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Noor Saket Prof. Abid Vali ENGL 221 19 Apr. 2017 The Unromantic Side of Innocence According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, the word “innocence” is defined in three different ways: “freedom from guilt or sin through being unacquainted with evil,” “lack of knowledge,” and “lack of worldly experience or sophistication” (“Innocence”). These three definitions apply to the persona of William Blake’s poem “The Chimney Sweeper,” which was featured in his poem collection Songs of Innocence. The chimney…

in the church. The way we worship similarly every weekend provides something every religion does not. Our biggest thing in church is what you learn. When I go to church with my family my mom always asks “what we learned or got from this morning’s homily?” The way we go about our mass is definitely a way of learning, not that other religions are not, but being catholic we often read about certain people making mistakes and learning from…

and confirms the parents wish for baptism. After the priest has questioned the parents the priest, parents and God Parents draw the sign of the cross on the Childs body following this is the liturgy where all the church pray for the child and sing homilies. Then the time has come to anoint the child with the holy oil and baptism water has been blessed as well with the blessed water the child is baptised. When this has been done the child is clothed in white cloth representing new and clean life…

a sense, to a certain degree of normality. Contrastingly, the author, John Tosh, of "Home and Away: The Flight from Domesticity in Late-Nineteenth-Century England Re-visited" states: "Attitudes to domesticity were therefore critical. Evangelical homilies had a wide currency in the early- to mid-Victorian period. They emphasized the positive role of mothers [. . .]; and they urged married men to allow time and thought to their family relationships [. . .]" (Tosh 562). Despite this, Carmilla gives…

A bland and somewhat vague definition of a leader is “A person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country” (Merriam-Webster). This definition can be divided into two more specific categories which consist of being a bad leader or great one. Tailoring the argument would consist of specifying the definition of a great leader, an example of this would be “Leadership is the art of leading others to deliberately create a result that wouldn’t have happened otherwise”. This definition…

The Patristic Era was a time of great growth in the early Christian movement. Experiencing period waves of persecution, the early Christians were not deterred from spreading the good news of the gospel message. Patristic theologians such as Origen of Alexandria would leave a lasting impact on the church as it continued to develop theological dogmas and methods of the interpretation of Scripture. The method of Scriptural interpretation introduced by Origen addressed the questions and heresies of…

Heaney uses an antonomasia to describe God as a “King of Glory.” The antonomasia is a descriptive phrase that replaces God’s name in the text, and bolsters the superiority of God. Heaney uses parenthesis to insert that people referred to God as the “King of Glory” after he gifted Beowulf to the Danes. God graciously gifted Beowulf to the Danes in order to provide a match for Grendel. Heaney uses an appositive phrase to call Beowulf “a guard against monsters.” Heaney illuminates that Beowulf is a…

independent. Another example is from Colin Powell’s Kids Need Structure TED Talk Speech, he states that, “He does look good, because kids need structure, and the trick I play in all of my school appearances is that when I get through with my little homily to the kids…,” this statement not only shows Powell’s own schooling experience, but also shows his shared views, with Montessori, that students need some type of structure or guided when going down the path of…

Readers can appreciate Shakespeare’s masterpiece Macbeth without much knowledge about the beliefs and ideals of the time period, but possessing such knowledge provides a richer and more meaningful reading. One particular aspect that has been of critique in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth is his representation of female characters, including the witches and the supernatural. Often individuals are quick to label Shakespeare as a chauvinist, but upon closer inspection, one can find instances where he…

El Salvador has been overran with unequal rights and violence caused by the Civil War. The 1 United States became involved in this conflict through the struggle for human rights, democracy, and equality. During the Civil War, the U.S. sent more than $4.5 billion in aid to the Salvadoran government, and trained many Salvadoran soldiers on U.S. ground. In 1977, the U.S. voiced concerns about the frequent human right violations. The Salvadoran government renounced all aid from the U.S. El Salvador…