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Modern Figures In Dantes Inferno
1,685 wordsDantes masterpiece, Inferno, is one of the most influential pieces of literature ever written. While the Inferno has no divine inspiration behind it, it serves as an example for many people to depict the horrendous tortures that await those who disobey Gods rules. Dante had hell divided into nine layers. These layers are limbo, lust, gluttony, avarice, wrath, heretic, violence, fraud, and treachery. There were different, creative punishments awaiting the victims on each layer, and the severity o...
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Blood Will Have Blood Macbeth And Lady Macbeth
1,644 wordsIn all of Shakespeare's plays he uses many forms of imagery. In the play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Shakespeare applies the imagery of blood and water, which are symbolized in the major themes of the play. Images of blood and water are also mainly expressed together as one main symbolic image of several themes. Each detail of imagery contains an important symbol related to the major themes of the novel. Critics approach Macbeth as a study of various themes: treachery, fear, guilt, and evil. (Nostb...
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Synoptic Gospels Good Qualities
2,792 wordsThe Apostle who betrayed his Divine Master. The name Judas (Judas) is the Greek form of Judah (Hebrew praised), a proper name frequently found both in the Old and the New Testament. Even among the Twelve there were two that bore the name, and for this reason it is usually associated with the surname Iscariot [Heb. a man of Kerioth or Kerioth, which is a city of Judah (cf. Joshua 15: 25) ]. There can be no doubt that this is the right interpretation of the name, though the true origin is obscured...
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Quest For Power Goneril And Regan
482 wordsShakespeare King Lear is a story of treachery and deceit. The villainy of the play knows no bounds. Family lines are ignored in an overwhelming quest for power. This villainy is epitomized in the character of Edmund, bastard son of the Earl of Gloucester. Edmund is displayed as a most toad-spotted traitor. When we first see Edmund, he is already knee deep in treachery. His need for power has already clouded his mind to the extent that his first act is a double-cross of his own brother. Edmund co...
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Act 1 Sc 2 Symbol Of Blood
815 wordsBlood is essential to every human beings survival. It is a fluid circulating throughout the body that carries nutrients and oxygen to the tissues in exchange for life and if this was somehow lost then the life would also be lost. No matter what caused the loss of blood, if it were jealousy, revenge, guilt or treachery the life would still be forfeit. In Macbeth there are many symbolic gestures towards blood, which ultimately develop into the main dominating theme of the play. In the beginning of...
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