Morally, this is the initial test to Antony's eventual journey to find peace with God. ... In Short, Antony's calling to turn his back on the materialism of the world is the start of a journey to spiritual contentment. ... While overcoming materialistic empowerment and the temptation of Satan, Antony continues his spiritual journey to a garden. ... The garden is the climactic peak of Antony's journey where he eventually passed away at age 105. However, Antony story reveals a basic truth about each person's spiritual journey. ...

• Word Count: 669
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Goodman Brown embarks on a metaphorical journey into the forest to encounter and resist the evil within himself while discovering his faith and asserting his identity. Goodman Brown begins his journey into the realm of evil fully confident that he would emerge victorious in fending off evil. ... During the course of his journey his companion the devil offers Brown his snake like staff so that he would not be exhausted. ... During his journey through the forest, Young Goodman Brown comes across instances to find his religious faith in quandary. ... Goodman Brown simply continues to criticize...

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Like epics in the classical literary sense, the movie focuses on a heroic character and his journey upon which the large number of people depend. ... This is the milestone that sets the movie into the second stage of conflict, which is when the hero's journey begins. ... The storytelling is very straightforward, single-layered and fast-paced with its complete focus on describing another victorious journey of the great Perseus rather than guiding the viewers to a story of how a demi god, who wants to be an ordinary fisherman, tries to conquer the most terrified monster that even gods fear ...

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He is rejected by Fellowship, a fair weather friend, his Kindred and Cousin, who are both detrimental to Everyman's salvation, and finally by Goods, as he is the reason for Everyman's journey to death. ...

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"The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings," by Olaudah Equiano, is a memoir written to detail the story of his travels around the world from mid to end 18th century. Written by Equiano himself he tells of many of the interesting events of his life including how he was sold into slavery, his voya...

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Furthermore, the people who share Puritan beliefs must submit to God, faithfully, with the aspirations that God will facilitate their lives' journeys for their ultimate destination being in "the new world" securely....

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George MacDonald's novel, The Princess and the Goblin, includes all aspects of your typical children's fairy tale fantasy, fused with various religious ideologies. Such Christian analogies can be found throughout the novel as seen in the development of some of the main characters, the symbolism of s...

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Throughout the span of time humans have questioned many aspects of our existence, such as why we are here, what our purpose is and is there a greater plan? There is a shortcoming for the answers to these questions, therefore we look to religion for answers of the unknown. I truly believe it is the e...

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Also, Jesus Christ and Beowulf is both hero, a being of Godlike prowess and beneficence who often came to be honored as a divinity, having come from miracles birth and adversely change people's life with journey that reveal them. ...

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Within the various plays that William Shakespeare wrote throughout his life, there are numerous characters that go through various trials and tribulations. Some of these hardships that these characters go through involve tough decision making that sometimes lead them down treacherous paths that resu...

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Theism's philosophical self-defenses stand in relation to a potential attack. A country has coastlines, and if the government has reasons to think of an attack, it will deploy armies or defensive systems in readiness to defend its territory. That image serves as a metaphor in the philosophical defenses of theism. The role of theism is to denote a foundation to hold up as the source from which belief in God comes (McCloskey, 1968). Their role resembles how a country uses defensive rings to protect the everyday life of a community within its borders. ...

• Word Count: 1965
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Ever since the beginning of time, women have had to struggle to achieve their goals and aspirations. If one should consider Eve in the garden of paradise, she not only struggled with God, she has continued to struggle her fight with the man she was created for, Adam. Not only is this woman condemn...

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For her, it is therefore glaringly true that even though transcendence from the superficial ideas of gender is sought in traditions such as Bhakti, men and women look at spirituality differently and embark on the spiritual journey in different ways. in that the woman's "transgression" is two-fold-entering the man's world of renunciation by rejecting traditional roles and moving into contested spaces lined with tensions of gender issues on the one hand, and dealing with the spiritual quest on the other. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate