Transcendence

Getting a bit of the Other, in this case engaging in sexual encounters with non-white females, was considered a ritual of transcendence….. an acceptable rite of passage.” (). This represent the hypersexualization of the Black female bodies and consider it as an object, as “fucking was a way to confront the Other” ( Eating the other: Desire and Resistance- Bell Hook). Mulu’s work…

Emily Dickinson, a woman of the 19th century, was preoccupied with poetry and the power of words. The opening line of the poem My Life had stood- a Loaded Gun is noteworthy for its liberal use of capitalisation. The capitalisation of “My Life” delineates the life of the speaker as the subject of the poem and establishes the poem as autobiographical, positioning the reader the attribute the speaker’s voice to Dickinson both as a woman and as a poet. “Loaded Gun” is presented as a metaphor for the…

Author, Edgar Allen Poe, in his short story, “Hop Frog,” portrays how hop frog is mistreated. Poe’s purpose is to enhance the transcendence of Hop-Frog and the inability of the King to recognize the fact. He adopts a creepy and dark tone in order to provide the reader with emotion, symbolism, and irony. In Poe’s short story, “Hop Frog,” revenge drives the main plot and is Hop-Frog’s main reason for carrying out his actions. The king is notorious for loving jokes, but in the most horrible way…

Sausage party is a film made in 2016 and directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan. The film genre is comedy that puts a humorous twist to modern day issues and political topics such as like racism, sexism, religion and … (deception of the meaning of the afterlife). In this animated film, the characters are represented as food in a supermarket who perceive human customers are gods. After the grocery items are purchased, they believe that they will enter an afterlife, like heaven. I believe the…

African American Equality Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Outline 1. Introduction 2. African American Equality 3. Conclusion 4. Works Cited African American Equality Introduction Like African-American culture, African American literature got spurred by the harsh realities of life that the Black community went through in North America. During these times, Whites subjected Blacks to severe pressures which inadvertently eroded their African…

In Saint Augustine’s Confessions, Augustine ponders his worldly experiences and how they prompted him to lead a more spiritual life. Throughout his divine expedition towards God, Augustine is faced with four deaths at varying ages and religious mentalities. The extent of Augustine’s religiousness at the time of each death greatly shaped the way he perceived every loss he faced. From when he reads about Dido’s death in Virgil’s Aeneid to witnessing the death of his mother, Monica, Augustine’s…

While mathematicians have discovered more math than most people could imagine, they will never reach the “end” of math. Similarly, God’s infinite nature, transcendence, and holiness make Him incomprehensible to finite and sinful man. However, the fact that we can easily see some of the applications of math in the world around us points to the fact that God is also immanent. Isaiah 57:15 says “For thus saith the…

The theme of the display will be representative examples of Saints and Martyrs created during the Reformation, the theme is to display the notion of the Catholic Church as the one true church separate and distinct from the Protestant’s. Art works developed for the Catholic Church at this time was to be unique and focus on specific aspects of the Catholic dogma. The art pieces I have selected are strong examples of the belief of the time that art should focus on Jesus Christ, Mary the Virgin…

Becoming an Apache Woman, Something Only a Girl Can Do In some cultures, an adolescent’s transition into adulthood is celebrated with an extravagant soiree, while other’s are expected to recite religious scriptures. Meanwhile for the Apaches, a native American tribe that lives in the southwestern United States, the leap into womanhood is marked by a symbolic four-day Sunrise Ceremony. The young Apache girl’s physical endurance is tested during this event, where it is believed that she will enter…

Abortion is the premeditated end of a person pregnancy, which is done during the primary term of pregnancy. The first distinguished portrayal of fetus removal derives from ancient Egyptian medical records which date as far back as three thousand years BCE. The earliest legal outlaw on fetus removal dates from the eleventh century BCE Code of Assura, it constrains capital punishment toward married females who commit abortions without the consent of their spouses. Amid the 1800s, abortion was…