Hitler promised to raise Germany from the rubble and restore its glory. When the Second Great War broke out in 1939, Hitler had fulfilled many of his promises while setting the world on a course of death and destruction. ... In Russia, the Communist Party swept into power. ... When Hindenburg died the following year, Hitler consolidated his power and became both President and Chancellor of Germany. ... Any opponents to Nazi Power were arrested or killed. ...

• Word Count: 1750
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Heller manipulates various themes and a unique style and structure to satirize war and its values, as well as using the war setting to satirize society as a whole. ... By maneuvering the traditional war setting and language of the novel, Heller is able to depict society as sinister and warped. ... By making the soldiers ignorant, it allows more power to the officers. ... This just shows flat out stupidity, as well as a power trip. ... Unlike other war novels, which concentrate on the glory and defeat of war itself, Catch-22 shows the corruption of our society and Heller's idea of human...

• Word Count: 1326
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

When they do not attain this "glory," they cause damage to those who give them disrespect, setting thereby an example to others as well... - In summary, human beings by nature have three sources of conflict, competition, diffidence, and glory. ... Right of nature: self-preservation ("seek peace and follow it") - Man is naturally in a state of war without a common power to keep everyone in check. ... ) - Everyone should be willing to give up the right of nature in favor of law, equalizing liberty - The only way to get the needed power is for everyone to confer all power t one person or...

• Word Count: 2051
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• Grade Level: High School

This is evidenced when Darth Vader tells Luke, "You underestimate the power of the dark side. ... While his comrades are performing their own side quest, it is obvious that the hero is performing a quest of far greater psychological importance, and the setting is a huge influence to this. ... Stars have the power to maintain life, but they also have the power to take it. ... On the surface, it may appear as though Luke's reward is simply the glory of freeing his people, and his own pride in saving his father. ... Return of the Jedi is an exemplary product of the true power and meaning...

• Word Count: 1449
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• Grade Level: High School

This problem doesn't bother Gilgamesh; he lives to display to others his royal power. ... Setting aside his great pride and power, Gilgamesh opens a place in his heart for his beloved brother, Enkidu. ... Despite his tremendous amount of power and leadership, something in his life is missing. ... After Gilgamesh realizes that he is not a god-man, Gilgamesh sees that the real glory is in the deeds a person does and the people he affects in good ways over his lifetime. ... They want more power, more value, more money, and the list goes on. ...

• Word Count: 1445
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• Grade Level: High School

Although the play"'"s setting and theme come from the historical murder of Thomas Becket, it is '"'not about "'"murder in the cathedral"'" but about the spiritual state of a martyr facing death, the spiritual education of the poor women who are witnesses to his sacrifice, and the willful opposition of secular to eternal power'"' (Smith 206). ... He is first tempted to use his position for pleasure, power, and the good of the people. ... Becket is tempted by his pride to use his death as a means to further his own glory. ... In his sermon Becket says, '"&...

• Word Count: 1484
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• Grade Level: High School

The mariners became more frightened by the power of the Lord and asked Jonah what they needed to do. ... I see this as an example of human nature because most of us only in our time of need do we look for the Lord, but in our time of glory we forget him. ... Allen says, "The OT seeks to glorify the man of God in the sense that he is revealed as a noble mediator of God's own power and glory. ... And the fact that the author placed Jonah in a foreign setting to deliver the message of God goes against the trend of what prophets in the OT usually do, which is to speak the words of God in thei...

• Word Count: 2335
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The second rationale tells that at the Resurrection God had reversed this verdict, vindicated Christ, and installed him in the place of honor and power. ... Such a mission brought the church into the world of Hellenistic religion in the setting of Greco-Roman society. ... "Lord" was already in use as the name of Yahweh applied to the exalted Christ; now it became useful in promoting the cultus of Jesus to those who were familiar with the deities of the Greco-Roman world (I Cor. 8:5-6), as later it was Christ's sole lordship that became the dividing line between Christian allegiance and ...

• Word Count: 1974
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: High School

For the first time, it appears that Othello is at a loss with what to do with his power: "Do you go back dismayed? ... The setting for Othello's final moments onstage is critical to how Othello, the other players onstage, perceives it and the audience. ... And yet, for all the splendour, glory, and excellence of tongue, his final words show that he does not quite understand himself or what he has done. ... Although he kills himself in such a dignified fashion, Othello is really thinking that he was forced to do this by some unseen evil power. ...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Different depictions of war give moviemakers the power to portray the world the way they see it. ... And if one director thinks of war as completely disastrous while another sees glory in it then we would find ourselves viewing two contrasting depictions of war. ... The setting in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN"S opening scene is a veteran cemetery where we are immediately reminded of the result of war: death. ...

• Word Count: 1399
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• Grade Level: High School

Because this threat is unlike any other that Beowulf has ever encountered, he may accept this challenge against Grendel as a way to enhance his own personal glory in addition to helping the Danes. ... The Green Knight enters Arthur's court and questions the real power of the court. ... Beowulf lives in a pagan society where human beings are directed by a power outside of their control. ... Before setting out into his battle Sir Gawain hears a mass to ask for his strength and guidance. ...

• Word Count: 1559
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• Grade Level: High School

You will be speaking by the power of the Spirit, but it will all be mysterious.... In a church setting and in public, tongues should be kept to the person unless they are to be interpreted. ... Whether it's prophecy, where a word comes directly from God to edify, or someone is healed to show his glory, or even tongues for prayer when you're experiencing a time in your life when you just don't have the words to pray; all of these gifts are a blessing from God and we should use them to experience God in deeper ways and to glorify his mighty name....

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• Grade Level: High School

Thus scientific study in itself can be to the glory of God, for here man is functioning properly in the universe in which God has placed him. ... Henry doesn't waste much time in setting up the worldview of Sam in his short story, "The Ransom of the Red Chief". ... Man does not have the knowledge nor the power to determine moral ethics. ...

• Word Count: 1560
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• Grade Level: High School

The jungle fighter's goal is power. ... The least creative find a little niche and satisfy themselves by feeling that somehow they share in the glory of the corporation- (Maccoby, 1976, p.44). ... By setting goals for yourself and pursuing them at a steady pace, you are striving to do your best at all times. ...

• Word Count: 2227
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• Grade Level: High School

In her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, the setting, in which was a black town, was the place where she grew up, Eatonville, Florida. ... For this, she didn't make a lot of money for the novel and it wasn't until after her death that she received the glory that she deserved. ... Jody fell in love with Janie's appearance; her complexion, the shape and size of her body, and her hair, which was a symbol of her power and unconventional identity. ... However her desire for love was stronger and powered over anything else. ...

• Word Count: 2244
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The aesthetics of women covered in gold was a symbol of Klimt recreating the glory of a lost paradise where man can experience a moment of transient bliss before he vanishes back into the cycle of nature. ...

• Word Count: 1901
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School