A love never returned because one will surrender their love to the beloved. ... One bird cannot leave his beloved so the hoopoe replies, "you are a prisoner of appearances, a superficial love; this love is not divine; it is mere greed," (Davis, p.111). ... The Love for God should be so strong that one would be willing to give up everything they posses, even their Self as long as they were with their beloved. ... Like Shah Muhmoud, a true lover would be willing to give up anything for a moment with the beloved. ...

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The Story Memnoch the Devil takes place in downtown New York, it is a very cold stormy winter, and very dark and weird things happen here. The story takes place in modern times around 1994. Lestat is the main character in this story and he is a very pale skinny vampire, in the begining of the ...

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A creative Essay: In letter format: Scored 80% Sept 06, 1050 (Inside Hamlet's Quarters) My trusted friend and comrade, O, fie! Horatio, dearest friend, I trust the morrow of your days to find you well and blessed. O, Life! What a m...

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"A germ of religious exaltation, no bigger than a mustard seed, was sown in me and left to germinate. It has never stopped growing since that day" (47). Everything started when Pi was a little baby. His Auntie Rohini took him to a temple and somehow he recollected, unconsciously, his Hindu rite of p...

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It is extremely hard to not praise someone that had that much faith in God, but on the other hand it is very hard to praise someone that was willing to kill their beloved son. ... It would be wrong to extenuate the fact that Abraham had every intention of killing his son; God doesn't want people to start thinking that it is ok to "sacrifice" your beloved son in order to prove faith. ...

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Dear God, There are two views on suffering and purpose. One which is common, and similar to Christianity where suffering is the result of sin. The other is to be believed as a test faith and correct unbelief. Generally, suffering tests belief; a true Muslim will stay faithful throughout life. But s...

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There does exist one peace of literature written as a handbook for man to guide him throughout life's journey. This book is called the Holy Bible, and though there is but one author, many penned the words. Luke, who several think to be an apostle of Jesus, he was actually a gentile, an educated phys...

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Night, by Ellie Wiesel, is a dramatic book that tells the horror and evil of the concentration camps in which many were imprisoned during World War II. Throughout the book, author Ellie Wiesel, as well as many prisoners, lost their faith in God. There are many examples in the beginning o...

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On last Monday after being asked by my beloved Pastor to give the word of exhortation my prayer was that God give me something, not just any word, but something that I myself can reflect on and that each of you may receive it. ...

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The Alienation of Victor Frankenstein and Dr. John Faustus Victor Frankenstein and John Faustus are two characters that are alienated because of their intellectual curiosity. Faustus's and Frankenstein's pursuits of knowledge begin with an inexorable journey to their downfalls as they become alienat...

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The Irony and Symbolism of Young Goodman Brown In Young Goodman Brown, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there are many different symbols and ironic happenings throughout the story. The author's use of names and his idea of no one being perfect are portrayed extremely well. The main character, Young Goodm...

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The contextual circumstances in which a literary work is composed have a profound effect on the ideas and opinions that composers express within them. This is most notable when examining Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal (1857) and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1817). Both texts allude to the th...

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What is Puritanism? Encarta Online describes it as the : "movement arising within the Church of England in the latter part of the 16th century that sought to purify, or reform, that church and establish a middle course between Roman Catholicism and the ideas of the Protestant." But Puritanism is m...

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Sacred texts and scriptures have always played a leading role in Hinduism. Even today, Hinduism is known to be the world's only religion to have that many texts. The Bhagavad-Gita and the Puranas are some of the most revered texts among Hindus today. They play a significant role in everyday lives of...

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(2) For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. (3) For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. (4) He taught me also, and said unto me, let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments and live. ...

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After hearing Agathon's views of love, Socrates relates his theory of love through a speech that was given to him by Diotima. In contrast to Agathon's view, which stated that love is for that of the young and the beautiful, Socrates gives a better understanding that is more of an evolutionary proce...

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Instances of vociferously protesting the ties of marriage, as in the case of Akka Mahadevi, or the outright refusal of marriage, as in the case of Andal and even the rejection of the fiercely imposed widowhood, with regard to the story of Mira- are all exemplified stories that that travelled through time as tales of rebellion in the name of God, the beloved. ...

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