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F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'Babylon Revisited,' Raymond Carver's 'A Small, Good Thing' and Class Difference

In six pages the role class difference plays in these works is discussed. There are no other sources listed....

Life Analysis of This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff

- Toby and his mother are escaping an abusive situation (one that, ironically enough, Tobys mother was used to, having dealt with ...

Symbolism and the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Such a setting, she points out, simply added to the fear and accusations of witchcraft against innocent people (Jacobs). I...

Symbolism in 'The Second Coming' by William Butler Yeats

of Spiritus Mundi" (Yeats, 1920). "Spiritus Mundi" can be translated as the "Spirit of the Universe" which Yeats saw as holding i...

'Dark City Tech Noir Science Fiction' of Alex Proyas' Dark City and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner

and evil (technology). Blade Runner considers the city of Los Angeles in the year 2019 as "a fragmented Third World metropolis, m...

Objective and Formal Reality According To Descartes

capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...

Overview of Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...

God, Ultimate Reality, Epistemology, Ethics, and the Nature of Human Beings: A Personal Worldview

understanding when nothing greater can be conceived, that whatever is understood does exist in the understanding:...

Theological Issues

called the Son of God" (Aherne). In John 1:49, Nathaniel, at their first meeting, referred to Jesus as the Son of God (Aherne). Wh...

Pear Tree Symbolism in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

observation. The pear tree is a very powerful teacher for Janie. "Janie had spent most of the day under a blossoming pear tree in ...

The Law in England and China Compared

of binding precedent, but also in the lack of doctrines to act as a foundation of the law. However, there are many commonalities....

Evil in Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

Characteristic of humanitys constant quest for the concept of Gods existence and the problem of evil, the journey of understanding...

What is a Religious Experience?

to God or to some type of "Ultimate Reality" (16). Such an experience differs from religious insight in that a religious insight ...

Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe

Authors thesis and supporting arguments: With the previous information at hand it seems evident that part of his thesis is simply ...

City of God

something that happens to all the boys in this region of the city. They are clearly victims of the impoverished city as they are d...

The Prophet Amos

sword (Amos 7:11). Amos explained who he was: "I was neither a prophet nor a prophets son, but I was a shepherd . . . But the Lor...

Foreign Films

is made to truly feel for them, fear for them, and hope they survive. However, anyone who has watched both of the films will clear...

Rod Blagojevich's Corruption and Indictment

as he did not stand to personally gain anything but worthless appreciation by appointing the presidents top pick for the seat when...

Punishment In "Paradise Lost"

test of character and, as such, makes them pawn in the power play between good and evil. Satan exemplifies both the humanne...

Why is there Evil?

well as atrocities instigated by one group of human beings against another or by individuals, one can often hear the comment that ...

Nature of Siva in Hindu Myth

This paper is in outline form and pertains to literature promoting understanding of the nature of the god Siva in Hinduism. ...

Ethical Traits, Concepts and Principles, Tryon

This paper discusses the ethical traits, concepts and principles identify by Tryon (2000), in regards to transgressions committed ...

Western History and the Divine Nature of God

of souls (Frost 104). It is possible that Plato was attempting to use popular belief to promote the teaching of more profound trut...

Existence of God

goodness and evil. They are the opposite ends of a pendulum. If God existed there would be no observable evil. Since we know there...

God Exists According to the Arguments of Saint Augustine

something greater than humans and that is God (Donati, 2002). He offers further proof through mathematical concepts, for instance,...

Old Testament Book of Samuel Questions

In this paper, well review some of the connections between God and the leaders of Samuel, and determine how God related to those l...

Herakles Presentation by Playwrights and Artists

very opposing forces. There is an evident duality to Herakles. On the one hand, he has a compassionate side that truly wants to ...

Evil and Theodicy

the ultimate good. If God has created finite spirits endowed with free will, it must be expected that this free will is going to...

Sport of the Gods by Paul Dunbar and Symbolism

In five pages this Harlem Renaissance period text is analyzed in terms of symbolism particularly in the title. There are no other...

God's Existence and Knowledge

In four pages this paper discusses how God's existence is argued through epistemology with Thomas Aquinas' arguments providing evi...