The contrast and resolution of oppositions can be found throughout fairy tales. ... When the children had grown up, the oldest son found out the farmer was not his real father and decided to go off to find his real parents. After a year, his younger brother went out in search for him, and finally the sister went on a quest to find her brothers. The two brothers each separately met the same old woman who carried them cross the river at which she stood. ... There the fisherman told him of how he found the children, and then the little bird sang a song revealing the whole truth. ...

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The contrast and resolution of oppositions can be found throughout fairy tales. ... When the children had grown up, the oldest son found out the farmer was not his real father and decided to go off to find his real parents. After a year, his younger brother went out in search for him, and finally the sister went on a quest to find her brothers. The two brothers each separately met the same old woman who carried them cross the river at which she stood. ... There the fisherman told him of how he found the children, and then the little bird sang a song revealing the whole truth. ...

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The jealousy and resentment the older brother has towards his younger brother tells me he was also lost. ... I can also see myself in the character of the elder brother. ... Much as the elder brother felt about his brother's homecoming party, I sometimes feel about recognition for a job well done. ... God wants us to rejoice when someone comes back to him, not because he wants us to feel bad, but because someone who was lost is now found. ... Did his elder brother ever forgive him? ...

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An example of a functional myth is the story of Amaterasu, a goddess who is visited by her brother in her kingdom. When she hears of her brothers visit she is worried he will try to take over her kingdom and arms herself to fight him, however, they do not fight. She allows her brother to stay in her kingdom until he ruins parts of it and entirely wears out his welcome. ... The other gods banish her brother to the underworld, force him to give 1,000 tables of offerings and ripping out his hair and fingernails, then Amaterasu comes out from her cave and her kingdom is restored (Rosenberg). ....

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When invited to come in and enjoy the merriment, the oldest son exlaims, "I have been with you many years, never transgressed thy commandments, yet thou never gave me a kid, that I might party with my friends: but after my brother lives with harlots, thou kills for him the fatted calf?" He sees no reason to welcome the corrupt and debauched brother bach into the fold with open arms. ... The father emphasizes, "Thy brother was lost, now he has been found. ... Though filled with envy, the elder brother begins to understand that he learned the lessons of duty, honor, and respect far bette...

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Finally she found the origins of the beautiful melody and there stood Amorous with his incandescent beauty. ... So the brother and the sister molded the first man, Alexander, and the first woman, Jasmine, out of sand and water. ... Finally, the brother and sister were able to make the first human beings, Alexander and Jasmine, out of sand and water. ... The shelter was built, food was found, but there was one problem, it turned out that Jasmine was barren and Erectorious could not help her be fertile. So the brother and sister had to mold another woman for Alexander, but he refused, "I wo...

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But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. ... And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. ... It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. ... The older son came in from the field and...

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After ten days they were healthier and more nourished than any others. (1:14-15) 5) God gives the four men knowledge and understanding and Daniel is able to understand dreams and visions. (1:17) 6) King Nebuchadnezzar takes the four into his service and found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his kingdom (1:19) 7) Nebuchadnezzar has a dream and orders all wise men in Babylon to me executed. (2:12) 8) Daniel asks God for mercy and that night Nebuchadnezzar's dream was revealed to Daniel in a vision. (2:17-19) He then praises God. (2:20-23) 9) Daniel interp...

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Exaggeration by hyperbole is considered an acceptable literary strategy and can be found in all languages. ... (Matt. 7:6) "Why do you concentrate on the speck of dust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?" ... Also, a rare example of how a few lines of simple text can turn brother against brother and cause more than a few a sleepless night. ... (Judges 20:2-3) Here we see a third commonly used form of exaggeration that is found throughout the Bible but especially in the Old Testament. ...

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While Luke 15:3-32 contains the parables about a lost coin, sheep, son, the father's love, and the older brother. ... " Once found he tells his neighbors to rejoice with him as it could have been eating. ... And I admit it gets to me sometimes, just as the older brother in this parable. ... The older brother being Jesus who never disobeys what he's told to do and the younger old as humanity, in which we sin and God will forgive us even if we leave or disobey him. ...

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I would like to take a look at three other similarities that I found in both books. 1) Men with amazing physical strength: Gilgamesh and Samson 2) Friendship: Gilgamesh and Enkidu; David and Jonathon 3) The quest for immortality/eternal life: Gilgamesh and Nicodemus First, I would like to look at the similarities of men with amazing physical strength: Gilgamesh reminded me of Samson, with their amazing physical strength. ... Then we see in the Bible a similar reaction when David found out that his friend Jonathan was killed in a battle. ... I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very...

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It was then she decided not to tell [Richard] yet about [his child John]. ...That night [Richard] cut his wrists with his razor and he was found... dead among the scarlet sheets." ... One day, when John comes home to discover Gabriel has just beaten his brother Roy, John catches a look from him, "his face caused John to stiffen instantly with malice and fear. ...

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The "good"" ascribed to Ramayana is, in the beginning of the story, questionable, though after being exiled, he goes into the woods with his brother, Lakshmana, and his wife, Sita. ... These examples and listed traits can be found in any epic, and are demonstrated with similar clarity. ...

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The last prophecy about the Messiah, found in the book of Moses, is said by God to Moses directly as, when the earthly life of this great leader and lawgiver of the Hebrew nation was coming to its close. ... "I will raise for them up a Prophet like you from among their brothers and I will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak to them all that I shall command Him. ... This attests to the fact that not one prophet could be found comparable to Moses. ...

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He even felt that his fainting fits were an act of God, attempting to reveal to him that he was a, "[...] brother selected for a peculiar discipline." ... A young girl named Eppie found her way into Silas" home and life after her mother collapsed in the streets of Ravenloe. ... He had founded religion not on the grounds of an influential community or a forced situation to follow the church, but through the care of a young child that he grew to love. ... Even though Silas had lost all faith in God, he found that caring for young Eppie came before any religion or himself. ...

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(413) Teiresias began to tell Oedipus who he really was when he said, "And the multitude of other evils establishing a grim equality between you and your children, you know nothing." (423) Oedipus was both father and brother of his children. ... He found out the shepherd was one of Laius" men. ... He found out that he had killed his father and married his mother. Oedipus then went to find Jocasta, but when he found her she was already dead. ...

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The American Puritans were somewhat more thorough in their search for God than their overseas brothers. ... Ann Bradstreet had made note that when she arrived she had found a "new world with new manners" "but after I was convinced it was the way of God, I submitted to it and joined the church at Boston" (W. ... The never-ending search for God can be found throughout the literary works of Edward Taylor, Jonathan Edwards and Ann Bradstreet. ... Norton 127) The Puritans thinking is still found today in certain religious circles that seek out more of thee and less of me sermons. ...

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Both he and his brother Abel had made sacrifices to God. ... Charles diligently saves his money so that he can buy Cyrus a German knife, while Adam, who hardly gives the gift a thought, presents Cyrus with a stray puppy he has found. ...

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One of his brothers was the completely opposite of in the same religious respects. Is brother was also his biggest rivals. ... Some of these places were outside the walls of the religions but by many were found to be holy or sacred on many levels. ...

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Once God had found out that they had gone against his wishes, he became increasingly upset and scolded both of them. ... Eve had given birth to two boys, Cain and Abel, and when they grew older Cain killed his brother Abel. Once Cain had done this, the Lord questioned Cain about his actions and had said, "And now you are cursed from the ground, which had opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. ...

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Her father was furious when he found out she was pregnant and out of anger puts Danae in a chest and sends her out to sea. ... Dictys' brother, Polydectes wants to marry Danae and decides to attempt to kill Perseus. ... The Greeks began to strategize and found out that in order to conquer the Trojans; they would need to get inside the city of Troy. ...

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Eliza wrote to Booth telling of the need for a founding in America. ... The Salvation Army was founded as an evangelical organization dedicated to bringing people into a important relationship with God. ... We believe that in the person of Jesus Christ the divine and human are united, so he is truly and properly the son of God and brother of Man, 5. ...

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As for me I have chosen to believe God as the creator; therefore I"m to believe in the Ten Commandments found in Exodus chapter 20 in the Bible. ... The book hit me really hard because my brother was born with Cystic Fibrosis. ...

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Fortunately, this time the child was already dead before he could murder it just as he murdered Japeth's twin brother and Japeth's sister-in-law, Lotte. ... That finger of reason that always found someone else." ...

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In Egypt, in the Book of the Dead, a man couldn't proceed into the after life unless he was found innocent of any wrong doing on Earth. ... The life of each Muslim is always within the community of the faithful: All are declared to be "brothers to each other," with the mission to "enjoin good and forbid evil." ...

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