Seven Summits

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…

the word. A more concrete definition of pride is an inwardly directed emotion that can offend others. Pride denotes a sense of superiority over others and can easily make a prideful person look condescendingly at others. Pride is also one of the seven deadly sins listed in the Bible. Even believers struggle with pride and the ability to remain humble. The definition of pride has a meaning of evil according to biblical living. Consequently, in the worldly sense…

By the 18th century North America was changing dramatically for both not only a positive and rippling way . Many of the British officials were moving west from the Atlantic coast and starting to cross into the Ohio River Valley(territory of the Spanish). The Spanish occupied a huge area extending from the Gulf of California, across the desert to the Gulf Coast and finally Florida. The French settled primarily in New France.The changes in North America were dramatic for the Native Americans as…

The French and Indian War is considered the ‘Forgotten War” (Hanson 2014). The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years’ War, took place in North America’s region of Virginia, all the way to Nova Scotia. This battle is considered the starting off point for the American Revolution, which will take place in a few short years. Britain, with the help of the Iroquois, and France, with the help Algonquins, were the main fighters of this war. This war was ignited due to the passing of the…

Antigone, when initially informing Ismene of Creon’s edict to leave Polyneices unburied, said, “so there you have it and you soon will show/ if you are noble, or fallen from your descent.” In this statement she differentiated between their “descent” from princesses of Thebes, as a result of their father, and actual “fallen”-ness which would occur if Polyneices was left unburied by them. At this point, then, Antigone considered that she and her sister were in a moment of darkness before the…

The study of family relationships is both fascinating and complex because every family has a different dynamic and connection. Within the family itself, there are different relationships between the individual members. A sister and brother have a different connection than two brothers do; a mother and a daughter have a different dynamic than a father and a daughter, and spouses interact differently with one another than they do with their children. Every member of the family brings something…