Blasphemy

Shifting towards examining the film through a historically critical perspective, it is arguable that if it had been created with an outlook of the Gospels as historical texts, rather than sacred scripture, a majority of elements would be characterized differently. In case, many components of the film are questionable in their historical accuracy. Further, scholars generally agree that the authors of the Gospels were not eyewitnesses to encompassing events throughout, but rather were part an…

In his short story, “The Other Side of Hate,” Andrew Corsello treats readers to a journey through racially turbulent Zimbabwe over a number of decades, through the eyes of two men who could not have more different origins. Through the use of first-person accounts of events and deep character introspection, Corsello crafts a stirring work in which two men, originally filled with hate, both explosive and internalized, come to find unlikely allies in each other in a racially-charged country. Jim…

The oppressive nature of Puritanism created a crisis in the form of the Salem witch trials. Puritanism is represented in several aspects of the Salem Witch Trials. The laws that created a strict pious code, the Puritan’s everyday life style, and the political policies contributed to the crisis which arose in the town of Salem. The Puritan religion had been brought to Salem, Massachusetts from England in early 1629 by a group of religious separatists who believed that the newly reformed Church of…

One meaning of the word “crucible” is a difficult test/challenge or a place/situation that forces a person to change or make a difficult decision. Arthur Miller is the writer for the play, The Crucible. He intentionally he wrote this play to show his readers that people had to chose between good or bad. Perhaps more than any other character in The Crucible, Reverend John Hale best represents the title with the changes he demonstrated throughout the play. Being called to Salem as a “witch…

Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the release of toxic biological agents. Common biological weapons are anthrax, botulism, plague, and smallpox. The plague has been one of the most devastating epidemics to mankind, second only to smallpox. Humans can become infected after being bitten by fleas that have fed on infected rodents. The plague develops rapidly and carries a high fatality rate despite immediate treatment and antibiotics. It has been used on various occasions because it’s difficult…

Orwell realised that in politics, language was the key to power as it had the ability to manipulate the truth and mislead the public and he used this information to base his novel around. Both Orwell and Atwood found the significant strength of language in it’s ability to manipulate and how it is often more effective than physical punishment as it "can be continuously applied to the general public without raising great public opposition of fear” (Berke) Gilead and Big Brother both exploit…

During a period in time known as the Middle Ages the Catholic Church was the subject to ample criticism and displeasure especially among low income families. The Great Schism or separation of the Roman Catholic Chruch into east and west, brought about feelings of distrust to a climatic level. Citizens all across Europe were began to lose their faith in the church's leadership especially with the Pope. A man Martin Luther who had spent his life dedicated to the monastery lifestyle ignited a…

In the play The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail there is a lot of examples of transcendentalism. One of which is said by Henry’s mother, “He keeps casting conformity behind him!” (Lawrence and Lee 6). Henry’s mother is asking him how he learned his alphabet and he questions her asking if the alphabet has to begin with ‘A’. Henry would rather the alphabet start with “Z” or any other letter besides “A”. Henry is listening to Emerson speak and is very enthralled by his speech. His brother John and…

The Puritan colonies in America were characterized by rigid standards in both the church and state. They had to be harsh and possess perseverance in order to survive in the New World. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter has preserved in literature a certain perspective as to the harsh Puritan justice and lives we believed them to have lived out. While Hawthorne includes historical details and settings in his book, he does take liberties in his fictional story of the justice system and…

Economic policy: In general Zia gave economic development and policy a fairly low priority (aside from Islamization) and delegating its management to technocrats such as Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Aftab Qazi and Vaseem Jaffrey. However, between 1977 and 1986, the country experienced an average annual growth in the GNP of 6.8%—the highest in the world at that time—thanks in large part to remittances from the overseas workers, rather than government policy.The first year of Zia's government coincided…