The Temptations

Sir Gawain learns a lesson Don’t throw a diamond in the ocean and then cry about it, don’t lie to somebody and get mad when they will not forgive what one did, and don’t expect to do someone wrong and nothing come back to hurt you in return. A person will always receive what they give, does not matter if it is not in your thoughts at the time, does not matter if one is not honest at the time, one will always get the same payback. In the tale Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain gets a…

The Peace and Joy of Trials: An Analysis of Milton’s Theodicy in Paradise Lost Milton’s theodicy is an example of the most simplistic explanation for the question of why bad things happen when there is an all-powerful and all-loving God in existence, governing and determining our lives. Paradise Lost is the book Milton wrote to portray his beliefs concerning this question of justifying the ways of God to men. The answer to this question, at least for John Milton, revolves around the events in…

Patroclus and Odysseus. Another test was during one of the final battles of the war. When Patroclus went in place of Achilles. During this battle Patroclus was killed by Hector. This causes Achilles to lash out and seek revenge on Hector. He gives into temptation and kills Hector. Although, he then has a meeting with Priam, the King of Troy, and Priam helps him realize that he should do the right thing and honor Hector along with Patroclus. He overcame his anger and confronted his emotions.…

“I spoke to the devil in Miami, he said everything would be fine”. Good morning/ Afternoon members of the Poetry Road Show. Jahseh Onfroy, better known by his stage name XXXTentacion, is an American rapper from Lauderhill, Florida. Despite best been known for his breakthrough track, “look at me”, containing, vile, explicit language, he has been misrepresented. Throughout his career, Jahseh has expressed his feelings of depression and grief. This is evident in his track, “I Spoke to The Devil in…

Gun control is a standing issue in the United States of America; should it be banned? Either way, it does not concern Billy Collins since he doesn’t have a gun for one reason; to refrain from killing the barking dog next door. In the poem, “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House” the author, Billy Collins, uses hyperbole, repetition, and allusion to get his readers to understand his inner turmoil and how he copes with the unrelenting disturbance of the dog. In order to help his…

Book of Genesis. The long list of the goblin’s fruit represents the wide variety of temptations that humans face during their lifetimes. Like Adam and Eve, Laura discovers that the fruit does not bring fulfillment, but rather, death and destruction. Meanwhile, Lizzie suffers the consequences of Laura’s sin in order to rescue her sister from the punishment of death, just like Christ. Lizzie is able to resist temptation, but Laura and Jeanie give in to their curiosity and desire for that tasty…

Process Paper- Abigail Smith There is a famous proverb which states that, “good habits result from resisting temptation.” When I started reading the stimulus passage “Controlling the global obesity epidemic,” I was instantly taken back to a debate my friends and I had about the impact of advertisements on obesity in children. Everyday children fall prey to the hundreds of food ads (“temptation”) bombarding the media, from social media to billboards. According to the Centers for Disease Control…

Lucifer, and God. The first class of sinners, the neutral angels, decided to not play a part in this fight, which would naturally create a layer of disorder. Since these angels did not pick a side, they were susceptible to temptation from both sides of the war, and this temptation could result in greater amounts of damage to the holy realm. For example, if an angel on God's side attempted to recruit a neutral force, who's to say the force will not get offended? Thus, in turn, the neutral force…

studies who struggle with the fact that they can not eat the treat until the fifteen minutes end. Most of the children do not give in to the temptation of the treat but instead physically hold themselves back in some way, but in Macbeth’s case he is not able to physically hold himself back from the throne’s temptation, and as a result, succumbs to the temptation and manipulation that Lady Macbeth, the Three Witches, and his own greed place onto…

It is important to note that Rowling lets Harry make mistakes and succumb to the temptation of using the Unforgivable Curses. The key to this honest understanding of how and why Harry makes his decisions comes from Rowling’s ability to create believable situations where Harry makes the believable choice, as Lana A. Whited and M. Katherine Grimes describe in “What Would Harry Do? J.K. Rowling and Lawrence Kohlberg’s Theories of Moral Development”: “Although Harry’s dilemmas involve creatures and…