Sin City

In ancient Hebrew times, Nineveh was the ancient capital of Assyria. The Assyrian empire became very powerful because Nineveh was right in the middle. Nineveh was described as a very prosperous city. The city of Nineveh was built by Nimrod mentioned in the book of Genesis 10:11: “From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh” Nimrod was the hunter who helped build the tower of Babel and escorted the world in a rebellion against God. The roots of that city was build up from a rebellious spirit. God had much anger towards this city because of that. Nineveh build up a reputation as a “ Sin City.” They were known for their violence, known for the way they treated foes who tried to conquer the ground. They were known for their pridefulness…

The overall aim of this essay is to compare the film Sin City with the classic style of film noir to see if there are any differences or similarities between them. The analysis focuses on four concepts that I believe are the most classic film-noir associations. Lighting, Femme fatale, a dark world and the protagonist. Already in the first scene a couple of things are established. The first scene is part of a side story that we only get to see in the beginning and again at the end of the film,…

News has broken concerning a very high-profile new film project for Mexican-American filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. The man known for directing a wide range of different genre films (Desperado, Spy Kids, Sin City), will be helming a live-action adaptation of the Japanese manga series Battle Angel Alita for 20th Century Fox. Perhaps of even more notoriety though, is that the film will be produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau under their Lightstorm Entertainment banner, which certainly promises a…

by Ursula Le Guin has a very ironic point of view with its omniscient narrator. It is filled with symbolism reflecting the biblical story of Jesus and salvation. Three main symbols to support this are the citizens, the child in the basement room, and the ones who walk away. The city of Omelas is described as a sort of Utopian "happiness", filled with not only music and dancing, but nudity and drugs also. There is no pain found until the narrative shifts to the one lone malnourished child held in…

4.1.3 Dogma of Sin (according to representative era) Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is the manifestation of Protestant religious convictions about the consciousness of sin. It is an organized mouthpiece of famous protestant slogans “Five Solas”. The awareness and guilt of sin aroused on learning through the Bible in Pilgrim’s Progress. Bible is being represented chief and infrangible source of faith. An indictment of complete guidance rather than a Pope contrasting the Catholic concept. Christian…

Saint Augustine’s book The City of God talks about the idea of free will and whether humans are truly able to exhibit the idea of free will if God knows all the can possibly happen. During the time of St. Augustine and still to this day many question if humans really are able to exhibit free will, but instead are subject to the will of God. St. Augustine instead perched the idea that humans do exhibit free will, whether it be through the wills of God or against it. St. Augustine argues that it…

What exactly is sin in it's essence? A question that without the aid of an outside stimulus we cannot fully comprehend. Seeing as many aren't fully up to date on this topic, it is important to understand and have the cognition of what sin is. Reportedly, the Catechism of the Catholic Church has stated, “Sin is an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience; it is failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods” (Catechism of the Catholic…

person, or community has ever escaped the evils in the world, societies that were started with good ideals. Even with strict laws that outlawed all evils, they still seemed to creep their way into the Puritan society. The Puritans tried to create a city upon a hill, but this community is none of the sort, it is a community that is fearful of anything different, blindly faithful, and secretly sinful. Logic can’t reside in the Puritan community because of all the blind faith that goes on in the…

1. Augustine’s theory is based on the belief that there are two parallel cities coexisting on earth, Civitas Dei and Civitas Terrena. Both cities are connected with similarities, but at the same time separate by powerful differences. First, Civitas Dei was created when God created the universe, it is what Augustine’s idea of “heaven.” In this city, only those who have been granted efficacious grace and are motivated by an unselfish love of God (caritas) were elected. This city lives in an…

and ate the forbidden fruit. However, ‘death’ in a final sense was postponed when Adam was allowed to live on earth for 900 years. Hence, for as long as we live in this sin-cursed world, the series of mini-judgments which are visited upon us arising from the sin of Adam should be seen as previews of the final judgment awaiting mankind. Pastor Terry Johnson says, “these mini-judgments, because they fall short of eternal death in hell, are, in effect, gracious stays of execution.” He adds,…