Seven Against Thebes

Marilyn Monroe was famous for many things. She was a very strong independent hard working women. She didn’t let anyone let her down or make her decisions for her. Well her dream shortly ended without any warnings, Marilyn Monroe died of a drug overdose on August 5, 1962. She’s still known world wide to this day. Marilyn Monroe is a influential advocate of making things more socially acceptable through her actions including singing,acting and modeling. Marilyn Monroe impacted social movement,…

Behind the scenes of Marilyn Monroe, the “Blonde Bombshell” Marilyn Monroe's career as an actress spanned 16 years. She made 29 films, 24 of which were in the first 4 years of her fame. Marilyn is not only a symbol of beauty to many but she is also a role model to many young women for how strong and determined she stayed through the darkest and saddest imes. Monroe has accomplished many things through her short life including several marriages, lead roles in many movies, and her modelling career…

A. Quote “There are two kinds of pride both good and bad. ‘Good pride’ represents our dignity and self respect. ‘Bad pride’ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.” B. John C. Maxwell was the person whom said this quote (need info on him) C. This quote here shows the two equal sides of pride. Pride can go in two ways, but it all depends oh how one may view it. The good pride shows our self respect and dignity. The bad pride shows how one can be arrogant or act…

Every day millions of people sin. In the Divine Comedy Dante travels through nine circles of Hell, observing punishments caused by different sins. The more severe the sin that is committed, the more severe the punishment is endured. Throughout history famous figures, people in literature, and current celebrities, have committed these nine different types of sin. I will be placing these wrong doers in the different circles of Hell discussed in the story. Circle zero, otherwise known as Vestibule,…

Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Pardoner’s Tale stands to be the only tale with a clear moral. Chaucer wrote this exemplum using the Seven Deadly Sins as a basis. The Pardoner remains the most complex pilgrim in The Canterbury Tales, as he admits to committing the same sins he preaches against. Furthermore, the Pardoner admits that he does not care for the sake of the souls he claims to be saving, but instead desires only the money that is being used to purchase his merchandise. In his tale, the Pardoner…

generation; but that is not necessarily an encouraging thing. Yes, this generation is overcome with technology advances that have advanced the world tremendously, however the negative effects of the mass media outweigh the positive effects easily. Nowadays, seven year olds have cell phones and social media sites compared to a few years ago when most children did not get their first cell phone until they were young adolescents. Because of mass media, this generation has really lost the true value…

In this novel, The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, one character stands out above all. Pearl, the walking scarlet letter, at several points in this novel, serves as a bridge between sin and happiness. Unity is a key part in this novel, and is displayed by and through Pearl at various parts of this novel. Pearl is constantly used to symbolize several different things, and is essential to understanding each individual character and also essential to understanding the novel in…

Human Motivation for Good Deeds The human moral compass is a faulty and deceptive device prone to mistakes and unreliable bouts of avarice. The Puritans were a religious sect of 17th century New England who agreed with this philosophy of human corruptness. The cornerstone of Puritan ideology was predestination: the belief in a predetermined fate from God which inspired faith out of fear of Hell. On the contrary, an opposing school of thought was born from the 18th century intellectuals’ Age…

Pride is a tool used against humanity and used as a double edged sword for the armor of the enemy. We all have it, everyone is born with it, and it shows up every once in a while. Pride is reflective when individuals cannot or will not accept help. Unfortunately, their stubbornness refuses to let them admit they have pride. Some people say it’s a gift. However, popular opinion says it’s a sin that everyone does. One definition of pride is that it is a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction…

to this. Changing the trade routes and sources made the arrival of firearms allowed for some the tribes to become more powerful and expand their influence at the cost of the rival tribes. The Native American tribes often struggled against each other as much as against the whites immigrants which led to some disputes and some battles. Both Europeans and Native Americans took…