Glory

humans. While Victor Frankenstein is reluctant to create a new creature, the change which he brings does not correspond with his initial goal of glory. Thus, the embodiment and acceptation of mutability through mutability costs Frankenstein and his Monster a great deal of grief. The change which he brings frightens him. Although change can bring glory, it comes at a cost, in this case the normality…

Cube is a science fiction film that depicts the imprisonment of seven people, all of whom are complete strangers, in a labyrinth filled with different traps that are designed to kill the members of the newly formed group. In order to survive, the strangers must move room to room, all while avoiding traps, to try and find the exit of the labyrinth they have been imprisoned in. The situation that the seven strangers find themselves in proves to be an interesting case study for philosophers. Cube…

diseases. Beowulf and Doctors Without Borders are examples of epic heroes within society. Beowulf is an epic hero based on the age of the Vikings era. He traveled to Sweden to fight off a monster named Grendel. He was very ignorant and fought for glory. Throughout his years with the Danes, he became more humble and accepted help from the Danes who had become his family when he was in need of help. In his…

The Iliad is a classic epic poem that offers readers a glimpse of the Greek mindset. Is is fairly easy to see the honor and glory bound society through men like Hector and Achilles, but what were the societal standards for women? While women definitely take a more passive behind the scenes role, Homer still portrays them in many different ways. First, Homer shows the beautiful war prizes Chryseis and Bryseis, who cause the feud between Agamemnon and Achilles. Then, he shows overprotective…

people.110 Second, Revelation 21 compares the glory of God to that of the radiance of precious stones by using a simile. Rev 21:11 says, “It has glory of God and its brilliance like a precious stone, as a stone of crystal-clear jasper (e;cousan th.n do,xan tou/ qeou/( o` fwsth.r auvth/j o[moioj li,qw| timiwta,tw| w`j li,qw| iva,spidi krustalli,zonti).”111 Thus, John clarifies the figurative description of the glittering city as the presence of God in his glory. Moreover, the Lord God Almighty…

different time periods, the Greco Roman strain and the Germanic cultural strain effected one another through the Greco Roman belief in gloria, virtus, and family ties, as well as the Germanic practice of upholding culture as a social contract and seeking glory for the honoring of others. As the war and power struggle from the Early Middle Ages died away, the High Middle Ages gave way to trade and commerce that flowed freely throughout Europe. Along with the spread of goods came the spread of…

Europeans. The foreign society desired gold, and glory, and where convinced that the Indians withheld them. The natives held no account to gold and were amiss to the concept of it. The lust for the metal drove the Europeans to wage battle against the Indians and even waste the lives of their own kind in the search for the valued prize. The glory they would thus attain from possessing this prize would prove supreme upon their return home; along with the glory they would receive in account to…

By ordering Polyphemus to “say [it was] Odysseus” to “any man” who asks who stabbed Polyphemus, Odysseus reveals that he is incredibly proud of his actions and he wishes to be renowned. However, Odysseus’s longing for glory actually creates more trouble because Polyphemus tells Poseidon, the god of the sea and earthquakes, about Odysseus gouging his eye. Because of Odysseus’s pridefulness, Poseidon now knows who stabbed his son’s eye, thus he troubles Odysseus and his…

from the field of secular psychology and counseling, they recognize that the Bible, not psychology, is the final authority. "His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness" (2 Peter 1:3). A Christian counselor's major strategy is to help their clients substitute biblical truth for error as they go about their day-to-day lives. Altho being a Christian Counselor has its drawbacks, it is the job for…

When reading these two passages, my thoughts as to the correlation between the two lead to Peter’s denials that were made in the hours leading up to the crucifixion, when political/social cries for Jesus’ execution were at their loudest, Peter didn’t want to share the same fate. Jesus’ call to Peter to feed his sheep, in John, comes after an avid and tri-fold denial of even knowing Jesus. In Mark, a witness opportunity to Jesus’ life and ministry was avoided, since Peter fears for his life.…