Paths of Glory

journey, over which the reader learns of lessons of character and of the “Way”. The parable brings with it many lessons. The author describes how the character “drew a clear line between the internal and external and recognized the boundaries of true glory and disgrace (Zhuang,…

the clearest though his explanation of the promise God made that Abraham would be “the father of many nations” (Romans 4:18). Paul highlights the reality that despite Abrahams old age and his wife unfertile womb, he was “empowered by faith and gave glory to God and was fully convinced that what he had promised he was able to do” (Romans 4:20-21). Based on this example, righteousness is achieved through a trusting relationship in God, as Abraham, though occasionally waivered, still had faith in…

one’s self-interest always yields the same fatal result: the demise of the party lacking pity and those around them. Within Homer’s Iliad, Achilles lives, eats, and breathes war. As a respected warrior, he relies on maintaining heightened levels of glory (kleos) and honor (timê), which usually manifest themselves in physical war prizes (geras). For Achilles, a physical manifestation of high status…

various acts within Macbeth. Moreover, the tragedy of Macbeth’s end is justified, one might say he received exactly what he deserved. With all things considered, Macbeth’s demise can be recognized from the actions he decides to take. Macbeth loses his glory, and becomes a corrupt man. As the tale of Macbeth progresses, Macbeth consistently makes poor decisions that darken his reputation of a glorious warrior who fights for the people of Scotland. To a certain extent, Macbeth acknowledges the…

From Beowulf who fights against Grendel to achieve fame and glory; to Sir Gawain fighting the Green Knight for his king and honor. Both men are considered a hero for the Anglo Saxons. “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something better than oneself.” Joseph Campbell. Even today with firefighters putting their lives at risk to save someone from burning buildings, or police officers defending innocent people against others that put them at risk are considered heros. These…

I'm walking along a worn path along a stream, carrying a camera. I look for thing to take a picture of. I look up at the Tug Hill and see the beautiful colors of the fall. Photography is interesting, and the camera with the right setting you capture interesting images. They can have cool coloring. And things that you don't see with your eye alone. For example you see a red sunset in a picture, however from the eye alone you see a light orange or just the sun. I like photography…

that by having the faith in the Lord will help us live a righteous life in the Lords eyes. However, the book of Romans talks about righteousness it also say a good amount about Wrathful in the book of Romans. God is very righteous by follow down his path of faith he will lead us into his kingdom, however for the ones who decided to do…

Union Army fought to maintain the Union, and the emancipation proclamation serves as a means to end the war. Like many scholars, Glory, Gods and Generals, Gettysburg,…

After Sir Gawain accepts the Green Knight’s challenge, he is given time before he has to make his way to the Green Knight. Sir Gawain, “put his spurs to Gringolet, plunged down the path”(Gardner 1). Sir Gawain had to wait one year and a day before going to what seemed to be certain death. During which he heavily thinks of challenge. He had time to build anticipation for this day, similar to the knight from the, “Wife of Bath’s tale”…

shifts from each paragraph to paragraph, stanza to stanza displays Plath's and Flick's resistance to change as the authors shift from revealing their flaws to them resisting said flaws. Updike's tone shift from stanza three, describing Flick's past glory, to stanza four, describing Flick “never learn[ing] a trade...but most of us remember anyway,” reveals Flick resides in his heyday instead of moving on (Updike). Similarly, Plath's tone shift from paragraph four, where “at the present moment…