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    It was 2016 July the 3rd min after I got on the wrong plane. It’s commence when i felt a purpose to live life years from now I sense I will die young and be buried upside down amongst the Canadian soil dirt. The flight attendant who knew the whole time I was on the wrong plane, tells me after i was off but she might of had problems she kept laughing, five in the morning, followed me to the bathroom and chased me back. After those occurred I somehow ended in “The Hawaii” but I had to wait until…

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    Jesus: A Visual Analysis

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    also wearing a crown of thorns. He has a slightly rounded face and a fairly round nose. If we compare this painting to the Shroud of Turin, we are able to find some key similarities. For example, both the Shroud and the painting depict Jesus with relatively the same hair length. Also, the man in the painting is wearing a crown of thorns. If we look at the Shroud, there are blood stains on the head of the figure, confirming the Biblical account of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns. Although…

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    Augustine And The Aeneid

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    Desire is very prevalent in both Augustine’s Confessions and Virgil’s Aeneid. It often has dangerous consequences--whether it be falling away from God and spirituality, like Augustine, or shirking away from pietas like Aeneas. The Confessions illustrates how desires and choices can morph into habits which tear a person away from God whereas the Aeneid demonstrates that desire and furor are nearly interchangeable, and when gone wrong, can have deadly outcomes. The gravest consequence of desire…

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    of her newfound, everlasting relationship with a superior being. Glasscoe and Kennedy also explain how in the first showing, she relates this to Christ bleeding with the crown of thorns on his head, saying that it ultimately shows simultaneous joy for the crown represents all those who are saved and those “who discover the thorns to be the means to precious riches.” Now that Julian has obtained a different mindset on how her pains are related to the Passions of the Christ, the following…

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    amongst the average person. Cullen alludes to the Bible in the last line of the poem. “Of bitter aloes wreathed, my sorrow must be laid on your head like a crown.” (Cullen). This line refers to the story in the Bible where Jesus is crucified on the cross after given a crown of thorns to wear on the head. Sorrow is personified to a crown of thorns in which it is related to pain through one another. “What makes a community then is not that we all suffer pain, but that we inflict that on each…

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    theories expressing beliefs that God had famine characteristics. Sappho captures human imagery that to connect with biblical imagery. Sappho wrote, “But you, O Dika, bind your hair with lovely crowns, tying stems of anise together in your soft hands” (Sappho 157). This makes a huge connection with the thorn crown…

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    Claude Mckay uses various literary devices in his poem “The Negro’s Tragedy” to show the evils of racism in the world. He shows the similarities of the racism he experiences in his life, to the horrors of slavery in the past. The theme of religion is also seen throughout his poem, and exemplifies the evils of racism. McKay also explores the irony of politics in the early twentieth century, and their seeming lack of effort towards serious issues within their country. Throughout the poem, McKay…

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    The Sword was around a meter long, light blue ribbon around the hilt. He stared, almost not believing it, "Thank you Ent- My Prince." He mumbled, "What's it called?" He asked, knowing that it was the person who commissioned the sword that named it. Thorn had been named by the King and now his sword would be named by…

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    Mcmurphy is out on a fishing trip with 12 people and that symbolizes Jesus’ 12 Disciples. Luke is digging a hole for his grave which symbolizes when Jesus had to carry his own cross. Lastly Mcmurphy asks for his crown of thorns before he is electrocuted symbolizing Jesus’ crown of thorns before being crucified. Although…

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    Thomas Henderson Dr. Nakley 11/20/14 Final Paper York Play of Crucifixion and Humanity As long as humanity has existed, humans have been trying to figure out what humanity is. It has bend elated for generations by people, and many people have different answers. Oftentimes, authors of various works try and explain humanity through their work. It 's often difficult, because we cannot really understand what humanity is. However, some artists get relatively close, and give pretty good explanation…

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