" William Blake lived during a time of intense social change; the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution. ... For instance in the poem "The Chimney Sweeper" it is an angel who "open'd the coffins & set them all free." ... An angel is releasing the soot-covered boys from their "coffins of black," and they are dancing away as they are released. ...
Abstract Benjamin Franklin stated "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."1 If death is certain, why do so many fear it? Is it our uncertainty of what lies beyond the grave? Is death to be feared as an extinction of life or is there a place of torment that drives th...
CUBAN SANTERIA Santeria, which literally means, way of the saints', originated in Cuba. Santeria is considered an Afro-Cuban religion. It has roots in Africa, specifically the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria. When Africans were brought to the New World as slaves, they brought with the...
