Damnation

And Then There Were None Vs The Crucible Can comparing stories lead to revelation about human nature? After reading “The Crucible” and “And Then There Were None,” greed surfaces as a major part in both stories. So is greed everything in life? These two stories prove that it is. We are moving away from greed and going to thought of being trapped. Both stories have multiple styles of being trapped whether it’s mental, physical, or even spiritually. In “The Crucible,” the witchcraft had all of…

Hamlet is the account of one man’s spiritual journey as he confronts death, uncertainty, and their relationship to each other. After Hamlet’s father is killed, his mother remarries the murderer, his uncle Claudius. Hamlet, honor bound and loyal, seeks to revenge his father’s death and the disloyalty of his mother that follows. However, Hamlet’s revenge is slow and delayed, unlike the other revengers in the story, Laertes and Fortinbras, commenting on time and the use of revenge. Hamlet says to…

believe in the concept of predestination. Predestination does not interrupt free will these concepts go hand in hand. God, through his divine he has us free will. He did not predestine anyone to damnation, he has the divine foreknowledge of who will live a righteous life and who will follow the path to damnation. He gave up the option to choose our path in life placing our salvation in the decisions that we choose thought out lives. God hold us accountable for our choices but does not pressure…

The Cost of Sin—As Seen Through the Lens of a Sixteenth Century Writer Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe, can be used as a representation of humanity and the internal battle that each person has with the desires of their soul. During the time in which Doctor Faustus was written, there was a major emphasis on religion and faith in Christ—turning away from evil and turning to God. In addition, this time brought about a major increase in “morality” plays—which focused on the struggle of the…

The poem, I choose to write about is Langston Hughes suicide note. In Langston Hughes suicide note the theme of suicide note does relate to me in away. In the poem he combines an short and concise method to convey his thoughts plus his word choice offers a lot more than otherwise and also sets the tone and subject matter for the poem . Giving you the thought of inviting/ comforting sort of tone, from words such as “Asked Me” and “a kiss”. Looking at the time period this poem was written says a…

During the Interactive Oral presentation, we received information about Dante’s life and his affiliation with two main political factions the Guelph and the other being the Ghibellines. Many Florentines including Dante were affected by the Guelph-Ghibelline conflict. This conflict was the political division at Florence of the loyalty between Holy Roman Empire and the Papacy. The Papacy, held the Pope as head of the Roman Catholic Church, during this time, the Guelph often received advice from…

or not and usually resulted in death either way. One trial was that non-witches would drown and witches would float on water. This Church-based society really pushed for people to be good under the eyes of God and so anything was would result in damnation in Hell for all eternity. This method of instilling fear into the people kept them submissive and manipulative. All these people would rather want to…

In the persuasive Op-Ed article “Ireland’s Long Journey on Abortion” Sadhbh Walshe uses struggle related diction, references to social media, and astonishing changes that have occurred over the abortion issue; the tone shifts from judgmental of Irish law too optimistic of a change coming in the future in order to persuade the public to fight against the amendment outlawing the choice over abortion. Throughout the article Walshe uses words like “doomed”, “endured” and “uproar”, to highlight…

revealed that he was the son of Guido da Montefeltro and he has followed the footsteps of his father’s career. In this situation we can see that even though both Buonconte and Guido have taken the path of a career that would lead them to their damnation, their ends were not the same. Despite the fact that Guido who even became a Franciscan priest…

When another debtor, Doctor Lu, attempts to strangle Cai instead of repaying what he owes, Old Zhang and his son Donkey, who seek to marry the women, rescue her. Dou E refuses Donkey’s proposal out of loyalty to her dead husband and the spurned suitor attempts to poison Cai, believing that the older woman’s death will force Dou E to accept him. When instead Old Zhang drinks the poisoned soup and dies, Donkey accuses Dou E of murder and presents her with the choice of marrying him or going to…