The Prisoner's sin is closer to an offence against God - despite the fact that he has not been imprisoned in order to answer for his own actions but for his father's "tenets he would not forsake". ... The awareness of his love for the rest of the (natural) world brings about his realisation of the sin he has committed and from this moment a change in him begins. ... He regains his freedom "with a sigh" for he has become insensitive to change, be it good or bad, and he has decided to spend his life in such a way so as always to keep inside him alive the memory of the past. The...

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The type of shunning that is done by the townspeople against Hester in centuries past by communities is based off of what were considered immoral to society during this particular time period. In the past several decades, we've expanded this type of rejection to the fine, negative science of avoidance; one that can be upsetting and hurtful to the recipient. ... This was Hester's punishment for committing her "crime." it was described as humiliating to Hester and was considered immorall to the citizens and shunned upon as a "sin". ... As you can see, both victims of such crimes are se...

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Much of the protest against same-sex marriages is from religious groups stating that marriage is a religious experience and that God sees homosexuality as a sin. ... This world is sick and corrupt, I would spend my life making sure they saw that so they would not be blinded by it." * Some see is as an "ordinary" sin, in the same leagues as all other incorrect behavior like, lying, cheating, or stealing. Others consider it such a serious sin that it will prevent gays and lesbians from attaining heaven after death, even id they have been previously saved. ... Just as it's happened in the pa...

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General Marriage Trends in America Studies show that there has been a significant drop in the marriage rate over the past three decades. ... Muslims are supposed to marry early so protect themselves from having sexual relations outside of marriage, which is a major sin. ... Marriage provides a guard against sin, "They [wives] are like garments for you, and you are like garments for them."" ...

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Socialism requires a revolution with three main stages: firstly, the emergence of a workers' movement committed to socialist revolution, secondly the achievement of political power and the expropriation of the capitalists and thirdly a period during which workers learn how to be owners and rulers and cast off the psychological and ideological dross of the past. ... Therefore, while socialism was impossible in the past, these emerging conditions make it inevitable in the future. ... The revisionists sinned, in the scientific sense, by superficial generalizations based on facts selected...

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The first major incident in which he turns his back on Catholicism can be seen with the scene of the prostitute, sinning with "another of his kind " and exulting "with her in sin " [Joyce: pg. 6]. This moment in chapter two is then immediately followed by an instance of self-realization in chapter three in which Stephen repents and returns to the orthodoxy of the church: "The preacher's knife had probed deeply into his disclosed conscience and he felt now that his soul was festering in sin God's turn had come. Like a beast in its lair his soul had laid down in his own filth but the...

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This is ironic because Alec tells Tess that he wants to save her from her sins, when he is the one truly responsible for her damnation. ... - Despite her past indiscretion, Tess still occupies the role of the heroine in the novel and at time exhibits the behavior of a martyr. ... However, that ideal was shattered when Tess confessed to him her past indiscretion. ...

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Catechesis meets an unbeliever at the font and accompanies him as the saint through his life's journey; being a vehicle for the means of Grace, leading to repentance and confession of sins. ... Surely Augustine stands out as the greatest catechist in the history of Christendom, but the value of his work belongs to the past. ... The doctrine taken from the Scriptures is to be confessed by the Church in the past, in the present, and in the future. ...

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In history, this is evidenced by the great monuments erected by pharaohs and kings of the past - and today humans corroborate this by inundating the Internet with images of themselves. ... In the same vein as Narcissus - who was cursed for not being able to see past his own conceited vision that the nymph may truly love him - they are so transfixed with themselves that they do not notice as the worlds they had constructed crumble around them. ... " ( King Lear 1.1 118) Before this, just as he reaches his height, he has an epiphany and realizes "I am a man more sinn'd against th...

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As she went on she made the biblical reference of Eve being the first sinner and subsequently caused man to sin. ... Jacobs was willing to share her personal, and in some ways shameful, past for the greater good. ...

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If Taiwan's freedom came through a slow break from Chinese rule, how will China itself escape its dismal past of democratic attempts? ... So to get rich is no sin- Deng Xiaoping made this statement in the midst of his economic reforms. ...

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Likewise, those actions are credible and without sin with both cases being seen as issues with another person and her pointing out the faults. ... Even in her past life as Nalayani, she was kind and devoted to her leprous husband; "She obeyed all his erratic commands, accepted his fickle moods All this she did without hesitation or mental protest, totally effacing her own ego " (57). ...

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Most religious people perceive blasphemy as a sin, since it is a defamation of denomination[ CITATION Vex12 l 1055 ]. ... In the past decades, in which blasphemous movements led to threats of violence such as the publication of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses and the Danish newspaper's cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. ...

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Most adults, especially Reverend Williams, saw captivity as a spiritual journey; a punishment for sins and the destiny assigned them by God. ... By portraying the petite history, Demos provides greater understanding of the motives and reasoning behind the tensions between the New England settlers and the French and Native Americans, which in turn increases understanding of the period as a whole and helps us to relate the past to issues pressing the United States today. ...

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In stanza 105-106, there's a hair-raising wind that blows past the mariner "Like a meadow-gale of spring" The romantic element of this poem is especially strong when the mariner uses the simile of a painting to describe the stillness in the ocean: "As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.... This image of a winged predator that chases the ship directs our attention to the notion of the sin not only being the killing of the albatross, but the entire purpose of the voyage itself. ... In other words, Coleridge is saying that enslaving people is an immoral and unnatural...

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Marx analysed religious rhetoric: The social principles of Christianity preach the necessity of a ruling and an oppressed class, [...] declare all vile acts of the oppressors against the oppressed to be either the just punishment of original sin and other sins or trials that the Lord in his infinite wisdom imposes on those redeemed. [...] preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, dejection. (142-3)* Thus his conclusion that "religion's role in history has been to offer a divine justification for the status quo" (142)*. ... Modern researchers, when looking at any of the wo...

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The simile "like a devil's sick of sin" is used yet the exact meaning is not clear. ... Another explanation is that he might have used the word "sin" to describe war and the deaths it causes, or that he used it as a noun to describe what actually come out of the boy's mouth is like. ... The irony in the poem is that it is based around a veteran that fell for a lie of a promise for glory, as he was a victim of propaganda, and in thinking that he would achieve fame and glory by securing his country's future, he instead gave up his own to experience rejection from his people, isol...

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Whatever the degree of our attachment to our own traditions, it is almost impossible for us to step out of their framework and strip familiar connotations from words like god, soul, sin, piety" Mythologies also undergo a metamorphosis during the translation process, altering perceptions. ... Whilst the audience is aware of his frailties and his actions, it is also made to feel pity for the character as he is blissfully ignorant of his sins but immediately tries to make amends when the truth arises. ... The interlinking threads that combine the past and present stories are masterfully wov...

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The focus is on the past crime with the attempt to wipe the slate clean. ... Williams the defendant was to be punished so that he could expiate his sins, and thus become an accepted member of society again. ... Thus, not only can it be seen as punishing the offender for past crimes, but it seeks to punish for crimes yet to be committed. ... Instead of looking to the past and the offence committed, the sentencer must concern himself with the future needs of the offender. ...

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Located at the foot of the western side of the Temple Mount and built upon the foundations of Solomon's First Temple and the current remains of the Second Temple, this sacred wall also reminds Jews of their glorious past and a symbol of hope for the future. ... (Oakes, 2014) Jerusalem is holy to Christians because of its Jewish past, interpreted as a prefiguration of Christian beliefs (Maraval, 2003) and is central to the events of the New Testament. and according to tradition, many events in Jesus' childhood and adulthood took place in Jerusalem. ...

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In the not so distant past, reasons both cultural and economic prevented many couples from taking this step, even in unhappy relationships. ... Up until around this time the Irish constitution was very closely linked to the teachings of the Roman Catholic church which viewed divorce as a sin (Dillon, 1993). ...

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Even in America today, women fight many social issues traceable to the biblical idea of the "evil woman" who introuduced original sin to the world. ... Although recent years have seen marked advancements in Hindu women's rights, the past bears revisiting. ...

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Foucald states that it was only in the nineteenth century that a 'homosexual became a personage, a past, a case history and a childhood' (Foucalt, 1978, p.43) so it is apparent that prior to this a taste for male/male sexual intercourse did not define one's identity. ... The nearest terms that can be found that identify with our understanding of homosexuality is that of 'bugger' and 'sodomite' and these terms are more general in that they include those "sins" as described above and these were temptations 'to which all, in principle at least, were subjec...

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One reason is that historically, there existed an elitist minority and a poorer majority (class system).Obedience, in the past was characterized by virtue and disobedience was characterized by an act of sin. ...

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For the past one hundred - twelve years, these three attributes have served a distinguished and outstanding student population. ... The Reformed world view affirms the Biblical truths that creation is the work of God, that our world has fallen into sin, and that redemption is possible only through the gracious work of Christ. ...

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