of the jail with baby Pearl, (unlike the Pharisees in the biblical story) a throng of women “cast stones” at Hester. They say things such…