Shepherd

Art resembles that of a teacher. It takes viewers on a journey somewhere to a certain setting with something taking place despite its still nature. Art teaches many lessons in many different subjects. To put it simply, art is a form of expression in which one displays their knowledge or opinions. For example the painting Landscape With the Fall of Icarus by Pieter Bruegel the Elder tells the tale of pride, punishment, and the unsympathetic nature of mankind by using characters as symbols and…

"The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" (Christopher Marlowe) and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" (Sir Walter Raleigh) are both wonderful poems that state that love can have many different perspectives. They both emphasize that these two characters love each other, and that they have intense feelings for each other. Although they emphasize the same thing, they both have many differences. Not only that, but the poems also have things that are absent from each other. Marlowe's poem has many…

day he discovered that his secret had been disclosed! Fearing for his life, Moses moved to Midian where he would not be seen nor heard from for 40 years. In these 40 years, there doesn’t appear to be much that happened in Moses’ life. He became a shepherd, started a family, and lived a quiet peaceable life until God called him to lead the people of Israel out of bondage and into the Promised Land. Although these 40 years seem to be relatively uneventful, there were some important things…

He learns that as an infant, he was given to a shepherd to be killed, because Laius feared the prophecy. Unable to kill the young infant, the shepherd gave him to another shepherd in a faraway land. When the second shepherd received the boy he took him to his king’s family in the land called Isthmia. The king and queen of Isthmia were barren and were to raise the child as their own.…

Article Summary #1: Author William Tucker uses his 2000 American Spectator article to explain why the death penalty is actually a deterrent to criminals. Tucker analyzes the statistics of crime over the years and concludes that when death penalty rates are up, murder rates are down, and when execution rates decrease, the rate of homicides rises (par. 13). While many criminologists believe that the death penalty doesn’t affect the amount of murders that take place in America, Tucker counters by…

sinks him into the unknown; who can he trust and what has changed are the biggest questions. In his return to Ithaca, Odysseus forms two new identities. Arriving on a strange island with copious amounts of treasure, Odysseus must act fast. When the shepherd, who is really Athena in disguise, approaches him, Odysseus feeds her a story that shows his cunning nature. In his story he mentions how he “left his sons” (XIII. 330) and killed a man, all by himself. He mentions he’s from the faraway lands…

Ezekiel chapter 34 is such a powerful message to all of us today. Biblically, leaders are referred to as shepherds, and their flocks of sheep are the people they rule over. In Ezekiel, God calls out His leaders for not taking care of the people. The shepherds have neglected to do what they were instructed to do, and God is quite upset with them. Just like this story, leaders today are called to be faithful to God, by ensuring the safety and well-being of their people. Leaders should not…

In Plato's The Republic: Book II, Glaucon wants to know what the meaning of justice is so he goes on to converse more about the just and unjust with Socrates. Glaucon starts off by saying that he believes that there are three types of classes that can define good. The first one is the things that one desires because of the consequences, the second one is the things that one wants for their own interest, and the third one is the things we want for both, the consequences and interest. What Glaucon…

1. The fourfold perspective is the impact of the newborn on four different societal groups, the Magi, Herod the Great, the chief priests, and a group of shepherds. To start, the child had a major impact on the Magi. According to David Prior, Magi were “men that had an interest in dreams, astrology, magic, books thought to contain mysterious references to the future, and the like” (pg. 18). The birth of Jesus had a major impact on these men because these men were pagan men that were guided to a…

The Language of the World If someone told you a story about a shepherd pursuing his dreams, would you be interested? Well, “The Alchemist”, by Paulo Coelho discusses the story of a Spanish shepherd searching for his dream. The alchemist is an amazing story filled with surprises and jaw-dropping scenes. Santiago learned a handful of lessons throughout his journey. Santiago learns to speak the language of the world and to connect with the world’s soul. He also learns that for a person to find…