His painting Crucifixion was published in Herbert Read's book Art Now, and was purchased by Michael Sadler. ... After the war, he took up painting with a recovered passion, the Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion (1944) as the true beginning of his work. ... During its exhibition at Lefevre Gallery critics were shocked by the imagery, but the countless reviews made Francis well known. ...

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Through its biblical imagery, the poem manages to conjure up, at various points, images of the creation, the fall, Christ's agony and crucifixion, man's continuing sinfulness and rebellion, and the continuing presence and quiet work of the holy spirit. ... The language used creates dark and vividly unpleasant imagery with words such as "Crushed, trod, smeared and smudge." ... This creates brighter and more optimistic imagery with words like "freshness, nature, broods, warm and bright." ...

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Life, Death, Honor and Defeat Nature and death belong to a special category of forces which man has been unable to tame. Ernest Hemingway's novella "The Old Man and the Sea" and Jack London's short story "To build a Fire" put both powers on display. Man tragically struggling against the elemen...

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The most vital line in the storm scene through this "nothing" imagery is spoken by the Fool in order to awaken Lear's thoughts, "I am a fool, thou art nothing." ... Those who see it as Christian see Lear redeemed by the "crucifixion" of his suffering. ...

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The night of Duncan's assassination is further compared to Christ's crucifixion and the great darkness that enveloped the land by Rosse when discussing it with the old man: Thou seest, the heavens, as troubled with man's act,/ Threatens his bloody stage: by the clock "t is day,/ And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp. [...] ... Furthermore, beyond the witches" imagery and characteristic syntax, their evil nature is exposed through their physical looks and wrong influence on Macbeth. ...

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I argue that Scorsese uses Raging Bull to criticize a ritualistic view of redemption by portraying the beginning of Jake's search as a futile attempt to submit himself to a public spectacle of ritual violence in the boxing ring and visually relating it to the sacraments and the crucifixion. ...

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Theories Found in The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeIn the magical land of Narnia, four siblings take on the White Witch with the help of a powerful lion named Aslan, who also serves as a Christ figure. One of the siblings, Edmund, feels underappreciated by the rest of his family and is fooled into thinking that the wicked witch would make him the next King of Narnia. He quickly learns that he betrayed Aslan and his family and escapes back to them in hopes of forgiveness. The only problem is that the Witch is entitled to all traitors by law and is allowed to kill them. Aslan then sacrific...

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VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great size used in the construction of a prehistoric structure. ...

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