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    The Luc Besson movie, Lucy, recounts the story of a lady who has totally opened the maximum capacity of her mind limit, while people generally would utilize just 10% of it. While numerous fans were befuddled by the interesting blend of pseudo-science and action scenes, the foundation of the motion picture depends on a totally distinctive note: It discusses the Luciferianism reasoning of the mysterious world class and its end product cutting edge, transhumanism. Before I go deeper in my essay I…

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    Edwards’ style in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” is more effective than Hawthorne's. His theme is telling us about how man is sinning all the time and how God is being provoked about that. He’s saying this with a very fearful and aggressive style. In both “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Edwards and “The Minister's Black Veil” by Hawthorne has sinners in it. They’re both similar because everyone is always sinning. It doesn’t matter if they have on a Black Veil or they are in…

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    Helen Keller (the first deaf/blind person to ever receive a bachelor's degree in art) once said, “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” Darrell Schweitzer’s “Howling in the Dark” takes place in the state of Pennsylvania during winter. Joseph, a young boy, loves the darkness and the way it surrounds him. He meets the Stoneman who shows Joseph how to become the darkness or nothing. One lesson that the story suggests is that no matter how hard you work for…

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    works because that would be the only way to get to Heaven. Realistically you need to be doing good things to have a relationship with God. People cannot just keep doing things wrong and think that they are going to be automatically forgiven for the bad things they have done to other people or to themselves. The author of “Everyman” refers to that in this excerpt: “He that loveth riches I will strike with my dart, His sight to blind, and from heaven to depart, Except that alms be his good…

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    less than that or greater, escapes him in the heavens or in the earth, but it is in a clear record, that He may reward those who believe and do good works. For them is pardon and a rich provision. But those who strive against our Revelations, challenging us, theirs will be a painful doom of wrath. “ This verse is discussing the Day of…

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    In the 1st circle of hell, the pilgrim come across famous poets and writers, these shades of condemned are in limbo, for they are not Christians nor follow the Christian as faith as they should per the Catholics believes of the writer. Hence, when the pilgrim sees this shades as the writer sees them, he feels more admiration and reverence for his feeling for those in limbo are of respect. Quote “And right before us on the lustrous green the mighty shades were pointed out to me (my heart felt…

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    “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Analysis When first reading over the complete sermon one might think that it would be a very radical thing in this current time period. However, back in the 18th century this sermon was probably something that was viewed as entirely normal. This sermon is coming from the perspective of Jonathan Edwards. Jonathan Edwards was a revivalist preacher that was very open and forthcoming with how he felt and how he viewed things. This demeanor of his came utterly…

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    . “Now,” said the demon, in a voice that carried with it no sorrow, no relish, only a dreadful flat resignation, “you will be tortured.” Like this quote, the voice of the demon is created through simple, short sentences but very descriptive. These descriptions are not what we usually think of hell because other readings and movies have embedded the image of hell as flames all around you while you are burning for your sins. Gaiman decided to go against this approach and decided to describe hell…

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    relationship between sin and punishment? I think so. Each sinner of their circle had to match a punishment to their crime. In the first circle (Limbo) are the unbaptized and the virtuous pagans. The first circle are punished by living in a fake form of Heaven. A good example of how the two are connected. In the second circle the lust are punished. They receive a violent wind in this tornado and they are never able to touch anyone else only seeing all these other lovers. Many symbols of this are…

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    The color red (desher) in Ancient Egypt represented the desert known as the Red Lands. It was considered a life-threatening place and because of the distinctive color of the sand Egyptian’s adapted this name. People were often sent to work in desert mines where they often died or were exiled to the desert. Regarded as the entrance to the underworld Egyptian tombs are located on the west side. An example of this is the grouped together mastabas that can be found in the city of the dead. Male…

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