The Monk

Anita Brown: Wonderful! Wonderful young adult of Eastside community…. Thank you all for enlightening us, we have heard powerful, unforgettable things. Thank you all! Stand Eastside… stand and show love for our 19 young adults! You may be seated, God is good….. We love you all! Next we have the candle lighting part of our ceremony, than the oath of the adulthood, then our banquet dinner. Music will be provided by your own Soulful Delight. All parents of the nineteen are asked to see Mrs. Betty…

Christian was a monk in a medieval monastery. When he was a boy he really wanted to become a monk. So he joined the monastery as a young boy and was called a novice. He had to see if the life suited him and had to learn the rules. The abbot thought he made a good monk so he let Christian take his solemn vows, which were chastity, poverty and obedience. Christian then got his hair cut into a tonsure. Everyday Christian and the other monks wake up at 3am, this is when the day begins. At…

(Rule 7.5). For monks, living with humility and climbing up the 12 stages of humility was the proper way to live…

In the Prologue, characters’ traits and personalities show a contrast with those who actually lived during the Medieval Period. In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer represents the positions of Friar, Summoner, Pardoner, Miller, Wife of Bath, Merchant, Monk, and Doctor differently than such jobs were actually lived out during the Medieval Period in England. One position that Chaucer represents in The Canterbury Tales…

Traditionally, monastic rules were written to regulate the lives of monks living in a coenobium (community). The kind of monks that live in communities are called cenobites which are the focus of RB. Their regulation is its purpose. To clarify why RB is written for cenobites, Benedict discusses four types of monks with descriptions of each. The four kinds of monks being: the cenobites, that is those who belong to a monastery, where they serve under a rule and an abbot; anchorites (or…

In The Almond Tree by Michelle Corasanti, one main symbol is present throughout the book. This main symbol is the almond tree. The almond tree transitions from different representation as the characters and ideas evolve. A Palestinian family, known as Ichamd and his family, experienced the presence of the tree throughout their hardships. Within the book, the almond tree is a recurring symbol that represents hope, survival, and shelter. Foremost, the almond tree represents itself as hope. During…

The seventeenth-century Gothic novel is associated with the combination of the supernatural realm and Romanticism. Jane Austen’s novel, Northanger Abbey, is an attempt to critique the seventeenth-century Gothic novel by identifying Catherine’s sensibility through her over fascination and addiction to reading—such as Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho. Austen utilizes Catherine’s obsession with novels as a means to highlight how such fascination has caused Catherine to become naïve and…

Religious Orders and their forms of life What is a religious order? A religious order is an organized community in which each individual seeks to consecrate his life to God through the assumption of certain rules based on the charisma of a founder. There are various charismas, depending on the different needs of the Church. For example, these are orders that focus their work on contemplative prayer, others that focus on education and others on helping the poor. In the Religious Life, vows are…

relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff. Brontë suggests gothic complexity through transgressing normal the limits of love and life . 3.2.1. The Setting and Weather Wuthering Heights does contain some elements of the Gothic conventions; however, there are many deviations and innovations made by the writer. As it is previously mentioned in chapter one , early Gothic novels typically take the setting of a dark manor or a haunted castle , whereas the setting in Wuthering Heights is the…

Catherine Morland is the main character of Jane Austen’s book Northanger Abbey. Catherine is a protagonist, an un-heroic heroine, and the comedic figure of the story. Catherine is not like your typical heroine in a lot of ways. She isn’t smart, wealthy, beautiful, or tragic. Which was what Jane Austen used to break away from gothic novels. Catherine Morland is an un-heroic heroine. She is unfortunate but a very nice and sweet girl whom can be ridiculous at times. She isn’t very experienced…