Monk

MATILDA Matthew Lewis succeeds in portraying Matilda in The Monk as the Dark Hero conventional prototype referred to as the femme fatale. The femme fatale is a hero type who uses her feminine wiles to seduce lovers, who subsequently find themselves in dangerous or difficult situations. Lewis’ creation of a masculine gothic novel contributes to the characterisation of Matilda and her fulfillment of the Dark Hero role. The masculine gothic novel provides that characters and readers witness…

biggest threat for the Tibetan people was the assault on their religion. At first, Mao did not destroy the monastic estates, due to the fact that 1/10th of the males in Tibet were monks and destroying this system meant thousands of unemployed monks and less agricultural contributions because as part of their service, monks grew agricultural products. This would therefore have affected the Tibetan and Chinese economy critically. Thus Mao did not abolish any monasteries or monastic estates but…

accused Orestes of being a pagan, and a large group of monks who came to fight with Cyril, attacked Orestes. A monk who injured Orestes was arrested and tortured. John of Nikiu accuses Orestes of inflaming the Jews against the Christians, also telling a story of mass killing of Christians by Jews, followed by Cyril purging the Jews from Alexandria and converting the synagogues to churches. John's version leaves out the part about a large group of monks coming to town and joining the Christian…

Values and Religious Beliefs Religion effects how people live on a day to day basis. Religion can have a great impact on people’s values and how they treat others and situations. In the book In a Rocket Made of Ice by Gail Gutradt, Gutradt doesn’t only explain how AIDs impacts the lives of the people of the Wat Opot community but not intentionally displaces how the religious beliefs and practices of the founders and the volunteers of Wat Opot affects the lives of the people that live in the…

Part 1: Buddhism The goal of this paper is to analyze 1 of the 10 major fundamental questions we have gone through in class. Excerpts from the book Anthology of World Scriptures by Robert E. Van Voorst will be used in this paper. Solution: The question of Solution addresses what if anything, can be done to fix the world and humanity. In Buddhism, their religion is based on the “life and teaching of the Indian sage Siddhartha Gotma, The enlightened one, or Buddha.” In this religion, they…

From Selfless Piety To The Sick And Needy Pilgrimages were important phenomena in European Christian culture during the Middle Ages. The early pilgrimages, such as Etheria’s pilgrimage to Jerusalem, differed from other types of travel and migration in where she went, the motivation to go, and the privileges she got. As pilgrimages evolved and became more widespread and local, they stayed similar in the type of destinations and dangers of the world, but the motivations behind changed. Pilgrims…

The expression “Renaissance” means “rebirth or revival”. It is the period of time following after the Middle Ages, when a compelling wave of curiosity and interest crashed upon the European Civilization. Leading to the rebirth of classical learning and values some scholars thought had diminished in a stagnation of the culture. However, this wave didn’t just halt with the rebirth, but instead advanced to the discoveries of continents. The Renaissance was significant due to the intriguing artistic…

life. The monasteries were built by Taizong in 629 on major battle grounds, so monks could visit pray for those who had lost their lives. Additionally, the monasteries would go on to serve as more crucial things, such as: schools for children, inns for travelers, places for social gatherings, as well as banks; and they also received many donations of wealth and land from the elite. By acting as school, it allowed monks to further spread the teachings of Buddhism, especially to a younger…

The Middle Ages are a misunderstood period of history in which the popular view is that they were a dark and gloomy time with little or no progress. This is due to the careless terminology coined by many historians In fact, the Medieval Times were much brighter times than what is commonly believed. Many accomplishments made during these times attributed to the progression of history. The Medieval Times were not actually a “Dark Ages,” but rather a bright time filled with progress thanks to…

Buddhism is a religion that began in India over 2,500 years ago, and remains the dominant world religion in the east to this day. Worldwide, there are over 360 million Buddhists, and over one million Buddhists currently living in America. Buddhist culture has been influential to the west, generally in the areas of meditation and nonviolence. Buddhism is based on the teachings of the Buddha. Buddhists believe that suffering is inevitable, but there are ways to end it. Though Buddhism has many…