Crown of Thorns

The Great Barrier Reef is known as the world’s largest coral reef and is home to a large population of marine life. The reef consists of more than 3000 individual reef systems and coral cays, and contains an abundance of stunning tropical islands in Australia. This is why the Great Barrier Reef has become a well sought after tourist destination, tourists from around the world come every year to personally see the beauty of the reef for themselves. Tourists not only come here for the…

In the early modern world, Humanism’s Authority was on the rise. During this period, many believed that there was no God, and no afterlife. Life at this time was about seeking out pleasure, in other words, eat, drink, and be merry mentality since death ends all. Hamlet lived in this world, a world stripped of love due to a dysfunctional family that was filled with suicide, murder, conspiracy, and adultery. While religious authority was on the decline, it is important to realize that…

Dead Poets Society, by Peter Weir, deals with a variety of thought-provoking themes and situations. One such topic DPS addresses is suicide--more specifically, the suicide of Neil Perry, a main character of the story. The Welton boy commits suicide for a number of reasons. These include external pressures from his family, his penchant for drama, and pressures from society. All of these factors finally resulted in Neil’s death. The most obvious reason that Neil Perry took his own life is due…

Painted around the year 1470, by an Alsatian artist, this image is unlike no others. Coming from the Northern Renaissance era, the image brings together an idea that has never before been portrayed, which is that of the pre and post crucifixion Christ. The pre crucifixion Christ or also known as the Pensive Christ, seeks to depict the moments of grief, sorrow, desertion, and betray in reference to humankind, whereas the depiction of a post crucifixion Christ reflects on the idea of Christ as…

McMurphy and his 12 fellow patients goes on a fishing trip referencing Randle as a saint. Another example would be the electroshock therapy, when the doctor places the conducting in Randle’s head, he says, “Anointest my head with conductant. Do I get a crown…

(Thesis statement): Although on the surface Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is not an overtly Christian story it is obvious that the author held Christianity in high regard due to Sir Gawain’s shield and the religious imagery it holds. The author takes care in explaining, with great detail, the shield that Sir Gawain is given to carry during his adventures. This shows us the importance of not only the shield, the knight’s main form of defense, but also of the imagery on said shield. “Then they…

tips of the leaves are representation of centurion 's spear. the central column is a reflection of the pillar of the scourging, the flowers tendrils resemble the whips used in the flagellation and the corona filaments are compared to be Christ’s crown of thorns. The three stigma are called the nails and the five anthers reflect the five sacred wounds and the red stains in the flower are considered to be his blood. The Passion Flower is sacred even outside the Christian world. In India, for…

hundreds of types of corals, 500 algae species, and many sharks, rays, marine mammals, crustaceans, and echinoderms. Animals like the dugong, butterfly fish, jellyfish, green sea turtle, tiger shark, blue-ringed octopus, krill, cuttlefish, and Crown of Thorns starfish, although of different species, sizes, and niches, all adapt for one of two common goals: to eat or to keep from being eaten. Adaptations include camouflage and poison. Producers like Halophila seagrasses, diatoms, cyanobacteria,…

there were rocks that formed a structure that resembled a skull, symbolizing death because it was an execution site (Mitch and Sri, 358).Before crucifixion, the wine was offered to lessen the pain, but the same soldiers who mocked Jesus with the crown of thorns put a poison called gall in the wine that sends "a bitter discharge from the liver to the gallbladder" (Mitch and Sri, 358).Soldiers show malice to the Jewish king (Mitch and Sri, 358).Christ refuses to drink the wine after the first sip…

In One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Kesey uses the emasculation of the patients at the hands of Nurse Ratched paired with the wild abandon and rebellion of the criminal, McMurphy, to illustrate the opposing forces of control and freedom, along with demonstrating the controlling nature of society. Kesey uses the introduction of McMurphy and the depiction of the ward along with the change after McMurphy’s introduction to illustrate the emasculating effect of control. The introduction of…