Finally, Labraccio decides to make peace with his past, in a Catholic confessional sort of way, and then his visions disappear. ... They begin having flashes of walking nightmares from their childhood, reflecting sins they committed or had committed against them. ... Back in the real world they experience phantoms of their past, old sins come to haunt them. ... Each of the four flatliners have there own sins and skeletons for which to atone, but it Nelson who finds himself faced with the ultimate dilemma, how can you make amends for the life of someone taken by your own hand? ...

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Premature death was often viewed by God's faithful as a punishment or rectification of a past misdeed. ... In Genesis 2 - 3, God attempts to explain the relation of sin to death. ... But since original man had disobeyed, death became the result of a life of sins. ... By dying on the cross, Jesus perfectly released of man's sins. ... It is simple: Live a good life in God's name and you will be free of sin at death and made pure because of Christ's dying for our original sin. ...

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Through the compilation of his sins, Macbeth grows accustomed to evil and numb to the world. ... This quote demonstrates his belief that humans do not learn from the past and only repeat the mistakes of history. ... He insists that he cannot live a proper life after the partaking in the sins he has committed and resigns from life entirely. ...

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Onto another interesting point, Socrates believes that the difficult part is not death but rather avoiding sins. ... Consequently, one is condemned to death to pay for all the sins they have done in the past. ... Walking the path of life, one would eventually have to face different problems and sins are just inevitable. ... As a result, minimizing the unrighteous acts would be comforting at some point and at the same time, it soothes down the thought of having to pay for sins through death penalty. ...

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My children are all grown past infant strangles; so, reassured, I knew some other baby perished in the snow. ... She hung her tail, flagging from her sins. ... The persona is reflecting on the past fondly and remembering when she behaved like an animal. ... The persona looks to her past as though she is looking back on her life as though it might be at its end or very close to its end. ...

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Ophelia's insanity tortures Hamlet even more than his conscious, her ramblings of lovers past such as "He is dead and gone" develop into lyrical daggers that penetrate his already damned sole (IV.5.30). ... "Commit a crime and world is like glass," this is true in Hamlet's case in that his consummation of guilt, hate, and insanity as a result of his sins lead to his downfall and ultimately his death, and the deaths of many others. ...

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What happens when the body is past mending? ... I have come to the conclusion that when the body is past mending, the current practice by physicians is to medicate and provide a pain management program through strong narcotics. ... James 5:16 advised that when we sin it is important for us to confess not only to God, but also to our fellow Christians. ...

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No other characters in the play are bothered by light, and they can face the truth in their own lives and in the past. When she tries desperately to blot out the stain of spilled Coke on her white dress, she demonstrates her need to blot out her dark past. Blanche's constant bathing represents her wish to cleanse the sins of her past and start a new life with Mitch. ...

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Her desire to confess her sins to a priest was driven by her consuming "deep, black, damning guilt- that she lived as the mistress and slave of her father's murderer for so many years, as well as sharing Front de BÅ"uf's pleasures. ... Her past deeds haunt her, and combined with her desperation and hatred, she is stirred once-and-for-all to exact the ultimate revenge on her captor. ...

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However, the Romantic in Keats saw past their deaths; he saw past it to find love. ... Where if every one of my sins were absolved I'd still burn in Hell; however would smile and joke with the devil and hold no contempt for the unforgiving nature of our Creator. ...

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THE STORY OF DEATH The story of death goes far back to times unknown to any scientist who has studied the topic. It has many interpretations but the most popular version that I truly believe is the authentic story, I will tell now. It all started back in ancient Greece. A Greek god named Timex h...

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A follower of Waggoner's Facebook group "Free LP," which raises awareness of his imprisonment, said, "I think we all have things in our past that we would rather not have everyone aware of. Let he who has no sin be the first to cast the stone." ...

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Many believe and feel that suicide is the ultimate mortal sin, and anyone who succeeds in it, will go straight to hell, with no hope of a reprieve. ... The authors of the various scriptures do not appear to consider such actions a great mortal sin; they seem to regard them as straightforward personal decisions. ... For I live in eager expectation and hope that I will never do anything that will cause me to be ashamed of myself but that I will always be ready to speak out boldly for Christ while I am going through all these trials here, just as I have in the past; and that I will always be ...

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Father Paneloux delivered a stern sermon, declaring that the plague is God's punishment for Oran's sins. ... Cottard committed an unknown crime in the past, so he has lived in constant fear of arrest and punishment. ...

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