Although Fuller mentions that household partnership should include, above all things, equality, women, even today, struggle to create the somewhat unrealistic vision. ... She states, "Men can do best, and women know it well,"" (Bradstreet 129), however, she does ask for a bit of recognition in line 41: "Yet grant some small acknowledgment of ours- (Bradstreet 129). ... Bradstreet, on the other hand, often struggles with her relationship with God. In her long poem, "Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666,"" Bradstreet relies heavily on her relationship wit...

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In discussing the origins of this world, he designates the Demiurge, or his equivalent of the contemporary God as the creator of the universe. ... With the birth of "the most god-fearing of living creatures," Plato asserts that the Demiurge declared "the better sort of human nature should there-after be called "man... We see straight through to what we seek; whence each thing is created and in what manner made, without god's help." ... Man could have burst from ocean, from dry land the bearers of scales, and from thin air the birds; Thus everything cannot spring from anything, for thing...

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While students at a public/state college may go out and get high or drunk, or perhaps do something dangerous; students at a Christian college are less likely to do such things because they tend to be looked down upon. Although there are some students, even at Christian schools who participate in such activities, they are usually punished in order to discourage them from doing such things again. ... Some academic advantages to attending a Christian college are smaller class sizes. ... Although the classes are a nicer, smaller, and more personal size, Christian colleges tend to cost much more th...

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It's especially apparent that he'd done wrong by God when the albatross is used as a metaphor for the crucifixion of Jesus: "Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung" (II-34). On the surface, the killing of the albatross is presented as a sacrilege in that the mariner, guided by no apparent reason at all, killed a creature of God. ... One may wonder why everything about the albatross is mentioned if the wrong that's being punished for is the participation in slave trade, but in great likelihood, the killing of the albatross serves as a metaphor for t...

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Two very important aspects of props in Greek theatre were firstly the deus ex machina (translated to god from the machine) and secondly the eccydema. ... The type of props used is usually quite simple and small, which suits the small audience of a Brechtian stage quite adequately. Everything in a Greek theatre was quite elaborate and large and props were no exception which was quite the opposite to Brechtian drama where things were kept on a smaller and simpler scale, including the props. ... Brechtian plot lines are designed for smaller and generally middle class audiences. ... The theory beh...

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Participant 10 aged 18; anorexia nervosa- restrictive type claims, "Whenever I do things wrong, I think of it as being a sin sometimes I wonder if it is wrong to feel hungry. ... Participant 5 aged 30; anorexia nervosa- binge eating type stated, "Lots of things I've done in my life that I deserve to be punished as well. ... Maturation Although some saw self-starvation as God's will in the early stages of illness, surprisingly, some participants came to see the eating disorder itself as displeasing to God. ... God doesn't want you to destroy yourself or starve yourself to death....

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The only schools that remained were for use of the Church, but the monks who were educated did not use their knowledge for science or art, but for praise of God (Hartman 135). ... There was no longer a strong middle class to trade ideas and thoughts, and to study and discover new things because people were restricted to their small farming villages instead of larger towns (Gies 123). ... The Gothic style mainly paid tribute to God, and they built large Cathedrals with stained glass windows as places to worship God (Corbishley 42-45). ... These times of little progress were harsh, dreary, an...

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The whole story was based around the idea that David was this small little boy that took down this huge giant, with the help of God behind you. ... Moses's whole life is just an extremely elaborate story about how God works in every ones lives. ... Scientific history was a better source to prove why different things happened throughout the ages, through studying the specific details from events that occurred in the past, to understand if they caused other things to happen. ... At least in the example of Thucydides, the theories he used in stating history involved more the facts of history...

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This small number of elite would have included, but not limited to, Fielding, Johnson and especially Pope. ... An interest in those things, which cannot be understood, for example religion and the soul, results in an overwhelming expansion of what is accepted as art in the literary world. ... God does not truly exist but the devil does" (p63 Greary). Lewis evokes the horror of horrors, a malign cosmos where the devil, not God, is the only authoritative power presented. ... Instead of focusing on the conventional wrath of God, Lewis implores a wrath of a demonic supernatural force. ...

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This small number of elite would have included, but not limited to, Fielding, Johnson and especially Pope. ... An interest in those things, which cannot be understood, for example religion and the soul, results in an overwhelming expansion of what is accepted as art in the literary world. ... God does not truly exist but the devil does" (p63 Greary). Lewis evokes the horror of horrors, a malign cosmos where the devil, not God, is the only authoritative power presented. ... Instead of focusing on the conventional wrath of God, Lewis implores a wrath of a demonic supernatural force. ...

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The true picture of Alexander, to me, who will usually try to see the positive light of things "he was amazing. ... Considering the point that he believed himself to be divine, descended from Zeus-Ammon, Ammon who was the serpent god, the serpent being the direct tool of Satan in the Garden of Eden. ... For my part, I can relate to his personality because I have more relations that one who are that way, and I used to be that way (on quite a smaller level, perhaps) before Jesus saved me 2 years ago. ... - Had things stayed in optimal condition, I believe so. ... This is the ideal scenario ...

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While the lists of rewards and booty collected from the different towns seem long, a closer look reveals the towns to be of small sizes with small numbers of people, indicating a rather easy conquest for the Egyptians - no wonder Thut-mose III carried out so many campaigns, they must have been fairly easy to undertake. So while, on the one hand, the many campaigns show the strength and determination of Thut-mose III, the army usually only conquered small towns so they only seemed to be big conquests. ... Egypt had a good source of written information in such things as king lists, annals, royal...

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Perhaps one of the things that most characterize the 1950's society was the strong element of conservatism and anticommunist feeling. ... Highways were built to take people quickly from one place to another, bypassing small towns and helping to create central marketing areas or shopping malls. ... People carrying small transistor radios listened to music, which could be heard in any location because it was now portable. ... Even after Congress added "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" to the nations currency, real spirituality seemed to be disappearing from ...

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GCSE Prose Coursework: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein At the time Shelley was writing her novel, "Frankenstein", the world was discovering things daily, so her writings were relevant and justified at that time. ... Before Frankenstein created the monster his "thirst for knowledge" was inspiring, and when he moved to Ingolstadt he had already amassed knowledge to build on, but now, after he creates the monster, this scientific discovery caused regret and another zealous task to destroy his previous zenith of discovery, much like the fall from heaven of Lucifer, who tried to topple God from...

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He would be honored, worshipped and treated with uttermost respect as if he were a God. ... The Aztec priest would give him final instructions on what messages needed to reach God. ... "The heart was then either burned or smeared on a small statue of a particular God. ... Since it is an essential part of the Aztec religion, it was regarded as one of the number one things that people were remembered for. ... Life began with the almighty first God Ometechuhtli. ...

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From another point of view one may prefer to consider the albatross as a fellow-creature ("As if it had been a Christian soul, / We hailed it in God's name") which deserves to be treated humanely, even as if it were a person; the underlying idea that all God's creatures ought to be treated equally (good) is quite explicit here. ... 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". ... Both the Mariner and the Prisoner look out to...

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Generations later, the "the neck [became] accustomed to the yoke, begotten in chains," and became better adapted "each time to the new order of things.... The firebrands still popped up now and again but were considered petty in the grand scheme of things, as they were quickly put down. ... " is that many of the small uprisings were done by small groups of the discussed firebrands or of disillusioned soldiers who garnered support through deception or payment. ... A colonizer whose main goals were famously outlined as "God, Glory, and Gold" was destined to fail, ...

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An outspoken enemy of Smuts and all things English, he stands "like a chained lion" when God Save the King is played in the cinema (101). ... Sophie preaches mercy and forgiveness but distributes them unequally as many things are in South Africa. ... Sophie gives a description of a small incident that occurs in connection with Jakob van Vlaanderen's birthday party in which she shows the class structure of South Africa. ... Sophie's description of that labor force is condescending, and the point of her story is to take credit herself for having prevented a small catastrophe. ...

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The fundamental capacity to understand the world outside the world of the individual and his or her internal world includes the ability to interpret, characterize, and associate what things seem to be singular, or at least, singular groups of things. ... For Plato, the physical things of the world must have bodily form. ... And, for Pieper, God's role in the life of every individual and the cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, courage, temperance, and love are the ways by which human beings understood truth. ... Henry David Thoreau had gone to Walden Pond, a small body of water outside...

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In the 17th century to be a king was a remarkable privilege as they believed that it was the divine right caste upon from god; this means that the divine right will be transferred to offspring and stay within the family. ... Furthermore, Hydes small physique may signify the fact that Jekylls dark side has been suppressed for years, disallowing it from blossoming; his hairiness an embodiment of Jekylls instincts, the animalistic core beneath Jekylls refined exterior. ... Stevenson emphasizes the hypocrisy going on at time through the embodiment of In both texts the authors portray that su...

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Although their Ethical agendas are constructed differently and Aristotle's Ethics lack sins against God, Dante and Aristotle generally seem to condemn the same sins (either an extreme or a deficiency). ... This remains true for the inner ring of the seventh circle (which condemns violence against God) and Bolgia 3 (which condemns those who have committed simony). Since both writers come from such different theological eras, they share different views on God. Sins against God are not discussed in Nicomachean Ethics, which was written prior to the rise of Christianity and so one cannot comp...

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So technically, in this day of Iran, both the "voice of God" and the voice of the people are heard, although the "voice of God" has the right to overrule the voice of the people if it sees fit. ... The Safavids, were in power from 1501 until 1722, and was a reign that was different from medieval kings in Europe because the were tolerant of other religions such as the small sects of Jewish and Christian people living in their country. The reign of the Safavids ended because the Iranian people felt that too many things, such as paper money and communication lines, had been given away and ...

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As Doctor Koepsell says, "some religious critics perceive genetic engineering as 'playing God' and object to it on the grounds that life is sacred and ought not to be altered by human intention" (5). As the quote says, this kind of genetic engineering can be considered to be an alteration of God's creation, or an attempt of the human being to be God. ... One of the things that most people fear about this kind of treatment is that scientists don't know the biological consequences of inserting genetically modified cells in an individual. ... Only a small number of ...

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Prior to my research into this area, I would have assumed that those students attending a two-year college would have more success due to the fact that two-year colleges are usually smaller and students get more attention from instructors and staff. ... Like most students he made friends quickly, but most did not come from a background similar to his; the only things he had in common with them were his age and interests. ... These things drew him farther away from his responsibilities as a student. ... Like many small towns in America, there were definite "clicks " within our community. ... I...

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What is this amazing medicine and commercial element capable of all these things? ... In 1976 the Dutch legalized marijuana possession in small amounts. ... "Dirk Korf of the Institute of Criminology at the University of Amsterdam has used the smaller studies to estimate that 3 percent of Dutch people had used cannabis at least once in 1970, rising to 12 percent in 1991. ... (NIDA) There is no proof that it weakens the immune system and I"ve heard about a few hundred things that cause cancer, but there isn"t even any proof that marijuana causes cancer. ... (WorkShop) Seems like a coincid...

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