Judas Iscariot

specifies in circle nine the amount of value he gives both religion and politics stand equal, for the greatest religious traitors in his eyes, Judas, and Brutus, are both being chewed alive by Lucifer. Although we see him criticizing religious leaders from his society, he still values his beliefs above all, for "the soul that suffers most is Judas Iscariot" (Cantos XXXIV 61-62). Even though Dante lets his own beliefs about the church and local politics impact The Inferno a great deal, he still…

In C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe the action begins when Lewis’s quote “And then Lucy saw that there was a light ahead of her; not a few inches away from where the back of the wardrobe ought to have been, but a long way off. Something cold was falling on her” (Lewis 7). The four young English siblings referred to as “The Pevensies” moved to a friend’s house in the country due to WWII. The sibling’s parents wanted them unharmed during the war. The four siblings traveled to…

Brandon A. Perez Mrs. Courtney Doherty AP English Composition 1001420M 23 February 2018 The Inferno Literary Analysis Essay Dante Alighieri, author of the book The Divine Comedy, was born in Florence in 1265 and came from a noble but impoverished family. He first met Bice Portinari, who he called Beatrice, in his early years who then died in 1290. In order to cope with her sudden death, Dante studied philosophy and theology and to also write La Vita Nuova. Throughout his life he has been…

any esteem for Him (Isaiah 53:3). This means that Jesus came as an ordinary man who no one appreciates or desired to be around. The Roman soldiers that came to arrest Him could not tell which one was Jesus as he stood among his disciples until Judas Iscariot actually pointed him out with a kiss. He was physically much like his disciples that he had to identify himself two times to those who came to arrest him by saying “I am He whom you are looking for, I am He“ (Matthew 26:47-49, John 18:3-9).…

However, He chose to live in humility and do what was right and pleasing to His Father. What an incredible example of how Jesus overcame the human desire to claim power and authority and instead decided to walk humbly. Jesus’ Sufferings Perhaps nothing can be clearer of Jesus’ humanity than through His sufferings. Jesus certainly did not live a pain free life filled with nothing but joy and comfort. Nothing could be further from the truth. His humanity enables Him to relate to us in a way…

Jake La Motta (played by Robert De Niro) submissively takes relentless beating from his opponent yet still self-destructively remains standing in the ring. In The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Jesus (Willem Dafoe) takes Judas Iscariot (Harvey Keitel) in his arms and begs Judas to betray him so that he can be crucified and resurrected—that’s the only way he can save the world. And in movies like Mean Streets (1973) and Taxi Driver (1976), the world is the festering city of New York. “All the…

NAME; JERRY ISAAC MALLO HIC NUMBER; MALJC1403 MODULE; MASS COMMUNICATION TEACHER; MS NINA FEDERLEY DATE; JULY 20 2015. THE MATRIX AS A BIBLICAL STORY The Matrix is a current movie and the Bible is a piece of inspired literature that has withstood scrutiny throughout the ages. The Matrix has many biblical themes and it parallels the Bible in numerous ways. Let me briefly explain a simplified plot of The Matrix. The story centres around a computer-generated world that has been created to hide…

Dante encounters many sins through his journey to the hell. Sins are distinguished in nine levels of hell with the penalty of adapting to that sin. The nine levels of hell have been classified by Dante in three main categories: incontinent, violent, fraudulent in order from bad to worse to worst. Cantos XI is central to understanding how Dante saw sin through Virgil’s scheme, explaining the structure of Hell. How does Dante classify the different sins punished in hell? Why does Dante saw some…

Shooting the Canon By Nina Gardiner The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go” (Dr. Seuss, 1978). Canonical texts have been deemed by literary historians and English professionals alike as texts which have influenced a large group of people and have helped to shape our society. Even though a large majority of the texts, which are deemed as canonical, were written over 100 years ago, their significance is still felt today` . The…

Introduction The message that is prevalent in this current culture is that Islam is a religion of peace. This is the predominant issue that is being researched in this paper. Is Islam a religion of peace or is it a religion of war? With a carful analysis of the history and doctrine of this ideology, an answer to this question can be clearly seen. History Islam is on the rise throughout the world. Noah Feldman writes, “By 1995 it was estimated that there were between 4.6 million and 5 million…