According to the class lecture on alienation, Raymond Williams defines alienation as " cutting off or being cut off from God, a state of being cut off or estranged from the knowledge of God or from his mercy or worship, loss of original human nature, or a loss of connection with one's deepest feelings and needs or sense of powerlessness"(notes). ... Victor states, "During every hour of my infant life I received a lesson of patience, of charity, and of self-control"(39). ... Victor disregards the lessons that he learned as a child and becomes obsessed. ... Perhaps Victor is alienated from ...

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I believe that Satrapi intentionally presents specific lessons that she learned through a series of events and relationships that fully transformed her into a woman of power. ... With rebellion in her blood and the world before her, she did not let this episode stop her. ... " in which she is instantly punished for simply noting the obvious hypocrisy. ... " Now Marjane was torn between believing her mum's lessons in the power of forgiveness and accepting a new idea that not all people deserve to be forgiven. ... Schools began distributing gold painted plastic keys, telling b...

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Before evil can be understood on a cosmic level, it must first be understood on the level of an individual. ... At the same time, before I can enter into a discussion about Greek and Roman daemonology, I must first discuss some of the earliest beliefs in demons that would later influence Greek and Roman beliefs. ... Another major influence on Greek and Roman beliefs in the existence of evil spirits was the assertion by Zarathushtra in Iran shortly before 600 B.C. that evil manifests itself from a principle separate from the divine. ... Even though there was a history of daemonology in place be...

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