Thus we are obligated to employ our faculty of mind as we approach the understanding and worship of God. ... This notion is certainly difficult to the contemporary mind living in an age lacking in day to day events of clear divine significance. ... Can it then be true that our religious beliefs are but a mere attempt to subconsciously justify ourselves? ... "Only those who have experienced ultimate not-knowing . . . total muteness, are able to enter the meaning of God, a meaning greater than the mind." ...

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Transformations Understand HOW texts are valued HOW they are re-circulated Language forms and features Quotes, symbols etc. Ideas, values, issues in relation to context LOOK AT HOW HAMLET WAS VALUED FOR ITS TIME, THE WAY IT WAS STUDIED IT"S VALUES, SYMBOLISM etc. Then COMPARE with Ros + Guil, a...

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The short story, "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, and the novella, "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka, both contain covert alternate meanings that emanate from the authors' literary style preferences. The alternate meanings can be considered "hidden meanings" as they do not directly convey any information that overtly states the hidden meaning. The information that does exist can be interpreted as hidden meanings by analyzing other signs and implications throughout the ambiguous literature. Ernest Hemingway uses a literary style called the &q...

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