Lucifer

Through Phillip Zimbardo 's work, nearly 45 years ago, it was discovered what a person could do to another human being when they have near absolute power. A vast majority of people believe that they would never be able to do all the harmful things that were conducted during the prison experiment; yet I feel, after reading about this experiment and other similar experiments, that everyone is susceptible to the tantalizing taste of power. As an example, just recently I had a spat with my older…

“At last you have no decency?”, this quote was said whenever an army official had been accused of communism the decency this person had to accuse these people were as low as the decency of some of these accusers. “ A victim in the end of his own recklessness” (Joseph Mccarthy). This quote about the red scare shows that even though some people even though they may not have known any communist would accuse these people to get the attention off of them. In some cases many people got killed for…

has to open his opposing argument from a factual sense. Even then, Danforth is not appeased in this sense, so John’s fate has been set the second he took a step into the court. “(laughs insanely, then) A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face, and yours, Danforth! (...)” (pg. 198, Miller) When John was claimed as a witch, he gives into the insanity. His own hatred caved in to him and made his view on keeping a level head is out of the…

In order to understand the true meaning of the Bible, it is necessary for one understands the overall contextual story of the bible. The story of the Bible consists of God's promises to a man named Abraham, and the process through which God fulfills those three promises. The story begins when God made the universe. He created the Heavens and the Earth and then he filled the Earth with his creations. These included the sun and the stars, and the flora and the fauna, but most importantly, God…

comparing the amount of violence or torment. The levels of pain and intensity of suffering of the actions of sins are pondered. The first circle of hell Dante is in the midst of limbo and the last circle of hell which is the deepest Cocytus where Lucifer himself lives. First, the limbo state is a place where people wasn’t saved, however they did not sin according to Christian theology. In Dante's, "The Inferno" he describes the first circle of Hell as, "the non-Christian adults to infants…

The rise and fall of an empire will depend on the mind and intentions behind the leader. In The Count of Monte Cristo- by Alexandre Dumas and “Viva La Vida”- by Coldplay, both the author and the songwriter use imagery and allusion to convey the idea that desire and excessive power can lead to the fall of an empire. In The Count of Monte Cristo, a man by the name of Villefort, is the Royalist son of a Bonapartist. Villefort slowly made his way up the social ladder, was a trusted Royalist, and…

Fear of the Unknown in Dante’s Inferno All humans have fears. Common fears are those of threatening or dangerous subjects. All the most common fears have a face or a name: a fear of spiders, a fear of heights, or a fear of blood, for example. Perhaps the most important fear, though, is the fear that cannot be named. The greatest threat is a threat that cannot be anticipated. All humans have some fear of the unknown. Dante Alighieri’s Inferno brings into focus the innate human fear of…

There are thousands upon thousands of spiritual beliefs in the world, all stemming from the heart of worship that the Lord God has placed in every man and woman who has ever lived. As with everything that God has created, however, humans have twisted, distorted, and shaped the longing for worship that is in their hearts and rejected the Lord in favor of false deities and idols. All such religions that people have formed are inherently against God and through the rituals, deities, and belief…

Because Appetite For Love holds such a treasured place in my heart (I got to interview both male leads--Andrew Walker and Marcus Rosner--and they were kind enough to let a novice feature them), I often find myself going back to my review of that film and attempting to connect with the supporting cast of that momentous film. In the case of Antonio Cayonne, I was so pleased to see that he is again being featured in a Valentine's film on Hallmark, and it was a great joy when he agreed to answer a…

Journeys can be taken many ways; some people take the path less traveled, and some people take the easy way out. Dante happens to be on a journey that is less traveled by exploring the depths of Hell in the Inferno. The epic poem’s story is about self-realization and transformation; it sees Dante over coming many things to realize he is completely different from the start of the inferno journey. From the beginning to the end of the book Dante starts having a personality change from the way he…