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Holy Spirit Southern California
980 words
Tattooing has been around much longer than most
people think. Most people envision natives, with
tribal tattoos, or sleazy parlors on the wrong
side of the tracks filled with bikers and sailors,
but that's not even close to where it started.
Scientists found a man, "the ice man", said to be
the oldest man ever found intact that dated to the
prehistoric era, and he had tattoos. And there
were also the Egyptians who were masterful
tattooists. Usually only the upper class, priests
and priestesses h...
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Faith In God Owen Meany
1,384 words
"Watch out for people who call themselves
religious; make sure you know what they mean-make
sure they know what they mean!" (572). In the
novel written by John Irving, A PRAYER FOR OWEN
MEANY, the protagonist, Owen Meany, developed an
unusual religious significance. Owen experienced
visions of future events, he had a unique type of
faith in God that most do not attain, and Owen
spoke endlessly to inform people about God.
Throughout Owen's life he demonstrated the same
characteristics as a prophe...
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Hagar Shipley Situational Irony
435 words
Irony is the contrast between the way things seem
and the way things are. There are three different
types; verbal, situational and dramatic irony.
Situational irony occurs throughout the novel.
Hagar realizes her problems in her happiness on
her deathbed and it is too late to do anything.
She blames Bram for her faults, her favorite son
abandons her and her neglected son ends up taking
care of her. In Margaret Laurence's novel, The
Stone Angel, irony plays a major role in Hagar
Shipley's happine...
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Theme Of The Play Main Characters
824 words
The theme of the play RENT, by Jonathan Larson,
was "carpe diem" which is Latin for " seize the
day." The play consisted of many characters who
where dealing with many troubles and hardships and
needed to decide on how they would handle the
problems and still be together as friends and even
some as lovers. The characters of Roger and Mark,
two roommates, had to decide how they were going
to pay the rent. Roger had to decide how he was
going to be the person he wished to be while
worrying about h...
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Order To Reach Pop Culture
1,873 words
A Powerful Use of Language in First They
Slaughtered the Angels Who barbecues the lamb of
god? (Kandel ll. 21) Who raped St. Mary with a
plastic dildo stamped with the / Good Housekeeping
seal of approval? (ll. 24 - 25) These statements
taken out of the context of Lenore Kandel's First
They Slaughtered the Angels sounds at the very
least crude and by many sacrilegious. These words
are not meant to offend, but to tell a truth about
our society. It is the poems language that shocks
the reader, and...
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One Of The Greatest Da Vinci
1,301 words
Leonardo da Vinci is probably the most famous
complex artist of the Renaissance and perhaps all
time. But what many people dont know is that he
wasnt just a genius in art he also excelled in
sculpting, architecture and he was also an
inventor. Leonardo was born in a small stone house
on April 15, 1452. Leonardo started off
interesting from the way he was conceived to what
happened to his grave after he died. He was born
an illegitimate child in the small town of Vinci.
We dont know much of anyth...
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Body Of A Lion Head Of A Woman Myths
645 words
The study of myths probably began in the 4 th
century. BC. when Euthemerus explained them as
exaggerated adventures of historical individuals.
The allegorical interpretation of myths, stemming
from the 18 th century study, says that at one
time myths were invented by wise men to point out
a truth, but after a time myths were taken
literally. The linguistic corruption
interpretation says that myths could be understood
as allegory for events found in nature. The
Jungians school denoted myths as a ...
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19 Th Century Evil Spirits
1,181 words
Today over 60 million people practice Vodun
worldwide. Religious similar to Vodun can be found
in South America where they are called Umbanda,
Umbanda or Candomble. It is widely practiced in
Benin, where it is the official religion. Vodun
(a. k. a. Vodun, Voudou, Voodoo, See Lwa) is
commonly called Voodoo by the public. The name is
traceable to an African word for "spirit." Vodun's
roots go back to the West African Yoruba people
who lived in 18 th and 19 th century Dahomey. That
country occupied...
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Bring In 'da Artistic Director Rent
1,772 words
There's a scene in the new musical "RENT" that may
be the quintessential romantic moment of the ' 90
s. Roger, a struggling rock musician, and Mimi, a
junkie who's a dancer at an S/M club, are having a
lovers' quarrel when their beepers go off and each
takes out a bottle of pills. It's the signal for
an "AZT break, " and suddenly they realize that
they " re both HIV-positive. Clinch. Love duet. If
you don't think this is romantic, consider that
Jonathan Larson's sensational musical is inspired
b...
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Lady Macbeth King Evil
514 words
Macbeth is presented as a mature man enjoying an
enviable reputation. throughout this Shakespearean
play, however, Macbeth s emotions change
drastically. His abilities in battle are
stupendous, yet his abilities as a husband and
King are on the contrary. His over vaulting
ambitions overcome his morality, and lead him to
do the evil deeds that he commits during his
reign. Macbeth s prophecies begin with his
encounter with the three evil women, the witches.
They put the thought into his mind that ...
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Angel Of Death Concentration Camps
581 words
Mengele, The Angel of Death Dr. Josef Mengele was
rightfully named The Angel of Death due to his
major and infamous involvement in the tragedy of
the Auschwitz concentration camps. This so called
doctor was as different as night and day at any
given time. On one side he was considered a gentle
person who went out of his way to help small
children and young adults to feel comfortable
during his procedures. However, his other side
gave him an essence of pure evil. Mengele had the
full permission o...
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Mistress Eyes Real Person
476 words
In William Shakespeare's sonnet My Mistress Eyes
Are Nothing Like The Sun the speaker uses a
twisted version of the blazon technique, which
lists and describes every body part of the
mistress. The speaker expresses the idea that his
mistress is not physically beautiful, and she has
flaws, but he loves her anyway. I believe that the
speaker expresses this idea in order to say that
beauty is only skin deep, and there is more to a
person than meets the eye. The beginning of the
poem is misleading. ...
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Idea Of Fate Owen Meany
1,042 words
The existence of fate is an ongoing controversy.
John Irving, when writing A Prayer for Owen Meany,
gives the audience many encounters with fate to
try to sway their opinions. However, he does not
force it on the audience, merely educates them in
the miracles that could happen and lets them
decide for themselves. Owen not only believed his
life was fated, but that he is an instrument of
God who is there to carry out Gods will. His own
experiences were obviously believed by him to be
fated and th...
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Language Of Love Scene Of The Play
388 words
In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet,
Shakespeare introduces many themes that he
continues throughout all of his tragedies,
including the language of love vs. the language of
death. The balcony scene is the most valuable
scene illustrating the language of love, whereas
in the final scene of the play the language of
death is used to set the stage for their suicides,
pulling together the tragic ending of the play.
Throughout the second scene of Act II, Romeo uses
beautiful metaphors and simil...
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Serves As A Guide Love
371 words
Love is a very powerful word. It is that feeling
inside that warms every heart. It is what brings
people closer together. It is what everyone is
searching for. If this love is true, it will live
on. William Shakespeare makes this very clear in
his Sonnet 116. The physical body will decay, but
as long as love is loyal and persevering, it will
live on forever. To better understand the theme of
the poem, I am going to explain it bit by bit. The
seamark in line five serves as a guide to passing
ship...
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Prayer For Owen Meany Prayer For Owen Church
527 words
Prayer As A Symbol in Irving s A PRAYER FOR OWEN
MEANY In John Irving s A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY
there are many prominent symbols. Those of
arm-less figures, water, and angels are a few of
the more prominent ones but, there are also many
symbols that are much more subtle than those few.
The most prominent of the subtle symbols is that
of prayer. Prayer, in an of itself, is an idea.
But, in A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY, Irving uses it to
convey many more abstract concepts. THE TROUBLE
WITH CHURCH IS TH...
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One Can Easily Romeo And Juliet
580 words
This essay shows the subtle differences that can
occur between directors, even when they are basing
the movie off of almost the exact same script.
Almost no two movies are exactly alike, no matter
how hard the directors and actors might try. Minor
personality differences and scene changes greatly
affect the atmosphere and meaning of the same
movie. One example of this is the movie Romeo and
Juliet. This movie tells the gripping story of two
young lovers who are forbade to see each other
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Hester And Pearl Sin
653 words
The Scarlet Letter As a Symbol Often throughout
The Scarlet Letter there are symbolic references
made. The story deals with a Puritan woman who
commits adultery and raises an illegitimate child
named Pearl. The author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, uses
many religious and natural images to symbolize
different points. One of the purposes of this
symbolism is to show that Puritanism is
hypocritical and that their religious viewpoints
are against the natural order, which is done by
using contrasting natural...
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Personal Values Didn T
1,540 words
Christian Ethics, B- 1, Michael R. Way Values are
ideals that people apply to themselves in
acclamation to events that occur in accordance
with life. People find these values to be very
pertinent to themselves and they should be
followed steadfast. But as the wise man says,
People don t always do what they say. This is
where values divide into two distinctions, stated
and lived values. At times there can be a fine
line between the two, people switch between
differing lived values constantly. In ...
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Beautiful Woman Vice President
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Reading is extremely underrated in our country
today. Those who do read know what I? m saying.
And I? m not talking about Dr. Seuss or Ann M.
Martin. I mean REAL books! Books by Dean Koontz,
Stephen King, and other best-selling authors. One
best-selling author that I have the utmost respect
for is Mary Higgins Clark. She? s written
chart-topping novels such as Where Are the
Children? , A Cry in the Night, A Stranger is
Watching, and The Cradle will fall. The book that
I have recently read by her...
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