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Berceo's Poem about Mary, Miracles of Our Lady

The writer examines the 13th century poem Milagros de Nuestra Senora (Miracles of Our Lady). The writer describes it as a series o...

Vietnam War and the Themes of Change and Endurance

Kevin Sims "Four Hours in My Lai." A Rumor of War In Caputos work he states, in the beginning, "In a general sense, it is simply...

Justinian vs. Charlemagne

than its barbarian enemies, and seemed to be in the early stages of a broad economic expansion" (Treadgold, 2001, p. 50). But it ...

Blake: “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”

that Blake prefers the energy of evil as opposed to the passivity of good, and its easy to understand that. When we are faced with...

Heaven and Hell

state in which that soul existed in life. In other words, if a person was self-absorbed, cruel or vindictive, the personal unhappi...

“The Other Side of Heaven”

false (James, 2002). (It must also be pointed out that the reviewer, K. James, is a Christian, probably evangelical, and as such d...

Short Stories of Mark Twain, Heaven and Hell, Good and Bad

books. They always had a good time, and the bad boys had the broken legs; but in his case there was a screw loose somewhere; and i...

Physical World View of Dante

Aristotle. The sky is of course something that perhaps is significant in esoteric matters. After all, the sky is quite provocativ...

Evil as Defined by 19th Century English Romantic Poet William Blake

abnegates any evil whatsoever. Blake seems to believe, as one can readily determine from a study of his other works, that evil is...

Art and the Body

It is a painting that "attests to the artists pure virtuosity of paint handling. One can trace his rhythmic movements in the long ...

Three Popular American Novels

law to help people, deep down they knew they just wanted to make a lot of money. He is a man who sees that his life is going wron...

2 Papers on Romantic Poets

opens "Marriage" delivers a millenarian prophecy that identifies Christ, revolution and apocalypse and, in so doing, "satanizes" a...

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

In five pages Augustine's influence and the significance of the heaven and hell bus ride iare considered in this overview of Lewis...

Confucius and Chinese Religion

This paper consists of three pages and discusses Chinese religious concepts according to Confucius with his Dao understanding cons...

Theme of Romantic Love in the Poetry of Felicia Hemans and William Blake

In 10 pages the ways in which romantic love is expressed by each poet is examined in an analysis of William Blake's 'Marriage of H...

Alice Walker's Activist Message that Anything We Love Can be Saved as a Call to Arms

This is a critical analysis of a pair of essays contained in Alice Walker's collection of activist messages, Anything We Love Can ...

Science Fiction and Gender

In eight pages this paper examines how gender influences science fiction tastes in terms of male and female preferences with a dis...

Manna from Heaven Bread of Life Discussion

In three pages this paper considers how the bread of life is represented by manna from heaven. One source is cited in the bibliog...

Growing Up in Gwendolyn Brooks' Poetry

In six pages this paper examines how the growing up experience is presented in an explication of Gwendolyn Brooks' poems 'The Ball...

Laura Sonnets by Petrarch

most tragic play" (line 8). Furthermore, he attests that this love is his "constant gate and fountain" of grief" (line 12). This ...

The Angels That Followed Satan in 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton

of the press, freedom of speech, religious toleration among Protestants, the sovereignty of the people, the power of sovereigns de...

Theology in an Exploration of Space and Time

Moltmann's ideas are used to incite discussion on time and space issues in this paper of fourteen pages with time defined and the ...

Modern Native American Literature and Cultural Conflict

Native American literature is interesting both in content and in the fact that it is a relatively recent phenomena. Native Americ...

Heaven and Hell in Paradise Lost by John Milton

enough to disgust one with Paradise" (Boesky, 1996, p. 9). Miltons Heaven is a military state that is predicated on a disciplinary...

English Romantic Poetry and the Role of Nature

Strung on slender blades of grass; Or a spiders web...

Civil Rights Movement and Exodus Theme

the slavery imposed upon the Hebrews and the social slavery imposed upon supposedly "free" African Americans were both forms of ri...

Sherman Alexie's Smoke Signals, and 'It's a good day to be indigenous'

determine the dramatic strengths and weaknesses of one version compared to another. The movie This is a "coming of age" story and...

'Mandate of Heaven,' Human Rights, and Economics in Modern China

In seven pages this report examines the 'Mandate of Heaven,' human rights issues, domestic and foreign economic policies as they p...

Comparison of High Tide in Tuscon and Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver

she wanted to dispel the perception that Native Americans were relics much like archeological artifacts, "people that lived a long...

Three Celestial World Levels of the Church of Latter Day Saints

In six pages this paper contrasts the Christian concept of heaven with the Mormon belief in 3 celestial worlds. Seven sources are...