Incarnation

so that it is always winter in Narnia—always winter, but it never gets to Christmas.” (Lewis 42). Effectively, she holds in fear everyone in Narnia. If they don’t do what she commends them to do, she turns them into stone. She is the perfect incarnation of evil, feared by everyone. She is associated with winter, synonym of coldness and unwanted feeling. The term “White” is a bit ironic because this color is associated with pure and good, but in this case, it is just a cover to disguise the…

In The Ramayana, duty and fulfilling one’s obligations is important. The story of Rama is the story of a man fighting evil as part of his natural mission as an incarnation of Vishnu. Dharma, the principle of cosmic order, plays a large part in this because the characters have their duties and roles in this world that must follow through with in order to assure the balance of the universe. As a method of teaching in the ancient Indian society, The Ramayana teaches its audience to accept their…

Geoffrey Sax’s contemporary re-interpretation of William Shakespeare’s Othello has proven its innate ability to survive the tides of modernity, despite hailing from an era long gone by. Sax is able to manipulate the core concepts and ideas put forward by the great Bard, while retaining and further exploring the key, universal themes of racism, bigotry and power. Shakespeare’s original piece reflects upon traditional Elizabethan values and context through a tragedy spurred by hatred and deception…

As humans, we’re almost all hardwired to search for love. Love is something that is said to be one of the most sought-after things in life. Love comes in the form of lovers, family, friends, and even self-love. To some, love is the saving grace by which people can find redemption. To others, love is a prison, something that creates weaknesses in people. Love is a critical theme in Toni Morrison’s Beloved. When we take a close look at the motivations behind the characters inside the text, we can…

Yazel Myhoob 2 October 2017 Identify #4 Ashoka- Ashoka lived in ancient India and played an important role as the ruler of Maurya from 268 to 232 BC. Ashoka conquered Kalinga due to his interest in their powerful trade systems and sought to force his rule upon the people of Kalinga, modern-day Orissa. Ashoka eventually conquered Kalinga and had almost asserted his rule over the whole continent. Pataliputra was crowned as the capital city of Maurya after Kalinga was conquered. Brahmins-…

church. Page 110 - 111. Gatsby becomes taken with Daisy from the moment he sees her and her house. He willingly makes the decision to kiss her, knowing that once he did he would lose control over his religion. As he kissed her, Daisy became the “incarnation” of his religion. Page 145. Gatsby keeps a vigil for Daisy. CM. As Gatsby recreated himself,…

Nathaniel Hawthorne made us all together shutter in awe, silence in respect and shout in anger with his novel The Scarlet Letter. In this literary classic, a young woman, Hester Prynne, commits adultery against an unpresented husband. Forced to live the rest of her life in shame, she wears a Scarlet Letter on her bosom. While her partner in crime, a young clergyman named Arthur Dimmesdale, stays secret and walks in freedom. This lively unfairness develops throughout the book, as Hester’s long…

“We “We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” Malala Yousafzai said this on June 12,2013 at the Youth Takeover of the United Nation meeting. Yousafzai meant that everyone cannot become successful if some are held back or restrained as she explains further into her speech. She stressed on diversity and acceptance, which led her into the topic of success. This quote and what we read about the Ottoman and Safavid Empire relate in terms of success. There were certain qualities that were…

Imagine this you are spying for the Americans during the American revolution then. BOOM! You wake up on the Prison ship HMS Jersey. All you see is blood and sickness. This is was Agent 355’s home when she was captured for spying. Agent 355 had interesting ways of spying during the American Revolution that eventually got her arrested. General George Washington relied on spies, like Agent 355, to give him Information on British troop movements. Agent 355, who is assumed to be a woman, was…

Teresa of Ávila Saint Teresa of Ávila, also know as Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a religious reformer of the Carmelite Order and writer during the Renaissance. Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada was born on the 28th of March, 1515, in Gotarrendura, Ávila, Crown of Castile to her father, Don Alfonso Sanchez de Capeda and her mother, Dona Beatriz Davila y Ahumada. She was the third child of nine and became very close with her brother, Roderigo. Teresa grew up piously raised by her parents which…