Analyse how both authors JRR Tolkien and JK Rowling present Theology in similar and different ways within Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings?
Theology is the study of the existence of God, which consists of a variety of religious practices and beliefs i.e Christian theology. It comes from the Greek word “theos”, meaning God. Theologians tend to take ideas from arguments like historical and philosophical i.e the Cosmological argument to be able to support or criticise a range of religious matters. Theology enables theologians to realise their own beliefs along with others, to come up with contrasts between different religions etc. Religion’s aim is to, enable people to live morally and to believe in God as, “it was he who had created us and to him we shall return”. Paley uses his watch analogy to explain to atheists that, God exists because to say that a watch has a
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The ring symbolises sin because it has evil that makes a person become drawn to its power and they struggle to fight against its power. For instance, Isildur was taken by Elrond to destroy the ring in mount doom, but because he was under the ring’s power, he had kept the ring for his own and thus, the peace of middle-earth was lost for good as Sauron’s forces had continued to search for the ring and to destroy the world of men. This relates to, Adam and Eve who were in the serpent’s control by eating the apple, which led to them committing “the original sin”. Therefore, evil is still occurring today as according to Augustine “we are all seminally present in the loins of Adam. Similarly, by Isildur not destroying the ring, he had made a big sin as the race of men was failing as “Sauron is using his puppet, Saruman to destroy the people of Rohan; thus, the strength of the ring-bearer was falling making Sauron so close to achieving his
Masculinity can be defined in many way and is interpreted by many different people. Some characteristics of masculinity are bravery, courage, intelligence, and even some negative characteristics like arrogance. Throughout Act 1, Macbeth is talked about in a very high manner as can be seen as a marvelous war hero. The Captain even says, “For brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name - Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel, which smoked body execution, like valour's minion carved out his passage.” (1.2.15-19) This reveals how respected and highly Macbeth is seen after winning some major battles in the war. This is an example of Macbeth’s bravery because it illustrates a god like image of him crashing though the enemy lines destroying
Religion plays a big role in some people 's lives and can influence their opinion on capital punishment. In the U.S. the two largest religions are Christianity and Judaism, within both of those religions some people are for capital punishment and some are against capital punishment. Several christian groups in the late 1970s formalized their religious and moral reasons against the imposition of the death penalty. “Among them was, capital punishment: violated the command by Jesus to employ the ethic of love, perpetuated the evil of retaliation, ignored the guilt that the society may have had in the causation of the crime, and prevented the possibility of any kind of rehabilitation of the criminal” (Flamehorse).
Over the twentieth century, dance education was incorporated with many different types of dances that have evolved, giving way for more funding to be earned. Illona Wale, a graduate from the University of Arizona, discusses how dance has changed throughout the twentieth century in her Master’s thesis,"A Proposed Discipline Based Arts Education Framework." In her thesis, Illona compared decades to each other. It started in the early twentieth century, folk or "national" dance became prevalent… From the 1930's, the dances taught were folk, social, tap, clog, character, and modern… Since post-World War II, ballet became a major theatre form, with its emphasis on technique, costuming, and decoration.1 Folk dance was very popular due to immigrants keeping their culture in America through continuing their traditional dances from their homeland, due to being isolated by others in the United States. At the same time, over the tens and twenties a sense of unity was formed due to the United States participating in World War I. Folk was still popular, but with the rise of the Charleston in the twenties, tap and character also rise up in popularity because of the influence the Charleston had in the thirties. There was also more emphasis on social outings during the thirties and dance became a large part of this social concept. In the thirties and forties, modern dance also became more popular with H’Doubler and other dancers freeing themselves of what was perceived as stiff dances.